flower power

 Thailand is one the  world's top orchid exporters. you can find more than 1,00 species of the flower growing wild in Thai forests. from called book national geographic kids almanac 

 

star struck

 The force is strong  in Tunisia where  parts of the original star wars movie  were  filmed the sandy scenes were created  in various  desert location in the north African nation. from book national geographic kids 

shell shiners

 green sea turtles line up to get a wash and brush up at this yellow tang cleaning station  the tang feed  on algae which collects on the turtles  shells so  the  fish get lunch while the turtles  get  clean and shiny shells. from called book ripley believe it or not

mystery of Atlantis

scan and  island paradise disappear  in day that's  what one ancient  legend  says about the empire of Atlantis today  scientists continue  to  try locate the lost island. plato and ancient greek philosopher described  Atlantis  as a wealthy city  with palaces a  silver and gold temple abundant  fruit tree  and elements  roaming the land. But the good  time didn't last Plato woke that  sank earthquake jolted  Atlantis and whipped up waves than sank  the  island within a day. was plato star true Recently  researchers  in Spain used underground radar  is search  of buried building results showed  something like a crumble wall in the soil 40 feet (12.1m) below but because the site a dig seemed improbable. other explosive think Atlantis is the Mediterranean sea  where images walls.  others are  skeptical  about the story  entirely. Such and advanced  city they  say couldn't  have built  in the stone Age when plato's story was set so was Atlantis real fake or something in between  The search continues. from called national geographic kids almanac.