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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
 
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Pharos of Alexandria
The Seven Natural Wonders of the World
 
Mount Everest
The Great Barrier Reef
The Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
The Northern Lights
The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World
 
Palau
The Belize Barrier Reef
The Galapagos Islands
The Northern Red Sea
Lake Baikal
The Great Barrier Reef
The Deep Sea Vents
The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind
 
Stonehenge
The Colosseum
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Great Wall of China
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
The Hagia Sophia
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
 
The Empire State Building
The Itaipú Dam
The CN Tower
The Panama Canal
The Channel Tunnel
The North Sea Protection Works
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Seven Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World
 
Angel Falls
The Bay of Fundy
Iguaçú Falls
Krakatoa Island
Mount Fuji
Mount Kilimanjaro
Niagara Falls
The Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World
 
The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
Eiffel Tower
The Gateway Arch
The Aswan High Dam
Hoover Dam
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
The Petronas Towers
The Seven Forgotten Wonders of the Medieval Mind
 
Abu Simbel Temple
Angkor Wat
Taj Mahal
Mont Saint-Michel
The Moai Statues
The Parthenon
The Shwedagon Pagoda
The Forgotten Wonders
 
The Aztec Temple
The Banaue Rice Terraces
The Borobudur Temple
The Inca City
The Statue of Liberty
The Mayan Temples
The Temple of the Inscriptions
The Throne Hall of Persepolis
Petra
The Suez Canal
The Sydney Opera House
The Red Fort in India

Deep Sea Vents
Deep sea vents are counted among the underwater wonders of the world. They are also known by other terms such as deepwater seeps, deep-sea springs, hydro-thermal vents and black smokers. Deep sea vents are actually like geysers inside the sea. Hot and rich mineral water is continuously spouted by these vents. They are formed by volcanic and tectonic activity. Fascinating and varied sea lives are found in these deep vents.
Deep vents were discovered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the first time in 1977 in the region of the Galapagos Islands. Today, black smokers or deep sea-vents are mainly found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, at an average depth of 2100 meters. No sunlight can reach the pits where the vents are found and hence special submersible devices are the only means to know inside these vents. Pitch darkness, poison gas, heavy metals, extreme acidity, enormous pressure, frigid and searing water all exist in the depth of these sea vets.

But wonderful and unique kinds of sea life also co-exist in these conditions. Astounding communities of life survive in these vents and the inhabitants are perhaps the most interesting of all the world's underwater wonders from a scientific standpoint. Blind shrimp, giant white crabs, and a variety of tubeworms are just some of the more than 300 species of vent organisms that have been recognized by biologists till now. One of the strange and unique populace of these vents are the giant red-tipped tube worms-12-foot-tall creatures whose 300,000 tentacles strain food from the water. Similarly some of the other intriguing inhabitants of these vents also include pink vent fish, sea cucumbers, sponges, brittle star and flowerlike animals that use their excellent feelers to attach themselves to rocks.

The most salient detail to be noticed and studied about these vents is certainly the functioning of the food chain without sunlight. It was supposed previously that only sunlight, through photosynthesis, could sustain life on Earth. But, at the vents, however, life begins with bacteria that metabolize hydrogen sulfide. The bacteria, in turn, become food for the other animals in the vent society. Thus deep sea vents are really an example of the mysterious and wonderful creations of nature. Visit allwondersoftheworld.com to get more information and facts on the deep sea vents and other underwater wonders of the world.

Allwondersoftheworld.com informs us about the deep sea vents and its specially adapted species which are the real miracles of nature dwelling mysteriously in dismal atmosphere.

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