The Great Artificial Elephant, Nantes, France,

This is a robotic miracle!Made from 45 tons of recycled materials,measuring 12 meters high and 8 meters wide. It can carry up to 49 passengers!

 

The Mind-Blowing Mt. Roraima

The Mind-Blowing Mt. Roraima, the triple border point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana and one of the oldest geological formations on Earth. There is a species of Frog Philautus (Anura Ranidae) which has lived on the top of Mt Roraima, which is more closely related to frogs in Africa than any other south American Amphibian, which just shows you, these Tepui's are relics of the time when Africa and South America were conjoined. AMAZING!

The winners of the 2013 "Earth and Sky" photo contest

This picture is called Stars over Salzburg and shows the glow of the Austrian city's lights from a high Alpine vantage point. The picture helps reflect concerns with light pollution photographer:Andreas Max Baeckle

The Spinning Vortex of Saturn's Polar Storm Resembles a Rose.

The spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm resembles a rose surrounded by green foliage in this false-color handout image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken November 27, 2012. Measurements have sized the eye at 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across with cloud speeds as fast as 330 miles per hour (150 meters per second)

The World's First Computer Mouse held by Inventor.

The World's First Computer Mouse held by inventor Douglas Engelbart, showing the wheels that make contact with the working surface.

Crazy Lace Agate!

Is a variety of banded Chalcedony, a mineral of the Quartz family. It is predominantly white, with layers of creamy browns, blacks and grays. Some may include layers of yellow ochre, gold, scarlet and red. Agate is sometimes called the earth rainbow because, in its various forms, the concentric bands in nature form nearly every color the earth can produce, including a colorless form.

 

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away

15 SPECTACULAR TRICKS FOR YOUR BODY!

1.) If you've got an itch in your throat, scratch your ear. When the nerves in the ear get stimulated, they create a reflex in the throat that causes a muscle spasm, which cures the itch.

... 2.) Having trouble hearing someone at a party or on the phone? Use your right ear it's better at picking up rapid speech. But, the left is better at picking up music tones.

3.) If you need to relieve yourself BADLY, but you're not anywhere near a bathroom, fantasize about RELATIONS. That preoccupies your brain and distracts it.

4.) Next time the doctor's going to give you an injection, COUGH as the needle is going in. The cough raises the level of pressure in your spinal canal, which limits the pain sensation as it tries to travel to your brain.

5.) Clear a stuffed nose or relieve sinus pressure by pushing your tongue against the roof of your mouth then pressing a finger between your eyebrows. Repeat that for 20 seconds it causes the vomer bone to rock, which loosens your congestion and clears you up.

6.) If you ate a big meal and you're feeling full as you go to sleep, lay on your left side. That'll keep you from suffering from acid reflux it keeps your stomach lower than your esophagus, which will helpsk eep stomach acid from sliding up your throat.

7.) You can stop a toothache by rubbing ice on the back of your hand, on the webbed area between your thumb and index finger. The nerve pathways there stimulate a part of the brain that blocks pain signals from your mouth.

8.) If you get all messed up on liquor, and the room starts spinning, put your hand on something stable. The reason: Alcohol dilutes the blood in the part of your ear called the cupula, which regulates balance. Putting your hand on something stable gives your brain another reference point, which will help make the world stop spinning.

9.) Stop a nose bleed by putting some cotton on your upper gums right behind the small dent below your nose and press against it hard. Most of the bleeding comes from the cartilage wall that divides the nose, so pressing there helps get it to stop.

10.) Nervous? Slow your heart rate down by blowing on your thumb. The vagus nerve controls your heart rate, and you can calm it down by breathing.

11.) Need to breathe underwater for a while? Instead of taking a huge breath, HYPERVENTILATE before you go under, by taking a bunch of short breaths. That'll trick your brain into thinking it has more oxygen, and buy you about 10 extra seconds.

12.) You can prevent BRAIN FREEZE by pressing your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth, covering as much surface area as possible. Brain freeze happens because the nerves in the roof of your mouth get extremely cold, so your brain thinks your whole body is cold. It compensates by overheating which causes your head to hurt. By warming up the roof of your mouth, you'll chill your brain and feel better.

13.) If your hand falls asleep, rock your head from side to side. That'll wake your hand or arm up in less than a minute. Your hand falls asleep because of the nerves in your neck compressing so loosening your neck is the cure. If your foot falls asleep, that's governed by nerves lower in the body, so you need to stand up and walk around.

