Saturday 11 July 2015

Venice at night.

Venice at night. 

Venice at night.

capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a marshy lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. Its stone palaces seemingly rise out of the water. There are no cars or roadways, just canals and boats. The Grand Canal snakes through the city, which is filled with innumerable narrow, mazelike alleys and small squares


Abraham Lake

Abraham Lake:

Abraham Lake


Alberta, Canada, is home to a rare phenomenon where bubbles get frozen right underneath its surface. photo by Chip Phillips,

It was built on the upper course of the North Saskatchewan River, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It lines David Thompson Highway between Saskatchewan River Crossing and Nordegg.

Abraham Lake was created in 1972, with the construction of the Bighorn Dam. The Government of Alberta sponsored a contest to name the lake in February 1972, during the final stages of construction of the Bighorn dam. Students across the province were asked to submit names taking into consideration "historical significance, prominent persons, geography and topography, and the value of the lake."It was named for Silas Abraham, an inhabitant of the Saskatchewan River valley in the nineteenth century.

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