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Baraka (1992) is a Todd-AO
Todd-AO

Todd-AO is an extremely high definition widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mike Todd, a Broadway theatre producer, with American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York....
 (70 mm
70 mm film

70 mm film is a wide high-resolution film gauge, with higher resolution than standard 35 mm List of film formats. As used in camera, the film is 65 mm wide....
) non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke
Ron Fricke

Ron Fricke is an American film director and cinematographer, considered to be a master of time-lapse and large format cinematography. He was the director of photography for Koyaanisqatsi and directed the purely cinematic non-verbal non-narrative feature Baraka ....
.

The film is often compared to Koyaanisqatsi
Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi , also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance, is a 1983 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke....
, the first of the Qatsi
Qatsi trilogy

The Qatsi trilogy is an informal name given to a series of three films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass:* Koyaanisqatsi ...
 films by Godfrey Reggio
Godfrey Reggio

Godfrey Reggio is an United States film director of experimental documentary films....
 of which Fricke was cinematographer. Barakas subject matter has some similarities—including footage of various landscapes, churches, ruins, religious ceremonies, and cities thrumming with life, filmed using time-lapse
Time-lapse

Time-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing....
 photography in order to capture the great pulse of humanity as it flocks and swarms in daily activity.






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Baraka (1992) is a Todd-AO
Todd-AO

Todd-AO is an extremely high definition widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mike Todd, a Broadway theatre producer, with American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York....
 (70 mm
70 mm film

70 mm film is a wide high-resolution film gauge, with higher resolution than standard 35 mm List of film formats. As used in camera, the film is 65 mm wide....
) non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke
Ron Fricke

Ron Fricke is an American film director and cinematographer, considered to be a master of time-lapse and large format cinematography. He was the director of photography for Koyaanisqatsi and directed the purely cinematic non-verbal non-narrative feature Baraka ....
.

The film is often compared to Koyaanisqatsi
Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi , also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance, is a 1983 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke....
, the first of the Qatsi
Qatsi trilogy

The Qatsi trilogy is an informal name given to a series of three films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass:* Koyaanisqatsi ...
 films by Godfrey Reggio
Godfrey Reggio

Godfrey Reggio is an United States film director of experimental documentary films....
 of which Fricke was cinematographer. Barakas subject matter has some similarities—including footage of various landscapes, churches, ruins, religious ceremonies, and cities thrumming with life, filmed using time-lapse
Time-lapse

Time-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing....
 photography in order to capture the great pulse of humanity as it flocks and swarms in daily activity. The film also features a number of long tracking shot
Tracking shot

In motion picture terminology, a tracking shot is a segment in which the camera is mounted on a wheeled platform that is pushed on rails while the picture is being taken....
s through various settings, including one through former concentration camps at Auschwitz (in Nazi-occupied Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
) and Tuol Sleng (in Cambodia
Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
) turned into museums honoring their victims: over photos of the people involved, past skulls stacked in a room, to a spread of bones. In addition to making comparisons between natural and technological phenomena, such as in
Koyaanisqatsi, Baraka searches for a universal cultural perspective: for instance, following a shot of an elaborate tattoo
Tattoo

A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding....
 on a bathing Japanese yakuza
Yakuza

, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japan, and also known as "violence groups".Today, the Yakuza are among the largest crime organizations in the world....
 mobster with one of Native Australian tribal paint.

The movie was filmed at 152 locations in 24
24 (number)

24 is the natural number following 23 and preceding 25 . .The SI prefix for 1024 is yotta , and for 10-24 yocto . These numbers are the largest and smallest number to receive an SI prefix to date....
 countries: Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, Cambodia
Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
, China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
, Ecuador
Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west....
, Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
, Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
, Kuwait
Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
, Nepal
Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
, Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
, Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It contains no dialogue. Instead of a story or plot, the film uses themes to present new perspectives and evoke emotion purely through cinema. The film was the first in over twenty years to be photographed in the 70mm Todd-AO
Todd-AO

Todd-AO is an extremely high definition widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mike Todd, a Broadway theatre producer, with American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York....
 format.