14.) Finally, this one's totally USELESS, but a nice trick. Have someone stick their arm out to the side, straight, palm down. Press down on his wrist with two fingers. He'll resist, and his arm will stay horizontal. Then, have him put his foot on a surface that's half an inch off the ground, like a stack of magazines, and do the trick again. Because his spine position is thrown off, his arm will fall right to his side, no matter how much he tries to resist.

15.) Got the hiccups? Press thumb and second finger over your eyebrows until the hiccups are over - usually, in a short while.

 

The caves homes of Guyaju, China

The Ancient Cliff House (Guyaju), 'the biggest maze of China', was a considerable discovery relating to the study of ancient Chinese people who inhabited this north part of the country. Therefore, no precise record of it has ever been found yet, so nobody exactly knows its origins. Almost 92 KM (about 57 miles) from Beijing, the house was hewn from the craggy cliffs overlooking Zhangshanying Town, Yanqing County. The fascinating house complex has more than 110 stone rooms, and is the largest cliff residence ever discovered in China.

More importantly on each side of the precipitous cliffs, adjacent stone houses, rectangular and square, large and small, were built. These homes vary in sizes, from over 20 square meters to 3-4 square meters. A number of houses are interlinked perpendicularly, while some are interconnected horizontally. Few have a single room, while some have 2 to 3 connecting rooms. Stone steps, and stone ladders are used to connect the storeys of a complete cliff house. Stone lamp-stands, stone hearths, closets, and mangers in the caves, the windows and gates all remain as traces of their strange ancient inhabitants. Moreover; few houses were built with kangs, a kind of bed which can be heated from below on cold days.

The most enthralling one is a two-storey stone house, with six finely engraved stone pillars propping it up. Within the house, there is a wing enclosing a small room with a stone table, stone stools, and a broad stone bed. This shrewdly constructed stone room is at the highest spot of the cliff house, and is considered to be the residence of a chief of the day. Standing on its upper floor, tourists can view a superb panorama of the nearby areas. The miraculous ancient cliff house is waiting for you to throw off her veil to the world.

Biggest Ever Black Hole Discovered in the Small Galaxy NGC 1277

Astronomers claimed that they have discovered the biggest ever black hole in the small galaxy called NGC 1277 which is situated around 250 million light years away from our planet. This galaxy constitutes the mass equal to 17 billion suns. The biggest ever black hole sits in the NGC 1277 galaxy in Perseus constellation.

This gigantic black hole forms around 14 percent of the mass of host galaxy. When compared with the 0.1 per cent of the usual black hole, this massive black hole adds the mass which is equal to 17 billion suns.

The NGC 1277 galaxy as well as many others would alter the theories about how these galaxies and black holes evolve. This galaxy is merely 10 percent of the mass as well as size of the Milky Way, the galaxy in which Earth is situated. Even though the size of NGC 1277 galaxy is small, but the gigantic black hole which sits in the galaxy is 11 times wider as the orbit of Neptune around the Sun.. Courtesy NASA/ESA/Andrew C. Fabian/Remco C. E. van den Bosch.

Amazing and strange facts about Pink katydid

Insects typically do not stand out. Something to do with being their one way ticket to certain extinction, generally. Facts that just add to the mystique of the extremely rare pink katydid, what is maybe strangest about this species is where they are turning up; the mass of pink katydid images are attributed to the most un-tropical places such as Osaka and the American Midwest. Speculation is that their odd color is caused by the genetic condition erythrism, which denotes an unusual red pigmentation.

Ernie Button Creates Delicious Desert Landscapes from Breakfast Cereal

Photographer Ernie Button's landscapes appear rugged, lonely, and delicious. Each of the Arizona-based artist's compositions in his series entitled "Cerealism" are made from a variety of breakfast cereals combined with pictures of the desert sky. Shredded Wheat makes for surprisingly convincing tumbleweeds, and the marshmallows from Lucky Charms are better suited as floral props than a morning meal. With a sense of humor and good taste, Button creates oddly beautiful worlds by playing with his food.

