Sunday, August 11, 2013

Seven Mile Bridge to Key West, Florida

 

 Seven Mile Bridge to Key West, Florida
Construction began in 1979. Finished in 1982 at a cost of $45 million, the Seven Mile Bridge was the longest segmental bridge in the world. It rises 65 feet for boat clearance, making it the highest point in the Florida Keys.
YouTube : 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRgW4PkMC4Q

The Mayan Temple water slide

    
The Mayan Temple water slide
Atlantis Bahamas has 15 million dollar marina, lagoons, waterfalls and the underwater ruins of Atlantis itself. An almost 60 foot vertical drop propelling riders at speeds of 35 miles an hour culminating with a pass through a clear acrylic tunnel submerged in the shark filled lagoon.
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Frozen Waves in Antarctica

Frozen Waves in  Antarctica ,  Michigan

Antarctica has had the coldest winter in decades . water expands to freeze and at Macinaw city the
water in- Lake Huron below- the surface ice was supercooled. it expanded to break through
the surface ice and froze into this incredible wave.
YouTube: Frozen Waves in Antarctica

World's Longest Limousine


    World's Longest  Limousine
The longest car in the world is better equipped than many Hollywood mansions, including luxuries like a large Jacuzzi tub, a sun deck, a helipad, a swimming pool (with a diving board of course), a king sized bed and a satellite dish, just to name a few.
While the limo isn’t actually street legal, it is mainly hired out for exhibitions and to be used in movies
YouTube :  World's Longest Limousine
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Monday, November 5, 2012

The Peacock Spider


It is a species of jumping spider.
The red, blue and black colored males have flap-like extensions of the abdomen with white hairs that can be folded down. They are used for display during mating: the male raises his abdomen, then expands and raises the flaps so that the abdomen forms a white-fringed, circular field of color
YouTube : Peacock Spider

Monday, October 22, 2012

20 meters Snowfall Road Japan

         
 20 meters Snowfall Road Japan
    
These are Japanese mountains 300 meters above the sea level. Winter here lasts from November to April with the snow layer at times reaching 20 meters. A lot of tourists travel to see this.From April to May, the road from Bijodaira to Murodo runs between up to 20 meter high snow walls. The snow corridor is most spectacular around Murodo.
YouTube : 20 meters of snowfall in Hokkaido

Friday, October 19, 2012

Puffer Fish

           
Puffer Fish

There are around 120 known species of puffer fish, the second most poisonous creature on the planet after the Golden Poison Frog. The puffer fish is found in tropical waters worldwide, but they rarely go into the cooler waters.
YouTube : Puffer fish Second Most Poison Creature

Cable walker on Zugspitze Mountain, Germany

          
               Cable walker on Zugspitze Mountain, Germany
A daredevil stuntman has scaled a 10,000ft mountain – by creeping up a two-inch thick cable car wire.
Freddy Nock took 90 minutes to edge to the top of the Zugspitze mountain in south Bavaria – without any safety equipment.
Nock, who began his highwire career at the age of 11, said of his 3,000ft long trek: ‘I don’t want to do it again, not without a balancing pole. It was exhausting.’
YouTube : Cable Walker Germany Moutains

Secret Natural Pool

          
Secret Natural Pool

Hamilton Pool Preserve is a natural pool that was created when the dome of an underground river collapsed due to massive erosion thousands of years ago.Hamilton Pool has been a favorite summer swimming spot for Austin visitors and residents. photo by Dave Wilson.
YouTube : Hamilton Pool near Austin, Texas

Touching relationship with Giant Shark

            
Touching relationship with Giant Shark
Like giant goldfish, these massive whale sharks don't mind being fed hand to mouth by their fishermen friends.
Photographed near Oslob in the Philippines, the groundbreaking images show close relationship previously not thought possible.
Captured by conservationist Shawn Heinrichs, the once-in-a-lifetime behaviour of the half dozen whale sharks up to 25ft long and the 12 or so fishermen draws gasps of disbelief from casual observers.
The food-based friendship centres around the brine shrimp the fishermen are catching and the trust between man and the world's largest fish is evident to see.
YouTube : Shawn Heinrichs Swim with Giants

Hidden Paradise in Mexico

            
      Hidden Paradise in Mexico

The 'Ik Kil' cenote is open to the sky with the water level about 26 metres (85 ft) below ground level. There is a carved stairway down to a swimming platform. The cenote is about 60 metres (200 ft) in diameter and about 40 metres (130 ft) deep. There are vines which reach from the opening all the way down to the water along with small waterfalls. There are black catfish which swim in the cenote.The cenote is part of a larger complex of a restaurant, store, changing rooms, and cottages for rent.
YouTube : Ik Kil, Yucatán, Mexico

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Preikestolen or Prekestolen, also known by the English translations of Preacher's Pulpit or Pulpit Rock, and by the old local nameHyvlatonnå (“the carpenter-plane’s blade”), is a massive cliff 604 metres (1982 feet) above Lysefjorden, oppos

         
Preikestolen or Prekestolen, also known by the English translations of Preacher's Pulpit or Pulpit Rock, and by the old local nameHyvlatonnå (“the carpenter-plane’s blade”), is a massive cliff 604 metres (1982 feet) above Lysefjorden, oppos
ite the Kjerag plateau, in Forsand,Ryfylke, Norway. The top of the cliff is approximately 25 by 25 metres (82 by 82 feet), almost flat, and is a famous tourist attraction in Norway.
The tourism at the site has been increasing, around 2012, the plateau was each year visited by between 150,000 and 200,000 people who took the 3.8 km (2.4 mi.) hike to Preikestolen, making it one of the most visited natural tourist attractions in Norway.

Waterfall Island, Alto Parana, Paraguay

       
  Waterfall Island, Alto Parana, Paraguay
Is there such a place on earth that is surrounded by waterfalls? Yes there is, Waterfall Island in Paraguay.

An elephant stands on its back legs to reach high leaves with its trunk in a forest at Mana Pools, Zimbabwe

        
An elephant stands on its back legs to reach high leaves with its trunk in a forest at Mana Pools, Zimbabwe

Death Begets Life

        
Death Begets Life

In this stunning capture by Ireena Worthy we see a small fir tree (which has become a bonsai) growing atop a dead log in the waters of Fairy Lake, which is near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Fairy Lake is a BC Forest Service campground located 110 km west of Victoria. It has an area of 82.3 acres (33.3 hectares) and it has a maximum depth of 18 feet and an elevation of 30 meters (98.4 ft.)

700 year old Iranian Home

        
700 year old Iranian Home

Allegedly, these homes in Iran, carved out of solid rock, were built on the order of 700 years ago and are still inhabited by people who have given them modern touches (you know, the little things like windows, doors, and electricity). Pretty impressive when you consider that houses in America barely survive a century without extensive maintenance.

Tree House, Norfolk, England

       
Tree House, Norfolk, England

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

      
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Rock Restaurant, Zanzibar

        
The Rock Restaurant, Zanzibar