Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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The Big Hole

The Kimberley Diamond Mine (Known as the Big Hole) at Kimberley in South Africa is the greatest man-made crater in the world.
Diamonds were first discovered there in 1871 and from then until the mine closed in 1915 diamond miners wielding picks and shovels removed nearly 23 million tonnes of clay and rock -- and 2.7 tonnes (representing 14.5 million carats) of diamonds.
The vast hole 500 m across and 400 m deep is now an open-air museum.

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Last updated on :8/11/2004