function photo(i,c,m,q,d,j,h,o,p,a,l,f,k,b,r,n,g,e){this.id=i;this.galleries_id=c;this.photo_ref=m;this.section_code=q;this.src=d;this.width=j;this.height=h;this.caption=o;this.home=p;this.gallery=a;this.description=l;this.takendate=f;this.photographer=k;this.location=b;this.item_price=r;this.purchase_instruction=n;this.payment_groups_id=g;this.server_id=e;this.src=getServerPath(this.server_id)+"/"+this.src}function gallery(e,c,d,b,a){this.id=e;this.featured_images=c;this.title=d;this.section_code=b;this.photoIDs=a}var backgrounds=new Object();backgrounds[4034222]=new photo(4034222,"243224","FAV0002","gallery","_DSC0720.jpg",800,532,"Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador",1,1,'Cotopaxi is a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located about 75 kilometres (50 mi) south of Quito, Ecuador, South America. It is the second highest summit in the country, reaching a height of 5,897 m (19,347 ft). Cotopaxi has an almost symmetrical cone that rises from a highland plain of about 3,800 metres (12,500 ft), with a width at its base of about 23 kilometres (14 mi). It has one of the few equatorial glaciers in the world, which starts at the height of 5,000 metres (16,400 ft). The mountain is clearly visible on the skyline from Quito. It is part of the chain of volcanoes around the Pacific plate known as the Pacific Ring of Fire.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034609]=new photo(4034609,"243224","FAV0001","gallery","Amazing_Sunset12.jpg",800,533,"Sunset over Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Spain",1,1,'Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the enormous expanse of the Caldera de Taburiente, once believed to be a huge crater, but nowadays known to be a mountain arch with a curious crater shape, which dominates the northern part of the island. It was designated as a national park in 1954.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe caldera is about 10 km across, and in places the walls tower 2000 m over the caldera floor. The highest point is the Roque de los Muchachos on the northern wall, at 2423 m altitude, which can be reached by road. The telescopes of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory are situated very close to the summit.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera_de_Taburiente" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034224]=new photo(4034224,"243224","FAV0005","gallery","_DSC14351.jpg",800,532,"Machu Picchu, Peru",1,1,'Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. The river is a partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was said[who?] to have been forgotten for centuries when the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It has recently come to light that the site may have been discovered and plundered several years previously, in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Berns. In fact, there is substantial evidence that a British missionary, Thomas Payne, and a German engineer, J. M. von Hassel, arrived earlier than Hiram, and maps found by historians show references to Machu Picchu as early as 1874.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034611]=new photo(4034611,"243224","FAV0004","gallery","Beautiful-Grassland-Mountains1.jpg",800,534,"Grassland and Mountain, Isle of Skye, Scotland",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034225]=new photo(4034225,"243224","FAV0006","gallery","_DSC15111.jpg",800,532,"Machu Picchu, Peru",1,1,'Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. The river is a partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was said[who?] to have been forgotten for centuries when the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It has recently come to light that the site may have been discovered and plundered several years previously, in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Berns. In fact, there is substantial evidence that a British missionary, Thomas Payne, and a German engineer, J. M. von Hassel, arrived earlier than Hiram, and maps found by historians show references to Machu Picchu as early as 1874.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034226]=new photo(4034226,"243224","FAV0007","gallery","_DSC16811.jpg",800,524,"Lake Titicaca, Bolivia",1,1,'Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It sits 3,812 m (12,500 ft) above sea level making it one of the highest commercially navigable lakes in the world. By volume of water it is also the largest lake in South America. The lake is located at the northern end of the endorheic Altiplano basin high in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia. The western part of the lake lies within the Puno Region of Peru, and the eastern side is located in the Bolivian La Paz Department.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe lake is composed of two nearly separate sub-basins that are connected by the Strait of Tiquina which is 800 m (2,620 ft) across at the narrowest point. The larger sub-basin, Lago Grande (also called Lago Chucuito) has a mean depth of 135 m (443 ft) and a maximum depth of 284 m (932 ft). The smaller sub-basin, Wiñaymarka (also called Lago Pequeño, "little lake") has a mean depth of 9 m (30 ft) and a maximum depth of 40 m (131 ft). The overall average depth of the lake is 107 m (351 ft).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLake Titicaca is fed by rainfall and meltwater from glaciers on the sierras that abut the Altiplano. Five major river systems feed into Lake Titicaca[6]—in order of their relative flow volumes these are: Ramis, Coata, Ilave, Huancané, and Suchez. More than 20 other smaller streams empty into Titicaca, and the lake has 41 islands, some of which are densely populated.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034614]=new photo(4034614,"243224","FAV0008","gallery","Colossal_Coastline_0001_2_3_tonemapped1.jpg",800,533,"Coastline, La Palma, Spain",1,1,'La Palma is a volcanic ocean island, one of the seven major Canary Islands, a Spanish territory located off of the north west coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean. Generally known by this name in English and Spanish, it may also be referred to as la Isla de La Palma, for example in a geographical context or to distinguish it from the Spanish cities of Palma or Las Palmas. Palma in all these cases refers to the Palm tree, of which there exists a species native to the Canary Islands. Historically the island was named San Miguel de La Palma, which refers to Michael the Archangel since the island was conquered for Castille on Michaelmas of 1492 [1].<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLa Palma is the most northwesterly of the Canary Islands. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands. The total population is about 85,000, of which 18,000 (2003 data) live in the capital, Santa Cruz de la Palma and about 20,000 (2004 data) in Los Llanos de Aridane.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLa Palma, like the other islands of the Canary Island archipelago, is a volcanic ocean island. The volcano rises almost 7 km above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Proportional to its size, it is alleged to be the steepest island in the world.[citation needed] There is road access from sea level to the very summit at 2423 metres, which is marked by an outcrop of rocks called Los Muchachos ("The Lads"). This is the site of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, one of the world\'s premier astronomical observatories.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_palma" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034227]=new photo(4034227,"243224","FAV0010","gallery","_DSC22171.jpg",800,532,"Laguna Colorada, Bolivia",1,1,'Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile. The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts nicely with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLaguna Colorada is one of the Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention signed in 1971. James\'s Flamingos abound in the area. Also it is possible to find Andean and Chilean flamingos, but in a minor quantity.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_colorada" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034615]=new photo(4034615,"243224","FAV0009","gallery","Elgol1.jpg",800,534,"Elgol Sunset, Isle of Skye, Spain",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034228]=new photo(4034228,"243224","FAV0011","gallery","_DSC25671.jpg",800,526,"Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia",1,1,'Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world\'s largest salt flat at 10,582 km² (4,085 square miles). It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3,650 meters high. The major minerals found in the salar are halite and gypsum.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSome 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó Lake and Uru Uru Lake, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Uyuni. Uyuni is roughly 25 times the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034229]=new photo(4034229,"243224","FAV0013","gallery","_DSC26031.jpg",800,525,"Isla de Pescador, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia",1,1,'Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world\'s largest salt flat at 10,582 km² (4,085 square miles). It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3,650 meters high. The major minerals found in the salar are halite and gypsum.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSome 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó Lake and Uru Uru Lake, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Uyuni. Uyuni is roughly 25 times the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034617]=new photo(4034617,"243224","FAV0012","gallery","Honey_Hay1.jpg",800,534,"Honey Hay Sunset, Isle of Skye, Scotland",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034232]=new photo(4034232,"243224","FAV0018","gallery","_DSC29681.jpg",800,532,"Iguazu Falls, Brasil",1,1,'Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. Iguazu Falls was short-listed as a candidate to be one of the New7Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009 it was ranking fifth in Group F, the category for lake, rivers, and waterfalls.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River. Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters (269 ft) in height, though the majority are about 64 metres (210 ft). The Devil\'s Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese), a U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide and 700-meter-long (490 by 2300 feet) cataract, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Two thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory. [1] About 900 meters of the 2.7-kilometer length does not have water flowing over it. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm per year. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the Paraná River at Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034233]=new photo(4034233,"243224","FAV0020","gallery","_DSC2980_new_crop21.jpg",800,437,"Iguazu Falls, Brasil",1,1,'Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. Iguazu Falls was short-listed as a candidate to be one of the New7Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009 it was ranking fifth in Group F, the category for lake, rivers, and waterfalls.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River. Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters (269 ft) in height, though the majority are about 64 metres (210 ft). The Devil\'s Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese), a U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide and 700-meter-long (490 by 2300 feet) cataract, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Two thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory. [1] About 900 meters of the 2.7-kilometer length does not have water flowing over it. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm per year. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the Paraná River at Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034622]=new photo(4034622,"243224","FAV0021","gallery","Pine_Valley_and_Sunset_4_11.jpg",800,533,"Pine Valley and Sunset, Tenerife, Spain",1,1,'Mount Teide or, in Spanish, El Teide, is an active though dormant volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift and is located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park (Parque Nacional del Teide in Spanish). The park has an area of 18900 ha and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 29, 2007.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAt 3718 m above sea level, and approximately 7500 m above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, Teide is the highest mountain in Spain, highest point in the Atlantic Ocean and the 13th highest mountain in European Union (highest mountain not in the Alps). (Note: The actual summit stands 3 metres (10 ft) higher than the triangulation station, and associated bench mark, which has an altitude of 3,715 m (12,188 ft)). The island of Tenerife itself is the third largest volcanic ocean island on Earth by volume. Teide is also the third highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island. It is also unstable and possibly in a more advanced stage of deformation and failure than the much publicised Cumbre Vieja.[4] The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide as a Decade Volcano, because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la Cruz.