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Blue Moon, Purple Mountain
Blue Moon, Purple MountainExecutive summary by darmansjahLooking as otherworldly as the moon that hangs near it, Mount Fitzoryin Parque Nacional los Glaciares, Argentina, presents a sheer granite face...
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Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Best For: Aesthetically minded skiers who appreciate fine wineExecutive summary by darmansjahWith the dramatic peaks of the Dolomites rising like ruddy cathedrals in every direction, the ski areas...
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Northern Lights
Executive summary by darmansjahThe aurora borealis forms a 2,000 mile wide (3,219 km) oval over the North Pole.ARTIC CIRCLE The northern lights, or aurora borealis, forms in the rolling interior of the...
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Crested Butte, Colorado
Best For: Families hoping to raise the next freeskiing world championExecutive summary by darmansjahLike its Coloradosiblings Aspen and Telluride, Crested Butte is a remote, high-elevation former...
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10 Things You Should Know About Nias
10 Things You Should Know About NiasHis name isoften heardon televisionandprintmedia, especiallysincesome ofthe disasters thatoccurredin the island.Due totheisolatedlocation, Nias, whichin the local...
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Angkorwat
Reclaimed by natureAt its height, the city of Angkor was larger than ManhattanExecutive summary by darmansjahCAMBODIA In the 13th century, the magnificent Hindu / Budhist temple complex of Angkor Wat...
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Cave of Crystals
Executive summary by darmansjah30-foot-long (9m)crystals half a million years oldThe Crystals PalaceProtected by an ice-cooled suit, a researcher rappels into the cave of Crystals. Unlike most caves,...
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America's 100 Best Adventures
Executive summary by darmansjahAlaskaComplete a NOLS SemesterExplore ANWRHeli-Ski the Chugach MountainsTree-Climb ChilkatFloat the Tatshenshini-Alsek RiverTrek Wrangell-St. Elias National Park &...
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Electric Sky
Executive summary by darmansjahSKY Solar wind particles travel 93 million miles (150 million km) before becoming visible as the aurora borealis.The aurora borealis, or northern lights, blasts through...
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Fjords
Executive summary by darmansjahFjords as deep as the mountains are highNORWAYGouged from Norway’s west coast by glacial claws, the country’s fjords are a spectacular by-product of long-gone ice ages....
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Garden Under the Sea
Executive summary by darmansjahSculpatures morph into an artificial reefGRENADA Twenty-six feet (8m) below the waters off Grenada’s Coast, a curious figure is undergoing a sea change. Seated upright at...
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Grand Canyon
The largest gorgein the worldExecutive summary by darmansjahStorm WarmingA storm pours rain into the Grand Canyon, feeding the Colorado River, Flash floods from rainstorms greatly increase the erosive...
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Great Rift Valley
Executive summary by darmansjahA 4,000-mile(6,437 km) crack that began forming 20 million years agoRising From the RiftBacked by Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, Maasai warriors stride through the grassy...
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Krubera Cave
Executive summary bydarmansjahThe deepest cave on EarthGEORGIA it was ‘like climbing an inverted Mount Everest,’ one explorer said after descending into Krubera Cave. It’s an apt comparison: Just as...
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Mount Everest
Executive summary by darmansjahThe world’s highest peak stands 29,035 feet (8,850 m).NEPAL Some 325 million years ago, Mount Everest was the floor of the ancient Tethys Sea. But about 60 million years...
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Machu Picchu
Executive summary by darmansjahAlmost 8,000 feet (2,438 m) above sea levelPERU On a drizzly July morning in 1911, Peruvian guides led American explorer Hiram Bingham through dense mountain vegetation...
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NORTH SHORE
Executive summary bydarmansjahA 50-foot (15 m) wave is as high as a five-story building.HAWAIIThere are modest waves that lap at a toddler' ankles; angry, white-capped waves that keep small boats in a...
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Northern Lights
Executive summaryby darmansjahThe aurora borealis forms a2,000 mile wide (3,219 km) oval over the North Pole.ARTIC CIRCLEThe northern lights, or aurora borealis, forms in the rolling interior of the...
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FROZEN ASSETS
Executive summary by darmansjahWATER Over 98 percent of the world’s fresh water is found in glaciers and ice caps.Ice crumbling from the edges of the Perito Moreno glacier does little to reduce the...
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Altiplano
Executive summaryby darmansjahA landscape of ice, fire, wind and salt stretching600 miles(965 km)BOLIVIA, PERU, AND ARGENTINArich in silver, salt, and eerie appeal, the altiplano holds a mirror to the...
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