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#13877668
24 Jun 2026
ZHANGJIAJIE, CHINA - JUNE 5: Small, shimmering fiber-optic lights create a starry sky effect across the dark limestone ceiling above the subterranean Xiangshui River inside the world-famous Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave) system in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on June 5, 2026. Huanglong Cave is a part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site located within the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, known as the 'All-Around Champion Karst Cave in the World' because it contains almost every single type of karst formation known to science, including stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, underground rivers, and waterfalls, all packed into one massive system.
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#13877670
24 Jun 2026
ZHANGJIAJIE, CHINA - JUNE 5: A thick, dome-shaped stalagmite known as the 'King's Throne' sits illuminated in golden light beneath an expansive limestone cavern ceiling inside the Dragon Palace chamber of the world-famous Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave) system in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on June 5, 2026. Huanglong Cave is a part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site located within the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, known as the 'All-Around Champion Karst Cave in the World' because it contains almost every single type of karst formation known to science, including stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, underground rivers, and waterfalls, all packed into one massive system.
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#13877679
24 Jun 2026
ZHANGJIAJIE, CHINA - JUNE 5: Thick, heavily textured limestone stalagmites rise across a dark cavern slope bathed in deep blue atmospheric spotlighting inside the world-famous Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave) system in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on June 5, 2026. Huanglong Cave is a part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site located within the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, known as the 'All-Around Champion Karst Cave in the World' because it contains almost every single type of karst formation known to science, including stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, underground rivers, and waterfalls, all packed into one massive system.
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#13877649
24 Jun 2026
ZHANGJIAJIE, CHINA - JUNE 5: A view looking of sharp stalactites hanging from a textured ceiling above a field of multicolored illuminated stalagmites inside the world-famous Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave) system in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on June 5, 2026. Huanglong Cave is a part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site located within the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, known as the ''All-Around Champion Karst Cave in the World'' because it contains almost every single type of karst formation known to science, including stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, underground rivers, and waterfalls, all packed into one massive system.
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#13877681
24 Jun 2026
ZHANGJIAJIE, CHINA - JUNE 5: A view of a forest of colossal, knobby limestone stalagmites inside the Dragon Palace chamber of the world-famous Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave) system in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on June 5, 2026. Huanglong Cave is a part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site located within the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, known as the 'All-Around Champion Karst Cave in the World' because it contains almost every single type of karst formation known to science, including stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, underground rivers, and waterfalls, all packed into one massive system.
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#13877686
24 Jun 2026
ZHANGJIAJIE, CHINA - JUNE 5: A view of a forest of colossal, knobby limestone stalagmites inside the Dragon Palace chamber of the world-famous Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave) system in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on June 5, 2026. Huanglong Cave is a part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site located within the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, known as the 'All-Around Champion Karst Cave in the World' because it contains almost every single type of karst formation known to science, including stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, underground rivers, and waterfalls, all packed into one massive system.
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#13877635
24 Jun 2026
ZHANGJIAJIE, CHINA - JUNE 5: A vibrant laser light graphic of a roaring tiger and ancient script is projected onto a rocky cavern ceiling directly above the illuminated peak of a towering stalagmite inside the world-famous Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave) system in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on June 5, 2026. Huanglong Cave is a part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site located within the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, known as the 'All-Around Champion Karst Cave in the World' because it contains almost every single type of karst formation known to science, including stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, underground rivers, and waterfalls, all packed into one massive system.
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#13603620
20 Apr 2026
MINE, JAPAN - APRIL 19: A slender limestone column joins the floor and ceiling amidst various stalactite and stalagmite formations deep within the subterranean chambers of Akiyoshido Cave, located within Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on April 19, 2026.
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#13603631
20 Apr 2026
MINE, JAPAN - APRIL 19: The calm subterranean river within Akiyoshido Cave creates a perfect mirror reflection of the towering limestone walls and jagged cavern ceilings, showcasing the vast scale of the underground waterways within Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on April 19, 2026.
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#13603636
20 Apr 2026
MINE, JAPAN - APRIL 19: The towering limestone walls and massive stalactites of the cavern's upper reaches are revealed by spotlights, showcasing the immense vertical scale of the subterranean passages within Akiyoshido Cave, located inside Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on April 19, 2026.
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#7429170
23 Nov 2021
House of Commons in the Canadian Parliament building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The ceiling is made of softly colored linen canvas painted with symbols from coats of arms of different Canadian provinces.
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#7429180
23 Nov 2021
House of Commons in the Canadian Parliament building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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#6415808
7 Feb 2021
Detail of the ceiling in the Caves of Hercules (Grottes d'Hercule) in Tangier (Tangiers), Morocco, Africa. The Caves of Hercules are an archaeological cave complex located in Cape Spartel, Morocco. Legend holds that the Roman God Hercules stayed and slept in this cave before doing his 11th labour, (one of the 12 labours which King Eurystheus of Tiryns had given to him) which was to get golden apples from the Hesperides Garden.
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#3844270
19 Feb 2019
Traditional Turkish city baths, Sehir Hamami in Urgup, Cappadocia in Turkey. Sehir family, father and two sons run the Hamam that they inherited from their grandfather who acquired it from the Greek owners after the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. The Hamam was initially Greek, in the side are also the old Greek inscriptions.
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