Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

One of the most stunning views a traveler can have in Paris is to round a corner and see the massive four-legged base of the Eiffel Tower.

The Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris and France and one of the most famous landmarks in the world.

One of the beautiful things about Eiffel’s tower is that it is so colossal and yet so airy and delicate

The tower was built by Gustave Eiffel as the entrance arch for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889.

The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet (324 meters) tall, including the antenna at the top. Without the antenna, it is 984 feet (300 m).

Each of the 18,000 pieces used to build the tower was calculated specifically for the project and prepared in Eiffel's factory on the outskirts of Paris. The wrought iron structure is composed of four immense arched legs, set on masonry piers, that curve inward until joining in a single, tapered tower

Inaugurated March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower would be the tallest structure in the world until the completion of the Chrysler Building in 1930.

Since it’s construction more than 250,000,000 people have visited the Eiffel Tower making it the most visited paid monument in the world.

Emirates Office Tower, Dubai

The Emirates Office Tower (Emirates Tower One) is a the third tallest building located along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The tower has a total structural height of 354.6 m or about 1,163 ft and roof height of 311 m or about 1,020 ft making it the 17th tallest currently-standing fully-habitable building in the world

The Emirates Office Tower is connected to Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel by a retail boulevard.

This Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel is two floors taller than The Emirates Office Tower. These towers are known as the Emirates Towers complex

It designed by Hazel W.S. Wong, architect of Norr Group Consultants Int. Ltd.

In 1996, started the construction and complete it in 1999.

The Emirates Office Tower using steel and concrete as the structural construction. For the facade, it using aluminium and copper with blue and light gray color on it.

Of course it has a modern style because it is a skycraper building.

Australian endangered species: Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is one of the world’s most endangered species – it is more endangered that the Panda.

The Wombat Foundation is a charitable organisation set up to support activities that aim to bring the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat back from the brink of extinction.

The largest of the three wombat species, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is also the largest known herbivorous burrowing mammal.

The hairy-nosed wombat is the largest of the world’s three wombat species weighing up to 32 kgs (about 70 pounds).

It spends the day sheltering inside its burrow, emerging at night to feed on grasses, and its very low water requirements help it to survive in its hot, dry environment.

One of the world’s rarest mammals, the northern hairy-nosed wombat has declined due to a combination of drought, competition for food with cattle and sheep, habitat loss due to invasive grasses, and predation by dingoes.

The Epping Forest National Park in central Queensland, Australia, was created to protect the last remaining population of this species, and cattle and dingoes have been excluded from the area.

Various conservation efforts are underway to try and save the northern hairy-nosed wombat, and a second population has now been established in southern Queensland.

Although this rare marsupial is still perilously close to extinction, its population has risen from fewer than 20 or 30 individuals in the 1970s to around 200 by 2012.

Khaju Bridge, Esfahan

Khaju Bridge is one of the most famous bridges in Isfahan, Persia and has roused the admiration of travelers since the 17th century.

Shah Abbas II built it on the foundations of an older bridge around 1650.

It has 23 arches and is 105 metres long and 14 metres wide.

The pass way of the bridge is 7.5 meters wide, made of bricks and stones with 21 larger and 26 smaller inlet and outlet channels.

It links the Khaju quarter on the north bank with the Zoroastrian quarter across the Zayandeh River.

It also functions as a weir; the downstream side is formed as a series of steps carrying the water to a much lower level.

The lower level of the bridge may be accessed by pedestrians and remains a popular shady place for relaxing.

In words of Upham Pope and Jean Chardin, Khaju bridge is "the culminating monument of Persian bridge architecture and one of the most interesting bridges extant...where the whole has rhythm and dignity and combines in the happiest consistency, utility, beauty, and recreation.

Do Black Lions Exist?

The lion  is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae.

A picture of a black lion has recently been circulating online. But is there such an animal as a black lion?

Black lions are not biologically impossible.

However, the lion in this picture is actually a white lion colored black through photo manipulation.