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034235]=new photo(4034235,"243224","FAV0023","gallery","_DSC36461.jpg",800,532,"Cloudy Sunset, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina",1,1,'Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire", is an archipelago 73,753 km2 (28,476 sq mi) off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The southern point of the archipelago forms Cape Horn. The archipelago consists of a main island (Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, often simply called Tierra del Fuego or Isla Grande) with an area of 48,100 km2 (18,572 sq mi), and a group of smaller islands. The main island is separated between two countries: 18,507.3 square kilometres (38.57% of total) belongs to Argentina, while 29,484.7 square kilometres (61.43% of total) belongs to Chile. Half of this island, and the islands west and south of it, are part of the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region, the capital and chief town of which is Punta Arenas, situated on the mainland across the strait. The biggest Chilean towns are Porvenir, capital of the Chilean Province of Tierra del Fuego, on the main island, and Puerto Williams, on Navarino Island, being the capital of the Antártica Chilena Province. Puerto Toro lies a few kilometers south of Puerto Williams and is the southernmost village in the world.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe eastern part of the archipelago belongs to Argentina, being part of the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctic Territory and South Atlantic Islands Province; its capital is Ushuaia, the biggest city of the archipelago. The other important city in the region is Río Grande on the Atlantic coast.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_del_fuego" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034623]=new photo(4034623,"243224","FAV0022","gallery","Quiraing-View_CROP1.jpg",800,534,"Quiraing View, Isle of Skye, Scotland",1,1,'The Quiraing is a spectacular landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving, the road at its base near Flodigarry requires repairs each year.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nParts of the distinctive landscape have earned particular names. The Needle is a jagged 120-foot (37 m) high landmark pinnacle, a remnant of landslipping. Northwest of it is The Table, a flat grassy area slipped down from the summit plateau, with vistas of the Torridon Hills and the mountains of Wester Ross. Southwest is the Prison, a pyramidal rocky peak which can look like a medieval keep when viewed from the right angle - the ascent of this is an airy scramble.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiraing" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034236]=new photo(4034236,"243224","FAV0024","gallery","_DSC36831.jpg",800,525,"Sunset, Puerto Esperanza, Chile",1,1,'Última Esperanza Sound (Last Hope Sound) is an inlet stretching from the mouth of Eberhard Fjord to the outskirts of Monte Balmaceda, within the Magallanes Basin. This inlet, known within Chile as Seno Última Esperanza, has the characteristics of a tidewater river and drains an extensive basin. It receives the waters of almost all the surface waters of Torres del Paine National Park through the Serrano River. The sound occupies a valley carved by glacial action.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLast Hope Sound along with the Señoret Channel forms a navigation route, which connects Puerto Natales with several protected areas of the region. The Turbio River is a tributary to the Ultima Esperanza Sound.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn the vicinity of the Eberhard Fjord is located Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument, where remains have been recovered of the extinct Giant sloth along with a settlement of prehistoric man.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Altima_Esperanza_Sound" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034238]=new photo(4034238,"243224","FAV0028","gallery","_DSC38551.jpg",748,513,"Glacier Grey and Icebergs, Torres del Paine, Chile",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034626]=new photo(4034626,"243224","FAV0027","gallery","Stormy_Sotavente1.jpg",800,533,"Stormy Sotavente, Fuerteventura, Spain",1,1,'Fuerteventura, a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is situated at 28°20\' north, 14°00\' west. At 1,660 km² it is also the second largest of the islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFuerteventura is the oldest island in the Canary Islands dating back 20 million years to a volcanic eruption from the Canary hotspot. The majority of the island was created about 5 million years ago and since then eroded by wind and weather. On the seabed off the west coast of the island rests a block of rock 22 km long and 11 km wide, which appears to have slid off the island largely intact at some point in prehistory, similar to the predicted future collapse of Cumbre Vieja, a geological fault on the neighboring island, La Palma. The last volcanic activity in Fuerteventura was between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe highest point in Fuerteventura is Mount Jandía (807 m) in the southwestern part of the island. Geographical features include Istmo de la Pared which is 5 km wide and is the narrowest part of Fuerteventura. The island is divided into two parts, the northern portion which is Maxorata and the southwestern part called the Jandía peninsula. The island is the least settled in the Canary Islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerteventura" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034239]=new photo(4034239,"243224","FAV0030","gallery","_DSC39091.jpg",800,532,"Glacier Grey and Icebergs, Torres del Paine, Chile",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034240]=new photo(4034240,"243224","FAV0032","gallery","_DSC39241.jpg",800,532,"Glacier Grey and Icebergs, Torres del Paine, Chile",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034629]=new photo(4034629,"243224","FAV0031","gallery","Storr_Landscape1.jpg",800,534,"Storr Landscape, Isle of Skye, Scotland",1,1,'The Storr is a rocky hill on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west. The Storr is prime example of the Trotternish landslip, the longest such feature in Great Britain.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe area in front of the cliffs of The Storr is known as The Sanctuary. This has a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remains of ancient volcanic plugs. One of the most famous of these is known as The Old Man of Storr.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storr" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034241]=new photo(4034241,"243224","FAV0033","gallery","_DSC42311.jpg",800,532,"Spotlight on Cuerno, Torres del Paine, Chile",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034632]=new photo(4034632,"243224","FAV0034","gallery","_DSC20201.jpg",800,532,"Alitplano near Tupiza, Bolivia",1,1,'The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), in central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on earth outside of Tibet. Lake Titicaca is its most known geographical feature.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Altiplano is an area of inland drainage (endorheism) lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. Its height averages about 3,300 meters (11,000 feet), somewhat less than that of Tibet. Unlike the Tibetan Plateau, however, the Altiplano is dominated by massive active volcanoes of the Central Volcanic Zone to the west. The Atacama Desert, the driest area on the whole planet, lies to the southwest of the Altiplano. In contrast, to the east lies the humid Amazon Rainforest.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn extentum, the climate is cool and semi-arid to arid, with mean annual temperatures that vary from 3°C near the western mountain range to 12°C near Lake Titicaca, and total annual rainfalls that range between less than 200 mm to the south west to more than 800 mm near and over Lake Titicaca as well. The diurnal cycle of temperature, however, is very wide with maximum temperatures in the order of 12 to 24°C and minimum in the order of -20 to 10°C. The coldest temperatures occur in the southwestern portion of the Altiplano during the months of June and July, which correspond to the Austral winter. The seasonal cycle of rainfall is marked with the rainy season concentrating between December and March. The rest of the year tends to be very dry, cool, windy and sunny. Snowfall events may happen between April and September, especially to the north, but they are not very common (one to five events per year).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altiplano" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034633]=new photo(4034633,"243224","FAV0036","gallery","_DSC57541.jpg",800,532,"Valle de la Luna, Chile",1,1,'Valley of the Moon (Valle de la Luna)Is located 13 kilometers west of San Pedro in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It’s a fascinating place with stone and sand formations which have been created through the centuries by floods and wind, which has also given it an extraordinary color and texture, looking similar to the surface of the moon. From a large sand dune in the valley, it is possible to appreciate all the marvelous and surprising features of this zone. In Valle de la Luna there are dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a beautiful white covering layer of the area; escarpments in all colors; green, blue, red and yellow, which color the sunlight changes depending on the time of day and is especially beautiful at sunset. It presents diverse saline outcrops which look like real sculptures and contains as well as a great variety of caverns.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_la_Luna_(Chile)" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034246]=new photo(4034246,"243224","FAV0040","gallery","_DSC44651.jpg",800,532,"Perito Moreno, Patagonia, Argentina",1,1,'The Perito Moreno Glacier is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west of Santa Cruz province, Argentina. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia. The 250 km2 (97 sq mi) ice formation, and 30 km (19 mi) in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes system shared with Chile. This icefield is the world\'s third largest reserve of fresh water.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Perito Moreno Glacier is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are not retreating. The terminus of the Perito Moreno Glacier is 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, with an average height of 60 m (200 ft) above the surface of the water, with a total ice depth of 170 metres (558 ft). It advances at a speed of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) per day (around 700 metres (2,300 ft) per year), although it loses mass at approximately the same rate, meaning that aside from small variations, its terminus has not advanced or receded in the past 90 years. At its deepest part, the glacier has a depth of approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_moreno" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034638]=new photo(4034638,"243224","FAV0043","gallery","_DSC97541.jpg",800,532,"Old Smoking Lady, Havana, Cuba",1,1,'Havana, officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Cuban provinces. The city/province has 2.4 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.7 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean region. The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nKing Philip II of Spain granted Havana the title of City in 1592 and a royal decree in 1634 recognized its importance by officially designated as the "Key to the New World and Rampart of the West Indies". Havana\'s coat of arms carries this inscription. The Spaniards began building fortifications, and in 1553 they transferred the governor\'s residence to Havana from Santiago de Cuba on the eastern end of the island, thus making Havana the de facto capital. The importance of harbour fortifications was early recognized as English, French, and Dutch sea marauders attacked the city in the 16th century. The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana\'s harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034253]=new photo(4034253,"243224","FAV0046","gallery","_DSC57111.jpg",800,532,"Valle de la Luna, Chile",1,1,'Valley of the Moon (Valle de la Luna)Is located 13 kilometers west of San Pedro in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It’s a fascinating place with stone and sand formations which have been created through the centuries by floods and wind, which has also given it an extraordinary color and texture, looking similar to the surface of the moon. From a large sand dune in the valley, it is possible to appreciate all the marvelous and surprising features of this zone. In Valle de la Luna there are dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a beautiful white covering layer of the area; escarpments in all colors; green, blue, red and yellow, which color the sunlight changes depending on the time of day and is especially beautiful at sunset. It presents diverse saline outcrops which look like real sculptures and contains as well as a great variety of caverns.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_la_Luna_(Chile)" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034254]=new photo(4034254,"243224","FAV0047","gallery","_DSC58101.jpg",800,532,"Valle de la Luna, Chile",1,1,'Valley of the Moon (Valle de la Luna)Is located 13 kilometers west of San Pedro in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It’s a fascinating place with stone and sand formations which have been created through the centuries by floods and wind, which has also given it an extraordinary color and texture, looking similar to the surface of the moon. From a large sand dune in the valley, it is possible to appreciate all the marvelous and surprising features of this zone. In Valle de la Luna there are dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a beautiful white covering layer of the area; escarpments in all colors; green, blue, red and yellow, which color the sunlight changes depending on the time of day and is especially beautiful at sunset. It presents diverse saline outcrops which look like real sculptures and contains as well as a great variety of caverns.