Wonders of The World: Great Wall, Red Fort, Stonehenge, Everest, Taj Mahal, Grand Canyon, Victoria Falls, Petronas towers, Golden Gate Bridge, Petra, Panama canal, pyramid, Cheops, Kilimanjaro, Machu Picchu, Colossus, Rhodes, Galapagos, Barrier Reef

Wonders of The World: Great Wall, Red Fort, Stonehenge, Everest, Taj Mahal, Grand Canyon...
Great Wall, Victoria Falls, Red Fort, Petronas towers, Golden Gate bridge, Petra, Stonehenge
CHN04MHB68 Great Wall, looking up sheer stone brick edifice to battlements; red dahlia flowers below; cables. Shaanxi Prov., China. Copyright Tropix (M & V BIRLEY) ZIM_DD1_01 Double rainbow; deep, spray filled chasm, waterfall. Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya / The Smoke that Thunders), Zimbabwe. Copyright Tropix (D. DAVIS) IND83TX11_22 Tourist group (nationals, Europeans) walk through arch / gate. Moghul architecture. Red Fort (Lal Qila), Agra, India. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) MLS96AFL6_15 View up world’s tallest building, Petronas Towers being built, nearly complete; deep blue sky. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Copyright Tropix (Alastair Fuad-Luke) USA95LS6_19 Portrait view Golden Gate suspension Bridge: 2 red towers, red cables, traffic, hills. San Francisco, California, USA. Copyright Tropix (Lynn Seldon) JOR95TX5_19 View through rocks up to the Treasury, el-Khazneh, over entrance to monumental tomb. Petra, Jordan. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) ENG02TX9_02 Stonehenge: famous prehistoric megalith (standing stone monument); formed of lintelled sarsens. Wiltshire, England. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley)
Eastern: Panama canal, Mount Everest, great pyramids of Cheops, Taj Mahal, Kilimanjaro
PAN93MF1_24 Open sluice gates feed Miraflores Locks; rushing water. Level is lowered here to that of Pacific. Panama Canal, Panama. Copyright Tropix (M. Fleetwood) NEP83AC26 Bare, gale swept peak of Mount Everest, worlds highest mountain; snowy ridges; blue sky. Eastern Himalayas. Nepal. Copyright Tropix (A. Cassels) EGY91MF3_17 View over desert towards great pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), 1 of 7 wonders of the Ancient World. Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Copyright Tropix (M. Fleetwood) IND83TX12_01 Moghul architecture: Taj Mahal white domed marble mausoleum; UNESCO World Heritage site; gardens, tourists. Agra, India. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) TNZ00PSF1_12 Kilimanjaro volcanic peak. Tents at Lava Tower campsite, 4500 metres, on Shira trekking route. Alpine desert. Tanzania. Copyright Tropix (Paul Franklin)
Western: Machu Picchu, Colossus of Rhodes, Galapagos, Great Barrier Reef, Grand Canyon
PER91CD3_14 High angle view of ancient Machu Picchu city (Vilcampapa): stone buildings, agricultural terraces. Inca Trail, Peru. Copyright Tropix (C. Duncan) GRE77TX5_23 Archaeology: medieval walls and street of knights hospitalers. Colossus of Rhodes, 1 of the 7 Wonders of World. Greece Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) GAL91CD8_18 Ropy lava flow in forgeround, white beach, turquoise blue sea beyond; volcanic Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Copyright Tropix (C. Duncan) AUL95TX1_21 Eco-tourism: snorkeler explores Great Barrier Reef from surface: visible through sea. Coral Sea, N.E.Australia. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) USA95LS3_15 Female hiker in jeans and purple jacket looks out over the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Copyright Tropix (Lynn Seldon)
Cultural Themes Castles Coral reefs mountains
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