Know These Top Reasons That Make Turmeric The Golden Herb

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="turmeric 1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9062" height="329" src="http://blog.nirogam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/turmeric-1.jpg" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 4px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); float: left; margin: 0px 12px 5px 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="630" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For over generations now, turmeric has been the most popular herbal remedy for many an ailment. That includes toothaches and minor bruises to colic. One of the major ingredients in Asian cooking, this yellow colored spice gives a special flavor to meals. Rightly called the ‘Queen of Spices’, turmeric not only helps prevent spoilage of food but also helps destroy organisms in raw food. It moreover protects the nutritive value of food items. While adding good taste and zero calories to the diet it is a very promising disease preventive agent.</div> <h2 style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: Andada, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Turmeric- A Potential Drug Alternative</h2> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> With anti inflammatory properties ranging from increasing immunity to being antioxidant, turmeric is seen as a potential drug alternative. Unlike most other pain killers, turmeric comes with no side effects at all.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhum-9erPkDEKTOJbT2EdwtQnhyphenhyphenelKJDxfi4-tQCsY03F9TKETm3xteMmqQk8FhZBQ0c_9MNYOApJXoJQ74rw-IP3nNb9sMYDBwdw-XA8CF_Qaw1WyXjysFYS8o_juwRHBRUEk5hdFwfIYm/s1600/Kati-vasti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhum-9erPkDEKTOJbT2EdwtQnhyphenhyphenelKJDxfi4-tQCsY03F9TKETm3xteMmqQk8FhZBQ0c_9MNYOApJXoJQ74rw-IP3nNb9sMYDBwdw-XA8CF_Qaw1WyXjysFYS8o_juwRHBRUEk5hdFwfIYm/s1600/Kati-vasti.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Curcumin, the compound present in turmeric is what gives turmeric its anti inflammatory properties. Curcumin is very popular now and needs no introduction to a health enthusiast.</div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Inflammation is the body’s response to an infection. It occurs as self protection in response to foreign invaders like bacteria and virus. Inflammation leads to redness/ rashes or swelling in the affected area along with irritation and pain. However, when body’s immune system triggers an inflammatory response in the absence of foreign substances it leads to excess inflammation in the body. This results in diseases like asthma, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, tendonitis and more.</div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The compound has been shown to influence more than 700 genes.</div> <h2 style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: Andada, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The anti oxidant properties of turmeric is five to eight times stronger than vitamins C and E.</h2> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> In our body, cells continuously grow and die. During different cellular functions, a few of these cells get damaged and turn into free radicals. Free radicals refer to the damaged cells that have lost a molecule and can be very problematic since they start pairing up randomly with other molecules. This affects the DNA of the cell because of which it grows abnormally leading to many chronic diseases. So we must include more antioxidants in our diet to offset the negative impacts.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yMNrDvGoDms-WmVhccMZUGaCk9I5m0V0-0Ws0_WOpMEIx_ygOoN9lLENk_8s2cWBWG4wHC_M46C7bx-kWgrfeJbt8r79AJjgLb2k7GOQRsdJIkhkFpjlbFHpjX3RscISlcyf0ZcPIm-C/s1600/turmeric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yMNrDvGoDms-WmVhccMZUGaCk9I5m0V0-0Ws0_WOpMEIx_ygOoN9lLENk_8s2cWBWG4wHC_M46C7bx-kWgrfeJbt8r79AJjgLb2k7GOQRsdJIkhkFpjlbFHpjX3RscISlcyf0ZcPIm-C/s1600/turmeric.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Turmeric- An Anti-Cancer agent</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Interestingly, many studies have now shown that turmeric also has anti-cancer properties. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death.It is thought that Curcumin may help prevent cancer by interfering with aspects of cellular signaling. It has the ability to alter genetic activity and expression. It not only destroys but also promotes healthy cell function. The mutated cancer cells are destroyed because of Curcumin thereby preventing further spread.</div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> An American study performed in 2007 showed that combined treatment of Curcumin with chemotherapy to treat bowel cancer cells was more effective than chemotherapy alone.</div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Human studies of Curcumin in cancer prevention and treatment is still in its early stage. Of the different cancers, turmeric is said to be most effective against bowel cancer, breast cancer, skin cancer and stomach cancer cells.</div> <div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> And, now of course, we don’t need more reasons not to include more curried dishes in our meals. Adding turmeric to our diet is one of the simplest ways toward optimal health one can make. You can experiment different ways in which you can use a pinch of this spice in your daily diet. Maybe adding a dash of it to scrambled eggs or sprinkling it on roasted cauliflower/potatoes or adding it to your salad dressing. This golden spice is actually worth its weight in gold.</div> </div>

Know These Top Reasons That Make Turmeric The Golden Herb

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9 Essential Face Packs For Skin Whitening Natural Home made Face Pack

