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Top 10 Natural Wonders Of The World

Author: Nathan Martyn

Part of what makes the Grand Canyon so beautiful is an understanding of how much time when into its creation. Millions of years were spent by the Colorado River sculpting and carving away at the rock to develop what can be seen today. The depth of the canyon is breathtaking. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long and up to 18 miles in width from rim to rim. The Canyon also goes down a full mile.

Auroras are natural displays of light in the sky but the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is the most beautiful of all. Visible from the Northern Hemisphere, the Aurora Borealis can be seen as a greenish glow or even faint red.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's hugest coral reef system and is home to 3,000 single reefs and stretches about 1,600 miles. The reef is located off the coast of Australia and can even be seen from space. Although humanity and environmental causes threaten the reef, it remains one of the most concentrated spots for unique aquatic life on Earth.

The Niagara Falls are stunning waterfalls located on the border of Canada and the United States. Formed during the last ice age by receding glaciers, the Niagara Falls is the most powerful and beautiful waterfall in North America.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and reaches 29,029 feet at its summit. Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas in Asia, has attracted climbers from around the world. Many have died attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest, considered the worlds most physically demanding challenge.

Victoria Falls, located in southern Africa, are some of the largest waterfalls in the entire world. The width of the falls is about 5,600 feet and the height is almost 360 feet, creating one large sheet of water.

Paricutin is a cinder cone volcano located in Mexico that is located near a village covered by lava. In 1943 the volcano started merely as a fissure in a cornfield. Farmers witnessed the initial eruption of stones and ash and the volcano grew quickly afterward, reaching the height of five stories in only one week. After a year the volcano had reached over a thousand feet and continued erupting for eight years.

The harbor of Rio de Janeiro is considered one of the most beautiful harbors in the world with wonderful weather and free beaches. Located in Brazil, the harbor is surrounded by mountains and was formed by the Atlantic Ocean.

The Amazon Rainforest, or Amazonia, covers 1.4 billion acres and is home to 2.5 million insect species, 2,000 birds and mammals, 40,000 plant species, 3,000 fish and over 300 reptiles. 20% of all birds in the entire world live in the beautiful Rainforest, making it the most diverse place on earth.

The Galapagos Islands are volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean with a population around 40,000. What makes the area so unique is the diversity of the animal life and it's reputation as the place that created the theory of evolution due to natural selection.

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Nathan Martyn is webmaster of Nature Wallpaper, created with the aim of providing the highest quality free nature desktop wallpapers.

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How To Create A PowerPoint Template

Author: Nathan Martyn

If you are tired of using PowerPoint's default blank template, it is easy to create your own custom templates. You can add logos and pictures to the template, and also change the fonts and colors. The PowerPoint template can also be saved for future use. A simple template is very easy to create and you can reuse it as many times as you want with little effort. You can use your template to display your company's logo or to make it a little more personal.

Creating a Template

* You will begin by opening a new presentation in PowerPoint

* Select a slide layout and click OK

* You can now alter the template. You can add a color scheme or background, pictures, shapes, ClipArt, or WordArt.

* Click on File>Save As>Design Template

* In the pull down menu under Save As, click on the pull down arrow and choose Microsoft>Templates

* You will want to save the template in the Templates folder

You are now ready to apply your template as a presentation. You will begin by double clicking on the name of your template in the General tab.

Adding Color and Background Graphic

* Select Format>Slide Color Scheme. A dialog box will appear. Examples of color schemes can be found under the Standards tab. Select your color scheme and click on it. For one slide in a presentation click Apply. For all slides in the presentation, click Apply to All.

To create a custom color scheme click on Custom tab. Select the color scheme of your choice and click on Change Color. Once the changes are made, click on Apply or Apply to All.

To change the background, select Format>Background. You will see the Background Dialog Box. Choose the color you want to add to the slide and Click Apply or Apply to All. You can find many web sites allowing the downloading of free quality wallpapers for saving as your template background graphic. When searching for a template background, try to find wallpapers with solid colors and avoid colourful or visually complex images.

Adding Pictures

You can add pictures in AutoShapes, ClipArt, and Pictures from File, or Word Art.

To add an AutoShape, select Insert>Pictures>AutoShape. This will open an AutoShape Toolbar with a list of icons describing different shapes. Select one and choose a shape. A crosshair will appear when you move over on on the slide. Click and Drag until the shape is the size you want.

To move an image below the text, click on the shape. A box with 8 white squares surrounding it will appear behind the text.

To add ClipArt, pictures you have taken, or WordArt, you will follow the same steps. You will want to make sure once you finish the template that you resave it for future use.

There are many more advanced options to customize a template, however it is outside the scope of this article. With a little time and effort, you will be creating enriching PowerPoint templates in minutes.

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Nathan Martyn is webmaster of Free PowerPoint Templates, created with the aim of providing the highest quality free PowerPoint templates and PowerPointbackgrounds.

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Animals Facing Extinction In 2010

Author: Nathan Martyn

In 2004 there was a determination that over fifteen thousand species of plants and animals on the planet were facing extinction. The reasons for this are varied, but the primary factor has become humanity's reckless destruction of their local habitats and the global eco-sphere. There are many well known animals on the list to go extinct as early as the year 2010.

The african elephant is a well known creature to people around the world. Despite the ban on hunting them in many countries, ivory poaching still exists and their numbers dwindle rapidly. The four known varieties of asian elephant: Indian, Ceylon, Sumatran, and Malaysian, have lost half their population in the last few generations.

Several species of whale are doing far worse than even the elephant. The right whale has no more than two hundred and fifty fully adult members of its species left alive. At least twenty percent of their population continues to die off with every generation. The blue whale, largest animal species to ever live on the earth, has continued to loose half it's population over the last few generations.

A smaller whale species, topping out at a mere eighty feet in length compared to the eighty two feet length of the blue whale, is the fin whale. This gentle sea creature has faced a drop in population similar to its cousin species.

One creature that no one would mistake is the gorilla. This sociable and gentle creature can weigh up to six hundred pounds and stand erect at over six feet in height. Sadly, due to the destruction of its habitat it has lost over half its population in only the last three generation.

As far as the great predator species go, there are several that people easily recognize facing extinction in only another generation or two. The cheetah and the Florida cougar.

The cheetah is on the endangered species list, but there is one breed most people do not know of. The species of cheetah known as the asiatic has reached a critical population point and without extreme measures to aid its survival it will go extinct shortly. There are only fifty known members of this species left in the world. They live in Iran.

The Florida cougar, also known as the Florida puma or Florida panther, has an estimated mature population of fifty adult individuals. efforts to Recover the population are now in place to retain the current current number of native panthers in the area. Even with great funding, this is a hard agenda, as the cougar needs contiguous locations for habitat. Every breeding family, forming one male and two to five females, needs 200 square miles of living habitat. A group of 240 panthers needs 8,000 to 12,000 square miles of habitat and sufficient diversity to avoid inbreeding due to a small population size. Many areas of Southern Florida are quick-developing, and decreasing habitat threatens this animal.

Without immediate action these well known species will die, and be lost forever in our own lifetime.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/news-and-society-articles/animals-facing-extinction-in-2010-1438541.html

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Nathan Martyn is webmaster of Animal Wallpaper, created with the aim of providing the highest quality free animal desktop wallpapers.

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