Monday, October 8, 2012

BIGGEST AIR PLANE

             
BIGGEST AIR PLANE
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and, due to its size, many airports have had to expand their facilities to properly accommodate it. Designed to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large-aircraft market, the A380 made its initial flight on 27 April 2005 and entered initial commercial service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines. The aircraft was known as the Airbus A3XX during much of its development, before receiving the A380 designation.


Role Wide-body, double-deck jet airliner
National origin Multi-national
Manufacturer Airbus
First flight 27 April 2005
Introduction 25 October 2007
with Singapore Airlines
Status In service
Primary users Emirates
Singapore Airlines
Qantas
Lufthansa
See Operators section for others
Produced 2004–present
Number built 81 as of September 2012
Unit cost US$389.9 million[3] (approx. €300 million or GB£252 million)

Imagine living for 122 years and 164 days: Jeanne Calment lived for 44724 days and she had the longest confirmed human life span ever.

              
Imagine living for 122 years and 164 days: Jeanne Calment lived for 44724 days and she had the longest confirmed human life span ever.

French Spiderman scales Burj Khalifa

           
French Spiderman scales Burj Khalifa

Meet Alain Robert, the “French Spiderman”, who climbed the world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa in a little over 6 hours!

Most people behind bars – United States

             
Most people behind bars – United States

United States is the world’s uncontested leader. With 2.2 million people behind bars it has 5% of the world’s population but 25% of the world’s incarcerated population. China comes in second place at 1.5 million and Russia comes third at 870,000.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - JUNCTION OF TWO RIVERS !!

               
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - JUNCTION OF TWO RIVERS !!

This incredible photograph we see the junction of the Rhone and Arve rivers in Geneva, Switzerland. The river on the left is the Rhone, which is just exiting Lake Lehman. The river on the right is the Arve, which receives water from the many glaciers of the Chamonix valley before flowing north-west into the Rhone on the west side of Geneva, where its much higher level of silt brings forth a striking contrast between the two rivers.

The ocelot

               
ocelot also known as the dwarf leopard, is a wild cat distributed extensively over South America, Central America, and Mexico.

The ocelot is similar in appearance to a domestic cat. Its fur resembles that of a clouded leopard or jaguar and was once regarded as particularly valuable. As a result, hundreds of thousands of ocelots were once killed for their fur. The feline was classified a "vulnerable" endangered species from 1972 until 1996, and is now rated "least concern" by the 2008 IUCN Red List.

Pantheon in Rome, Italy + the temple of Lysistrata, Portugal.

                
Pantheon in Rome, Italy + the temple of Lysistrata, Portugal.