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcoVlF7Fxuwr4N7xWwLd-wkLO-r2lcVlL6JxI7EjS1_RlVuyPEXwKzXYs-VEhlScFV9bTzA_4o8f57F2pWPPAwR-Ew_VbAgJnpPwfq9apsHI3WM-nmtOAeya_Pv8xVhvxQwBQELcLJlMA/s1600/Face-Packs-For-Skin.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254980" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27.200000762939453px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <br /></div> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254980" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27.200000762939453px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Every woman desires a fairer and whiter skin tone. At least all Indian women do! We are brought up with that admiration for fairness that just tends to over take everything else. And we keep on hunting for ways and means to attain that favored skin tone may it be store bought or home made!</div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Talking of getting that whiter complexion, free from patches and pigmentation, homemade face mask for skin whitening have proven to be the most successful solution till date!</div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Today we present to you some amazing skin whitening face masks and tips:</div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Milk Powder and Lemon Juice Face Pack for skin whitening:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JYJpflwzGG-sBfd6rCLAG6EXWReRssErS4DJXxT5PqXm4QH07PBPaJP9LUhMxTaa1niNJh95Igz-DA5Uj4GkGklCypduDE5X4PzzhT4nnjnw2cmas8kYc_6ELUBxP1hspdJqfJIjG-SG/s1600/Milk-Powder-and-Lemon-Juice.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <ul style="border: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Milk powder can be mixed with lemon juice and honey that makes a face pack for whitening skin. This can be easily prepared and must be applied for a minimum of ten minutes or more.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Regular application enhances your skin’s glow and also gets rid of pigmentation.</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Oatmeal and Sour Curd Face mask for skin whitening:</span></span></h3> <div> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; color: darkorange; display: block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Oatmeal and Sour Curd Face mask" class="wp-image-254982 size-full aligncenter" height="333" sizes="100vw" src="http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Oatmeal-and-Sour-Curd-Face-mask.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 12px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;" width="700" /><a href="http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/9-face-packs-for-skin-whitening/"><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></a></span></span><div> <span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="border: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">oak oatmeal over night. Next day grind it into a paste and mix it with sour curd.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Using this as a pack on to the skin will help you regain fairer skin.</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This face pack for whitening the skin does wonders. You can see best results with regular use.</div> <div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <h3 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Potato Pulp natural face pack for skin whitening:</span></span></h3> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254983" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Potato Pulp natural face" class="wp-image-254983 size-full aligncenter" height="465" sizes="100vw" src="http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Potato-Pulp-natural-face.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 12px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;" width="700" /><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_pin" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/pinterest.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 148.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span><span class="imgshare_fb" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/facebook.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 238.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span></span></span><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; color: #757575; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div> <ul style="border: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Like lemon juice, potato also has mild bleaching properties.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Regular application of potato juice or potato pulp as a pack will lead to fairer complexion.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It also imparts a polished glow to the skin.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Turmeric and Tomato Face Pack:</span></span></h3> <div> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254984" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Turmeric and Tomato Face Pack" class="wp-image-254984 size-full aligncenter" height="345" sizes="100vw" src="http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Turmeric-and-Tomato-Face-Pack.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 12px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;" width="700" /><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_pin" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/pinterest.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 88.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span><span class="imgshare_fb" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/facebook.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 178.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <ul style="border: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Turmeric mixed with tomato or lemon juice is a great way to get the desired fairness to the skin.</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This homemade face mask for skin whitening will offer you desired results.</span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Sweet Almond Oil Face Pack:</span></span></h3> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254985" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Sweet Almond Oil Face Pack" class="wp-image-254985 size-full aligncenter" height="449" sizes="100vw" src="http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sweet-Almond-Oil-Face-Pack.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 12px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;" width="700" /></span><span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_pin" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/pinterest.