Armadillo girdled lizard (Cordylus cataphractus)

This heavily armoured reptile is named after the armadillo for its ability to roll itself into an almost impregnable ball when threatened. In this position, the spiny scales covering the neck, body and tail are presented to any potential predator, protecting the soft belly.

One of the most famous Footprints ever made.

Wearing special lunar boot overshoes, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin stepped onto the moon on July 20, 1969, and made this now-famous footprint.See this image and more in “Suited for Space,” which opens at the Museum in DC on July 26th. One of the most famous Footprints ever made. Estimates given micro-meteor impacts, solar radiation: a single bootprint lasting for at least, One Million Earth Years.

Guy Save a little five years old girl

He chased a car on his bike for 15 minutes to save this 5-year-old girl who was snatched from her front yard in Pennsylvania. Respect, honour, love. I can proudly say humanity is still exist!Finally we are seeing responsible caring teens. Great things happen when great people step up and do good. I'm so proud of you.

In china teachers allow children to sleep in class for 20 minutes to learn better

Female Chimpanzee died due to heart failure

·       Female chimpanzee Dorothy died of heart failure (she was over 40 years old) and as she was being carried away, behind the fence together all the chimpanzees stood silently, some with hands on the shoulders of one another.

A man stands on his paddle board as a gray whale swims close by in the Klamath River in Klamath, Del Norte County, August 4, 2011.

A man stands on his paddle board as a gray whale swims close by in the Klamath River in Klamath, Del Norte County, August 4, 2011.

Three sun in daytimes skies

·       A team of scientists found a record-breaking three potentially habitable planets around the star Gliese 667C, a star 22 light-years from Earth that is orbited by at least six planets. Gliese 667C is part of a three-star system, so the planets could see three sun in their daytime skies, as shown in this artist's impression.

Savannah Cat -A Big Cat You Can Pet.

The Savannah is a domestic hybrid cat breed. It is a cross between a serval and a domestic cat. In 2001, the International Cat Association accepted it as a newly registered breed. The fact that it's huge and ridiculously sweet-looking is just the tip of the awesome iceberg for the savannah cat. It's a lot more loyal than your average tabby, to the point that it's comparable to a dog. What's more, the savannah cat doesn't have the aversion to water that most cats do, and some people actually take showers with them. Oh, and they're also instinctively friendly towards children.

Panda diplomacy

This is a Real Panda. China has this "Panda Diplomacy" and this one will be sent to Japan as an friendship envoy. For safety reasons, he sits as a passenger with his feeder, not in a cage. Fastening the seat belt, wearing a diaper, eating bamboos.

When Mount Etna erupted on April 11,2013, it created amazing smoke rings.

When Mount Etna erupted on April 11,2013, it created amazing smoke rings. Toroidal Vortices or Volcanic smoke rings are rare, but well-documented.

 

Trans-Tokyo Bay Highway

The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line also known as the Trans-Tokyo Bay Highway, is a bridge–tunnel combination across Tokyo Bay in Japan. It connects the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture with the city of Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, and forms part of National Route 409. With an overall length of 14 km, it includes a 4.4 km bridge and 9.6 km tunnel underneath the bay—the fourth-longest underwater tunnel in the world.

Driving Underwater - What intelligent engineering Aquaduct Veluwemeer Netherlands

Driving Underwater - What intelligent engineering! Aquaduct Veluwemeer, Netherlands

 

Indian-American teen invents 20-second charger

Indian-American teen invents 20-second charger an 18-year-old Indian-American girl has invented a super-capacitor device that could potentially charge your cellphone in less than 20 seconds.

 

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