The title
Baraka
Baraka

Baraka may refer to:* baraka, also berakhah, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony* baraka, also barakah, in Arabic language, Islam and Arab-influenced languages such as Swahili, Urdu, Persian, Turkish, meaning spiritual wisdom and blessing transmitted from God; or in a Sufi context, "breath of life."...
is a word that means blessing
Blessing

A blessing, is the infusion of something with Sacred, divine will, or one's hopes....
 in many different languages. The score by Michael Stearns
Michael Stearns

Michael Stearns , is a pioneering United States ambient music musician, but also a film composer, Sound design and soundtrack producer for IMAX, theatrical films, Documentary film, commercials and Amusement ride....
 and featuring music by Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance is a band composed of Lisa Gerrard , and Brendan Perry . Formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981 and initially based there, it disbanded in 1998 but reunited temporarily for a world tour in 2005....
, L. Subramaniam
L. Subramaniam

Dr.Lakshminarayana Subramaniam is an acclaimed Indian violinist, composer and Conductor , trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music, and renowned for his virtuoso playing techniques and compositions in orchestral fusion....
, Inkuyo
Inkuyo

Inkuyo is a group known for Andean music, which was inspired by Bolivian born composer Gonzolo Vargas. They began as a quartet, but are currently a Trio ....
, Brother
Brother (band)

Brother is a Rock music band incorporating Celtic rock , mongrel rock, Australian rock, didgeridoo, and vocals. They record on their own Rhubarb Records label, and have gained a worldwide following with their meld of Celtic music and dress with alternative rock and style....
 and David Hykes
David Hykes

David Hykes is a composer, singer, musician, author, and meditation teacher. He was one of the earliest modern western pioneers of so-called overtone singing, and has developed since 1975 a comprehensive approach to contemplative music which he calls Harmonic Chant ....
, is noticeably different from the minimalist one provided by Philip Glass
Philip Glass

Philip Glass is an American music composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public ....
 for
Koyaanisqatsi. The film was produced by Mark Magidson, who also produced and directed the film Toward the Within
Toward the Within

Toward the Within is the only official live album of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard's Dead Can Dance. It contains 15 songs, of which only four appeared on their previous albums, and two of which were later re-recorded and included on Lisa Gerrard's first solo album, The Mirror Pool....
, a live concert performance by Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance is a band composed of Lisa Gerrard , and Brendan Perry . Formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981 and initially based there, it disbanded in 1998 but reunited temporarily for a world tour in 2005....
. A sequel to
Baraka, Samsara, is planned to be released in 2009.

2008 Remastered Release

Following previous DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 releases, in 2007 the original 65 mm negative was re-scanned at 8K (a horizontal resolution of 8192 pixels) with equipment designed specifically for
Baraka at FotoKem Laboratories
FotoKem

FotoKem originated as a motion picture film lab located in Burbank, California, California. Founded in 1963, it is now the largest independently owned post production facility on the west coast having expanded its services over the past several decades to meet the demands of the ever-evolving film and digital motion picture industry....
. The automated 8K film scanner
Motion picture film scanner

A motion picture film scanner is a device used in digital filmmaking to scan original Photographic film for storage as high-resolution digital intermediate files....
, operating continuously, took more than three weeks to finish scanning more than 150000 frames (taking approximately 12-13 seconds to scan each frame), producing over 30 terabyte
Terabyte

A terabyte is a measurement term for computer storage. The value of a terabyte based upon a decimal radix is defined as one 1000000000000 bytes, or 1000 gigabytes....
s of image data in total. After a 16-month digital intermediate
Digital intermediate

Digital intermediate describes the process of digitizing a motion picture and manipulating color and other image characteristics to change the look, and is usually the final creative adjustment to a movie before Distribution in movie theater....
 process, including a 96 kHz/24 bit audio remaster
Audio mastering

Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced ....
 by Stearns for the DTS-HD Master Audio
DTS-HD Master Audio

File:DTS-HD-MA.svgDTS-HD Master Audio is a Lossless data compression audio codec created by Digital Theater System. It was previously known as DTS++....
 soundtrack, the superior result was finally re-released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc data storage device medium. Its main uses are high-definition video and data storage. The disc has the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and CDs....
 in October, 2008. Project supervisor Andrew Oran says this remastered
Baraka is "arguably the highest quality DVD that's ever been made". Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is an United States daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois....
 critic Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert born June 18, 1942) is an United States film criticism and screenwriter.He is known for his film review column and for two television programs Sneak Previews and At the Movies , which he co-hosted for a combined 23 years with Gene Siskel....
 describes the Blu-ray release as "the finest video disc I have ever viewed or ever imagined."