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 140.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span><span class="imgshare_fb" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/facebook.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 230.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <ul style="border: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Regular massage with sweet almond oil, slightly warmed by indirect heat (especially for dry skin) is great for increasing the blood circulation.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The more the blood circulation, the more rejuvenated the skin becomes in that area.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The same thing can be done with about 4-5 almonds are soaked overnight and ground to a paste the next day.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Use this paste with a little bit of butter milk or malai for 10-12 minutes. Wash off with plain water in a scrubbing motion.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This mask will help soften and wear out dead skin cells. Regular use will lead to skin whitening.</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> And if using that sticky malai bothers you, then here is a variation with honey and yogurt</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Gram Flour Face Pack:</span></span></h3> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254986" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Gram Flour Face Pack" class="wp-image-254986 size-full aligncenter" height="306" sizes="100vw" src="http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Gram-Flour-Face-Pack.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 12px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;" width="700" /><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_pin" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/pinterest.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 69px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span><span class="imgshare_fb" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/facebook.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 159px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span></span></span><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; color: #757575; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div> <ul style="border: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gram flour or besan sorts our sallow complexion and gives a youthful glow to skin.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For best results, mix a Paste of Gram flour with malai or butter milk and apply on face. This pack is very well known for generations.<span style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Here is another option with gram flour that you can try, because its one of the best homemade facial for skin whitening.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Mint Leaves Face Pack:</span></span></h3> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254987" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Mint Leaves Face Pack" class="wp-image-254987 size-full aligncenter" height="466" sizes="100vw" src="http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Mint-Leaves-Face-Pack.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 12px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;" width="700" /><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_pin" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/pinterest.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 149px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span><span class="imgshare_fb" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/facebook.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 239px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span></span></span><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; color: #757575; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Image: Shutterstock</div> </div> <ul style="border: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mint leaves have extremely refreshing property. They contain an astringent and have a purifying property.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can make a mask of fresh mint leaves and apply on to face for 10-15 minutes.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It will tighten the skin pores, reduce sun burns and tanning with regular application. It gives you an awesome soothing spa-like feel.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Banana Face Pack:</span></span></h3> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254992" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Banana Face Packs" class="wp-image-254992 size-full aligncenter" height="359" sizes="100vw" src="http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Banana-Face-Packs.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 12px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;" width="700" /><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_pin" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/pinterest.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 95.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span><span class="imgshare_fb" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/facebook.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 185.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <ul style="border: 0px; list-style: square outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Banana has proven whitening effects on skin.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A mixture of a ripe yellow banana, honey and a teaspoon of sour curd is a great way to brighten up your skin, especially the skin with suntans.</li> </ul> <div> <h3 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Sandal wood Powder Face Pack:</span></span></h3> <div> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_buttons" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Sandal wood Powder Face Pack" class="wp-image-254989 size-full aligncenter" height="419" sizes="100vw" src="http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sandal-wood-Powder-Face-Pack.