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.
Matthew 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, warmth and protection [...]
1. 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 above the mine [...]
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) Just a normal epic [...]
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 only from above, this [...]
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 perched and seems to [...]
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 as large as 2 [...]
// Tiger’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 being that [...]
10 Alien-Looking Places 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 almost no snowfall, and except for a few steep rocks they are the only continental [...]
10 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 no way out, [...]
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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, and, finally, the Smithsonian, [...]
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 9. Nikki Beach, Marbella, [...]
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 less than 300-by-300 feet [...]
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 by police boats during [...]
