seven Natural Wonders

seven natural wonders is an organization created with the mission of

protecting and promoting the natural wonders of the world. The project
was launched in 2008 in response to the New 7 Wonders efforts to
change the natural wonders of the world. This announcement was made
following the campaign's efforts to establish a new list of modern man-
made wonders.
Seven Natural Wonders launched an effort to expand the 7 Natural
Wonders of the World by creating campaigns to add the Seven Natural
Wonders for each continent. These campaigns differed from the efforts of
New7Wonders because every wonder of nature was eligible with no
requirements for entry fees and sponsorship fees of any kind. This
campaign was further distinguished by avoiding the influence of
marketing, advertising and social media, with the winning wonders being
determined by experts from around the world who leveraged statistical
and traditional significance, uniqueness, and pure splendo.
Seven Natural Wonders was established to protect the original vision and
declaration of the seven natural wonders of the world. Their list of the
natural wonders includes.

 Aurora Borealis
 Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
 Grand Canyon
 Great Barrier Reef
 Mount Everest
 Paricutinaaaaa
 Victoria Falls
AURORA
An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae),[a] sometimes referred to as polar
lights, northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora
australis), is a natural light display in the Earth's sky, predominantly seen
in the high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).
Auroras are produced when the magnetosphere is sufficiently disturbed
by the solar wind that the trajectories of charged particles in both solar
wind and magnetospheric plasma, mainly in the form
of electrons and protons, precipitate them into the upper atmosphere
(thermosphere/exosphere) due to Earth's magnetic field, where their
energy is lost.
The resulting ionization and excitation of atmospheric constituents emits
light of varying color and complexity. The form of the aurora, occurring
within bands around both polar regions, is also dependent on the amount
of acceleration imparted to the precipitating particles. Precipitating
protons generally produce optical emissions as incident hydrogen atoms
after gaining electrons from the atmosphere. Proton auroras are usually
observed at lower latitudes.[2]
Guanabara Bay
Guanabara bay is an oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil in the state
of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lies the city of Rio de
Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, and on its eastern shore the cities
of Niterói and São Gonçalo. Four other municipalities surround the bay's
shores. Guanabara Bay is the second largest bay in area in Brazil (after
the All Saints' Bay), at 412 square kilometres (159 sq mi), with a
perimeter of 143 kilometres (89 mi).
Guanabara Bay was first encountered by Europeans on January 1, 1502,
when one of the Portuguese explorers Gaspar de Lemos and Gonçalo
Coelho[1] arrived on its shores. According to some historians,[2] the name
given by the exploration team to the bay was originally Ria de
Janeiro "January's Lagoon", then a confusion took place between the
word ria "lagoon" and rio "river". As a result, the name of the bay was
soon fixed as Rio de Janeiro. Later, the city was named after the
bay. Natives of the Tamoio and Tupiniquim tribes inhabited the shores
of the bay.
Grand Canyon

grandCanyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa Yavapai: Wi:kaʼi:la, Navajo: Tsékooh

Hatsoh, Spanish: Gran Cañón) is a steep-sided canyon carved by
the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 277
miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of
over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).
The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon
National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon-Parashant
National Monument, the Hualapai Indian Reservation, the Havasupai
Indian Reservation and the Navajo Nation. President Theodore
Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon
area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's large corral reef system composed of
over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300
kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square
kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the
coast of Queensland, Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's
biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is
composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known
as coral polyps.[7] It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as
a World Heritage Site in 1981.[1 CNN labelled it one of the seven natural
wonders of the world.The Queensland National Trust named it a state
icon of Queensland.
Mount Everest

Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and

in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level,
located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The
international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region)
and Nepal (Province No. 1) runs across its summit point.
The current official elevation of 8,848 m (29,029 ft), recognised by China
and Nepal, was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently
confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975.[1] In 2005, China remeasured the
rock height of the mountain, with a result of 8844.43 m. There followed
an argument between China and Nepal as to whether the official height
should be the rock height (8,844 m., China) or the snow height (8,848
m., Nepal). In 2010, an agreement was reached by both sides that the
height of Everest is 8,848 m, and Nepal recognises China's claim that the
rock height of Everest is 8,844 m.[5]
Parícutin

Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder

cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city
of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The
volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio
Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention.
Paricutín presented the first occasion for modern science to document
the full life cycle of an eruption of this type. During the volcano's nine
years of activity, scientists sketched and mapped it and took thousands of
samples and photographs. By 1952, the eruption had left a 424-meter-
high (1,391 ft) cone and significantly damaged an area of more than 233
square kilometers (90 sq mi) with the ejection of stone, volcanic
ash and lava. Three people were killed, two towns were completely
evacuated and buried by lava, and three others were heavily affected.
Hundreds of people had to be permanently relocated, and two new towns
were created to accommodate their migration.
Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls (Tokaleya Tonga: Mosi-oa-Tunya, "The Smoke that

Thunders") is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the
border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, is believed to
have been the first European to view Victoria Falls on 16 November
1855, from what is now known as Livingstone Island, one of two land
masses in the middle of the river, immediately upstream from the falls
near the Zambian shore.[1] Livingstone named his discovery in honour
of Queen Victoria of Britain, but the indigenous Tonga name, Mosi-oa-
Tunya—"The Smoke That Thunders"—continues in common usage as
well. The World Heritage List officially recognizes both
names.[2] Livingstone also cites an older name, Seongo or Chongwe, which
means "The Place of the Rainbow" as a result of the constant spray.
The nearby national park in Zambia is named Mosi-oa-Tunya, whereas
the national park and town on the Zimbabwean shore are both named
Victoria Falls.