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 12px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;" width="700" /><span class="imgshare_buttons_wrap" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="imgshare_pin" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/pinterest.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 125.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_254989" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px;"> <span class="imgshare_pin" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/pinterest.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 125.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"></span><span class="imgshare_fb" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; background-image: url(http://img.stylecraze.com/wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/imgshare/facebook.jpg); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; left: 225px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 215.5px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;"><br /></span></div> <ul style="border: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For oily skin, chandan or sandal wood powder mixed with water into a paste is a great way to gain the natural whiteness for your skin.</li> <li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It not only brightens up sallow complexion but also gives it a fresh glow.</li> </ul> </div> </span></span></div> </span></div> </span></span></div> </div> </div>

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11 Greatest Mountains of the World

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The sport of mountain climbing was born in 1760, when a young Genevese scientist, Horace-Benedict de Saussure, offered prize money for the first person to reach the summit of Mount Blanc, Europe’s tallest peak. But long before that time humans have been climbing mountains for the challenge it poses. Or “because it’s there” as English mountaineer George Mallory famously replied when he was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest. A few months later he disappeared on the way to the summit.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Some of the mountains on this list still provide a great challenge for the professional mountaineer. Others can be visited more easily by foot or cableway. But all of them can be appreciated from a safe distance providing magnificent vistas and spectacular scenery.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span id="more-890" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div> <div class="topitem" id="item_mount_kinabalu" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">11</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mount Kinabalu</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Mount Kinabalu" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/434687604_bf98751fe7_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Mount Kinabalu" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> With a summit height at 4,095 meters (13,435 ft), Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Borneo. The mountain is known worldwide for its tremendous botanical and biological species biodiversity. Over 600 species of ferns, 326 species of birds, and 100 mammalian species have been identified at Mount Kinabalu and its surrounding. The main peak of the mountain can be climbed easily by a person with a good physical condition, and requires no mountaineering equipment although climbers must be accompanied by guides at all times.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_amphitheatre_drakensberg" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">10</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Amphitheatre, Drakensberg</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Amphitheatre, Drakensberg" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2210/2050851428_a66f571346_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Amphitheatre, Drakensberg" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in Southern Africa, rising to 3,482 metres (11,420 ft) in height. The name is derived from the dutch and means “dragons mountain”. The Amphitheatre is one of the geographical features of the Northern Drakensberg, and is widely regarded as one of the most impressive cliff faces on earth. The Amphitheatre is over 5 kilometers (3 miles) in length and has precipitous cliffs rising approximately 1200 meters (4000 ft) along its entire length.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_mount_huang" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">9</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mount Huang</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Mount Huang" src="http://resources.touropia.com/gfx/d/mountains-of-the-world/mount_huang.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Mount Huang" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mount Huang is a mountain range in eastern China also known as Huangshan (“Yellow Mountain”). The area is well known for its scenery, sunsets, peculiarly-shaped granite peaks and views of the clouds from above. Mount Huang is a frequent subject of traditional Chinese paintings and literature, as well as modern photography. The tallest peak in the Huangshan mountain range is the Lotus Peak at 1,864 meters (6,115 ft). In ancient times almost 60,000 stone steps were carved into the side of the mountain. Today there are also cable cars that tourists can use to ride directly from the base to one of the summits.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_aoraki_mount_cook" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">8</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aoraki Mount Cook</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Aoraki Mount Cook" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2415/2377113600_195e1713a1_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Aoraki Mount Cook" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Aoraki Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching a height of 3,754 metres (12,316 ft). Aoraki means “Cloud Piercer” in the Ngai Tahu dialect of the Maori language. The mountain lies in a national park of the same name which contains 27 other mountains which peak at over 3000 meters. A popular tourist destination, it is also a favorite destination for mountain climbers. It is is a challenging ascent, with frequent storms and very steep snow and ice climbing to reach the peak. The mountain was first climbed successfully in 1894 by three New Zealanders who reached the summit via the north ridge.