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_la_Luna_(Chile)" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034255]=new photo(4034255,"243224","FAV0048","gallery","_DSC61291.jpg",800,524,"El Tatio Geysers, Chile",1,1,'El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation. Tourists often visit the geysers while touring the nearby Atacama Desert and the village San Pedro de Atacama. "With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov (partially destroyed June 2007), Russia"<br>\r\n<br>\r\n"Though possessing numerous geysers, none erupt very high. The highest eruption observed has been around six meters in height. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about 75 centimeters" (Glennon, J.A. and Pfaff. R.M., 2003). The best time to see them is at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the bitterly cold morning air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool. However parts of the field are very dangerous with a thin crust over almost boiling mud so ask your guide where you may go.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere is wreckage at the site from an old project for harnessing geothermal power. The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tatio" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034256]=new photo(4034256,"243224","FAV0049","gallery","_DSC61541.jpg",800,532,"El Tatio Geysers, Chile",1,1,'El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation. Tourists often visit the geysers while touring the nearby Atacama Desert and the village San Pedro de Atacama. "With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov (partially destroyed June 2007), Russia"<br>\r\n<br>\r\n"Though possessing numerous geysers, none erupt very high. The highest eruption observed has been around six meters in height. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about 75 centimeters" (Glennon, J.A. and Pfaff. R.M., 2003). The best time to see them is at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the bitterly cold morning air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool. However parts of the field are very dangerous with a thin crust over almost boiling mud so ask your guide where you may go.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere is wreckage at the site from an old project for harnessing geothermal power. The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tatio" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034257]=new photo(4034257,"243224","FAV0050","gallery","_DSC61631.jpg",800,532,"El Tatio Geysers, Chile",1,1,'El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation. Tourists often visit the geysers while touring the nearby Atacama Desert and the village San Pedro de Atacama. "With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov (partially destroyed June 2007), Russia"<br>\r\n<br>\r\n"Though possessing numerous geysers, none erupt very high. The highest eruption observed has been around six meters in height. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about 75 centimeters" (Glennon, J.A. and Pfaff. R.M., 2003). The best time to see them is at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the bitterly cold morning air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool. However parts of the field are very dangerous with a thin crust over almost boiling mud so ask your guide where you may go.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere is wreckage at the site from an old project for harnessing geothermal power. The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tatio" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034258]=new photo(4034258,"243224","FAV0051","gallery","_DSC61721.jpg",800,532,"El Tatio Geysers, Chile",1,1,'El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation. Tourists often visit the geysers while touring the nearby Atacama Desert and the village San Pedro de Atacama. "With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov (partially destroyed June 2007), Russia"<br>\r\n<br>\r\n"Though possessing numerous geysers, none erupt very high. The highest eruption observed has been around six meters in height. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about 75 centimeters" (Glennon, J.A. and Pfaff. R.M., 2003). The best time to see them is at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the bitterly cold morning air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool. However parts of the field are very dangerous with a thin crust over almost boiling mud so ask your guide where you may go.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere is wreckage at the site from an old project for harnessing geothermal power. The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_la_Luna_(Chile)" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034261]=new photo(4034261,"243224","FAV0054","gallery","_DSC65481.jpg",800,532,"Colca Canyon, Peru",1,1,'Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States. However, the canyon\'s walls are not as vertical as those of the Grand Canyon. The Cotahuasi Canyon to the northwest is a deeper canyon at 11,488 ft (3,501 m). Since they are such major features of the landscape, the Colca and Cotahuasi canyons are both easily recognizable in even low-resolution satellite photos of the region. The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with towns founded in Spanish Colonial times and formerly inhabited by the Collaguas and the Cabanas. The local people still maintain ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colca_Canyon" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034267]=new photo(4034267,"243224","FAV0057","gallery","_DSC90371.jpg",798,557,"Street Life, Trinidad, Cuba",1,1,'Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Francisco Iznaga, a rich Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected Mayor of Bayamo in 1540.Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad where the Torre Iznaga is. His descendents fought for the Independence of Cuba and the Annexation to the US from 1820 to 1900.Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTourism officials like to say Trinidad is a museum in itself. Those visiting the 500-year-old city will find Spanish colonial architecture, underscoring a colonial ambiance that marks the tiny city one of the country’s greatest attractions. Only a few square blocks in size, historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely, cobblestone streets, pastel coloured houses with elaborate wrought-iron grills, as well as majestic palaces and plazas. The city can be toured in a few hours, by foot or by horse-drawn carriage. The city’s is located near both the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean beach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Cuba" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4034268]=new photo(4034268,"243224","FAV0058","gallery","_DSC90431.jpg",800,532,"Street Life, Trinidad, Cuba",1,1,'Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Francisco Iznaga, a rich Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected Mayor of Bayamo in 1540.Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad where the Torre Iznaga is. His descendents fought for the Independence of Cuba and the Annexation to the US from 1820 to 1900.Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTourism officials like to say Trinidad is a museum in itself. Those visiting the 500-year-old city will find Spanish colonial architecture, underscoring a colonial ambiance that marks the tiny city one of the country’s greatest attractions. Only a few square blocks in size, historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely, cobblestone streets, pastel coloured houses with elaborate wrought-iron grills, as well as majestic palaces and plazas. The city can be toured in a few hours, by foot or by horse-drawn carriage. The city’s is located near both the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean beach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Cuba" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022355]=new photo(4022355,"242729","ARG0001","gallery","_DSC2763_crop2.jpg",800,397,"Iguazu Falls",1,1,'Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. Iguazu Falls was short-listed as a candidate to be one of the New7Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009 it was ranking fifth in Group F, the category for lake, rivers, and waterfalls.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River. Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters (269 ft) in height, though the majority are about 64 metres (210 ft). The Devil\'s Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese), a U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide and 700-meter-long (490 by 2300 feet) cataract, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Two thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory.  About 900 meters of the 2.7-kilometer length does not have water flowing over it. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm per year. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the Paraná River at Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022356]=new photo(4022356,"242729","ARG0003","gallery","_DSC2872_crop.jpg",800,422,"Iguazu Falls",1,1,'Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. Iguazu Falls was short-listed as a candidate to be one of the New7Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009 it was ranking fifth in Group F, the category for lake, rivers, and waterfalls.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River. Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters (269 ft) in height, though the majority are about 64 metres (210 ft). The Devil\'s Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese), a U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide and 700-meter-long (490 by 2300 feet) cataract, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Two thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory.  About 900 meters of the 2.7-kilometer length does not have water flowing over it. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm per year. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the Paraná River at Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022357]=new photo(4022357,"242729","ARG0005","gallery","_DSC2968.jpg",800,532,"Iguazu Falls",1,1,'Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. Iguazu Falls was short-listed as a candidate to be one of the New7Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009 it was ranking fifth in Group F, the category for lake, rivers, and waterfalls.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River. Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters (269 ft) in height, though the majority are about 64 metres (210 ft). The Devil\'s Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese), a U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide and 700-meter-long (490 by 2300 feet) cataract, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Two thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory.  About 900 meters of the 2.7-kilometer length does not have water flowing over it. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm per year. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the Paraná River at Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022358]=new photo(4022358,"242729","ARG0006","gallery","_DSC2980_new_crop2.jpg",800,437,"Iguazu Falls",1,1,'Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. Iguazu Falls was short-listed as a candidate to be one of the New7Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009 it was ranking fifth in Group F, the category for lake, rivers, and waterfalls.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River. Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters (269 ft) in height, though the majority are about 64 metres (210 ft). The Devil\'s Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese), a U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide and 700-meter-long (490 by 2300 feet) cataract, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Two thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory. About 900 meters of the 2.7-kilometer length does not have water flowing over it. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm per year. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the Paraná River at Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022360]=new photo(4022360,"242729","ARG0007","gallery","_DSC3007.jpg",800,532,"La Boca, Buenos Aires",1,1,'Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, currently the third-largest Metropolitan Area in South America, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It is located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. The city of Buenos Aires is not part of Buenos Aires Province, nor is it its capital; rather, it is an autonomous federal district. Greater Buenos Aires is the fourth-largest conurbation in Latin America, with a population of around 13 million.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_aires" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022373]=new photo(4022373,"242729","ARG0010","gallery","_DSC4440.jpg",800,532,"Perito Moreno, Patagonia",1,1,'The Perito Moreno Glacier is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west of Santa Cruz province, Argentina. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia. The 250 km2 (97 sq mi) ice formation, and 30 km (19 mi) in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes system shared with Chile. This icefield is the world\'s third largest reserve of fresh water.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Perito Moreno Glacier is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are not retreating. The terminus of the Perito Moreno Glacier is 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, with an average height of 60 m (200 ft) above the surface of the water, with a total ice depth of 170 metres (558 ft). It advances at a speed of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) per day (around 700 metres (2,300 ft) per year), although it loses mass at approximately the same rate, meaning that aside from small variations, its terminus has not advanced or receded in the past 90 years. At its deepest part, the glacier has a depth of approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_moreno" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022374]=new photo(4022374,"242729","ARG0011","gallery","_DSC4450_crop.jpg",800,418,"Perito Moreno, Patagonia",1,1,'The Perito Moreno Glacier is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west of Santa Cruz province, Argentina. