Traveling is a hobby that everyone must cultivate and try to visit a new place every year. However the biggest difference in traveling and seeing places is how and from where you see a certain place. Perspective matters and seeing things from a different view gives a different experience.
Here are 10 pics of places seen from bird’s eye view:
The district originated in 1832 and the design of the city is completely modern on one side and traditional and historical on the other side. You can see the rows of boat that are used for travelling and commuting between the two halves of the city.
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St. Basil’s Cathedral or Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed is situated in Moscow in Russia and was consecrated in the year 1561. It was built on the orders of Ivan the terrible and it commemorates a capture of Kazan and Astrakhan.
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Central Park in New York was established in 778 acres of city owned land in 1857 and was designed in 1858 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux after winning a design competition. It was expanded to its now size of 843 acres in 1873.
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Iguazu Falls are waterfalls on the river Iguazu and are situated on the border of Argentina and Brazil. They are the largest waterfall systems in the world and have a total height ranging from 60-82 meters. The rivers flows through Brazil, but the waterfalls are in the Argentine state.
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Dragon Falls or Angel Falls are 979 mtr water falls in Venezuela. They are named after Jimmy Angel, who flew over the falls in 50s. It is world’s highest uninterrupted waterfalls with a plunge of 807 meters or 2,648 feet.
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Barcelona, Spain is the capital of the Kingdom of Spain and was founded in 15 BC by Romans and earliest signs of civilization have been found to date back to 5,000 BC. The place is famous for many historic sites such as Sagrada Familia, Casa Mila and Casa Vicens.
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Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France is one of the famous monuments of Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle. Its construction started in 1806 and it was inaugurated in 1836. The height of the monument is 50 m and when looked from the sky, you can see the 12 avenues radiate from the Arc de Triomphe.
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Lake Bogoria is a saline, salt water lake located in volcanic region of Kenya. It hosts the largest population of Lesser Flamingos in the world. The lake is also known for its geysers and hot springs.
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Oia in Greece is a small town on the islands of Santorini and Therasia. The economic value of the town is due to merchants plying trade off its shores and now due to immense tourism. The houses and streets of the town are beautiful and when watched from sky, look like modern painting.
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Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake located in southern Siberia. It contains 20% of Earth’s unfrozen fresh water and with 23,615.39 km3 (5,670 cu mi) of fresh water, it contains more water than the North American great lakes combined. Lake Baikal is also the world’s deepest lake with a depth of 1,642 m (5,387 ft).
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