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_monte_fitz_roy" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">7</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monte Fitz Roy</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Monte Fitz Roy" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/2953138948_25babdfa68_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Monte Fitz Roy" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Monte Fitz Roy is a 3,375 meter (11,073 ft) high mountain on the border between Argentina and Chile. Despite its average height the mountain has a reputation of being extremely difficult to climb because the sheer granite faces present long stretches of arduous technical climbing. In addition, the weather in the area is exceptionally severe and treacherous. The mountain also attracts many tourists and photographers thanks to its otherworldly shape. It was first climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_mount_kailash" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">6</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mount Kailash</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Mount Kailash" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2354/2145687953_776750b735_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Mount Kailash" width="100%" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Located in Tibet, Mount Kailash is considered as a sacred place in five religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Ayyavazhi and the Bön faith. In Hinduism, it is considered to be the abode of Lord Shiva. Every year, thousands make a pilgrimage to Kailash, following a tradition going back thousands of years. It is believed that moving around Mount Kailash on foot will bring good fortune. Because of these beliefs the mountain is considered off limits to climbers and there have been no recorded attempts to climb the 6,638 meter (21,778 ft) high Mount Kailash. It is the most significant peak in the world that has not seen any known climbing attempts.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_banff_national_park" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">5</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mountains of Banff</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Banff National Park" src="http://resources.touropia.com/gfx/d/mountains-of-the-world/banff_national_park.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Banff National Park" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Banff National Park is Canada’s oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains and one North America’s most visited parks. Banff’s mountains exhibit several different shapes that have been influenced by the composition of rock deposits, layers, and their structure. The 3,618 meter (11,870 ft) high Mount Assiniboine has been shaped by glacial erosion that has left a sharp peak. It has been unofficially named the “Matterhorn” of North America. The mountains of the Valley of the Ten Peaks near the crystal clear Moraine Lake are also known for providing scenic vistas.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_k2" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">4</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">K2</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="K2" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3052/3041083811_72d7be6d2e_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="K2" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> With a peak elevation of 8,611 meters (28,251 ft), K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. The mountain is part of the Karakoram range, located on the border between China and Pakistan. K2 is also known as the Savage Mountain due to the difficulty of ascent and one of the highest fatality rate for those who climb it. K2 is notable for its local relief as well as its total height. It stands over 3,000 meters (9,843 ft) above much of the glacial valley bottoms at its base. More extraordinary is the fact that it is a consistently steep pyramid, dropping quickly in almost all directions. An Italian expedition succeeded in ascending to the summit of K2 on July 31, 1954.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_table_mountain" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">3</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Table Mountain</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Table Mountain" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/98600890_f8e595d7dd_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Table Mountain" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It’s main feature is a level plateau approximately 3 kilometers (2 mi) from side to side, surrounded by steep cliffs. The highest point on Table Mountain is 1,086 meters (3,563 ft) above sea level. There is a cableway that takes passengers to the top of the mountain with views overlooking Cape Town, Table Bay and Robben Island to the north, and the Atlantic seaboard to the west and south. António de Saldanha was the first European to land in Table Bay. He climbed the mighty mountain in 1503 and named it ‘Table Mountain’.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_matterhorn" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">2</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Matterhorn</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Matterhorn" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/3119529301_c53ea1bc1c_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Matterhorn" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Matterhorn is a famous mountain and an iconic emblem of the Swiss Alps. The mountain derives its name from the German words Matte, meaning meadow, and Horn, which means peak. With its 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high summit, lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps. It is also one of the deadliest peaks in the Alps. From the first time it was climbed in 1865 to 1995, 500 alpinists have died on it. The Matterhorn’s faces are steep, and only small patches of snow and ice cling to them while regular avalanches send the snow down to accumulate on the glaciers at the base of each face.