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia. The 250 km2 (97 sq mi) ice formation, and 30 km (19 mi) in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes system shared with Chile. This icefield is the world\'s third largest reserve of fresh water.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Perito Moreno Glacier is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are not retreating. The terminus of the Perito Moreno Glacier is 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, with an average height of 60 m (200 ft) above the surface of the water, with a total ice depth of 170 metres (558 ft). It advances at a speed of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) per day (around 700 metres (2,300 ft) per year), although it loses mass at approximately the same rate, meaning that aside from small variations, its terminus has not advanced or receded in the past 90 years. At its deepest part, the glacier has a depth of approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_moreno" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022384]=new photo(4022384,"242729","ARG0016","gallery","_DSC4658_bw_crop.jpg",800,331,"Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Patagonia",1,1,'Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (Spanish: The Glaciers) is a national park in the Santa Cruz Province, in Argentine Patagonia. It comprises an area of 4459 km². In 1981 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The national park, created in 1937, is the second largest in Argentina. Its name refers to the giant ice cap in the Andes range that feeds 47 large glaciers, of which only 13 flow towards the Atlantic Ocean. The ice cap is the largest outside of Antarctica and Greenland. In other parts of the world, glaciers start at a  height of at least 2,500 meters above mean sea level, but due to the size of the ice cap, these glaciers begin at only 1,500m, sliding down to 200m AMSL, eroding the surface of the mountains that support them.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Glaciares" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022382]=new photo(4022382,"242729","ARG0020","gallery","_DSC4589.jpg",800,402,"Perito Moreno, Patagonia",1,1,'The Perito Moreno Glacier is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west of Santa Cruz province, Argentina. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia. The 250 km2 (97 sq mi) ice formation, and 30 km (19 mi) in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes system shared with Chile. This icefield is the world\'s third largest reserve of fresh water.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Perito Moreno Glacier is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are not retreating. The terminus of the Perito Moreno Glacier is 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, with an average height of 60 m (200 ft) above the surface of the water, with a total ice depth of 170 metres (558 ft). It advances at a speed of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) per day (around 700 metres (2,300 ft) per year), although it loses mass at approximately the same rate, meaning that aside from small variations, its terminus has not advanced or receded in the past 90 years. At its deepest part, the glacier has a depth of approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_moreno" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4022369]=new photo(4022369,"242729","ARG0022","gallery","_DSC3646.jpg",800,532,"Cloudy Sunset, Tierra del Fuego",1,1,'Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire", is an archipelago 73,753 km2 (28,476 sq mi) off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The southern point of the archipelago forms Cape Horn. The archipelago consists of a main island (Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, often simply called Tierra del Fuego or Isla Grande) with an area of 48,100 km2 (18,572 sq mi), and a group of smaller islands. The main island is separated between two countries: 18,507.3 square kilometres (38.57% of total) belongs to Argentina, while 29,484.7 square kilometres (61.43% of total) belongs to Chile. Half of this island, and the islands west and south of it, are part of the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region, the capital and chief town of which is Punta Arenas, situated on the mainland across the strait. The biggest Chilean towns are Porvenir, capital of the Chilean Province of Tierra del Fuego, on the main island, and Puerto Williams, on Navarino Island, being the capital of the Antártica Chilena Province. Puerto Toro lies a few kilometers south of Puerto Williams and is the southernmost village in the world.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe eastern part of the archipelago belongs to Argentina, being part of the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctic Territory and South Atlantic Islands Province; its capital is Ushuaia, the biggest city of the archipelago. The other important city in the region is Río Grande on the Atlantic coast.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_del_fuego" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4001951]=new photo(4001951,"241852","BOL0004","gallery","_DSC1681.jpg",800,524,"Lake Titicaca",1,1,'Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It sits 3,812 m (12,500 ft) above sea level making it one of the highest commercially navigable lakes in the world. By volume of water it is also the largest lake in South America. The lake is located at the northern end of the endorheic Altiplano basin high in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia. The western part of the lake lies within the Puno Region of Peru, and the eastern side is located in the Bolivian La Paz Department.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe lake is composed of two nearly separate sub-basins that are connected by the Strait of Tiquina which is 800 m (2,620 ft) across at the narrowest point. The larger sub-basin, Lago Grande (also called Lago Chucuito) has a mean depth of 135 m (443 ft) and a maximum depth of 284 m (932 ft). The smaller sub-basin, Wiñaymarka (also called Lago Pequeño, "little lake") has a mean depth of 9 m (30 ft) and a maximum depth of 40 m (131 ft). The overall average depth of the lake is 107 m (351 ft).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLake Titicaca is fed by rainfall and meltwater from glaciers on the sierras that abut the Altiplano. Five major river systems feed into Lake Titicaca[6]—in order of their relative flow volumes these are: Ramis, Coata, Ilave, Huancané, and Suchez. More than 20 other smaller streams empty into Titicaca, and the lake has 41 islands, some of which are densely populated.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4001954]=new photo(4001954,"241852","BOL0007","gallery","_DSC2020.jpg",800,532,"Altiplano near Tupiza",1,1,'The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), in central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on earth outside of Tibet. Lake Titicaca is its most known geographical feature.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Altiplano is an area of inland drainage (endorheism) lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. Its height averages about 3,300 meters (11,000 feet), somewhat less than that of Tibet. Unlike the Tibetan Plateau, however, the Altiplano is dominated by massive active volcanoes of the Central Volcanic Zone to the west. The Atacama Desert, the driest area on the whole planet, lies to the southwest of the Altiplano. In contrast, to the east lies the humid Amazon Rainforest.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn extentum, the climate is cool and semi-arid to arid, with mean annual temperatures that vary from 3°C near the western mountain range to 12°C near Lake Titicaca, and total annual rainfalls that range between less than 200 mm to the south west to more than 800 mm near and over Lake Titicaca as well. The diurnal cycle of temperature, however, is very wide with maximum temperatures in the order of 12 to 24°C and minimum in the order of -20 to 10°C. The coldest temperatures occur in the southwestern portion of the Altiplano during the months of June and July, which correspond to the Austral winter. The seasonal cycle of rainfall is marked with the rainy season concentrating between December and March. The rest of the year tends to be very dry, cool, windy and sunny. Snowfall events may happen between April and September, especially to the north, but they are not very common (one to five events per year).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altiplano" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4001960]=new photo(4001960,"241852","BOL0013","gallery","_DSC2217.jpg",800,532,"Laguna Colorada",1,1,'Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile. The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts nicely with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLaguna Colorada is one of the Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention signed in 1971. James\'s Flamingos abound in the area. Also it is possible to find Andean and Chilean flamingos, but in a minor quantity.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_colorada" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4001968]=new photo(4001968,"241852","BOL0021","gallery","_DSC2567.jpg",800,526,"Salar de Uyuni",1,1,'Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world\'s largest salt flat at 10,582 km² (4,085 square miles). It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3,650 meters high. The major minerals found in the salar are halite and gypsum.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSome 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó Lake and Uru Uru Lake, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Uyuni. Uyuni is roughly 25 times the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4001971]=new photo(4001971,"241852","BOL0024","gallery","_DSC2628.jpg",800,532,"Isla de Pescador, Salar de Uyuni",1,1,'Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world\'s largest salt flat at 10,582 km² (4,085 square miles). It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3,650 meters high. The major minerals found in the salar are halite and gypsum.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSome 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó Lake and Uru Uru Lake, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Uyuni. Uyuni is roughly 25 times the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4001972]=new photo(4001972,"241852","BOL0025","gallery","_DSC2643.jpg",800,524,"Isla de Pescador, Salar de Uyuni",1,1,'Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world\'s largest salt flat at 10,582 km² (4,085 square miles). It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3,650 meters high. The major minerals found in the salar are halite and gypsum.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSome 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó Lake and Uru Uru Lake, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Uyuni. Uyuni is roughly 25 times the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033199]=new photo(4033199,"243205","CIL0002","gallery","Amazing_Sunset.jpg",800,533,"Sunset, East Coast, Fuerteventura",1,1,'Fuerteventura, a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is situated at 28°20\' north, 14°00\' west. At 1,660 km² it is also the second largest of the islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFuerteventura is the oldest island in the Canary Islands dating back 20 million years to a volcanic eruption from the Canary hotspot. The majority of the island was created about 5 million years ago and since then eroded by wind and weather. On the seabed off the west coast of the island rests a block of rock 22 km long and 11 km wide, which appears to have slid off the island largely intact at some point in prehistory, similar to the predicted future collapse of Cumbre Vieja, a geological fault on the neighboring island, La Palma. The last volcanic activity in Fuerteventura was between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe highest point in Fuerteventura is Mount Jandía (807 m) in the southwestern part of the island. Geographical features include Istmo de la Pared which is 5 km wide and is the narrowest part of Fuerteventura. The island is divided into two parts, the northern portion which is Maxorata and the southwestern part called the Jandía peninsula. The island is the least settled in the Canary Islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerteventura" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033200]=new photo(4033200,"243205","CIL0004","gallery","Amazing_Sunset1.jpg",800,533,"Sunset over Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma",1,1,'Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the enormous expanse of the Caldera de Taburiente, once believed to be a huge crater, but nowadays known to be a mountain arch with a curious crater shape, which dominates the northern part of the island. It was designated as a national park in 1954.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe caldera is about 10 km across, and in places the walls tower 2000 m over the caldera floor. The highest point is the Roque de los Muchachos on the northern wall, at 2423 m altitude, which can be reached by road. The telescopes of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory are situated very close to the summit.