Geography

Thanks to the massively rising mist created by water falling from high altitudes, rainbows are a common sight here, which are visible even at night when the sunlight reflected from the moon is scattered in the misty clouds of the waterfall.

The 18th-century eruption is believed to be triggered by the Hōei earthquake.

The border between Chile and Argentina runs through the summit of the volcano.

Several million years ago, a saline ocean stretched across what is now the Mediterranean Sea.

Life in Lake Tanganyika occurs up to a depth of 200 meters.

The problem in the Galapagos Islands is feral goats.

The formation of the volcano began about 25 thousand years ago. Subsequent eruptions and lava flows caused the mountain to grow ever larger.

It proves two-thirds of drinking water for Londoners.

In 1987 the Mogao Caves located in the desert were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In the 4th century A.D., small religious communities of anachorites began to form in Cappadocia.