Locations


Africa


Egypt
  • Cairo
    Cairo

    Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....
    , Egypt
    Egypt

    Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  • City of the Dead
    City of the Dead

    City of the Dead is a 1960 in film film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee and Valentine Dyall.Production...
    , Egypt
    Egypt

    Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  • Giza pyramid complex
    Giza pyramid complex

    The Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments is located some 8 km inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km southwest of Cairo city centre....
    , Egypt
    Egypt

    Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  • Karnak Temple, Luxor
    Luxor

    Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. Its population numbers 376,022 , and its area is about . As the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Egypt, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor Temple standing wi...
    , Egypt
    Egypt

    Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  • Luxor
    Luxor

    Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. Its population numbers 376,022 , and its area is about . As the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Egypt, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor Temple standing wi...
    , Egypt
    Egypt

    Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  • Ramesseum
    Ramesseum

    The Ramesseum is the Temples of a Million years of Pharaoh Ramesses II . It is located in the Thebes, Egypt necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the Nile from the modern city of Luxor....
    , Egypt
    Egypt

    Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....

Kenya
  • Lake Magadi
    Lake Magadi

    Lake Magadi is the southernmost lake in the Kenya East African Rift, lying in a catchment of faulted volcanic rocks, north east of Lake Natron. During the dry season, it is 80% covered by Sodium carbonate and is well known for its wading birds, including flamingos....
    , Kenya
    Kenya

    The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
  • Mara Kichwan Tembo Manyatta, Kenya
    Kenya

    The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
  • Mara Rianta Manyatta, Kenya
    Kenya

    The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
  • Masaai Mara, Kenya
    Kenya

    The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....


Tanzania
  • Lake Natron
    Lake Natron

    Lake Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border, in Africa's Great Rift Valley. The lake is quite shallow, less than three meters deep, and varies in width depending on its water level....
    , Tanzania
    Tanzania

    Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....

Americas


USA

Arizona
  • American Express
    American Express

    American Express Company , sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a Diversification global financial services company that is headquartered in New York City, New York....
    , Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix, Arizona

    Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....
  • Canyon de Chelly National Monument
    Canyon de Chelly National Monument

    Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service and is located in northeastern Arizona within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation....
    , Chinle
    Chinle, Arizona

    Chinle is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,366 at the United States Census, 2000....
    , Arizona
    Arizona

    The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
  • Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base adjacent to Tucson, Arizona, Arizona. Davis-Monthan AFB is primarily an Air Combat Command installation with the 355th Fighter Wing as the host activity....
    , Tucson, Arizona
    Arizona

    The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
  • Kitt Peak National Observatory
    Kitt Peak National Observatory

    The Kitt Peak National Observatory is a United States astronomy observatory located on a 2,096 m mountain of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O'odham, 88 kilometers southwest of Tucson, Arizona....
    , Arizona
    Arizona

    The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
  • Peabody Coal Mine, Black Mesa
    Black Mesa, Arizona

    Black Mesa is an upland area in Navajo County, Arizona. In Navajo language it is called Dzil?jiin and during Mexico rule of Arizona it was called Mesa de las Vacas ....
    , Arizona
    Arizona

    The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
  • Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix, Arizona

    Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....


California
  • Big Sur
    Big Sur

    Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the central California, United States, coast where the Santa Lucia Range rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean....
    , California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
  • Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles

    Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
    , California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
  • Oakland, California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....

Hawaii
  • Haleakala National Park
    Haleakala National Park

    Haleakala National Park is a United States national park located on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. The park covers , of which is a wilderness area....
    , Maui
    Maui

    The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles and is the List of islands of the United States by area....
    , Hawaii
    Hawaii

    File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
  • Kona
    Kona District, Hawaii

    Kona is the name of a moku or district on the island of Hawaii Island in the State of Hawaii. In the current system of administration of Hawaii County, the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District and South Kona District ....
    , Hawaii
    Hawaii

    File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
  • Maui
    Maui

    The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles and is the List of islands of the United States by area....
    , Hawaii
    Hawaii

    File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
  • Pu?u ?O?o, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
    Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

    Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, is a United States National Park Service located in the U.S. State of Hawaii on the Hawaii ....
    , Hawaii
    Hawaii

    File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....


