Saturday, December 27, 2008
12 Most Amazing Lost Cities in the World
The breathtaking city of Petra was a vibrant trading hub that vanished from most maps in the seventh century A.D. It lay beneath a thousand years of dust and debris when, in 1812, a Swiss scholar disguised as a Bedouin trader identified the ruins as the ancient Nabataean capital.Spread throughout a series of remote desert canyons in southern Jordan, Petra arose more than 2,000 years ago at the
Monday, December 22, 2008
Pictures of Antarctica, the Coldest Beautiful Place
Antarctica is on average the coldest, driest and windiest place on Earth. 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice, which is on average 1,6 kilometers (1 mi) in thickness. As there is little precipitation, the interior of the continent is technically the largest desert in the world, but a frozen desert. As for the temperature, scientists recorded the world’s lowest temperature: -89 °C (-129 °F).Though
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Amazing Two Headed Animals...It's Real
In China's Hunan province a gecko has been found with a head on each of its body. The little fellow was found wandering to and fro, back and forth, going here and there, trying to make up his minds in an antique shop. He's slow, but can go both directions.In Japan, not wanting to be outdone by China, a two headed turtle was found in Moriyama. The little boy who found him named the amphibian '
Monday, November 24, 2008
10 Most Poisonous Animals Around in the World
1. Box JellyfishThe top prize for The World Most Venomous Animal would go to the Box Jellyfish. It has caused at least 5,567 recorded deaths since 1954. Their venom is among the most deadly in the world. It toxins attack the heart, nervous system, and skin cells. And the worst part of it is that jelly box venom is so overpoweringly painful, that human victims go in shock, drown or die of heart
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Amazing Sand Sculptures From Around the World
Sand sculpture, like any other kind of sculptures can be of any shape, size or form. It can include the above things- a castle, or created in a human, animal, plant or a fantasy form.As this art was not evolved from many years, it didn`t have any historical references. Although not historically proved, the origin of this art is found in the Orissan myths.Sometimes even coloured sand is also used
Friday, November 7, 2008
Ron Mueck's Amazing Sculptures
Ron Mueck is a London-based photo-realist artist. Born in Melbourne,Australia, to parents who were toy makers, he labored on children's television shows for 15 years before working in special effects for such films as Labyrinth, a 1986 fantasy epic starring David Bowie. Eventually Mueck concluded that photography pretty much destroys the physical presence of the original object, and so he turned
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Delicious Chocolate Treats...Don't Miss
Chocolates like Cadbury's Dairy Milk, Hershey's, Lindt, Ghirardelli etc. These chocolate treats here leave them all behind!The word "chocolate" comes from the Aztecs of Mexico, and is derived from the Nahuatl word xocolat which is a combination of the words, xocolli, meaning "bitter", and atl, which is "water". Chocolate was discovered by Mayans of the Yucatán Peninsula, in México about 2,600
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Amazing 2008 Apple Festival in Sweden
Apple creative author - Helge Lundstrom. Showing all this was at apple festival in the city Kivik, which is located in Sweden. Each picture went 4 tons of apples, and that about 75,000 pieces. Short, but as beautiful.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Atlantis Palm Hotel and Resort in Dubai
Dubai possesses already world's most luxury hotel, The Burj al Arab.Very soon another highest class hotel will be added: the amazing Atlantis The Palm Hotel. It is a hotel with 1729 rooms and 17 restaurants, and will be opened to the public on 24th September. The construction lasted 4 years and cost 1,5 billion dollars.This hotel is dedicated to water: it has a huge water aquarium under the hotel
The World's Largest Fountain in Dubai
Dubai's prominent developer, Emaar Properties said on Monday it plans to build one of the largest fountains in the world as the centrepiece of its Downtown Burj Dubai project. Arabian Business reveals what the real estate giant has in store.The fountains, which has yet to be named, will be capable of shooting water over 150 metres into the air, the height of a 50 storey building, and stretch over
Sunday, October 5, 2008
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Guinness World Record -Longest Legs Woman & Smallest Man
The world's smallest man sits underneath Svetlana Pankratova from Russia, the Queen of Longest Leg.The hieght of the Chinese Of khe Of pinpina is 74.61 centimeters, and he is dwarfed by the long feet (132 cm) of the Russian woman. Pinpin is younger than Svetlana by 16 years. The encounter of two record holders was arranged by the Guinness book of records at London, at the steps of the stairs Of
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Amazing Ellora Caves Pictures
Ellora (Marathi: Verul) is an archaeological site, 30 km (18.6 miles) from the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state ofMaharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta Dynasty. Famous for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture.The 34 "caves" – actually structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills –
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Amazing Dudhsagar Waterfalls
A train moving on the railway bridge between the Dudhsagar waterfalls. The Dudhsagar waterfalls are amongst the 100 highest waterfalls in the world.Tourists enjoying the rain at Dudhsagar situated between the Karnataka and Goa borderThe Dudhsagar railway station.A goods train moving on the railway bridge'between the Dudhsagar waterfalls.Myself taking a look at Dudhsagar waterfalls.
10 Most Unusual Temples.....Amazing Pics
Tiger's Nest Monastery, perched on the edge of a 3,000-feet-high cliff in Paro Valley in Bhutan Wat Rong Khun (a Buddhist temple) in Chiang Mai, ThailandPrambanan is a Hindu temple in Central Java, Indonesia. The temple was built in 850 CE, and is composed of 8 main shrines and 250 surrounding smaller ones.No one knows exactly when the Shwedagon Paya (or Pagoda) in Myanmar was built. Legend has
Sunday, September 21, 2008
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Upcoming Dubai Projects..It’s Fantastic
0-14 TowerDancing TowerCloudBurj DubaiArch BridgeArabian BladeDubai MarinaDubai MallDubai Land Snow DomeDubai HydropolisDavinci Rotating TowerDubai Sport CityDubai RenaissanceDubai PearlDubai Old TownDubai MetroGolden DomeFalcon City of WondersDubai World Central International AirportDubai Water FrontDubai TowersThe WorldThe OpusSport Science WorldPalm IslandMardinat Al Arab
Friday, September 12, 2008
World's Top 10 Airline Meals...
Japan AirlinesEtihad AirwaysCathay Pacific AirwaysAir FranceUnited AirlinesSingapore AirlinesScandinavian AirlinesLufthansaJet Airways
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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Top 10 Car Keys
JaguarLand Rover Range Rover Sport LR3LexusMerc BenzVolvoAudiBentleyBMWCadillacInfiniti
Hollywood Star's Cars
Julia Roberts' PriusJulia Roberts has to have several cars to cart her new twins around, but her fave is the environmentally-kind Toyota Prius, a hybrid vehicle that sips fuel so sparingly it gets 55 miles per gallon. Yes, the real whistleblower for the environment, Erin Brockovich, whom Julia played in the movie of that name, also drives a Prius.Denise Richards' S55Denise Richards married
Friday, September 5, 2008
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Lilypad : Floating Eco, Refugees Architecture...
There are very few urban design solutions that address housing the inevitable tide of displaced people that could arise as oceans swell under global warming. Certainly none are as spectacular as this one. The Lilypad, by Vincent Callebaut, is aconcept for a completely self-sufficient floating city intended to provide shelter for future climate change refugees. The intent of the concept itself is
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