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera_de_Taburiente" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033539]=new photo(4033539,"243205","CIL0003","gallery","Roques_de_Garcia_and_Teide_Sunset_2.jpg",800,533,"Roques and Teide Sunset, Tenerife",1,1,'Mount Teide or, in Spanish, El Teide, is an active though dormant volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift and is located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park (Parque Nacional del Teide in Spanish). The park has an area of 18900 ha and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 29, 2007.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAt 3718 m above sea level, and approximately 7500 m above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, Teide is the highest mountain in Spain, highest point in the Atlantic Ocean and the 13th highest mountain in European Union (highest mountain not in the Alps). (Note: The actual summit stands 3 metres (10 ft) higher than the triangulation station, and associated bench mark, which has an altitude of 3,715 m (12,188 ft)). The island of Tenerife itself is the third largest volcanic ocean island on Earth by volume. Teide is also the third highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island. It is also unstable and possibly in a more advanced stage of deformation and failure than the much publicised Cumbre Vieja.[4] The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide as a Decade Volcano, because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la Cruz.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033540]=new photo(4033540,"243205","CIL0005","gallery","Roques_de_Garcia_Sunset.jpg",800,533,"Roques de Garcia Sunset, Tenerife",1,1,'Mount Teide or, in Spanish, El Teide, is an active though dormant volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift and is located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park (Parque Nacional del Teide in Spanish). The park has an area of 18900 ha and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 29, 2007.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAt 3718 m above sea level, and approximately 7500 m above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, Teide is the highest mountain in Spain, highest point in the Atlantic Ocean and the 13th highest mountain in European Union (highest mountain not in the Alps). (Note: The actual summit stands 3 metres (10 ft) higher than the triangulation station, and associated bench mark, which has an altitude of 3,715 m (12,188 ft)). The island of Tenerife itself is the third largest volcanic ocean island on Earth by volume. Teide is also the third highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island. It is also unstable and possibly in a more advanced stage of deformation and failure than the much publicised Cumbre Vieja.[4] The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide as a Decade Volcano, because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la Cruz.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033541]=new photo(4033541,"243205","CIL0006","gallery","Savage_Sea_and_Sunset.jpg",800,533,"Savage Sea Sunset, Fuerteventure",1,1,'Fuerteventura, a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is situated at 28°20\' north, 14°00\' west. At 1,660 km² it is also the second largest of the islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFuerteventura is the oldest island in the Canary Islands dating back 20 million years to a volcanic eruption from the Canary hotspot. The majority of the island was created about 5 million years ago and since then eroded by wind and weather. On the seabed off the west coast of the island rests a block of rock 22 km long and 11 km wide, which appears to have slid off the island largely intact at some point in prehistory, similar to the predicted future collapse of Cumbre Vieja, a geological fault on the neighboring island, La Palma. The last volcanic activity in Fuerteventura was between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe highest point in Fuerteventura is Mount Jandía (807 m) in the southwestern part of the island. Geographical features include Istmo de la Pared which is 5 km wide and is the narrowest part of Fuerteventura. The island is divided into two parts, the northern portion which is Maxorata and the southwestern part called the Jandía peninsula. The island is the least settled in the Canary Islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerteventura" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033203]=new photo(4033203,"243205","CIL0009","gallery","Anaga_0082_1.jpg",800,533,"Anaga Coast, Tenerife",1,1,'The Anaga massif (Macizo de Anaga), at the northeastern end of the island, has an irregular and rugged topographical profile where, despite its generally modest elevations, the Cruz de Taborno reaches a height of 1,024 meters. Due to the age of its material (5.7 million years), its deep erosive processes, and the dense network of dikes piercing the massif, its surface exposes numerous outcroppings of both phonolitic and trachytic origin. A large number of steep-walled gorges are present, penetrating deeply into the terrain. Vertical cuts dominate the Anagan coast, with infrequent beaches of rocks or black sand between them; the few that exist generally coincide with the mouths of gorges.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033204]=new photo(4033204,"243205","CIL0011","gallery","Anaga_0103_1.jpg",800,533,"Anaga Coast, Tenerife",1,1,'The Anaga massif (Macizo de Anaga), at the northeastern end of the island, has an irregular and rugged topographical profile where, despite its generally modest elevations, the Cruz de Taborno reaches a height of 1,024 meters. Due to the age of its material (5.7 million years), its deep erosive processes, and the dense network of dikes piercing the massif, its surface exposes numerous outcroppings of both phonolitic and trachytic origin. A large number of steep-walled gorges are present, penetrating deeply into the terrain. Vertical cuts dominate the Anagan coast, with infrequent beaches of rocks or black sand between them; the few that exist generally coincide with the mouths of gorges.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033545]=new photo(4033545,"243205","CIL0014","gallery","Stormy_Sotavente.jpg",800,533,"Stormy Sotavente, Fuerteventura",1,1,'Fuerteventura, a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is situated at 28°20\' north, 14°00\' west. At 1,660 km² it is also the second largest of the islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFuerteventura is the oldest island in the Canary Islands dating back 20 million years to a volcanic eruption from the Canary hotspot. The majority of the island was created about 5 million years ago and since then eroded by wind and weather. On the seabed off the west coast of the island rests a block of rock 22 km long and 11 km wide, which appears to have slid off the island largely intact at some point in prehistory, similar to the predicted future collapse of Cumbre Vieja, a geological fault on the neighboring island, La Palma. The last volcanic activity in Fuerteventura was between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe highest point in Fuerteventura is Mount Jandía (807 m) in the southwestern part of the island. Geographical features include Istmo de la Pared which is 5 km wide and is the narrowest part of Fuerteventura. The island is divided into two parts, the northern portion which is Maxorata and the southwestern part called the Jandía peninsula. The island is the least settled in the Canary Islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerteventura" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033216]=new photo(4033216,"243205","CIL0027","gallery","Colossal_Coastline_0001_2_3_tonemapped.jpg",800,533,"Coastline, La Palma",1,1,'La Palma is a volcanic ocean island, one of the seven major Canary Islands, a Spanish territory located off of the north west coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean. Generally known by this name in English and Spanish, it may also be referred to as la Isla de La Palma, for example in a geographical context or to distinguish it from the Spanish cities of Palma or Las Palmas. Palma in all these cases refers to the Palm tree, of which there exists a species native to the Canary Islands. Historically the island was named San Miguel de La Palma, which refers to Michael the Archangel since the island was conquered for Castille on Michaelmas of 1492.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLa Palma is the most northwesterly of the Canary Islands. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands. The total population is about 85,000, of which 18,000 (2003 data) live in the capital, Santa Cruz de la Palma and about 20,000 (2004 data) in Los Llanos de Aridane.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLa Palma, like the other islands of the Canary Island archipelago, is a volcanic ocean island. The volcano rises almost 7 km above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Proportional to its size, it is alleged to be the steepest island in the world.[citation needed] There is road access from sea level to the very summit at 2423 metres, which is marked by an outcrop of rocks called Los Muchachos ("The Lads"). This is the site of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, one of the world\'s premier astronomical observatories.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_palma" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033229]=new photo(4033229,"243205","CIL0033","gallery","Lovely_End_To_Day.jpg",800,533,"Moody Sunset, La Palma",1,1,'Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the enormous expanse of the Caldera de Taburiente, once believed to be a huge crater, but nowadays known to be a mountain arch with a curious crater shape, which dominates the northern part of the island. It was designated as a national park in 1954.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe caldera is about 10 km across, and in places the walls tower 2000 m over the caldera floor. The highest point is the Roque de los Muchachos on the northern wall, at 2423 m altitude, which can be reached by road. The telescopes of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory are situated very close to the summit.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera_de_Taburiente" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033235]=new photo(4033235,"243205","CIL0038","gallery","Moody_Water_without_Boat.jpg",800,533,"Moody Water, Fuerteventura",1,1,'Fuerteventura, a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is situated at 28°20\' north, 14°00\' west. At 1,660 km² it is also the second largest of the islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFuerteventura is the oldest island in the Canary Islands dating back 20 million years to a volcanic eruption from the Canary hotspot. The majority of the island was created about 5 million years ago and since then eroded by wind and weather. On the seabed off the west coast of the island rests a block of rock 22 km long and 11 km wide, which appears to have slid off the island largely intact at some point in prehistory, similar to the predicted future collapse of Cumbre Vieja, a geological fault on the neighboring island, La Palma. The last volcanic activity in Fuerteventura was between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe highest point in Fuerteventura is Mount Jandía (807 m) in the southwestern part of the island. Geographical features include Istmo de la Pared which is 5 km wide and is the narrowest part of Fuerteventura. The island is divided into two parts, the northern portion which is Maxorata and the southwestern part called the Jandía peninsula. The island is the least settled in the Canary Islands.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerteventura" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033239]=new photo(4033239,"243205","CIL0040","gallery","Pine_Valley_and_Sunset_4_1.jpg",800,533,"Pine Valley and Sunset, Tenerife",1,1,'Mount Teide or, in Spanish, El Teide, is an active though dormant volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift and is located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park (Parque Nacional del Teide in Spanish). The park has an area of 18900 ha and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 29, 2007.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAt 3718 m above sea level, and approximately 7500 m above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, Teide is the highest mountain in Spain, highest point in the Atlantic Ocean and the 13th highest mountain in European Union (highest mountain not in the Alps). (Note: The actual summit stands 3 metres (10 ft) higher than the triangulation station, and associated bench mark, which has an altitude of 3,715 m (12,188 ft)). The island of Tenerife itself is the third largest volcanic ocean island on Earth by volume. Teide is also the third highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island. It is also unstable and possibly in a more advanced stage of deformation and failure than the much publicised Cumbre Vieja.[4] The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide as a Decade Volcano, because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la Cruz.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033245]=new photo(4033245,"243205","CIL0042","gallery","Roqes_de_Garcia_and_Moon_Sunset.jpg",800,533,"Roqes de Garcia, Tenerife",1,1,'Mount Teide or, in Spanish, El Teide, is an active though dormant volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift and is located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park (Parque Nacional del Teide in Spanish). The park has an area of 18900 ha and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 29, 2007.