The True Stone House Gives the Prehistoric Feels

The true stone house, in the mountains of Fafe, Portugal is inspired by the Flintstones; this strange house was constructed between two gigantic stones on the hillside of Fafe Mountains in Portugal. Like most contemporary homes, it has a front door, roof, and selection of windows, while the huge spherical boulder on the uphill side of the house and scoop-shaped end give it a primitive feel. It’s a bit of a disgrace that the simplest way to describe this glorious structure requires reference to a cartoon from the 1960s, but the way in which it incorporates its natural setting defies most conventional description. This strange house was built in 1974 as a family’s rural retreat, but in modern years it has attracted the consideration of tourists and architecture enthusiasts alike for being so completely integrated into its natural surroundings. Interest in the stone house has grown to the point that the current owner, Vitor Rodrigues, has had to move to find solace from the curious visitors.

Will Power is the Strongest Power

This photograph is one moment from the life of “Faith”, the two legged dog. This doggie was born with deformity and when it was seen that even its mother was abandoning and harassing the little creature, the Stringfellow family adopted the puppy from roadside. When Veterinarians advised to Euthanize the animal, the owner Jude took a bold decision to inspire the dog to live a dignified life of its own by encouraging the dog to walk on two legs. Added to this attempt from the owner and her family, it is this little ones will power and survival instinct that has lead the animal to gain the respect of humans. One of the many amazing things about animals is they don’t feel self pity. If they lose a limb or their sight, for example, they just find a way to get on with things, a quality more of us humans should consider. This story has filled every one heart with so much love and joy and they feel as if it will happily burst. Blessings to the people who gave this doggie a chance to experience life! And blessings to sweet doggie, too.

The World's Tallest Building is Back on Track to be built in 90 Days

The world's tallest building is back on track to be completed in just 90 days, in spite of rumors that the Chinese construction company behind the project and schedule. A senior vice president told that project is plans to build the 838-meter skyscraper in the Hunan Province capital of Changsha "will go on as planned with the completion of five storey’s a day.

On the current timetable, the building should be finished by March 2013.The construction company said the building would top out at 838 meters 10 meters higher than the Burj Khalifa, which is currently the world's tallest building and cost $628 million to construct, a fraction of the cost of the Burj.

It also promised to do the work at light speed, and would be finish in just three months. Whereas in comparison to The Burj took five years to completed. BSB plans to do the work quickly by using a proprietary prefabrication technique. It eventually hopes to sell standardized skyscrapers around the world and become the "McDonald’s of the sustainable building industry.

According to the company Sky City will be mixed use, with luxury apartments, low income housing, and space for businesses and retail. Project will also be earthquake-resistant and have 31 high-speed elevators to take visitors to the upper-level observation decks.

Researchers says Galapagos Tortoise can be Revived

Lonesome George, the late reptile prince of the Galapagos Islands, may be dead, but researchers predict he may not be the last giant tortoise of his species after all, and they may be able to resurrect the Pinta Island subspecies by launching a cross-breeding program with 17 other tortoises found to contain genetic material akin to that of Lonesome George, who died June 24 at the Pacific Ocean archipelago off Ecuador's coast after repeated failed efforts to reproduce, and can be accomplished.

It would be the first time that a species was recovered after having been declared wiped out. But it won't happen overnight. This is going to take about 100 to 150 years. Researchers took DNA samples from 1,600 tortoises on Wolf volcano, and found the Pinta variety in 17, though their overall genetic makeup varied. Through cross-breeding, 100 percent pure species" can be achieved.

17 tortoises were being transferred from Isabela Island, where the volcano is situated, to the park's breeding center at Santa Cruz. The analysis on Wolf volcano was conducted by Yale University and the Galapagos Park with financial help from the Galapagos Conservancy. In a news release, researchers predict that giant tortoises from Pinta Island might have arrived at Wolf volcano after being taken off by whaling ships for food and later cast overboard.

So far 14 species of giant tortoise originally inhabited the islands' 1,000 kilometers off Ecuador's coast and 10 survive. Approximately there are 180,000 people annually visit the Galapagos. Before human being arrived, the islands were home to tens of thousands of massive tortoises. The number fell to about 3,000 in 1974, but the revival program run by the national park and the Charles Darwin Foundation has accomplished something in increasing the overall population to 20,000. Lonesome George's age at death was not confirmed, but researchers believed he was about 100, not particularly old for a giant tortoise.

