Nature of Iran
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 02.09.2007 02:24:21 Darbandi Village, Daregaz, Razavi Khorasan Photo: Ali Seifuddin |
 02.09.2007 02:24:21 Darbandi Village, Daregaz, Razavi Khorasan Photo: Ali Seifuddin |
 02.09.2007 02:24:21 Darbandi Village, Daregaz, Razavi Khorasan Photo: Ali Seifuddin |
 02.09.2007 02:24:21 Darbandi Village, Daregaz, Razavi Khorasan Photo: Ali Seifuddin |
 02.07.2007 21:41:45 Darbandi Village, Daregaz, Razavi Khorasan Photo: Ali Seifuddin |
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 06.29.2008 00:00:00 Harandeh, Tehran-Firouzkouh Road Photo: Ehsan Mohammadi (v-n.ir) |
 08.18.2008 23:27:59 Turquoise is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue. In recent times turquoise, like most other opaque gems, has been devalued by the introduction of treatments, imitations, and synthetics onto the market, some difficult to detect even by experts. Iran, for at least 2,000 years, the region once known as Persia, has remained the most important source of turquoise, for it is here that fine material is most consistently recovered. This "perfect colour" deposit, which is blue naturally, and turns green when heated due to dehyration, is restricted to a mine-riddled in Neyshabur,[5][6][7] the 2,012-metre mountain peak of Ali-mersai, which is tens of kilometers from Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan province, Iran. A weathered and broken trachyte is host to the turquoise, which is found both in situ between layers of limonite and sandstone, and amongst the scree at the mountain's base. These workings, together with those of the Sinai Peninsula, are the oldest known. Iranian turquoise is often found replacing feldspar. Although it is commonly marred by whitish patches, its colour and hardness are considered superior to the production of other localities. Iranian turquoise has been mined and traded abroad for centuries, and was probably the source of the first material to reach Europe. Photo by Horizon (flickr.com/photos/horizon/) |
 07.23.2008 13:50:50 Kaboodwall Waterfall, Near Ali Abad Katool, Golestan Province Photo by Ehsan Abbasi |
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 09.02.2008 10:30:51 Iran enjoys significant potentialities in tourism, with the 70-degree Lout Desert, the world's hottest place, being a case in point. Some 70 degrees Celsius (158 degrees Fahrenheit) in the shadow is the hottest temperature recorded for a desert - and the spot happens to be in Iran. The desert is so awe-inspiring that penetrating its unfathomable charm and mystery has turned out to be an unattainable desire of nature travelers. (Photo: Abbas Jafari) |
 09.02.2008 10:30:51 Iran enjoys significant potentialities in tourism, with the 70-degree Lout Desert, the world's hottest place, being a case in point. Some 70 degrees Celsius (158 degrees Fahrenheit) in the shadow is the hottest temperature recorded for a desert - and the spot happens to be in Iran. The desert is so awe-inspiring that penetrating its unfathomable charm and mystery has turned out to be an unattainable desire of nature travelers. (Photo: Abbas Jafari) |
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 08.01.2008 03:57:12 Iranian Leopards are very hard to see. After 6 months try for photography of this very hard subject, in early morning of November 2005 in one quick sighting, I shot the photo. (November 2005) Tandoureh National Park and Protected Area (Northeastern of Iran) Daregaz City, Razavi Khorasan Province Photo: Seyed Babak Musavi |
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