The Eiffel Tower
The
Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris.
Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most
recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in
Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people
ascend it every year. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the
tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.
The tower stands 324
metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. Upon its
completion, it surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of tallest
man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the
Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930; however, due to the
addition in 1957 of the antenna, the tower is now taller than the Chrysler
Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure
in France after the
2004 Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three
levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift, to
the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as
is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is
accessible only by elevator. Both the first and second levels feature
restaurants.
The tower has become
the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing
shot of films set in the city.
Tiger
Tigers
are recognized by their orange, black , and white stripe pattern. A tiger’s
front paws are large and strong to bring down prey. The front paws of a tiger
have five toes each. Tigers are famous for their thick, orange-tawny coats,
gleaming amber-gold eyes, black to rich brown stripes, and long, whip-like
tail. Most cats don’t like to swim, but on a hot day Tigers love to swim. All
tigers have a similar marking on their forehead,which resembles the Chinese
symbol Wang, meaning King. Tigers do not purr.Unlike the domestic cat the
tigers pupils are round.
The
tiger’s foot print is known as the pug mark. There are five toes on a tigers
forefeet and four on its hind feet. A tiger’s night vision is six times greater
than a humans. A tiger’s canine teeth can grow up to three inches long and
would be capable of crunching through the vertebrae of any creature on this
earth. Adult tigers have thirty teeth.On average a tigers tail is around four
feet long or half the length of its body. The tail gives the tiger extra
balance when running and is also used to communicate to other tigers. The
tendons in a tiger’s leg are so strong that an animal has been known to remain
standing after it has been shot dead.The Sumatran tiger has the most pronounced
ruff around its neck. The South China tiger has the fewest stripes. The fore
limbs of a tiger are more powerful than the hind limbs for grabbing large prey.
Rabbit
A
rabbit is a small mammal with a short tail and pointed ears. Rabbits live in
burrows in the ground. Each burrow is the home of a single family. The first
fossils which can be attributed to this family came from North America but now
they are found in every part of the world. Compared to is small body, rabbit has
large sized ears.
A
rabbit is a weak and timid animal and is always surrounded by many enemies.
Therefore nature has gifted it with large ears to help it to hear even the fun
of drop sound. The large area of the ear catches almost every sound wave
produced in the air and transfers them into the inner ear. This makes the
rabbit to detect its enemies in time and run to safety zones.
Rabbit
habitats include meadows, woods, forests, grasslands, deserts and wetlands.
Rabbits live in groups, and the best known species, the European rabbit, lives
in underground burrows, or rabbit holes. A group of burrows is called a warren.
More
than half the world's rabbit population resides in North America. They are also
native to southwestern Europe, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, some islands of Japan,
and in parts of Africa and South America. They are not naturally found in most
of Eurasia, where a number of species of hares are present. Rabbits first
entered South America relatively recently, as part of the Great American
Interchange. Much of the continent has just one species of rabbit, the tapeti,
while most of South America's southern cone is without rabbits.
Mount Merapi
Mount
Merapi is an active stratovolcano located on the border between Central Java
and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has
erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi)
north of the large Yogyakarta city, and thousands of people live on the flanks
of the volcano, with villages as high as 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) above sea level.
Smoke
can be seen emerging from the mountaintop at least 300 days a year, and several
eruptions have caused fatalities.
Pyroclastic
flow from a large explosion killed 27 people on 22 November in 1994, mostly in
the town of Muntilan, west of the volcano.
Another large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the Yogyakarta
earthquake. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to populated areas, it
has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.
On 25
October 2010 the Indonesian government raised the alert for Mount Merapi to its
highest level and warned villagers in threatened areas to move to safer ground.
People living within a 20 km (12 mi) zone were told to evacuate. Officials said
about 500 volcanic earthquakes had been recorded on the mountain over the
weekend of 23–24 October, and that the magma had risen to about 1 kilometre
(3,300 ft) below the surface due to the seismic activity. On the afternoon of
25 October 2010 Mount Merapi erupted lava from its southern and southeastern
slopes.
The mountain
was still erupting on 30 November 2010 however due to lowered eruptive activity
on 3 December 2010 the official alert status was reduced to level 3. The
volcano is now 2930 metres high, 38 metres lower than before the 2010
eruptions.
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