Number of View: 827 Residents in a small town in Germany got a scare when a giant, crater-like sinkhole opened up in the middle of a subdivision overnight. The gaping hole amid Schmalkalden’s manicured lawns is nearly 65 feet deep and 100 feet in diameter. Amazingly, no one was hurt, though 25 people were evacuated [...]
Number of View: 3924From Antartica’s Dry Valleys to the Socotra Island, some of the most fascinating alien-like landscapes on earth. Dry Valleys (Antartica) Antarctica’s Dry Valleys, with their barren gravel-strewn floors, are said to be the most similar place on Earth to Mars. Its fascinating landscape, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound, get [...]
Number of View: 1824 Directed by President Mohamed Nasheed, last yesr the Maldives government held the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting to attract attention to the dangers of global warming. Dressed in full scuba gear, the president conducted the 30-minute meeting 20 feet under the surface north of the coast of the capital city, Male.
Number of View: 4630Matthew Fox once said – “If you look closely at a tree you’ll notice its knobs and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.” Source Trees are important components of the natural landscape and a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, [...]
Number of View: 48991. Mir Mine also called Mirny Mine was an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine is 525 meters (1,720 ft) deep and has a diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft), and is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace [...]
Number of View: 3361 This lucky guy gets caught walking out of a strip club. Let’s hope his wife or girlfriend is understanding. (Link) This gun enthusiast was photographed on a Rapid City, South Dakota street after apparently leaving First Stop Guns, a family-run Main Street establishment “specializing in high grade and collectible firearms.” (Link) [...]
Number of View: 6569 Dubbed the “Badlands Guardian” by locals, this geological marvel (Google Earth coordinates 50.010083,-110.113006) in Alberta, Canada, bears an uncanny resemblance to a human head wearing a full Native American headdress–and earphones, to boot. Of course, The Guardian was produced naturally. (Link | Photo) A synthetic wonder that can be truly appreciated [...]
Number of View: 6206 Golden Rock (Burma) Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock, is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. A small pagoda (5.5 m – 18 ft) sits on top of the “golden rock,” a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. The rock itself is precariously [...]
Number of View: 2069 Glowing Mushrooms (Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms) During Japan’s rainy season, a glow-in-the-dark mushroom begins to sprout in Wakayama prefecture. The Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms sprout from fallen chinquapin trees and as they grow, a chemical reaction involving a light-emitting pigment occurs, causing them to glow a ghostly green. The caps can grow to [...]
Number of View: 3147Tiger’s Nest Monastery (Bhutan) Taktshang is the most famous of monasteries in Bhutan. It hangs on a cliff at 3,120 metres (10,200 feet), some 700 meters (2,300 feet) above the bottom of Paro valley. Famous visitors include Ngawang Namgyal in the 17th century and Milarepa. The name means “Tiger’s nest”, the legend [...]
Number of View: 45810 Things Global Warming Could Change Forever Great Barrier Reef may be gone in 20 years The Great Barrier Reef will be so degraded by warming waters that it will be unrecognizable within 20 years. Charlie Veron, former chief scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, told The Times: “There is [...]
Number of View: 573 The space shuttle Atlantis mission to repair and upgrade the telescope powerful than ever. The Hubble and Earth The Solar Power Panels
Number of View: 1066 1. The Blue Heart The Blue Heart diamond is 30.82 carats. The gem was cut into its distinctive shape in 1909-1910 and was bought by Cartier shortly thereafter. Since then it has bounced around from a wealthy Argentinian woman, Van Cleef and Arpels, a European family, Harry Winston, Marjorie Merriweather Post, [...]
Number of View: 852 1. Plage de Pampellone, Saint Tropez, France 2. Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island, Bahamas 3. Las Minitas Beach, Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic 4. Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos 5. Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia 6. Castelo Beach, Albufeira, Portugal 7. Bahia Beach, Trancoso, Brazil 8. Akyarlar Beach, Bodrum, Turkey [...]
Number of View: 989 A massive cave recently uncovered in a remote Vietnamese jungle is the largest single cave passage yet found. At 262-by-262 feet (80-by-80 meters) in most places, the Son Doong cave beats out the previous world-record holder, Deer Cave in the Malaysian section of the island of Borneo. Deer Cave is no [...]
Number of View: 959 People are stranded in Cainta, province of Rizal , eastern Manila . Aida De Leon grieves in Pasig City , east of Manila . An aerial view aboard a Philippine Air Force chopper shows devastation brought by Tropical Storm Ketsana in Cainta, province of Rizal , eastern Manila Residents are evacuated [...]