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAt 3718 m above sea level, and approximately 7500 m above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, Teide is the highest mountain in Spain, highest point in the Atlantic Ocean and the 13th highest mountain in European Union (highest mountain not in the Alps). (Note: The actual summit stands 3 metres (10 ft) higher than the triangulation station, and associated bench mark, which has an altitude of 3,715 m (12,188 ft)). The island of Tenerife itself is the third largest volcanic ocean island on Earth by volume. Teide is also the third highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island. It is also unstable and possibly in a more advanced stage of deformation and failure than the much publicised Cumbre Vieja.[4] The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide as a Decade Volcano, because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la Cruz.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4033247]=new photo(4033247,"243205","CIL0043","gallery","Roque_de_Los_Muchachos.jpg",800,533,"Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma",1,1,'Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the enormous expanse of the Caldera de Taburiente, once believed to be a huge crater, but nowadays known to be a mountain arch with a curious crater shape, which dominates the northern part of the island. It was designated as a national park in 1954.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe caldera is about 10 km across, and in places the walls tower 2000 m over the caldera floor. The highest point is the Roque de los Muchachos on the northern wall, at 2423 m altitude, which can be reached by road. The telescopes of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory are situated very close to the summit.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera_de_Taburiente" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4025831]=new photo(4025831,"242901","CHL0006","gallery","_DSC3742.jpg",800,532,"Sunset, Puerto Esperanza",1,1,'Última Esperanza Sound (Last Hope Sound) is an inlet stretching from the mouth of Eberhard Fjord to the outskirts of Monte Balmaceda, within the Magallanes Basin. This inlet, known within Chile as Seno Última Esperanza, has the characteristics of a tidewater river and drains an extensive basin. It receives the waters of almost all the surface waters of Torres del Paine National Park through the Serrano River. The sound occupies a valley carved by glacial action.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLast Hope Sound along with the Señoret Channel forms a navigation route, which connects Puerto Natales with several protected areas of the region. The Turbio River is a tributary to the Ultima Esperanza Sound.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn the vicinity of the Eberhard Fjord is located Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument, where remains have been recovered of the extinct Giant sloth along with a settlement of prehistoric man.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Altima_Esperanza_Sound" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026242]=new photo(4026242,"242901","CHL0007","gallery","_DSC5754.jpg",800,532,"Valle de la Luna",1,1,'Valley of the Moon (Valle de la Luna)Is located 13 kilometers west of San Pedro in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It’s a fascinating place with stone and sand formations which have been created through the centuries by floods and wind, which has also given it an extraordinary color and texture, looking similar to the surface of the moon. From a large sand dune in the valley, it is possible to appreciate all the marvelous and surprising features of this zone. In Valle de la Luna there are dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a beautiful white covering layer of the area; escarpments in all colors; green, blue, red and yellow, which color the sunlight changes depending on the time of day and is especially beautiful at sunset. It presents diverse saline outcrops which look like real sculptures and contains as well as a great variety of caverns.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_la_Luna_(Chile)" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4025833]=new photo(4025833,"242901","CHL0012","gallery","_DSC3831.jpg",800,532,"Icebergs, Torres del Paine",1,0,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026243]=new photo(4026243,"242901","CHL0010","gallery","_DSC5765.jpg",800,532,"Valle de la Luna",1,1,'Valley of the Moon (Valle de la Luna)Is located 13 kilometers west of San Pedro in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It’s a fascinating place with stone and sand formations which have been created through the centuries by floods and wind, which has also given it an extraordinary color and texture, looking similar to the surface of the moon. From a large sand dune in the valley, it is possible to appreciate all the marvelous and surprising features of this zone. In Valle de la Luna there are dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a beautiful white covering layer of the area; escarpments in all colors; green, blue, red and yellow, which color the sunlight changes depending on the time of day and is especially beautiful at sunset. It presents diverse saline outcrops which look like real sculptures and contains as well as a great variety of caverns.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_la_Luna_(Chile)" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4025834]=new photo(4025834,"242901","CHL0015","gallery","_DSC3855.jpg",748,513,"Glacier Grey and Icebergs, Torres del Paine",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026244]=new photo(4026244,"242901","CHL0013","gallery","_DSC5810.jpg",800,532,"Valle de la Luna",1,1,'Valley of the Moon (Valle de la Luna)Is located 13 kilometers west of San Pedro in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It’s a fascinating place with stone and sand formations which have been created through the centuries by floods and wind, which has also given it an extraordinary color and texture, looking similar to the surface of the moon. From a large sand dune in the valley, it is possible to appreciate all the marvelous and surprising features of this zone. In Valle de la Luna there are dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a beautiful white covering layer of the area; escarpments in all colors; green, blue, red and yellow, which color the sunlight changes depending on the time of day and is especially beautiful at sunset. It presents diverse saline outcrops which look like real sculptures and contains as well as a great variety of caverns.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_la_Luna_(Chile)" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4025838]=new photo(4025838,"242901","CHL0023","gallery","_DSC3906.jpg",800,532,"Glacier Grey and Icebergs, Torres del Paine",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4025839]=new photo(4025839,"242901","CHL0025","gallery","_DSC3909.jpg",800,532,"Glacier Grey and Icebergs, Torres del Paine",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026100]=new photo(4026100,"242901","CHL0024","gallery","_DSC5711.jpg",800,532,"Valle de la Luna",1,1,'Valley of the Moon (Valle de la Luna)Is located 13 kilometers west of San Pedro in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It’s a fascinating place with stone and sand formations which have been created through the centuries by floods and wind, which has also given it an extraordinary color and texture, looking similar to the surface of the moon. From a large sand dune in the valley, it is possible to appreciate all the marvelous and surprising features of this zone. In Valle de la Luna there are dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a beautiful white covering layer of the area; escarpments in all colors; green, blue, red and yellow, which color the sunlight changes depending on the time of day and is especially beautiful at sunset. It presents diverse saline outcrops which look like real sculptures and contains as well as a great variety of caverns.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_la_Luna_(Chile)" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026110]=new photo(4026110,"242901","CHL0040","gallery","_DSC6129.jpg",800,524,"El Tatio Geysers",1,1,'El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation. Tourists often visit the geysers while touring the nearby Atacama Desert and the village San Pedro de Atacama. "With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov (partially destroyed June 2007), Russia" <br>\r\n<br>\r\n"Though possessing numerous geysers, none erupt very high. The highest eruption observed has been around six meters in height. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about 75 centimeters" (Glennon, J.A. and Pfaff. R.M., 2003). The best time to see them is at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the bitterly cold morning air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool. However parts of the field are very dangerous with a thin crust over almost boiling mud so ask your guide where you may go.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere is wreckage at the site from an old project for harnessing geothermal power. The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tatio" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4025852]=new photo(4025852,"242901","CHL0048","gallery","_DSC4231.jpg",800,532,"Spotlight on Torre, Torres del Paine",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026114]=new photo(4026114,"242901","CHL0047","gallery","_DSC6154.jpg",800,532,"El Tatio Geysers",1,1,'El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation. Tourists often visit the geysers while touring the nearby Atacama Desert and the village San Pedro de Atacama. "With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov (partially destroyed June 2007), Russia" <br>\r\n<br>\r\n"Though possessing numerous geysers, none erupt very high. The highest eruption observed has been around six meters in height. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about 75 centimeters" (Glennon, J.A. and Pfaff. R.M., 2003). The best time to see them is at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the bitterly cold morning air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool. However parts of the field are very dangerous with a thin crust over almost boiling mud so ask your guide where you may go.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere is wreckage at the site from an old project for harnessing geothermal power. The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tatio" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026116]=new photo(4026116,"242901","CHL0050","gallery","_DSC6163.jpg",800,532,"El Tatio Geysers",1,1,'El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation. Tourists often visit the geysers while touring the nearby Atacama Desert and the village San Pedro de Atacama. "With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov (partially destroyed June 2007), Russia" <br>\r\n<br>\r\n"Though possessing numerous geysers, none erupt very high. The highest eruption observed has been around six meters in height. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about 75 centimeters" (Glennon, J.A. and Pfaff. R.M., 2003). The best time to see them is at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the bitterly cold morning air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool. However parts of the field are very dangerous with a thin crust over almost boiling mud so ask your guide where you may go.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere is wreckage at the site from an old project for harnessing geothermal power. The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tatio" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4025856]=new photo(4025856,"242901","CHL0053","gallery","_DSC4270_rop_alt.jpg",730,539,"Sunrise, Torres del Paine",1,1,'Torres del Paine National Park is a Chilean National Park encompassing a mountains, glacier, lake, and river-rich area in southern Chile. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O\'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe landscape of the park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio, and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe head of French Valley is a cirque formed by impressive cliffs. To west rise abruptly the colossal walls of Cerro Cota 2000 and Cerro Catedral. The former is named for its elevation (the highest contour line is about 2,000 m) and the latter is named so because its east face resembles a cathedral\'s facade. To the north stands the granite arête called Aleta de Tiburón (Shark\'s Fin). To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks Fortaleza (Fortress), La Espada (The Sword), La Hoja (The Blade), La Máscara (The Mummer), Cuerno Norte (North Horn), and Cuerno Principal (Main Horn).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026118]=new photo(4026118,"242901","CHL0052","gallery","_DSC6172.jpg",800,532,"El Tatio Geysers",1,1,'El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation. Tourists often visit the geysers while touring the nearby Atacama Desert and the village San Pedro de Atacama. "With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov (partially destroyed June 2007), Russia" <br>\r\n<br>\r\n"Though possessing numerous geysers, none erupt very high. The highest eruption observed has been around six meters in height. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about 75 centimeters" (Glennon, J.A. and Pfaff. R.M., 2003). The best time to see them is at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the bitterly cold morning air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool. However parts of the field are very dangerous with a thin crust over almost boiling mud so ask your guide where you may go.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere is wreckage at the site from an old project for harnessing geothermal power. The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tatio" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4026126]=new photo(4026126,"242901","CHL0065","gallery","_DSC6459_alt.jpg",800,532,"Lauca National Park",1,1,'Lauca National Park is located in Chile\'s far north, in the Andean range. It encompasses an area of 1,379 km² of altiplano and mountains, the latter consisting mainly of enormous volcanoes. Las Vicuñas National Reserve is its neighbour to the south. Both protected areas, along with Salar de Surire Natural Monument, form Lauca Biosphere Reserve. The park borders Sajama National Park in Bolivia.