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_mount_everest" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mount Everest</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="#1 of Mountains Of The World" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1164/538538099_4b6bbdc3ef_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="#1 of Mountains Of The World" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> At 8,848 meters (29,029 ft), Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. It is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet. The highest mountain in the world attracts climbers of all levels, from well experienced mountaineers to novice climbers willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. Although other eight-thousanders such as K2 are much more difficult to climb, Mount Everest still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather and wind. People who die during the climb are typically left behind and it is not uncommon to find corpses near the standard climbing routes. On May 29, 1953, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and New Zealander Edmund Percival Hillary were the first to climb to the summit of Everest.</div> </div>

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10 Top Tourist Attractions in Norway

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">It’s easy to picture pillaging Vikings and scenic fjords when thinking about </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Norway<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">.</span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> This land of the summer midnight sun, however, offers much more than that, including picturesque waterfronts, well-preserved wooden churches and great hiking trails. Quaint medieval towns, filled with modern amenities, are just waiting to be explored. An overview of the </span><br /> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">top tourist attractions in Norway</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">:</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="topitem" id="item_roros" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">10</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roros</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Roros" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2892/8765880628_7a3f63d33e_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Roros" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Roros is a good place to learn about copper mining as it occurred a few centuries ago. Copper mining started there in the 17th century and continued for more than 300 years, until 1977. The town has about 2,000 wooden houses that have been preserved in their blackened state, suggesting a medieval look. The town itself was established in 1646 by the Roros Copper Works. Farmlands surround the former mining operation, which include the remains of a smelter. The town is on the Winter Transport Route that used frozen lakes, streams and rivers to move people and goods.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_urnes_stave_church" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">9</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Urnes Stave Church</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Urnes Stave Church" src="http://resources.touropia.com/gfx/d/tourist-attractions-in-norway/urnes_stave_church.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Urnes Stave Church" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Urnes Stavkyrkje, or Urnes Stave Church, blends several architectural styles into a medieval church that is still standing after 900 years. What is remarkable about this church, however, is the building material used: wood, instead of the traditional stone. Located on Norway’s west coast, the church blends Celtic, Viking and Romanesque features in a church that stands majestically in the woods. Urnes is one of 28 stave (wooden) churches in Norway as well as one of the oldest, having been built in the 12th century. Artifacts link pre-Christian Norse culture with medieval Christianity.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_voringfossen" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">8</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Voringfossen</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Voringfossen" src="http://resources.touropia.com/gfx/d/tourist-attractions-in-norway/voringfossen.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Voringfossen" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Vøringfossen is Norway’s most famous waterfall, cascading down 180 meters (600 feet) in a series of drops, though it ranks only 83rd on the list of Norway’s highest waterfalls. Vøringfossen is located at Mabodelen, a narrow valley between Oslo and Bergen. Tourists have been visiting Vøringfossen for almost 200 years; a hotel built in 1880 at the top required guests to walk up 1,500 steps to reach their accommodations. The top is easier to reach these days, but the falls aren’t as powerful as they once were because of a hydroelectric plant built upstream.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_nidaros_cathedral" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">7</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nidaros Cathedral</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Nidaros Cathedral" src="http://resources.touropia.com/gfx/d/tourist-attractions-in-norway/nidaros_cathedral.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Nidaros Cathedral" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> While William the Conqueror was busy invading Great Britain in 1066, the Vikings were occupied with building Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. Nearly 1,000 years later, the cathedral is Norway’s most important church and Scandinavia’s largest medieval building. The cathedral was built to honor Olav, a Viking chieftain who later became a king and a saint. Olav was killed in a battle near Trondheim in 1030; his nephew began constructing the Nidaros Cathedral in 1066 to house his body; it was basically finished in 1090, though enlargements continued until the 1300s. The cathedral soon became an important pilgrimage destination in Norway.