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Featured article: February 13, 2005 Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern Utah in the United States. Despite its name, this is not actually a canyon, but rather a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to its unique geological structures, called hoodoos, formed from wind, water, and ice erosion of the river and lakebed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views. The canyon area was settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1850s and was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who homesteaded in the area in 1875. The area around Bryce Canyon became a United States national monument in 1924 and was designated as a national park in 1928. (more...) Recently featured: Albert Einstein – Economy of the Republic of Ireland – Coconut crab

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Featured sound "Ombra mai fù" (and the introductory recitative) from George Frideric Handel's Serse, as performed by Enrico Caruso in 1920. (file info)

Featured picture: May 10, 2006 A rooster or cock is a male chicken. The term "rooster" is reputedly so used because the cock is said to roost over clutches of eggs to guard them. In fact, "roosting" is the action of perching aloft to sleep at night, and is done by both sexes. Roosters often are pictured in art as crowing at the break of dawn, and this is accurate. However, they will also crow during the rest of the day, and even sometimes on a bright moonlit night. Photo credit: Fir0002/Didactohedron Archive - More featured pictures...

Featured list: Counties of Lithuania

The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular apskritis, plural apskritys), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular savivaldybė, plural savivaldybės): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities. Each municipality is then divided into elderates (Lithuanian: singular seniūnija, plural seniūnijos). This division was created in 1994 and slightly modified in 2000. # County (media help) Capital Area in km² (rank) Population in 2001 census Population in 2011 census (rank) Population per km² (rank) Municipalities 1 Alytus County (listen • info) Alytus 5,425 (6) 187,769 158,571 (7) 29.3 (8) Alytus city municipality Alytus district municipality Druskininkai municipality Lazdijai district municipality Varėna district municipality 2 Kaunas County (listen • info) Kaunas 8,089 (3) 701,529 612,532 (2) 75.7 (2) Birštonas municipality Jonava district municipality Kaišiadorys district municipality Kaunas city municipality Kaunas district municipality Kėdainiai district municipality Prienai district municipality Raseiniai district municipality See full list...

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