The Uvac River-Lake Serbia

The cliffs around the Uvac Lake are natural habitat for whitehead vulture (Griffin Vultures) which is the largest colony of griffin vultures in the Balkans. The river flows between the northern cliffs of gorgeous. Zlatar Mountain and the southern cliffs of Zlatibor Mountain chains and slopes of Javor Mountain. The source of the River is located on Ozren Mountain at the altitude of 560 meters, 16 km south-east from Sjenica. Uvac River is 119 km long and has mountainous characteristics with extremely active erosion.

The Rare White Whale Humpback Filmed Near Norway

An exceptionally uncommon white humpback whale was spotted recently near Norway. Welsh maritime engineer Dan Fisher made the startling discovery off the coast of Norway in August. Fisher has 

dubbed him Willow the White Whale. Fisher says that in his ten years working at sea, he is never seen anything like it. But one sighting in a decade isn’t bad considering the whale he filmed is only the second known adult white humpback on the planet.

The first is Migaloo, a humpback who’s made several cameos off Australia’s east coast. The whale’s name means “white fella” in Aboriginal, and he is normally spotted as he makes his annual migration to Antarctic waters during the southern spring. Whereas Migaloo is thought to be affected by albinism, a genetic condition that stifles melanin pigmentation, it’s unlikely his Norwegian counterpart is not albino, but leucistic. Leucism can have an effect on pigments other than melanin and it doesn’t result in the pink eyes characteristic of albinism.

The albino whale in Melville’s “Moby Dick” and the creature’s true-life inspiration, Mocha Dick, are not humpbacks, but Mocha Dick is so called since his pale form was first spotted near the island of Mocha, off the coast of Chile, in the early 19th century. He is reputed to have survived near to 100 sea battles with whaling ships, taking down 20 of them before he met his downfall.

Pufferfish second most poisonous vertebrates in the world

Pufferfish second most poisonous vertebrates in the world
Pufferfish are usually thought to be the second most poisonous vertebrates in the world, after the golden poison frog. Certain internal organs, such as liver, and sometimes the skin, are extremely toxic to most animals when eaten; however, the meat of some species is considered a delicacy in Japan called as fugu, when prepared by chefs who be acquainted with which part is safe to eat and in what quantity. Pufferfish are poor swimmers, but can rapidly ingest huge amounts of water to turn them into a virtually inedible ball several times their normal size. Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many common species, which are variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. They are morphologically alike to the closely related porcupinefish, which have large external spines contrasting the thinner, hidden spines of Tetraodontidae, which are only able to be seen when the fish has puffed up. The scientific name refers to the four large teeth, fused into an upper and lower plate, which are used for crushing the shells of crustaceans and mollusks, their natural prey.

Lemon Benefits

Lemons are packed with plentiful health benefiting nutrients. The fruit is low in calories, only 29 calories per 100 gram, one of the lowest among citrus group. Lemon contains no saturated fats or cholesterol, but is wealthy in dietary fiber (7.36% of RDA). Its acidic taste is due to citric acid. Citricacid is present up to 8% in its juice. Citric acid is a natural preservative, aids, digestion. Most of studies found that citric acid plentiful to helping in dissolve kidney stones. Lemons, like other citrus fruits, are exceptional source of ascorbic acid and provide about 88% of DRI). Ascorbic acid or vitamin-C is a powerful water soluble natural anti-oxidant. This vitamin is helpful in preventing scurvy. Besides, consumption of foods rich in vitamin-C helps body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the blood. Lemons like oranges contain a diversity of phytochemicals. Hesperetin and naringenin are flavonoid glycosides commonly found in citrus fruits.

Naringenin is found to have a bio-active effect on human health as antioxidant, free radical scavenger, anti-inflammatory, and immune system modulator. This substance has also been shown to decrease oxidant injury to DNA in the cells in-vitro studies. And also contain diminutive level of vitamin A, and other flavonoid anti-oxidants such as α and ß-carotenes, beta-cryptoxanthin, zea-xanthin and lutein. These compounds are known to have antioxidant properties. Vitamin A also requisites for maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin and is also essential for vision. Consumption of natural fruits rich in flavonoids helps body to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers. Total ORAC value, which measures the anti-oxidant strength of 100 g of fresh lemon juice, is 1225 µmol TE (Trolex equivalents).They also an excellent source of B-complex vitamins such as pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, and folates. These vitamins are vital in the sense that body has need of them from external sources to replenish. Lemons contain healthy amount of minerals, like iron, copper, potassium, and calcium. Potassium in a significant component of cell and body fluids assists control heart rate and blood pressure.