Similan Sunset

This was taken from the ScubaCat boat anchored near a Similan island.


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Thai  Flag A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... [read more]
Blog: Rock, Paper, Fish
Date: December 1st 2006

Long, long ago in a hemisphere far, far away, sea creatures with carboniferous skeletons swam about in the ocean, living, playing and eating each other. The dead ones built up on the ocean floor where they were compacted into a sedimentary rock called limestone. Some millions of years later, when the underlying tectonic plates decided to move, the rock was thrust up above the ocean surface and s ... read more







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