Welcome to I Am Your Target Demographic and welcome to our latest video on the seven wonders of the world.
We’ve already done six videos, including three historical lists
featuring the Ancient World, Medieval Era, and Modern Era, and then three lists that were voted
on, such as the New 7 Wonders of the World, the Seven Natural Wonders, and Seven Urban Wonders.
So we’ve already covered a lot of different natural and manmade wonders.
However, some people can’t be satisfied so I’ve gone through and counted the wonders that don’t
appear on any of those lists and I wanted to include them here. So without further ado,
the seven wonders of the comments section. We’re beginning our journey in Cambodia, with the
temple known as Angkor Wat. In terms of land, this is the largest religious monument in the world,
currently serving as a Buddhist temple. This is the most popular tourist attraction in Cambodia
and many come to see its many statues and incredible architecture.
Another Buddhist temple arrives on this list: Borobudur. This temple in Indonesia has many
different stacked layers, incorporating hundreds of statues and pieces of art throughout. While the
site of Angkor Wat takes up more land space, the site of Borobudur is the largest Buddhist
temple itself in the world. The site is in constant danger however, with two volcanos
surrounding it. In 2010, one of these volcanoes erupted and covered the monument with ash.
We now head to the Philippines, to see the Rice Terraces. Long long ago, these terraces were
carved into the mountains, largely by hand. There’s an intricate irrigation system that
feeds them water from the rainforests above the terraces. To this day, there is still food grown
in these terraces, as well as a booming tourism industry of people coming to see them. While the
specific Banaue Rice Terraces receive a lot of the tourism, there are many other similar
terraces throughout the region, as seen here. We travel now to Ireland, to see Newgrange,
a grand tomb older than both Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, approximately around 3200 BC.
The actual purpose of this tomb has been lost but it seems to have a religious significance
and folk tales speak of certain deities living in the structure.
For thousands of years, the tomb was sealed and was eventually opened and studied, with the most
prolific excavation taking place in the 1970s. We transition to the newest of these wonders,
the Burj Khalifa. This skyscraper was built in the city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
Since 2009 when its top was placed, it’s been the tallest building in the world,
standing at about half a mile tall, or about 830 meters, resulting in 163 floors.
There are apartments, restaurants, office space, indoor swimming pools, and even outdoor swimming
pools on higher levels. There are 57 elevators throughout the building. If this looks familiar,
you may recognize the building from the film Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,
in which Tom Cruise did his own stunts rappelling down and around the side of the building.
Next up, we have a wonder that isn’t even technically on Earth. The International Space
Station. This station is in low Earth orbit and is a multinational effort,
with space agencies involved from the US, Russia, Japan, Canada, and the European Union. The station
serves a lot of purposes, including research on astrobiology, microgravity, and physics.
They test equipment and systems that may be vital for long-duration missions to the Moon and even
beyond, such as endeavors to Mars. The station was launched in 1998 and since the year 2000 has been
continuously staffed, with around six people at any given time, plus occasional visitors.
Now, the ISS has an uncertain future, with guaranteed funding only lasting until 2024.
It seems likely that private companies may fill that vacuum following.
For our last wonder, we have what is called an Aurora, called the Northern Lights,
Southern Lights, or Polar Lights, depending on where you see this phenomenon. This is an odd one,
considering it’s not a physical wonder that anyone can visit but enough people in the
comments believed that this was truly one of the most awe-inspiring experiences in the world.
In laymen’s terms, charged energy from the sun, called a solar wind,
clash with our atmosphere and causes quite a disruption as these particles collide. They
show in many different colors and patterns, but typically show up in certain regions of the world,
where the magnetic field surrounding our planet is the weakest and these particles collide here.
This is much more complicated for a video like this, but maybe I’ll dive more in-depth someday.
So there we have it, seven more wonders that somehow missed my previous lists.
What else would you classify as a world wonder? Check out the playlist on the screen to see all
the videos again and let me know in the comments what might be missing. Thanks for watching!