Acapulco Now I’m gonna talk about Acapulco and it’s attractions‚tourism‚history.This is the place that I’ve always wanted to go. Acapulco is a city‚ municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico‚ 300 kilometres southwest from Mexico City. The area has a population of 786‚830.Acapulco is located on a deep‚ semi-circular bay. Acapulco is also Mexico’s largest beach. Acapulco features a tropical wet and dry climate. The climate here is hot with distinct
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and dive boats going to Tubbataha. It is composed of the North and South atolls and the Jessie Beazley Reef. Formation The coral atolls of Tubbataha and Jessie Beazley began to form thousands of years ago as fringing reefs of volcanic islands along the Cagayan Ridge. Over millennia - as the volcanoes became extinct and the islands sunk into the ocean depths - only the corals remained and they continued to grow upwards towards the sunlight. History Tubbataha is well known to fishermen of the southern
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The Japanese investigated a Nan Madol legend that referred to corpse resting in the “House of Dead” ‚ and allegedly their divers discovered an underwater structure containing elaborate watertight coffins made of pure platinum. Records indicating that how much of the platinum may have been removed by the Japanese‚ or if any platinum watertight coffins still exist‚ has been either
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African-American man named Carl Brashear‚ who left his family and his home in order to join the Navy. His goal was to become a Navy Master Diver. Unfortunately at the time that this movie took place‚ colored people were still considered lower class citizens and therefore Carl had incredible difficulties achieving his dream. Bill Sunday‚ Robert Dinero‚ was one of the best Navy Master Divers. After an unfortunate incident while diving‚ Sunday was told that he would no longer be able to under go any pressure to his
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The axolotl‚ AKA" The Mexican Salamander"‚ is a neotenic salamander closely related to the Tiger Salamander. The Axolotl is classified in the domain Eukarya‚ kingdom Animalia‚ phylum Chordata‚ class Amphibia‚ order Caudata‚ family ambystomatidae‚ genus Ambystoma‚ and the species Mexicanum. Axolotls live in deep‚ freshwater with dense vegetation such as Lake Xochimilco and formerly Lake Chalco. The wetlands of Xochimilco has a tropical climate with an average temperature of 23.7 degrees celsius and
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Bellamar Caves are a National Monument that is located in Matanzas‚ Cuba‚ they are a set of cave with more than 23 kilometers of galleries. By the beauty of its gallery and caves‚ they were declared a National Monument. The galleries and passages of the cave started forming about 300 thousand years ago. According to the studies the caves were originally under the sea‚ part of the bat of Matanzas. While they were under sea level‚ these caves were full of water. The tectonic movements caused the area
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Mastigias papua‚ most commonly known as the “Golden Medusa” or “lagoon jelly” is one of the many jellyfishes in the class Scyphozoa. This species of jellyfish is unique because they can be found in bays‚ lagoons‚ and harbors‚ but are most commonly found in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. While in its habitat the jellyfish follows the sun from west to east until it reaches the shadows formed by the shore. Since this type of jellyfish has very little muscular movement by itself‚ it must be carried
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Hawksbill turtles are found all throughout the tropical waters of the atlantic‚ inidan‚ and pacific oceans. Hawksbill turtles avoid deep waters‚ favoring coastlines where sponges are plentlyful and have sandy nesting sites within reach. Hawksbills grow up to about 45 inch in shell length and 150 pounds in weight. When hawksbill turtles are young‚ their carapace‚ or upper shell‚ is heart-shaped‚ and as they mature it elongates. Their strikingly colored carapace is ragged and has overlapping scutes
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The technology in these articles that is most advanced is‚ the infared satellite. I say this because it is looking underground‚ even if it is just a foot‚ and seeing things that you wouldn’t be able to see with just your eye. These Egyptologists‚ are taking these devices and looking at different denser areas in the ground to find out if there was once a city‚ tomb‚ or road there. "If I had approched this as a traditional foot survey‚ it would have taken me three and a half years" (Article 3‚ Paragraph
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When the tide is high and waves crash about‚ air is mixed with the water‚ thus increasing oxygen content. This is due to the fact that when waves crash about‚ the water will be more exposed to the air and cause an increase in the amount of oxygen present in the water. When the tide is low and periwinkles are exposed‚ there is no shortage of oxygen for the periwinkle snails either because the surrounding air is composed of around 21% oxygen‚ which is enough oxygen for a periwinkle snail. To survive
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