ABC, Good Morning America, has advertised that they will be presenting a feature called the New Seven Wonders of the World. It starts tomorrow. This makes me very curious: what are the 7 wonders? I wonder.
Sitting down with pen and paper, I soon had a list that split into two: One list was natural wonders. The second list was of man made wonders. Both lists soon went beyond the number 7. This is my list. Feel free to let me know what you would add to the list.
THE MAN MADE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
1. The Hubbel telescope and its successor
2. Particle accelerator in Switzerland
3. Satellite communication ...and spy network
4. Pyramid
5. transplants
6. The genome map
7. Computers and the world wide web
8. Digital technology
9. Micro-chips
10. the 5 floating bridges
11. Great wall of China
12. Old city: Lamu Island, Kenya . It was built in the 12th century and is a UNESCO World Heritage site
13. Thailand's ruins of Sukhothai, built in 1238
14. Our ability to split the atom, create power to help and also to destroy.

NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
1. Victoria Fall, Africa
2. Grand Canyon, USA
3. Great Barrier reef, Australia
4. Redwoods, California
5. Great Lakes and Niagara Falls, USA
6. Galapagos Island, off Chile
7. Antarctica ice
8. Lake Baikal, Siberia 7,000 feet deep, the deepest lake in the world

Can you think of anything else?

Post Script: GMA choices: The tibetan Temple, Potala, in Lasa ; Old city - Jerusalem; the artic ice caps; North West Hawaiian Marine Monument; the internet; Mayan cities; and lastly-the great animal migration across the plains of Africa.