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ENTER: MIsc Av Contest: New Wonders

Owain Taggart

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Thanks to everyone who voted for me in the last one. I was thinking of what would make a good topic for a contest, and then it dawned on me.

We're all aware of the Wonders of the World, and there have been several campaigns over the years for a new set of modern wonders, and those can be seen on Wikipedia. But what do you think should be listed as a modern wonder? It can either be man-made, or something seen in nature that simply takes your breath away and makes you awestruck. As a twist, I'll even accept things seen in TV and Movies, but restrict it to things that appear in the real world, rather than Sci-Fi and Fantasy in order to keep it grounded in reality.

So, in other words, let's have fun making our own list :)


As an example, in 2000, a cave full of giant gypsum crystals was discovered. This cave almost looks like the setting for Superman's Fortress of Solitude. And that's my entry:

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Great theme, and I have just the thing:

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The greatest achievement in history. :mallory:
 
This should be interesting...and since I completely missed out on voting the last time, I hope you will link the voting thread to this one; so I don't miss voting here.
 
my favourite planctic organism: a Pediastrum duplex
pediastrum.jpg

these pretty algae live in sweetwater ponds, streams, rivers, cisterns, puddles and rain barrels all over the world. You've propably swallowed a few of them last time you were swimming :)
 
Done.

I've decided to dedicate my New Wonders avatar to the tiniest of things without which the world as we know it would not exist: the humble transistor:

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The 'slideshow' contains images depicting the symbol for an NPN-transistor, the very first transistor mock-up, the first transistor radio, an integrated circuit, the very first hand-held calculator, the Apollo Program, the first micro-processor, a personal computer, the Internet protocol suite, the LHC, the very first cell-phone, the very first smartphone, the ISS, a tablet, and a flashing internet-map.


I hope it's not disqualified for that one media-frame... ;)
 
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you forgot to specify who's tonight. We are from half a dozen timezones from Aussieland to Hawaii.
My tonight, for example, is lunchtime in Los Angeles and tomorrow's breakfast in Australia.
 
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