Friday 25 October 2013
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Typhoon Wutip
Chinese rescuers on Tuesday found 14 fishermen alive and recovered the bodies of two who had died from boats that sank during a typhoon, authorities said.
Fifty-eight fishermen remain missing from the three boats that went down in the South China Sea roughly 300 kilometers from the Chinese island of Hainan, the local government said Tuesday.
Monday 23 September 2013
Sunday 22 September 2013
Friday 20 September 2013
Strange weather phenomenon ~ Mammatus clouds
Mammatus, also known as mammatocumulus (meaning "mammary cloud" or "breast cloud"), is a meteorologicalterm applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name mammatus is derived from the Latin mamma (meaning "udder" or "breast").
Mammatus are most often associated with the anvil cloud and also severe thunderstorms. They often extend from the base of a cumulonimbus, but may also be found under altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds, as well as volcanic ash clouds.[citation needed] In the United States, sky gazers may be most familiar with the very distinct and more common cumulonimbus mammatus.
Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, thelongest cave system known in the world. The official name of the system is the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System for the ridge under which the cave has formed. The park was established as a national park on July 1, 1941. It became a World Heritage Site on October 27, 1981, and an international Biosphere Reserve on September 26, 1990.
About Animal migration ~ Unexlained natural phenomenon?
Many animals migrate thousands of miles of land and sea, all without the use of a GPS device. How do animals take these amazing journeys without getting lost? No one really knows, though there are many theories. According to an article in The Independent that focused on pigeon migration, some believe the birds navigate the Earth using visual landmarks or their sense of smell to determine their location. More bizarre-sounding theories include the concept that pigeons use magnetism to determine if they’re north or south of home; another is that the pigeons use morphic resonance, a theory by Rupert Sheldrake, to refer to what he calls the "the basis of memory in nature ... the idea of mysterious telepathy-type interconnections between organisms and of collective memories within species."
Animal migration is the relatively long-distance movement of individuals, usually on a seasonal basis. It is a ubiquitous phenomenon, found in all major animal groups, includingbirds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and crustaceans.[1] The trigger for the migration may be local climate, local availability of food, the season of the year or for mating reasons.[2] To be counted as a true migration, and not just a local dispersal or irruption, the movement of the animals should be an annual or seasonal occurrence, such asbirds migrating south for the winter; wildebeest migrating annually for seasonal grazing; or a major habitat change as part of their life, such as young Atlantic salmon leaving the river of their birth when they have reached a few inches in size.
One of the extremely animal species
Northern hairy-nosed wombat
The northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii), is one of three species of wombats. It is one of the rarest large mammals in the world and is critically endangered. Its historical range extended across New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland as recently as 100 years ago, but it is now restricted to one place, a 3-km2 range within the 32-km2 Epping Forest National Park in Queensland. In 2003, the total population consisted of 113 individuals, including only around 30 breeding females.
Thursday 19 September 2013
Prague , Czech Republic , Charles Bridge
The biggest city in the world , Tokyo - Japan
Tokyo isn't just the biggest city in the world. It's the biggest city in the history of the world. The super-mega-troprolis is home to more than 35 million people (in other words: California). The city proper holds more like 12 million, which is closer to the size of New York.
Tokyo is so large, it makes more sense to think of it as a country. In 2008, national figures put the city's GDP between Korea and the Netherlands, and just behind Canada.Twenty years ago ago, Tokyo would have been considerably higher on the list, but two lost and half-lost decades in between -- the outcome of a massive housing bubble from which the stock market has never recovered -- have dulled Japan's growt. In 1990, the Tokyo Stock Exchange accounted for 60 percent of the world stock market value. Today, its market value is about as large as the Nasdaq.
Naxos island, Cyclades , Hellas
Naxos in Greek, Νάξος, pronounced is a Greek island, the largest island (429 km2 (166 sq mi)) in the Cycladesisland group in the Aegean. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture.
Malta ~ Popeye Village
It was built as a film set for the production of the 1980 live-action musical feature film Popeye, produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions and starring Robin Williams. Today it is open to the public as an open-air museum and family entertainment complex.
Wednesday 18 September 2013
The tallest waterfall in the world
Angels Falls ~ Venezuela ,5,212 feet (1,589 m)
The waterfall has been known as the "Angel Falls" since the mid twentieth century; they are named after Jimmie Angel, a US aviator, who was the first person to fly over the falls Angel's ashes were scattered over the falls on July 2, 1960.
About Mountain Etna
When Mount Etna erupted on April 11,2013, it created amazing smoke rings. Toroidal Vortices or Volcanic smoke rings are rare,
but well-documented.
Incredible Natural Phenomenon
Sailing stones (also known as sliding rocks or moving rocks) are a mysterious geological phenomenon in which large rocks move along the floor of a valley, seemingly by themselves, leaving tracks in their wake. Rocks that start off beside each other may go in different directions. The phenomenon has been studied at Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, California, where the rocks move once every two to three years, leaving behind tracks lasting for three or four years.
The largest drain hole in the World
Monticello Dam - California
Monticello Dam is a dam in Napa County, California, United States constructed between 1953 and 1957. It is a medium concrete-arch dam with a structural height of 304 ft (93 m) and a crest length of 1,023 ft (312 m). It contains 326,000 cubic yards (249,000 m³) of concrete. The dam impounded Putah Creek to cover the former town of Monticello and flood Berryessa Valley to create Lake Berryessa, then the second-largest man-made lake in California. The capacity of the reservoir is 1,602,000 acre·ft (1.976×109 m3).Water from the reservoir primarily supplies agriculture in surrounding areas. The dam is noted for its classic, uncontrolled morning-glory type spillway. The diameter at the lip is 72 ft (22 m). Locally, the spillway is also known as 'The Glory Hole'. 
The Monticello Dam Powerplant was built at the dam in 1983 and has three generators. The electrical power is sent mostly to the North Bay area of San Francisco. To the south is Putah Creek State Wildlife Area.
Samos Island , Hellas
Samos (Greek: Σάμος) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of Asia Minor, from which it is separated by the 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi)-wide Mycale Strait. It is also a separate regional unit of the North Aegean region, and the only municipality of the regional unit.
Did you know ?
The often-giraffes give birth standing. This means that the baby, as soon as I was born, makes free fall from a height of about two meters. Ah, the life is very difficult :@
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Delphi , Hellas
Delphi ; Greek: Δελφοί, is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. The site of Delphi was believed to be determined by Zeus when he sought to find the centre of Grandmother Earth (or Gaia). He sent two eagles flying from the eastern and western extremities, and the path of the eagles crossed over Delphi where the omphalos, or navel of Gaia was found.
The deepest hole in the World
The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Russia's Kola Peninsula, near the Norwegian border. Soviets have been drilling since 1970 and it is over 40 000 ft. This is used to study the earth's core.
Your comments about this? :O
Monday 16 September 2013
About Volcanic Lightning
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A dirty thunderstorm (also, Volcanic lightning) is a weather phenomenon that occurs when lightning is produced in a volcanic plume.
Elean Donan Castle , Scotland
Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland; since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the village of Dornie.
About Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.
Photos from Hallstatt , Austria
Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See (a lake). At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Alexander Scheutz has been mayor of Hallstatt since 2009.
Hallstatt is known for its production of salt in Greek (Hals)or (Halas)], dating back to prehistoric times, and gave its name to theHallstatt culture, a culture often linked to Celtic, Proto-Celtic, and pre-Illyrian peoples in Early Iron Age Europe, c.800–450 BCE. Some of the earliest archaeological evidence for the Celts was found in Hallstatt.
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