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_nordkapp" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">6</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nordkapp</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Nordkapp" src="http://resources.touropia.com/gfx/d/tourist-attractions-in-norway/nordkapp.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Nordkapp" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nordkapp, or North Cape, is a must for travelers who want to frolic under the midnight sun, since the sun never sets between May 14 and July 29. It is the northernmost point in Europe connected with the international road network. Because it’s in the far north, rising 300 meters (1,000 feet) above the Arctic Ocean, Nordkapp is mainly a summer destination, attracting about 200,000 visitors annually. Nordkapp offers stunning scenic views, with plenty of opportunities to hike under the Arctic sun or see puffin in their native habitat.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_jostedalsbreen_glacier" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">5</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jostedalsbreen Glacier</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Jostedalsbreen Glacier" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3813/9692840936_d6f79d2d9a_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jostedalsbreen Glacier" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Icy and scenic is perhaps the best way to describe Jostedalsbreen Glacier, the largest glacier in Europe. Situated in southern Norway, the glacier is surrounded by Jostedalsbreen Glacier National Park. Many, many years ago, locals could cross the glacier on foot, perhaps herding animals on their way to market, but this isn’t possible today as the glacier has shrunk significantly. Hiking and glacial skiing is allowed, but sportsmen need to be well prepared as these activities can be dangerous. It is much safer, and just as pretty, to take one of the walking tours around the park.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_viking_ship_museum" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">4</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Ship Museum</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Viking Ship Museum" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/82123397_9e665096b6_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Viking Ship Museum" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Many centuries ago, the Vikings sailed the northern seas, striking fear in the hearts of the region these fierce warriors were about to invade. Today, visitors can view, unafraid, some of these terror-causing vessels as the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo showcases some of these great ninth century ships. The list includes ships from Gokstad, Oseberg and Tune, including two of the best preserved wooden ships in the world from that era. The Oseberg ship is the best preserved and was found in a burial mound on a farm near Oseberg. The museum also displays textiles, tools and household items as well as items found in Viking tombs.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_heddal_stave_church" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">3</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Heddal Stave Church</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Heddal Stave Church" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2335/2552270174_f0968430c3_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Heddal Stave Church" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Heddal Stave Church is Norway’s largest stave church, with triple naves that stand proudly against the sky. The church, made entirely of wood, was built in the 13th century; according to local legend, it was built in three days by five farmers. After restorations in the 19th and 20th centuries, the church is still in use today for weddings and Sunday services during the summer months. Located in Notodden, the church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_bryggen" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">2</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryggen</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Bryggen" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5973021471_d1941a3b64_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Bryggen" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Travelers who get “museumed” out may enjoy a visit to the Bryggen waterfront, an informal museum that doesn’t seem like a museum. Traditional buildings line the waterfront with boats tied just feet away on Bergen’s seaside. The scene is so picturesque, visitors can easily forget Bryggen is linked to Bergen’s importance as a trading center for 400 years during the Middle Ages, when it was part of the Hanseatic League. Today’s traders can shop in trendy boutiques, visit craftsmen’s studios or enjoy a bite to eat down a narrow alleyway.</div> <div class="topitem" id="item_geirangerfjord" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 50px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="topnumber" style="background-color: #a64d79; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 50px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span><span class="toptitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Geirangerfjord</span></div> <div class="image_640" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="#1 of Tourist Attractions In Norway" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/30543140_a8060d9f60_z.jpg?zz=1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="#1 of Tourist Attractions In Norway" width="100%" /><span class="photo-credit" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.6; padding: 4px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The most famous tourist attractions in Norway are probably it fjords. Among the most beautiful of these fjords is Geirangerfjord, located in southwestern Norway near the coastal town of Ålesund. Stretching for more than 15 km (9 miles) long, Geirangerfjord is a natural wonder of deep blue water surrounded by majestic cliffs and lush green mountains towering more than 1,000 meters (3,500 feet) high. Adding to the spectacular scenery are several stunning waterfalls and lush countryside dotted with picturesque farms.</div> </div>

