Lunes, Agosto 6, 2012
Schooo Cuuuute: World’s Teeniest Revolver
This is the teeniest tiniest itty bitty baby revolver in the whole wide world. It’s 100% Swiss made and, while it’s completely functional, it’s harmless. A BB gun is at least 10 times more powerful than this little guy. Getting hit by a bullet (if you could even call one a bullet — it’s smaller than a raisin!) wouldn’t even inflict, like, a pin prick. It’d probably just bounce right off. But who knows? If this mini revolver eats his veggies and drinks all his milk, then maybe, juuuust maybe he could grow up to be a big boy gun. Just kidding this thing’s gonna stay teeny weeny and always be my little baby revolver. Forever and ever and ever.
Sabado, Agosto 4, 2012
Door to Hell
The Door to Hell, is situated near the small town of Darvaz in Turkmenistan. Thirty-five years ago, geologists were drilling for gas when then encountered a very large cavern underground filled with a poisonous gas. They ignited the gas expecting it to burn off in a few hours. The gas is still burning to this day. Its 60 meters in diameter and 20 meters depth have not been caused by volcanic activity or a meteorite impact.This crater was created sometime in the 50’s when the Soviets were prospecting for natural gas in this area and it’s been burning since then.
Worlds Largest Cave
Its amazing that there are still places like this still out there
waiting to be explored. A British caving team have just recently
explored the world’s largest cave passage in the heart of the Vietnamese
jungle.
Called Hang Son Doong (Mountain River Cave) it is believed to be almost twice the size of the current record holder. Son Doong has replaced the Deer cave in Malaysia to become the world’s largest cave.
Called Hang Son Doong (Mountain River Cave) it is believed to be almost twice the size of the current record holder. Son Doong has replaced the Deer cave in Malaysia to become the world’s largest cave.
Giant Hand In The Desert
Deep in the the Atacama desert in Chile emerges a giant sculpture of a
hand. A popular photo spot for tourist visiting the Atacama. The
hand was constructed at an altitude of 1,100 meters above sea level. The
work has a base of iron and cement, and stands 11 meters tall. The
sculpture was inaugurated on March 28, 1992. The sculpture is located
about 70 kilometers to the south of Antofagasta, Chile. The artist
behind Mano de Desierto, The Hand of the Desert is the Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal.
Biyernes, Agosto 3, 2012
The North Korean military parades
The North Korean military parades to celebrate the 63rd founding
anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in Pyongyang on
Sept. 9. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his son reviewed the
parade of military hardware and thousands of goose-stepping troops, in
what analysts saw as a bid to bolster loyalty to the regime.
Leopard, South Africa
A dew-bathed juvenile leopard takes a peaceful moment atop a fallen tree on a wintry South African morning. Compared with other African game, leopards are famously shy and rarely seen, partially because of their largely nocturnal hunting habits. Leopards number among many other species of top predators whose population numbers are falling due to human impacts, making this a special sighting of a rare animal that is both powerful and extraordinarily gorgeous.
Tree-mendous:
Tree-mendous: A money tree with copper and silver coins hammered into the wood near Ingleton, North Yorkshire
But it certainly appears to do so on the mysterious coin-studded trunks dotted around the UK's woodland.
The strange phenomenon of gnarled old trees with coins embedded all over their bark has been spotted on trails from the Peak District to the Scottish Highlands.
The coins are usually knocked into felled tree trunks using stones by passers-by, who hope it will bring them good fortune.
These fascinating spectacles often have coins from centuries ago buried deep in their bark and warped by the passage of time.
The tradition of making offerings to deities at wishing trees dates back hundreds of years, but this combination of the man-made and the natural is far more rare.
It used to be believed that divine spirits lived in trees, and they were often festooned with sweets and gifts - as is still done today at Christmas.
The act is reminiscent of tossing money into ponds for good luck, or the trend for couples to attach 'love padlocks' to bridges and fences to symbolise lasting romance.