New York
  • Empire State Building
    Empire State Building

    The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the List of U.S....
    , Manhattan
    Manhattan

    Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Grand Central Terminal
    Grand Central Terminal

    Grand Central Terminal ? often popularly called Grand Central Station or simply Grand Central ? is a Train station#Terminus at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City....
    , Manhattan
    Manhattan

    Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Greenhaven Correctional Facility, Greenhaven, New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Helmsley Building
    Helmsley Building

    Located at 230 Park Avenue the Helmsley Building is a 35-story building straddling Park Avenue. Before the erection of the Pan Am Building, now the MetLife Building, this building was the city's dowager queen, lording over the city's second most prestigious avenue and marking the elegant heart of the city as it was the tallest structure in...
    , Manhattan
    Manhattan

    Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Stormville, New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • World Trade Center
    World trade center

    The World Trade Centers Association founded in 1970, is a not-for-profit, non-political association dedicated to the establishment and effective operation of World Trade Centers as instruments for trade expansion representing 316 members in 91 countries....
    , Manhattan
    Manhattan

    Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....

Others
  • Mesa Verde National Park
    Mesa Verde National Park

    Mesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado, Colorado, United States. The park occupies 81.4 square miles near the Four Corners and features numerous ruins of homes and villages built by the ancient Pueblo people known as the Ancient Pueblo Peoples....
    , Colorado
    Colorado

    The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
  • Shiprock
    Shiprock

    Shiprock, is a rock formation rising nearly above the high-desert plain on the Navajo Nation and in San Juan County, New Mexico, New Mexico, about southwest of the town of Shiprock, New Mexico, which is named for the peak....
    , New Mexico
    New Mexico

    New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
  • Arches National Park
    Arches National Park

    Arches National Park is a United States national park in eastern Utah. It is known for preserving over 2,000 natural arch, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations....
    , Moab
    Moab

    Moab is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. In ancient times, it was home to the kingdom of the Moabites, a people often in conflict with their Israelite neighbors to the west....
    , Utah
    Utah

    The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
  • Canyonlands National Park
    Canyonlands National Park

    Canyonlands National Park is located in the United States of Utah, near city of Moab, Utah and preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River and its tributaries....
    , Moab
    Moab

    Moab is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. In ancient times, it was home to the kingdom of the Moabites, a people often in conflict with their Israelite neighbors to the west....
    , Utah
    Utah

    The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
  • White House
    White House

    The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
    , Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....

South America

Argentina
  • Iguazu Falls
    Iguazu Falls

    Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Igua?u Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paran? and the Argentina province of Misiones Province....
    , Misiones

Brazil
  • Carajás Animal Reserve, Pará
    Pará

    Par? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country.Neighboring states are Amap?, Maranh?o, Tocantins , Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Brazil and Roraima....
  • Iguassu Falls, Paraná
    Paraná (state)

    Paran? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the Southern Region, Brazil of the country, bordering Paraguay and Argentina. Cut by the Tropic of Capricorn, Paran? has what is left of the araucarias forest, one of the most important subtropical forests of the world....
  • Ipanema
    Ipanema

    Ipanema is a neighborhood located on the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema became widely known by the song "The Girl from Ipanema", written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and performed by Jobim, Jo?o Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto, and Stan Getz....
    , Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
  • Caiapó Village
    Kayapo people

    The Kayapo people are the G? languages-speaking Indigenous peoples in Brazil of the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Para in Brazil, south of the Amazon Basin and along Xingu River and its tributaries....
    , Pará
    Pará

    Par? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country.Neighboring states are Amap?, Maranh?o, Tocantins , Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Brazil and Roraima....
  • Porto Velho
    Porto Velho

    Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rond?nia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is about 379,186 people . Located at the border of Rond?nia and the state of Amazonas State, Brazil, the town is an important trade center of cassiterite, the mining of which represents the most important economic activity in the re...
    , Rondônia
    Rondônia

    Rond?nia is a States of Brazil in Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre , to the north is the state of Amazonas, Brazil, in the east is Mato Grosso, and in the south is Bolivia....
  • Represa Samuel, Rondônia
    Rondônia

    Rond?nia is a States of Brazil in Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre , to the north is the state of Amazonas, Brazil, in the east is Mato Grosso, and in the south is Bolivia....
  • Rio Preto, Minas Gerais
    Minas Gerais

    Minas Gerais was so named for its great riches in the mining industry. It is one of the 26 states of Brazil of Brazil, the second most populous and fourth largest by area in the federation....
  • Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
  • Favela da Rocinha
    Rocinha

    Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil. It is located within the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, between the districts of S?o Conrado and G?vea....
    , Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
  • São Paulo City, São Paulo
    São Paulo

    S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....


