Wonders of the World..

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:52 am

you may have noticed Im an engineering freak..

I think we shall create a thread which dedicates itself to the wonders of the world.. theres a lot out there..

I will start with a natural wonder of the world... And its a worthy starter..

Trango Towers

doesn't look big does it? but the peak of this place is 6350 Metres high! The Petronas Towers in K/L Malaysia are around 1500 feet tall! Trango towers is just HUGE, and nothing looks more more formidible!

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:50 pm

Natural wonders will always eclipse anything that can be made by man.

I studied Geology and Oceanography at university and it really does give you an entirely different look on the world. The awesome powers that are involved in creating the sites that we see around the world are simply mind blowing.

One of my favourites has always been the Caldera's (or super volcano if you watched the program)

Their size is just unimaginable. The perfect example was when scientists were finding igneous (volcanic) rocks in Yellowstone park but couldnt work out why becuase there was no volcano in the area. It wasnt until orbital satellites took a picture of yellowstone park that they realised the volcano mouth was the park itself. A volcano some 77 Km across!!!!!

The tv program recently highlighted this and although reasonable close to the truth missed a few points. The main one being that if this thing goes off again it will wipe out life in the Americas all together

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:15 pm

Anyone who survives will probably wish they hadn't... so much ash will be in the air that the sun's rays won't be able to penetrate... crops will be ruined and the earth's temperature will plummet...

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:52 pm

yip, and that cloud would likely cover the earth for in the region of 3 years. For those who wanna see just how big this caldera is on a map take a look at the following.

http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/NorAm ... oneMap.jpg

pretty incredible

Demmerz · Post by **Demmerz** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:39 pm

That's big

MordaciousK(nudges*star) · Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:59 am

Okay your having a laugh-that's just some student drawing the mask of Zorro on a map!

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:26 pm

confound it, i've been discovered

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:50 pm

NEXT!

Theres so many skyscrapers in the world, and they all have their different characteristics.. However the Tuntex Sky Tower in Kaohsiung in Taiwan looks something astonishing, magnificent and very different.. its impressive as is the photo below.. They went mental with the design, and it turned out to be a piece of brilliance..

The Tuntex is currently in the top 15 tallest buildings on the planet, standing a heeeeYAWGE

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:43 pm

Kansai International Airport :

An engineering Marval. Thousands of tonnes of Earth moved into the center of Osaka Bay to Create this airport. you would visit that place JUST TO SEE that airport! then enjoy your stay. How do they do it? How do they do it?
This is a wonder of the world, and I think one of the greatest..