PRESENTATION OUTLINE
You can see the northern lights from many places at night. The most spectacular northern lights recently recorded in history was the "great geomagnetic storm" on 8/28/1859 and 9/2/1859
Eskimo people believe that the northern lights are actually dead spirits playing football with a walrus head.
Astronauts on the international space station are at the same altitude as the northern lights and see them from the side.
As the sun sets on a full moon, Victoria Falls hosts a rare and beautiful sight as the light from the moon bouncing of the spray creates a rainbow during the night.
Victoria falls was first seen by David Livingstone in 1855. It is 1,708 meters wide and 180 meters high.
It's located in Zambia a town in Southern Africa.
People hang over the edge of Victoria falls when the river flow is at a safe level. Because of the spray from the falls the rainforest at Victoria falls is the only place on earth that rains 24/7
THE HARBER AT RIO DE JANEIRO
It's located in Guanabara Bay in Brazil. It's the second largest bay in Brazil. It's 412 square kilometers. It was discovered by Portuguese seafarer. Rio de Janeiro in Portuguese means "river of January"
Christ the redeemer (the statue at Rio de Janeiro) was built as a symbol of Brazilian Christianity. It took nine years to finish. It's 98 feet tall being the largest Art Deco statue in the world.
The Colorado river runs through the Grand Canyon. There is a rock at the bottom of the canyon that is over 2 billion years old. It's located in Flagstaff, Arizona. You can't buy bottled water in the Grand Canyon, this is because 20% of the parks waste came from plastic water bottles.
Over 770 people have died at Grand Canyon by heart attacks, suicide, accidents, falling, and even some have driven there vehicle into the canyon.
There are legends of ghosts roaming the area, and the most popular one is the "wandering women" She died by suicide in her lodge, she wears a white robe with small flowers on it, and a scarf around her head. They say she wanders around the Canyon, and some park rangers claimed they have seen her.
The Paricutin Volcano is 200 miles west of Mexico City, Mexico. It is the youngest volcano in the northern hemisphere. Two weeks before the growth of The Paricutin Volcano, the villagers of Paricutin heard loud rumblings in the ground.
After only one day, it has already risen the 164 feet, and after a week, it grew to 500 feet. The height of it now is 10,400 feet. The Paricutin Volcano is now a extinct volcano, which means it is no longer active.
It's located in Nepal. Over 4,000 people have attempted to climb Mount Everest. It grows 4 millimeters taller every year. Over 2,000 people have reached the top of Mount Everest.
The youngest person to reach the top was 13 years old the oldest was 76 years old. It's about 60 million years old. It wasn't famous until 1856. It's 8,848 meters tall. The lowest temperature it's ever had was -76 degrees Fahrenheit.
There are over 1,509 species of tropical fish and 400 different types of coral. About 10% of the worlds fish species can be found within the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef covers an overall area that is larger than Italy.
Many endangered species have made the reef their home. It attracts about 1,000,000 visitors annually who come to see the the reef for themselves. It's located in northern Australia. It's gradually being destroyed by crown of thrones sea stars.