Ecuador
  • Barrio Mapasingue, Guayaquil
    Guayaquil

    Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador, as well as that nation's main port. Guayaquil is located on the western bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil....
  • Caldad Blanca Cementerio
  • Galapagos Islands
    Galápagos Islands

    Gal?pagos Islands are an archipelago of Island#Volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 972 km west of continental Ecuador....
  • Guayaquil
    Guayaquil

    Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador, as well as that nation's main port. Guayaquil is located on the western bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil....

Asia


Cambodia
  • Angkor Thom
    Angkor Thom

    Angkor Thom was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by king Jayavarman VII....
  • Angkor Wat
    Angkor Wat

    Angkor Wat , is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city....
  • Angkor
    Angkor

    Angkor is a name conventionally applied to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the Khmer empire that flourished from approximately the ninth century to the fifteenth century A.D....
  • Bayon
    Bayon

    The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer Empire temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom....
  • Phnom Penh
    Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh is the Capital and largest city of Cambodia. It is also the capital of the Phnom Penh municipality. It is an economic, industrial, commercial, cultural, tourist and historical center....
  • Preah Khan
    Preah Khan

    Preah Khan is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray, with which it was associated....
  • Siem Reap
    Siem Reap

    Siem Reap City is the capital of Siem Reap Province, Cambodia.Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market....
  • Ta Proum
  • Tonle Omm Gate
  • Tuol Sleng Museum
  • Sonsam Kosal Killing Fields
    The Killing Fields

    The Killing Fields were a number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the totalitarian communist Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979 ....


China
  • Beijing
    Beijing

    is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
  • Great Hall of the People
    Great Hall of the People

    The Great Hall of the People is located at the western edge of Tiananmen Square, Beijing, People's Republic of China, and is used for legislative and ceremonial activities by the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China....
  • Guilin
    Guilin

    Guilin is a city in People's Republic of China, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west bank of the Lijiang River....
  • Kowloon
    Kowloon

    Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south....
    , Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
  • Li River
    Li River

    Li River can refer to:*Lishui River , a river in Hunan province of China, one of the Yangtze River's four largest tributaries in the province....
  • Qin Shi Huang
    Qin Shi Huang

    Qin Shi Huang , personal name Ying Zheng , was king of the Chinese Qin from 246 BCE to 221 BCE during the Warring States Period. He became the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BCE....
  • Tiananmen Square
    Tiananmen Square

    Tiananmen Square is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, People's Republic of China, named after the Tiananmen which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City....
    , Beijing
    Beijing

    is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
  • Xi'an
    Xi'an

    Xi'an , is the Capital of the Shaanxi Provinces of China in the People's Republic of China and a sub-provincial city. As one of the oldest cities in Chinese history, Xi'an is one of the Historical capitals of China because it has been the capital of some of the most important Dynasties in Chinese history in Chinese history, including the Zh...

India
  • Calcutta, West Bengal
    West Bengal

    West Bengal is a States and territories of India in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal....
  • Chennai
    Chennai

    Chennai , formerly Indian renaming controversy , is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian states and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
    , Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu

    Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 States and territories of India of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southern most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh....
  • Ganges River
    Ganges River

    The 'Ganges' is one of the major rivers of the Indian subcontinent, flowing east through the Gangetic Plain of northern India into Bangladesh....
  • Ghats
    Ghats

    As used in many parts of South Asia, the term ghat refers to a series of steps leading down to a body of water. In Bengali language-speaking regions, this set of stairs can lead down to something as small as a pond or as large as a major river....
  • Kailashnath Temple
  • National Museum of India
    National Museum of India

    The National Museum in New Delhi is the largest museum in India. It holds variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art....
    , New Delhi
    New Delhi

    New Delhi is the capital city of India. With a total area of 42.7 km2, New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and serves as the seat of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi ....
  • Vandharajan Temple, Varanasi
    Varanasi

    Varanasi , also commonly known as Benares or Banaras and Kashi , is a city situated on the left bank of the River Ganges River in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, regarded as holy by Hinduism, Buddhists and Jains, and is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities....
  • Varanasi
    Varanasi

    Varanasi , also commonly known as Benares or Banaras and Kashi , is a city situated on the left bank of the River Ganges River in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, regarded as holy by Hinduism, Buddhists and Jains, and is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities....
    , Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh

    Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a States and territories of India located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...