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nOne of the main attractions of the park is the small lacustrine area formed by Chungará and Cotacotani lakes, which lies at the foothills of the Nevados de Payachata. Other majestic volcanoes forming part of the national park are the Guallatiri and the Acotango. Lauca features include archaeological sites, lava fields and volcanic calderas. Within the park is located the town of Parinacota with its colonial church.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauca_National_Park" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4025869]=new photo(4025869,"242901","CHL0071","gallery","_DSC4908-1.jpg",800,532,"Volcan Villarica, Lakes District",1,1,'Although many lovely lakes can be found in the Andean and coastal regions of central Chile, the south (Sur de Chile) is definitely the country\'s most lacustrine area. Southern Chile stretches from below the Río Bío-Bío at about 37° south latitude to below Isla de Chiloé at about 43.4° south latitude. In this lake district of Chile, the valley between the Andes and the coastal range is closer to sea level, and the hundreds of rivers that descend from the Andes form lakes, some quite large, as they reach the lower elevations. They drain into the ocean through other rivers, some of which (principally the Calle-Calle River, which flows by the city of Valdivia) are the only ones in the whole country that are navigable for any stretch. The Central Valley\'s southernmost portion is submerged in the ocean and forms the Golfo de Ancud. Isla de Chiloé, with its rolling hills, is the last important elevation of the coastal range of mountains.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe south is one of the rainiest areas in the world. One of the wettest spots in the region is Valdivia, with an annual rainfall of 2,535.4 millimeters. The summer months of January and February are the driest, with a monthly average precipitation of sixty-seven millimeters. The winter months of June and July each produce on average a deluge of 410.6 millimeters. Temperatures in the area are moderate. In Valdivia, the two summer months average 16.7 °C, whereas the winter months average 7.9 °C.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_Sur" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4030665]=new photo(4030665,"243053","CUB0002","gallery","_DSC9043.jpg",800,532,"Street Life, Trinidad",1,1,'Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Francisco Iznaga, a rich Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected Mayor of Bayamo in 1540.Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad where the Torre Iznaga is. His descendents fought for the Independence of Cuba and the Annexation to the US from 1820 to 1900.Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTourism officials like to say Trinidad is a museum in itself. Those visiting the 500-year-old city will find Spanish colonial architecture, underscoring a colonial ambiance that marks the tiny city one of the country’s greatest attractions. Only a few square blocks in size, historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely, cobblestone streets, pastel coloured houses with elaborate wrought-iron grills, as well as majestic palaces and plazas. The city can be toured in a few hours, by foot or by horse-drawn carriage. The city’s is located near both the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean beach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Cuba" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4030880]=new photo(4030880,"243053","CUB0003","gallery","_DSC9254.jpg",800,532,"Street Life, Trinidad",1,1,'Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Francisco Iznaga, a rich Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected Mayor of Bayamo in 1540.Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad where the Torre Iznaga is. His descendents fought for the Independence of Cuba and the Annexation to the US from 1820 to 1900.Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTourism officials like to say Trinidad is a museum in itself. Those visiting the 500-year-old city will find Spanish colonial architecture, underscoring a colonial ambiance that marks the tiny city one of the country’s greatest attractions. Only a few square blocks in size, historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely, cobblestone streets, pastel coloured houses with elaborate wrought-iron grills, as well as majestic palaces and plazas. The city can be toured in a few hours, by foot or by horse-drawn carriage. The city’s is located near both the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean beach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Cuba" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4030671]=new photo(4030671,"243053","CUB0008","gallery","_DSC9063.jpg",800,532,"Square, Trinidad",1,1,'Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Francisco Iznaga, a rich Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected Mayor of Bayamo in 1540.Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad where the Torre Iznaga is. His descendents fought for the Independence of Cuba and the Annexation to the US from 1820 to 1900.Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTourism officials like to say Trinidad is a museum in itself. Those visiting the 500-year-old city will find Spanish colonial architecture, underscoring a colonial ambiance that marks the tiny city one of the country’s greatest attractions. Only a few square blocks in size, historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely, cobblestone streets, pastel coloured houses with elaborate wrought-iron grills, as well as majestic palaces and plazas. The city can be toured in a few hours, by foot or by horse-drawn carriage. The city’s is located near both the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean beach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Cuba" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4030678]=new photo(4030678,"243053","CUB0018","gallery","_DSC9090.jpg",800,532,"Street Life, Trinidad",1,1,'Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Francisco Iznaga, a rich Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected Mayor of Bayamo in 1540.Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad where the Torre Iznaga is. His descendents fought for the Independence of Cuba and the Annexation to the US from 1820 to 1900.Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTourism officials like to say Trinidad is a museum in itself. Those visiting the 500-year-old city will find Spanish colonial architecture, underscoring a colonial ambiance that marks the tiny city one of the country’s greatest attractions. Only a few square blocks in size, historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely, cobblestone streets, pastel coloured houses with elaborate wrought-iron grills, as well as majestic palaces and plazas. The city can be toured in a few hours, by foot or by horse-drawn carriage. The city’s is located near both the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean beach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Cuba" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4030679]=new photo(4030679,"243053","CUB0019","gallery","_DSC9092.jpg",800,532,"Street Life, Trinidad",1,1,'Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Francisco Iznaga, a rich Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected Mayor of Bayamo in 1540.Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad where the Torre Iznaga is. His descendents fought for the Independence of Cuba and the Annexation to the US from 1820 to 1900.Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTourism officials like to say Trinidad is a museum in itself. Those visiting the 500-year-old city will find Spanish colonial architecture, underscoring a colonial ambiance that marks the tiny city one of the country’s greatest attractions. Only a few square blocks in size, historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely, cobblestone streets, pastel coloured houses with elaborate wrought-iron grills, as well as majestic palaces and plazas. The city can be toured in a few hours, by foot or by horse-drawn carriage. The city’s is located near both the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean beach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Cuba" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4030012]=new photo(4030012,"243053","CUB0030","gallery","_DSC8836.jpg",800,532,"Plaza de Armas, Havana",1,1,'Havana, officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Cuban provinces. The city/province has 2.4 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.7 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean region. The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nKing Philip II of Spain granted Havana the title of City in 1592 and a royal decree in 1634 recognized its importance by officially designated as the "Key to the New World and Rampart of the West Indies". Havana\'s coat of arms carries this inscription. The Spaniards began building fortifications, and in 1553 they transferred the governor\'s residence to Havana from Santiago de Cuba on the eastern end of the island, thus making Havana the de facto capital. The importance of harbour fortifications was early recognized as English, French, and Dutch sea marauders attacked the city in the 16th century. The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana\'s harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4030026]=new photo(4030026,"243053","CUB0043","gallery","_DSC8923.jpg",800,532,"Car, Havana",1,1,'Havana, officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Cuban provinces. The city/province has 2.4 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.7 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean region. The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nKing Philip II of Spain granted Havana the title of City in 1592 and a royal decree in 1634 recognized its importance by officially designated as the "Key to the New World and Rampart of the West Indies". Havana\'s coat of arms carries this inscription. The Spaniards began building fortifications, and in 1553 they transferred the governor\'s residence to Havana from Santiago de Cuba on the eastern end of the island, thus making Havana the de facto capital. The importance of harbour fortifications was early recognized as English, French, and Dutch sea marauders attacked the city in the 16th century. The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana\'s harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4030037]=new photo(4030037,"243053","CUB0053","gallery","_DSC9037.jpg",798,557,"Street Life, Trinidad",1,1,'Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Francisco Iznaga, a rich Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected Mayor of Bayamo in 1540.Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad where the Torre Iznaga is. His descendents fought for the Independence of Cuba and the Annexation to the US from 1820 to 1900.Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTourism officials like to say Trinidad is a museum in itself. Those visiting the 500-year-old city will find Spanish colonial architecture, underscoring a colonial ambiance that marks the tiny city one of the country’s greatest attractions. Only a few square blocks in size, historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely, cobblestone streets, pastel coloured houses with elaborate wrought-iron grills, as well as majestic palaces and plazas. The city can be toured in a few hours, by foot or by horse-drawn carriage. The city’s is located near both the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean beach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Cuba" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[3988752]=new photo(3988752,"241279","ECU0003","gallery","_DSC0288_bw.jpg",800,532,"Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi National Park",1,1,'Cotopaxi is a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located about 75 kilometres (50 mi) south of Quito, Ecuador, South America. It is the second highest summit in the country, reaching a height of 5,897 m (19,347 ft). Cotopaxi has an almost symmetrical cone that rises from a highland plain of about 3,800 metres (12,500 ft), with a width at its base of about 23 kilometres (14 mi). It has one of the few equatorial glaciers in the world, which starts at the height of 5,000 metres (16,400 ft). The mountain is clearly visible on the skyline from Quito. It is part of the chain of volcanoes around the Pacific plate known as the Pacific Ring of Fire.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[3988949]=new photo(3988949,"241279","ECU0002","gallery","_DSC08121.jpg",800,532,"Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi National Park",1,1,'San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha,an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. The elevation of the city\'s central square (Plaza de La Independencia or Plaza Grande) is 2,850 m (about 9,350 ft), making Quito the second-highest administrative capital city in the world (after La Paz, Bolivia), and the highest legal capital (ahead of Sucre, also in Bolivia, and Bogotá, Colombia).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[3988756]=new photo(3988756,"241279","ECU0007","gallery","_DSC072012.jpg",800,532,"Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi National Park",1,1,'Cotopaxi is a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located about 75 kilometres (50 mi) south of Quito, Ecuador, South America. It is the second highest summit in the country, reaching a height of 5,897 m (19,347 ft). Cotopaxi has an almost symmetrical cone that rises from a highland plain of about 3,800 metres (12,500 ft), with a width at its base of about 23 kilometres (14 mi). It has one of the few equatorial glaciers in the world, which starts at the height of 5,000 metres (16,400 ft). The mountain is clearly visible on the skyline from Quito. It is part of the chain of volcanoes around the Pacific plate known as the Pacific Ring of Fire.