Eye Witness To History

clipped from www.eyewitnesstohistory.com Select a category or go to the Index Great Escapes. . . Captain John Smith is saved by Pocahontas, 1608 ". . .then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains." A young Indian girl saves an English adventurer from execution. Escape from Slavery, 1838 "In my clothes I was rigged out in sailor style...and could talk sailor like an 'old salt.'" Frederick Douglass describes his dash to freedom. Lee's Retreat from Gettysburg, 1863 "...it has been a sad, sad day to us." The agonizing retreat of the Confederate Army after the Battle of Gettysburg. The Atomic Bomb Attack on Hiroshima, 1945 In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945 a single plane carrying a single bomb appeared in the clear blue skies over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and introduced the world to the Atomic Age.

Fun Stuff On the Web -- Things To Do This Weekend

clipped from bookyards.blogspot.com Here are some of my favorite sites on the web. 100 of the Best Legal Free Full Version Games You Can Download Online -- If you love games, this site is for you.(from an ex-game addict junkie) TV Mafia -- this site has over 300 TV series with complete episodes of favorite shows. Some of my favorite movie download sites: - Fresh HDL - High Definition Share -- High Def. Movies - Free Movie Download Blog Movie Ost's -- A site dedicated to movie soundtracks. If you want to read a book, there is: - Bookyards The Library - Bookyards list of free online libraries -- separated by category - The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written Here are some pirate library sites for more up to date books: - Burgomeister - Bookworm - Greylib

The Earth's greatest purely vertical drop (4100 ft.)

clipped from www.flickr.com Mount Thor The west face is the world's tallest vertical cliff - 4100 feet (1250 meters). Thats more than 1000 feet higher than El Cap. It was only first climbed in 1985 after a 33 day effort. clipped from www.flickr.com At more than 1 kilometre in height, Mt. Thor is the highest overhanging rock face in the world clipped from www.flickr.com It's the longest uninterrupted cliff face in the world (about 1 km). clipped from www.flickr.com Auyuittuq National Park clipped from en.wikipedia.org Mount Thor is a mountain in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The mountain features the Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 1,250 metres (4,100 feet), with an average angle of 105 degrees. The location is popular with climbers due to this feature, despite its remoteness. Mount Thor is used in the Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same in the "No Quarter" fantasy sequence; the song mentioning the god Thor. Mount Thor Mount Thor in 1997 Elevation 1,675 metres (5,495 feet) Location Nunavut, Canada Range Arctic Cordillera Coordinates 66°32′N, 65°19′W Topo map NTS 026.I.11

An incredible sight it must be

The 10 Highest Monuments Around the World

Great tourist spots, too.

clipped from www.archibase.net Top 10 Highest Monuments around the World [Pics] 1. Ushiku Daibutsu, Ushiku, Japan 2. Buddhist statue of Guanyin, Sanya, China 3. Yellow Chinese emperors Huangdi and Yandi, China 4. Motherland, Kiev, Ukraine 5. Statue of Peter I, Moscow, Russia 6. Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York 7. "The Motherland" statue, Volgograd, Russia 8. Statue of Lanshan Buddha, Lanshan, China 9. Buddha of Bamyan, Afghanistan 10. Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil