Lucca, Italy

Lucca, Italy

Lucca (/ˈluːkə/ LOO-kə, Italian: ˈlukka) is a city, Toscana (Tuscany) region, Central Italy, on the Serchio, in a fertile plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It…
Bingham Canyon Copper Mine

Bingham Canyon Copper Mine

The Bingham Canyon Copper Mine is an open-pit copper mine southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains, US; it is more commonly…
San Marino, Italy

San Marino, Italy

San Marino (/ˌsæn məˈriːnoʊ/, Italian: sam maˈriːno), officially the Republic of San Marino (Italian: Repubblica di San Marino), small republic situated on the slopes of…
Florence, Italy

Florence, Italy

Florence (/ˈflɔːrəns/ FLORR-ənss; Italian: Firenze (fiˈrɛntse)), Latin Florentia, city, capital of Firenze Provincia (province) and Toscana (Tuscany) regione (region), central Italy. It is the most…
Genoa, Italy

Genoa, Italy

Genoa (/ˈdʒɛnoʊə/ JEN-oh-ə; Italian: Genova (ˈdʒɛːnova); Ligurian: Zêna (ˈzeːna); English, historically, and Latin: Genua) city and Mediterranean seaport in northwestern Italy. It is the capital…
Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Dublin (/ˈdʌblɪn/, locally /ˈdʊb-/; Irish: Baile Átha Cliath (ˈbˠalʲə aːhə ˈclʲiə; ˌbʲlʲaː ˈclʲiə)) city, capital of Ireland, located on the east coast in the province…
Definition And Types Of Cloud Formation

Definition And Types Of Cloud Formation

Clouds are usually grouped into different types based on their altitude (how high they are in the sky) and their shape. There are ten cloud…
Lake Myvatn, Iceland

Lake Myvatn, Iceland

Lake Mývatn is a part of a sightseeing route named the Diamond Circle, that also visits the town of Húsavík, the canyon of Ásbyrgi, and…
Thingvellir National Park, Iceland

Thingvellir National Park, Iceland

Þingvellir (Icelandic: ˈθiŋkˌvɛtlɪr̥, anglicized as Thingvellir) is historically known to be the place where the first parliamentary assembly of Iceland was formed in the year…
Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland

Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland

The Snæfellsnes (Icelandic pronunciation: ​ˈstn̥aiːfɛlsˌnɛːs) peninsula is often referred to as “Iceland in Miniature” or “Iceland in a Nutshell”. This well-deserved nickname was given to…
Santorini, Greece

Santorini, Greece

Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη, pronounced (sandoˈrini)), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα (ˈθira)) and classic Greek Thera (English pronunciation /ˈθɪərə/), is the supermodel of the Greek islands, a…
Crete, Greece

Crete, Greece

Crete (Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti, (‘kriti), Ancient: Krḗtē, (krέːtεː); Egyptian: keftiu; Biblical Hebrew: כפתור‎, caphtor, Turkish: Girit) island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that is…
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