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029176]=new photo(4029176,"243014","IOS0002","gallery","Beautiful-Grassland-Mountains.jpg",800,534,"Grassland and Mountain",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029178]=new photo(4029178,"243014","IOS0005","gallery","Bridge_Sky.jpg",800,534,"Bridge and Beautiful Sky",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029326]=new photo(4029326,"243014","IOS0004","gallery","Storr_Close_Up.jpg",800,534,"Old Man of Storr Close",1,1,'The Storr is a rocky hill on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west. The Storr is prime example of the Trotternish landslip, the longest such feature in Great Britain.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe area in front of the cliffs of The Storr is known as The Sanctuary. This has a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remains of ancient volcanic plugs. One of the most famous of these is known as The Old Man of Storr.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storr" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029327]=new photo(4029327,"243014","IOS0006","gallery","Storr_Landscape.jpg",800,534,"Storr Landscape",1,1,'The Storr is a rocky hill on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west. The Storr is prime example of the Trotternish landslip, the longest such feature in Great Britain.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe area in front of the cliffs of The Storr is known as The Sanctuary. This has a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remains of ancient volcanic plugs. One of the most famous of these is known as The Old Man of Storr.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storr" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029329]=new photo(4029329,"243014","IOS0008","gallery","Tree_And_Cloud_2.jpg",800,534,"Tree And Cloud ",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029181]=new photo(4029181,"243014","IOS0010","gallery","Elgol.jpg",800,534,"Elgol Sunset",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029183]=new photo(4029183,"243014","IOS0013","gallery","Honey_Hay.jpg",800,534,"Honey Hay Sunset",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029184]=new photo(4029184,"243014","IOS0014","gallery","Marshy_Mountains.jpg",800,534,"Marshy Mountains",1,1,'Skye or the Isle of Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island\'s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe island has been occupied since the Mesolithic and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by clans Leod and Donald. The events of the 19th century had a devastating impact on the human population, which today numbers around 9,200. In contrast to many other Scottish islands this represents a 4% increase from the census of 1991. The residents are augmented in the summer by large numbers of tourists and visitors. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and whisky-distilling. The largest settlement is Portree, which is known for its picturesque harbour. Just over 30% of the residents on Skye speak Gaelic.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_skye" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029188]=new photo(4029188,"243014","IOS0017","gallery","Quiraing-View_CROP.jpg",800,534,"Quiraing View",1,1,'The Quiraing is a spectacular landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving, the road at its base near Flodigarry requires repairs each year.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nParts of the distinctive landscape have earned particular names. The Needle is a jagged 120-foot (37 m) high landmark pinnacle, a remnant of landslipping. Northwest of it is The Table, a flat grassy area slipped down from the summit plateau, with vistas of the Torridon Hills and the mountains of Wester Ross. Southwest is the Prison, a pyramidal rocky peak which can look like a medieval keep when viewed from the right angle - the ascent of this is an airy scramble.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiraing" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4029189]=new photo(4029189,"243014","IOS0018","gallery","Quiraing.jpg",800,534,"Quiraing",1,1,'The Quiraing is a spectacular landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving, the road at its base near Flodigarry requires repairs each year.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nParts of the distinctive landscape have earned particular names. The Needle is a jagged 120-foot (37 m) high landmark pinnacle, a remnant of landslipping. Northwest of it is The Table, a flat grassy area slipped down from the summit plateau, with vistas of the Torridon Hills and the mountains of Wester Ross. Southwest is the Prison, a pyramidal rocky peak which can look like a medieval keep when viewed from the right angle - the ascent of this is an airy scramble.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiraing" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[3995222]=new photo(3995222,"241606","PER0003","gallery","_DSC6548.jpg",800,532,"Colca Canyon",1,1,'Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States. However, the canyon\'s walls are not as vertical as those of the Grand Canyon. The Cotahuasi Canyon to the northwest is a deeper canyon at 11,488 ft (3,501 m). Since they are such major features of the landscape, the Colca and Cotahuasi canyons are both easily recognizable in even low-resolution satellite photos of the region. The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with towns founded in Spanish Colonial times and formerly inhabited by the Collaguas and the Cabanas. The local people still maintain ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colca_Canyon" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[3994915]=new photo(3994915,"241606","PER0008","gallery","_DSC1435.jpg",800,532,"Machu Picchu",1,1,'Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. The river is a partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was said[who?] to have been forgotten for centuries when the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It has recently come to light that the site may have been discovered and plundered several years previously, in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Berns. In fact, there is substantial evidence that a British missionary, Thomas Payne, and a German engineer, J. M. von Hassel, arrived earlier than Hiram, and maps found by historians show references to Machu Picchu as early as 1874.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[3994916]=new photo(3994916,"241606","PER0009","gallery","_DSC1511.jpg",800,532,"Machu Picchu",1,1,'Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. The river is a partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was said[who?] to have been forgotten for centuries when the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It has recently come to light that the site may have been discovered and plundered several years previously, in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Berns. In fact, there is substantial evidence that a British missionary, Thomas Payne, and a German engineer, J. M. von Hassel, arrived earlier than Hiram, and maps found by historians show references to Machu Picchu as early as 1874.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[3994922]=new photo(3994922,"241606","PER0013","gallery","_DSC6543.jpg",800,532,"Colca Canyon",1,1,'Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States. However, the canyon\'s walls are not as vertical as those of the Grand Canyon. The Cotahuasi Canyon to the northwest is a deeper canyon at 11,488 ft (3,501 m). Since they are such major features of the landscape, the Colca and Cotahuasi canyons are both easily recognizable in even low-resolution satellite photos of the region. The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with towns founded in Spanish Colonial times and formerly inhabited by the Collaguas and the Cabanas. The local people still maintain ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colca_Canyon" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007877]=new photo(4007877,"242159","SPN0002","gallery","Azure_Sea_CROP.jpg",800,533,"Azure Sea, Ibiza",1,1,'Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza Town (Catalan:Vila d\'Eivissa or simply Vila), Santa Eulària des Riu and Sant Antoni de Portmany.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiza" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007884]=new photo(4007884,"242159","SPN0003","gallery","Es-Vedra.jpg",800,580,"Es Vedra, Ibiza",1,1,'Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza Town (Catalan:Vila d\'Eivissa or simply Vila), Santa Eulària des Riu and Sant Antoni de Portmany.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiza" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007886]=new photo(4007886,"242159","SPN0005","gallery","Es_Vedra_Turq.jpg",800,533,"Es Vedra, Ibiza",1,1,'Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza Town (Catalan:Vila d\'Eivissa or simply Vila), Santa Eulària des Riu and Sant Antoni de Portmany.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiza" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007890]=new photo(4007890,"242159","SPN0007","gallery","Glowing_Alhambra.jpg",800,600,"Glowing Alhambra, Alhambra",1,0,'The Alhambra, literally "the red one"; is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish rulers of Granada in southern Spain (known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed during the mid 14th century), occupying a hilly terrace on the southeastern border of the city of Granada.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nOnce the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada and their court, the Alhambra is now one of Spain\'s major tourist attractions exhibiting the country\'s most famous Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century and later interventions in buildings and gardens that marked its image as it can be seen today. Within the Alhambra, the Palace of Charles V was erected by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007892]=new photo(4007892,"242159","SPN0008","gallery","Glowing_Sunset.jpg",800,533,"Glowing Sunset, Andalusia",1,1,'Andalusia is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain. Its capital and largest city is Seville. The region is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and Almería.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAndalusia is located south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Morocco, and the Atlantic Ocean. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusia" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007895]=new photo(4007895,"242159","SPN0010","gallery","Lamp_Shadow.jpg",800,536,"Lamp Shadow, Alhambra",1,1,'The Alhambra, literally "the red one"; is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish rulers of Granada in southern Spain (known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed during the mid 14th century), occupying a hilly terrace on the southeastern border of the city of Granada.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nOnce the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada and their court, the Alhambra is now one of Spain\'s major tourist attractions exhibiting the country\'s most famous Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century and later interventions in buildings and gardens that marked its image as it can be seen today. Within the Alhambra, the Palace of Charles V was erected by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007905]=new photo(4007905,"242159","SPN0013","gallery","Shadow_Window.jpg",800,600,"Shadow Window, Alhambra",1,1,'The Alhambra, literally "the red one"; is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish rulers of Granada in southern Spain (known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed during the mid 14th century), occupying a hilly terrace on the southeastern border of the city of Granada.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nOnce the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada and their court, the Alhambra is now one of Spain\'s major tourist attractions exhibiting the country\'s most famous Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century and later interventions in buildings and gardens that marked its image as it can be seen today. Within the Alhambra, the Palace of Charles V was erected by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007913]=new photo(4007913,"242159","SPN0017","gallery","Wildflowers_Lake_Sunset_Landscape.jpg",800,533,"Wildflowers Lake, Andalusia",1,1,'Andalusia is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain. Its capital and largest city is Seville. The region is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and Almería.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAndalusia is located south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Morocco, and the Atlantic Ocean. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusia" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);backgrounds[4007915]=new photo(4007915,"242159","SPN0018","gallery","Wildflower_Landscape.jpg",800,533,"Wildflower Landscape, Andalusia",1,1,'Andalusia is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain. Its capital and largest city is Seville. The region is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and Almería.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAndalusia is located south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Morocco, and the Atlantic Ocean. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusia" target="_blank">More Information</a>',"","","","","","",32);