Indonesia
  • Borobudur
    Borobudur

    Borobudur is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddhist art....
    , Java
    Java

    Java is an island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city, Jakarta. Once the centre of powerful Hindu kingdoms, The spread of Islam in Indonesia , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia....
  • Candi Nandi, Prambanan Temple
    Prambanan

    Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Central Java in Indonesia, located approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta.The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia....
    , Java
  • Candi Perwara, Prambanan Temple, Java
  • Gudang Garam Cigarette Factory, Kediri
    Kediri, East Java

    Kediri is an Indonesian city, located near the Brantas in the Provinces of Indonesia of East Java on the island of Java.Archaeological artefacts discovered in 2007 appeared to indicate that the region around Kediri may have been the location of the Kediri , a Hinduism kingdom in the 11th century....
    , Java
  • Kasunanan Palace, Surakarta
    Surakarta

    Surakarta is an Indonesian city of approximately 500,000 people located in Central Java....
    , Java
  • Istiqlal Mosque
    Istiqlal Mosque

    Istiqlal Mosque, or Masjid Istiqlal, in Jakarta, Indonesia is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia. This national mosque of Indonesia was build to commemorate Indonesian independence, as nation's gratitude for God's blessings; the independence of Indonesia....
    , Jakarta
    Jakarta

    Jakarta is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. It also has a List of urban areas by population than any other city in Southeast Asia. It was formerly known as Sunda Kelapa , Jayakarta , Batavia, Dutch East Indies , and Djakarta ....
    , Java
  • Kediri, Tabanan, Bali
    Bali

    Bali is an Indonesian island located at , the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 Provinces of Indonesia with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island....
  • Mancan Padi, Bali
  • Mt. Bromo Valley
  • Tampak Siring, Bali
  • Tegallalang, Bali
  • Temple Gunung Kawi, Bali
  • Uluwatu, Bali


Iran
  • Imam Mosque
  • Imam Reza shrine
    Imam Reza shrine

    Imam Ridha shrine in Mashhad, Iran is a complex which contains the mausoleum of Imam Ridha, the eighth Twelve Imams of Twelvers. Also contained within the complex include: the Goharshad Mosque, a museum, a library, seminaries, a cemetery, a dining hall for pilgrims, vast prayer halls, and other buildings....
     Mashhad
    Mashhad

    Mashhad is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country city in Iran and one of the Holiest sites in Islam in the Shia world....
  • Isfahan
  • Persepolis
    Persepolis

    Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty. Persepolis is situated northeast of the modern city of Shiraz, Iran in the Fars Province of modern Iran....
  • Shah Chiragh
  • Shiraz
    Shiraz

    Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Shiraz Ali, former Bermudian cricketer...

Japan
  • Green Plaza Capsule Hotel
    Capsule hotel

    A is a hotel system of extremely dense occupancy....
  • Hokke-Ji Temple
  • JVE Yokosuka Factory
  • Kyoto
    Kyoto

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  • Meiji Shrine
    Meiji Shrine

    , located in Shibuya, Tokyo, is the Shinto Jinja that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken. When Emperor Meiji died in 1912 and Empress Shoken in 1914, the Japanese people wished to pay their respects to the two influential Japanese figures....
  • Nagano Springs
  • Nara
    Nara, Nara

    is the capital cities of Japan of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture....
  • Nittaku
  • Ryoan-ji Temple
    Ryoan-ji

    is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site....
    , Kyoto
    Kyoto

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  • Sangho-ji Temple
  • Shinjuku Station
    Shinjuku Station

    is a train station located in Shinjuku, Tokyo and Shibuya, Tokyo 23 special wards in Tokyo, Japan.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central Tokyo and its western suburbs on inter-city rail, commuter rail and rapid transit lines, the station was used by an average of 3.64 million people per day in 2007, making it the bus...
    , Tokyo
    Tokyo

    , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
  • The Hachiko Exit, Shibuya Station
    Shibuya Station

    is a train station located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. With 2.4 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004, it is the fourth-busiest commuter rail station in Japan handling a large amount of commuter traffic between the center city and suburbs to the south and west....
    , Tokyo
    Tokyo

    , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
  • Tokyo
    Tokyo

    , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
  • Tomoe Shizung & Hakutobo
  • Yamanouchi-Machi
  • Zoujou-Ji Temple

Kuwait
  • Ahmadi
    Al Ahmadi

    Al Ahmadi is one of the six Governorates of Kuwait of Kuwait. It is located in the southern part of the country and is famous in Kuwait for its greenery and Architecture of the United Kingdom....
  • Burgan Field
    Burgan Field

    The onshore Burgan Field in the desert of southeastern Kuwait is one of the world's largest and richest oil fields....
  • Jahra Road, Mitla Ridge

Nepal
  • Bhaktapur
    Bhaktapur

    Bhaktapur , also Bhadgaon or Khwopa is an ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu valley, Nepal. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone....
  • Boudnanath Stupa
  • Durbar Square
    Durbar Square

    Durbar Square is the plaza opposite the old royal palace in the three main cities in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal: Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur....
    , Kathmandu
    Kathmandu

    Kathmandu is the Capital and the largest metropolis city of Nepal. The city is situated in Kathmandu Valley that also contains two other cities - Patan, Nepal and Bhaktapur....
  • Hanuman Ghat
    Hanuman

    Hanuman , , known also as 'Anjaneya' or Maruti , is one of the most popular concepts of devotees of God in Hinduism and one of the most important personalities in the Indian epic poetry, the Ramayana....
  • Himalayas
    Himalayas

    The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
  • Kathmandu
    Kathmandu

    Kathmandu is the Capital and the largest metropolis city of Nepal. The city is situated in Kathmandu Valley that also contains two other cities - Patan, Nepal and Bhaktapur....
  • Mount Everest
    Mount Everest

    Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....
  • Mount Thamserku
    Thamserku

    Thamserku is a mountain in the Himalaya of eastern Nepal. The mountain is connected by a ridge leading eastward to Kangtega. Thamserku is a prominent mountain to the east of Namche Bazaar and lies just north of Kusum Kangguru....
  • Pasupati
  • Swayambhu
    Swayambhu

    Swayambhu means Self-manifested or that which is created by its own accord....

Israel
  • Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    Church of the Holy Sepulchre

    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre , also called the Church of the Resurrection, by Eastern Christianitys, is a Christianity Church within the walled Old City of Jerusalem....
    , Jerusalem
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
  • Jerusalem
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
  • Western Wall
    Western Wall

    The Western Wall , sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall or simply the Kotel , and as al-Buraq Wall by Muslims, is an important Jewish religious site located in the Old City ....
    , Jerusalem
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....


Thailand
  • Ayutthaya Province
    Ayutthaya Province

    Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ang Thong Province, Lopburi Province, Saraburi Province, Pathum Thani Province, Nonthaburi Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Suphanburi Province....
  • Bang Pa-ln
  • Bangkok
    Bangkok

    The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
  • NMB Factory
  • Patpong
    Patpong

    Patpong is an entertainment district in Bangkok, Thailand, catering mainly, though not exclusively, to foreign tourists and expatriates. While Patpong is internationally known as a red light district at the heart of Bangkok's sex industry, the city in fact has numerous red-light districts that are far more popular with Thai men....
  • Soi Cowboy
    Soi Cowboy

    Soi Cowboy is a red-light district in Bangkok, Thailand. A short street with some 40 bars, it is similar to Nana Plaza and Patpong and caters mainly to tourists and expatriates....
  • Wat Arun
    Wat Arun

    Wat Arun is a Buddhist temple in the Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, Thailand, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahavihara...
  • Wat Suthat
    Wat Suthat

    Wat Suthat Thepwararam is a royal temple of the first grade, one of six such temples in Thailand. Construction was begun by His Majesty King Rama I in 1807 ....

Turkey
  • Hagia Sophia
    Hagia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia is a former Patriarchate basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture....
    , Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
     (European part)
  • Galata Mevlevi Temple
    Mevlevi

    The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufism order founded by the followers of Rumi, a 13th century Persian speaking people poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian, in Konya ....
    , Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
     (European part)

Saudi Arabia
  • Mecca
    Mecca

    Mecca , also spelled Makkah , Makka is a city in Saudi Arabia. Home to the Masjid al-Haram, it is the holy city in Islam and plays an important role in the faith....