Some pubs, such as the Punch Bowl in Askham, Cumbria, have old beams with splits in them into which coins are forced for luck.
On the trail to Goodnow Mountain, a yellow birch appears to be ingesting a boulder left behind by a glacier. With its tenacious trees and rebounding wildlife, Adirondack Park is a miracle of regeneration. Committed advocates and legal protections written into New York’s state constitution offer hope that it will remain forever wild.
Photograph by Michael Melford
Huwebes, Hulyo 26, 2012
Philippine's biggest Crocodile
Philippine's biggest Crocodile
Villagers look at a giant crocodile measuring 21 feet and weighing more than a ton after capturing it from a creek in Bunawan village in Agusan del sur Province. The residents suspect the same crocodile is responsible for a missing farmer and a carabao. Photo: Agence France-PresseLeshan Giant Buddha (Leshan Dafo)
Leshan Giant Buddha (Leshan Dafo)
The Leshan Giant Buddha (or Leshan
Dafo) is a statue of Maitreya (a Bodhisattva usually represented as a
very stout monk with a broad smile on his face and with his naked
breast and paunch exposed to view) in sitting posture.
The
Buddha is located to the east of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, at the
confluence of three rivers, namely, Min River, Qingyi River, and Dadu
River. The statue makes itself the most renowned scenic spot in Leshan
City. In December, 1996, the location of the Buddha was included by
UNESCO on the list of the World Heritage sites.
Amazon Jungle - World's Most Unique and Mysterious Forest
Amazon Jungle - World's Most Unique and Mysterious Forest
The Amazon rainforest, also known as Amazonia, or the Amazon jungle,
is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of
South America. This basin encompasses seven million square kilometers
(1.7 billion acres), of which five and a half million square kilometers
(1.4 billion acres) are covered by the rainforest.
Lunes, Hulyo 23, 2012
Biggest snake in the world
Photograph purporting to show a 55ft snake found in a forest in Malaysia has become an internet sensation.
The thread claimed the snake was one of two enormous boas found by
workers clearing forest for a new road. They apparently woke up the
sleeping snakes during attempts to bulldoze a huge mound of earth. This
is Biggest snake in the world!!
“On the third dig, the operator found there was blood amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake appeared,” said the post.
“By the time the workers came back, the wounded boa had died, while the other snake had disappeared. The bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn’t even stand up.”
The post claimed that the digger driver was so traumatised that he suffered a heart attack on his way to hospital and later died.
The dead snake was 55ft (16.7m) long, weighed 300kg and was estimated to be 140 years old, according to the post. Biggest snake in the world
Photograph purporting to show a 55ft snake found in a forest in Malaysia has become an internet sensation.
“On the third dig, the operator found there was blood amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake appeared,” said the post.
“By the time the workers came back, the wounded boa had died, while the other snake had disappeared. The bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn’t even stand up.”
The post claimed that the digger driver was so traumatised that he suffered a heart attack on his way to hospital and later died.
The dead snake was 55ft (16.7m) long, weighed 300kg and was estimated to be 140 years old, according to the post. Biggest snake in the world
Smallest Baby Ever Born
The baby was due on March 4, 2007, but, from the start, the pregnancy was fraught with problems and she had been born at just 21 weeks and six days.
According to Amillia's mother, "I was so shocked, because her skin was so translucent that she was see-through. I could see the veins in her arms, hands and legs, and I could actually watch her lungs as they moved.
'Amillia's hand was the size of my thumbnail, and her leg the same length as my little finger.
'I longed to reach out and touch her, just to stroke her and try to take away her pain. All I could do was sit and tell her that Mummy was here, that I loved her, and that everything would be alright."
Just have a look how Amillia was.
A mother on act
A
Mother on Act....
After he was abandoned by her mother he decided to look for a brand new mom, but unfortunately no one want to adopt him... So he asked himself "Why mother instead of a father...?"
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