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Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Niccolò Bonfadini is a young photographer living in Monza, in the northern part of Italy. Since he was a child he has always been fascinated by Nature. Some years ago he discovered his passion for photography and since then he has started traveling intensively with his camera. For him nothing is more fulfilling that being out in the wilderness witnessing a sunrise or a starry sky.</div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKc0qWuJo4nw2f-WkQFvUauEX_xF1GDYtOiuQF-2moM7d5PM4Uiuw158Kmkhqw5VP5h8NF8Yr7obCi50bcm_ZaZ4CbV5l-6CDO8AkbhppE6iKRVSst2FXOSsMUxelh_yQ1g1_ATKqnJ4/s1600/Amazing+Frozen+Trees+in+The+Arctic+Look+Like+An+Alien+World.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; height: auto; margin: 0px 1em; max-width: 710px; outline: none; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" /></div> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; color: #2b5797; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">Photography motivates him to get out into Nature more often, experiencing conditions and places that he wouldn’t probably have witnessed otherwise. Recently he has started collaborating with a group of talented photographer for the “Wildvisions Nature Photography” Project.</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG4FSsSxCGg1CHixyO52GNyhitAxF5iVPclzSQSLeptAS4FT3OKBPIxdyQIR_0WI5_jO-ig37Eb7p0E78fcv1CxRX_oKXnreD2JTZphlrZfWY3X_OjohTiYWJC8NvYRXlyq2gDJ_LnGw/s1600/Amazing+Frozen+Trees+in+The+Arctic+Look+Like+An+Alien+World+1.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; height: auto; margin: 0px 1em; max-width: 710px; outline: none; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" /></div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">In one of Bonfadini's recent series titled “Sentinels of the Arctic”, the photographer captured images of snow covered landscape in Finnish Lapland during last winter where temperatures ranging from -40 to –15 degrees centigrade can completely engulf trees in solid ice.</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmc8O9afPLkqNY0SsAlXQx18IX93NPVyHOXoOdmphnBUB_8V3lFp1L_3Hocj9_ayOWGwejO7gToBHN8mgV14uPs1s1pHdIVRNykL2VQdaO9K5rR2LHNoG158rX67XqRkJrVznR4SvhfU/s1600/Amazing+Frozen+Trees+in+The+Arctic+Look+Like+An+Alien+World+2.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; height: auto; margin: 0px 1em; max-width: 710px; outline: none; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" /></div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">“That morning I slept in my tent to watch the sun rise from the top of a hill; an eerie mist was forming around the trees, enhancing the mysterious atmosphere”, said Niccolò Bonfadini.</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgqCeAQX0tk3PcdKgpmqwd7wfNAMDMgpdmSwg0IlOwxLUuG4gess6UfqORQdvQX7sAlbVkANAeNiXgol6Zog-TX8gArxGD0Oeuurlr5K4arL_myZWucpP1CwcMDb4YgBY2906RfG2ibA/s1600/Amazing+Frozen+Trees+in+The+Arctic+Look+Like+An+Alien+World+3.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; height: auto; margin: 0px 1em; max-width: 710px; outline: none; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" /></div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">One of his pictures was selected as a photo of the day published at APOD-NASA, a project run by NASA along with the Michigan Tech University.</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4h5NnMPn2wRtpohQz7JAjxVKbTURTEEPpEGJgSSo6ryVNFq6F6IHyBzZuBvu0FbBf9fRxkP67kysFf4vfa4MkEicXgcxoRsjf4lm7J-i0pO52Xnjllhb7pejmkQ8ODL4Vn96cKkbRjc/s1600/Amazing+Frozen+Trees+in+The+Arctic+Look+Like+An+Alien+World+4.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 1px 10px; height: auto; margin: 0px 1em; max-width: 710px; outline: none; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World" /></div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">He said: 'Some thought they were volcanic eruptions and clouds. To me they seemed to be alive like frozen people.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">'Every tree was different from the others, they had weird forms, some had snow covered branches that looked like arms.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">'With such a surreal landscape, it is easy to see how many tales and legends about trolls and other creatures could have been born.'</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">He added: 'Both the landscape and the sky were white, there were no shades during the day. It was like being in a completely white room and it was even difficult for the eyes to focus.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">'Sometimes I couldn't even notice when the path was starting to go downhill because everything looked flat.'</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">Despite his young age, Mr Bonfadini has photographed wildlife all over the world.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">He said: 'My favourite subjects are the northern countries. I feel a sense of wonder while surrounded by desolate frozen landscapes.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">'I feel small and vulnerable among the power of Nature. During those moments I really feel alive.'</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">He added: 'What I like about photography is that it is an excuse for going out into Nature.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.29333335161209106px; line-height: 26.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">'Photography motivates me to get out into Nature more often, experiencing conditions and places that I wouldn't probably have witnessed otherwise.'</span></div>

Amazing Frozen Trees in The Arctic Look Like An Alien World

Niccolò Bonfadini is a young photographer living in Monza, in the northern part of Italy. Since he was a child he has always been fascinat...

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