Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, ranked 6th in latest 7Wonders of Nature survey

Photo courtesy of the Puerto Princesa National Park Official Website.
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
PHILIPPINESThe Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is located about 50 km north of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. Currently ranked
6th among the top 77 nominees to the new 7Wonders of Nature.

Tubbataha Reef, on the spotlight…

Tubbataha Reef is currently ranked no. 2 among the top 77 nominees to the New 7 Wonder of Nature.

Tubbataha Reef is an atoll coral reef located in the Sulu Sea, 98 nautical miles (181 km) southeast of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, the Philippines. It is a marine sanctuary protected as Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park.

A scene from Tubbataha reef featuring a large soft coral, probably measuring about four feet. The location shown seems to be ideal for soft coral growth– fast current, about 70 feet deep, positioned on a vertical precipice or “wall”.Photo & text are published by courtesy of Jeff Jeffords,at divegallery.com

As a diver looks on from far above, a large red whip coral has its tentacles extended for feeding, ideally located along a deep stretch of wall at remote Tubbataha reef. From above, the depths appear deep blue to nearly black as the sunlight is rapidly absorbed by the water, never able to reflect upward from the sandy bottom hundreds of feet below.Photo & text are published by courtesy of Jeff Jeffords,at divegallery.com

This is a typically colorful reef view from Tubbataha Reef….Photo & text are published by courtesy of Jeff Jeffords,at divegallery.com

Featuring "the fiery and beautiful" Mayon Volcano of the Philippines

class=”extiw” title=”en:Pyroclastic_flows” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroclastic_flows”>Pyroclastic flows at Mayon Volcano, Philippines, 1984.Pyroclastic flows descend the south-eastern flank of Mayon Volcano, Philippines. Maximum height of the eruption column was 15 km above sea level, and volcanic ash fell within about 50 km toward the west. There were no casualties from the 1984 eruption because more than 73,000 people evacuated the danger zones as recommended by scientists of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
(Photo and text courtesy of author, C.G. Newhall, Wikimedia Commons; Photo courtesy of the US Geological Survey (USGS)
href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon_Volcano”>Mayon Volcano, the “perfect cone.” is an active stratovolcano in the Philippines’ province of Albay, the Bicol Region (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Four wonders from the Philippines are ranked among the top 77 official nominees to the New 7Wonder of Nature . The top 21 candidates will be announced in January 2009. The next stage is the final selection of the new 7 Wonders of Nature from the 21 finalist candidates. The magic 7 will be officially declared in the summer of 2010.

Live ranking update as of 28th May 2008:

Location- Philippines

1. Tubbataha Reef, ranked 4

2. Chocolate Hills, ranked 5

3. Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Nat’l. Park, ranked 9

4. Mayon Volcano, ranked 11

Calling fellow countrymen to access the website 7Wonder of Nature and cast your vote.