Posted by admin in Featured Articles on 01 31st, 2010 | 1 Comment
Mythical Temple Found in Peru
A thousand-year-old temple complex (including a tomb with human sacrifice victims, shown in a digital illustration) has been found under the windswept dunes of northwestern Peru, archaeologists say.
The discovery of the complex, excavated near the city of Chiclayo (map) between 2006 and late 2009, has...
Posted by admin in Animals on 01 30th, 2010 | 3 Comments
Diving with 11ft crocodile
ust off the coast of Cuba, a diver displays nerves of steel as he swims alongside an 11ft, 1,000lb crocodile.Risking his life for the potentially deadly experience, diver Israel Gonzalez, 31, got close enough to be tolerated for over two hours by one of nature’s most lethal killing machines.Swimming...
Posted by admin in World News on 01 29th, 2010 | No Comments
The World Chocolate Wonderland theme park in Beijing
The Chocolate Wonderland will finally open to the public on the square at the north side of the Bird’s Nest Stadium on January 29th.As the first chocolate theme park in China, the Chocolate Wonderland will feature artifacts made from 80,000 kilograms of chocolate.Aside from enjoying a visual feast...
Posted by admin in World News on 01 27th, 2010 | No Comments
The Malaysia Sky Bridge
It’s not a bridge to the sky, but it’s not far from the idea! The Langkawi sky-bridge in Malaysia is suspended at 700 metres above sea level and spans 125 across the mountains, offering magnificent views of the Andaman Sea and Thailand’s Tarutao Island. It’s set apart from other bridges by its...
Bottlenose dolphins mud-ring feeding
A pod of bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Florida have developed a remarkable hunting strategy in order to catch fish. Another awesome thing about this technique is that only one female in the pod can create this ring.
From the first episode (Challenges of Life) of the new BBC series Life
Posted by admin in Featured Articles on 01 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment
Timelapse movie: The Alps
Here are the night timelapse shots I took mostly from cottages of the Swiss Alpine Club. Locations are: Diavolezza, Glecksteinhütte (Grindelwald), Carschina, Arosa, Glärnisch, Vrenelis Gärtli
Beethoven, Klaviersonate 14 “Mondschein” — piano sonata No. 14 “moonlight”
Posted by admin in Photography on 01 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Cold And Abandoned Siberia
The climate of Siberia varies dramatically. On the north coast, north of the Arctic Circle, there is a very short (about one-month-long) summer.
Almost all the population lives in the south, along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The climate here is subarctic (Koppen Dfc or Dwc), with the annual average...
Posted by admin in Featured Articles on 01 18th, 2010 | 7 Comments
Life in Las Vegas Underground tunels
I remember watching a documentary movie called Dark Days about homeless people living underground. That was many years ago, but it looks like these hidden communities are starting to form everywhere in the United States. One place that surprised me is Las Vegas.
It is a sad reality. Check out...
Posted by admin in Global Warming on 01 16th, 2010 | No Comments
Winter in Florida
Very light dusting of snow seen in the eastern Jacksonville area. Light snow also fell in parts of central Florida, which briefly accumulated slightly in parts of Marion County. Sleet was widespread and snow was isolated across the Orlando area and also in Melbourne. Isolated flurries were even reported...
Creative Oasis Isolated under a roof
Biosphere 2 is a 3.15-acre (12,700 m2) structure originally built to be a man-made, materially-closed ecological system in Oracle, Arizona by Space Biosphere Ventures, a joint venture whose principal officers were John P. Allen, inventor and Executive Director, and Margret Augustine, CEO. Constructed...