Oceania


Australia
  • Bathurst Island, Northern Territory
    Northern Territory

    The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
  • Cocinda, Northern Territory
    Northern Territory

    The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
  • Jim Jim Falls
    Jim Jim Falls

    Jim Jim Falls is a 200 m high waterfall located in the Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory, Australia.Whether the falls are raging with water or the merest trickle, this majestic waterfall is a sight to behold....
    , Northern Territory
    Northern Territory

    The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
  • Kakadu National Park
    Kakadu National Park

    Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin, Northern Territory.Kakadu National Park is located within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia....
    , Northern Territory
    Northern Territory

    The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
  • Kunwarde Hwarde Valley, Northern Territory
    Northern Territory

    The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....


Europe

  • Oswiecim
    Oswiecim

    Oswiecim is a town in southern Poland with about 41,500 inhabitants , situated some west of Krak?w in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship ....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
     (Auschwitz)
  • Bytom
    Bytom

    Bytom is a city in southern Poland with 188,234 inhabitants . Since 1999 it has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship, having previously been in the Katowice Voivodeship ....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
    Cathedral of Chartres

    The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, , located in Chartres, about southwest of Paris, is considered one of the finest examples in all France of the Gothic architecture style of architecture....
    , Eure-et-Loir
    Eure-et-Loir

    Eure-et-Loir is a France departments of France, named after the Eure River and Loir River rivers....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  • Notre-Dame de Reims
    Notre-Dame de Reims

    Notre-Dame de Reims is the cathedral of Reims, where the List of French monarchss of France were once crowned. It replaces an older church, destroyed by a fire in 1211, which was built on the site of the basilica where Clovis I was baptized by Saint Remigius, bishop of Reims, in AD 496....
    , Reims
    Reims

    The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
    , Marne
    Marne

    Marne is a departments of France in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department. The prefectures in France of Marne is Ch?lons-en-Champagne ....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  • St. Peter's Basilica
    St. Peter's Basilica

    The Basilica of Saint Peter , officially known in Italian language as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, is located within the Vatican City....
    , Vatican City
    Vatican City

    Vatican City , officially the State of the Vatican City , is a Landlocked country sovereignty city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, the Capital of Italy....


See also

  • Qatsi trilogy
    Qatsi trilogy

    The Qatsi trilogy is an informal name given to a series of three films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass:* Koyaanisqatsi ...
  • Chronos (film)
    Chronos (film)

    Chronos is a 1985 abstract film directed by Ron Fricke, created with custom-built time-lapse cameras. Originally released in IMAX theaters, it is now available on DVD, Blu-Ray and HD DVD....
  • Samsara (2009 film)
  • The Fall (2006 film)
    The Fall (2006 film)

    The Fall is a 2006 in film film by Tarsem Singh, starring Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, and Justine Waddell. It is based on the screenplay for the 1981 cinema of Bulgaria Yo Ho Ho by Valeri Petrov....
  • Scenes from Baraka were used to represent "the real world" in the film The Matrix Reloaded
    The Matrix Reloaded

    The Matrix Reloaded is a 2003 in film film, the second installment in The Matrix , written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. It premiered on May 7, 2003, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, and went on general release by Warner Bros....
    , displayed on the wall monitors in the Architect's
    Architect (The Matrix)

    The Architect is a fictional character appearing in the last two films of the Matrix series, created by the Wachowski brothers. The character is played by Helmut Bakaitis....
     room.
  • Scenes from Baraka were used frequently in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a 4X game turn-based game strategy game Personal computer game created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier under the auspices of Firaxis Games in 1999....
     as in game cinematics when secret projects were completed.
  • The Wonder videos from Civilization II
    Civilization II

    Sid Meier's Civilization II, a.k.a. Civ II, is a turn-based strategy computer game designed by Brian Reynolds, Douglas Caspian-Kaufman and Jeff Briggs....
     frequently used scenes from Baraka, including the video for the Hanging Gardens
    Hanging Gardens

    Hanging Gardens may refer to:* Hanging Gardens of Babylon, in Iraq* Hanging Gardens of Mumbai, in India* Terraces , in Israel* An album by Nico...
    .


External links

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