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Tenerife, satellite image

Tenerife, satellite image. Satellite image of Tenerife showing Mount Teide (lower centre). Vegetation is green, and water is blue. Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of north Africa. Mount Teide is an active volcano and is the highest mountain in the Canary Islands and Spain. Mount Teide and is surroundings make up the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Teide National Park

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Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal

Olkhon Island. View across the shore of Olkhon Island across the water of Lake Baikal, Russia. Baikal has the largest volume of fresh water of any lake in the world, and is second only to the Caspian Sea in total water volume. Baikal is 636km long and 79km across at its widest and has a maximum depth of 1642m. Olkhon is the largest of the 27 islands in the lake and has an area of 730 sq. km. At its height Olkhon reaches 818m above the surface of the lake. Olkhon has about 1500 inhabitants, all of whom are Buryat people native to the region. The local economy is mainly subsistence farming, although there is increased volume of tourism in the region due to Baikal's status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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False door from the tomb of Ptahshepses

False door from the tomb of Ptahshepses. This door bears not only the usual funerary formula but an interesting biographical text recording the owner's birth in the 4th Dynasty, his marriage to a princess and his career under several kings of the 5th Dynasty. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c.2450 BC. Place of Origin: Saqqara. Material Size: Limestone, H:3.66m. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London, no:682 . Location: 39

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