Pantai Pangandaran

Pantai Pangandaran
Pantai Pangandaran merupakan sebuah objek wisata andalan Kabupaten Pangandaran (pemekaran dari Kabupaten Ciamis) yang terletak di sebelah tenggara Jawa Barat, tepatnya di Desa Pananjung, Kecamatan Pangandaran, Kabupaten Pangandaran, Provinsi Jawa Barat. Pantai ini dinobatkan sebagai pantai terbaik di Pulau Jawa menurut AsiaRooms.
Selain keindahan pantainya, Pantai Pangandaran juga memiliki beberapa keistimewaan lainnya, antara lain:

Dapat melihat terbit dan tenggelamnya matahari dari Pantai Timur dan Pantai Barat pada hari yang sama.
Pantainya landai dengan air yang jernih serta jarak antara pasang dan surut relatif lama, sehingga memungkinkan kita untuk berenang dengan relatif aman.
Terdapat pantai dengan hamparan pasir putih.
Memiliki tim penyelamat wisata pantai.
Jalan lingkungan yang beraspal mulus dengan penerangan jalan yang memadai.
Terdapat taman laut dengan ikan-ikan dan kehidupan laut yang mempesona.
Gua Jepang peninggalan Perang Dunia II.
Hajat Laut, yakni upacara yang dilakukan nelayan di Pangandaran sebagai perwujudan rasa terima kasih mereka terhadap kemurahan Tuhan YME dengan cara melarung sesajen ke laut lepas. Acara ini biasa dilaksanakan pada tiap-tiap bulan Muharam, dengan mengambil tempat di Pantai Timur Pangandaran.
Festival Layang-layang Internasional (Pangandaran International Kite Festival) dengan berbagai kegiatan pendukungnya yang bisa kita saksikan pada tiap bulan Juni atau Juli.
Untuk sampai di Pantai Pangandaran wisatawan bisa

Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji (富士山 Fujisan?, IPA: [ɸɯꜜdʑisaɴ] ( listen)), located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft).[1] An active stratovolcano[5][6] that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometres (60 mi) south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped several months a year, is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers. It is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" (三霊山 Sanreizan?) along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku; it is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty, a Historic Site, and was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013.

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Mount Fuji as seen from an airplane and as seen from a bullet train
The mountain has been selected as a “cultural” rather than a “natural” heritage site. As per UNESCO, Mount Fuji has “inspired artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimage for centuries”. The 25 locations include the mountain itself, Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha and six other Sengen shrines, two lodging houses, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Kawaguchi, the eight Oshino Hakkai hot springs, two lava tree molds, the remains of the Fuji-kō cult in the Hitoana cave, Shiraito Falls, and Miho no Matsubara pine tree grove.

niagara fall - wonderfull waterfall

niagara fall - wonderfull waterfall

Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge.

From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls. The Horseshoe Falls lie mostly on the Canadian side and the American Falls entirely on the American side, separated by Goat Island. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also located on the American side, separated from the other waterfalls by Luna Island. The international boundary line was originally drawn through Horseshoe Falls in 1819, but the boundary has long been in dispute due to natural erosion and construction.[2]

Located on the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, the combined falls form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world, with a vertical drop of more than 165 feet (50 m). Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height and also by flow rate.[3] The falls are located 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Toronto, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.

Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally high, the Niagara Falls are very wide. More than six million cubic feet (168,000 m3) of water falls over the crest line every minute in high flow,[4] and almost four million cubic feet (110,000 m3) on average.

The Niagara Falls are renowned both for their beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 19th century.