tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26280283355713144162024-03-13T14:26:15.403+07:00Hidden Unseenunseen hiddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184423756975053531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1369125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-9772439485841229052015-11-12T20:48:00.003+07:002015-11-12T20:48:46.190+07:00The Giant Waves at Nazare, PortugalThe pretty seaside town and resort of Nazaré on the west coast of Portugal remains crowded throughout the summer with tourists who flock to its long sandy beaches to relax, swim and surf. But when winter arrives, only the most serious thrill seekers stay. At this time, the beaches are dangerous. Massive waves up to 100 feet high regularly break along the rocky coastline.
Nazare’s monster waves murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-59493884508222937842015-11-08T13:10:00.002+07:002015-11-08T13:10:32.267+07:00The Elephant Foot GlacierThe Elephant Foot Glacier in northeastern Greenland, looks like a bowl of batter that has been poured over a pan. The sheer pressure of the zillion-ton ice has broken through the mountain and spilled into the sea in a near symmetric, fan-shaped lobe. Such glaciers are known as piedmont glaciers, and the Elephant Foot Glacier is a perfect example of it. Its shape is so distinct that it stands out murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-23858898367733256142015-11-06T19:28:00.001+07:002015-11-06T19:28:16.144+07:00Hand of Hercules in Amman, JordaniaTowering over Amman's modern skyline is the Temple of Hercules, located at the peak of a hillside in one of the ancient city's oldest quadrants.
Constructed between 162–166 A.D. during Marcus Aurelius' Roman occupation of Amman's Citadel, the great temple is larger than any in Rome itself. Its portico faces east and is surrounded by six 33-foot-tall columns. Measuring 100 feet long by 85 feet murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-16296721510208693882015-11-05T19:54:00.002+07:002015-11-05T19:54:24.618+07:0012 Most Incredible Warehouses & Factories in The WorldThis blog post is all about some of the the most incredible warehouses, storage facilities and factories from around the World. Check out these awesome photographs ranging from a wine cellar all the way through to an enormous warehouse where they build aircraft.
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1. DB Schenker's murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-7331455381490527542015-11-04T15:41:00.001+07:002015-11-04T15:41:17.724+07:00 Gyermekvasút - The Children’s Railways of Soviet Russia in BudapestIn the outskirts of Budapest, through the scenic Buda hills, run a short, narrow-gauge railway line called Gyermekvasút, which is Hungarian for “Children's Railway”. But Gyermekvasút is not a toy train commonly found in amusement parks. It’s a real railway line with real stations, real diesel locomotives pulling real coaches, and running on a real schedule. The “Children” here are not the murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-4764314038440729622015-10-23T15:17:00.001+07:002015-10-23T15:17:28.342+07:00Thermogenesis PhenomenonBetween late February and May, in woodlands and wetlands throughout eastern Canada and the northeast United States, you’ll find a low growing, foul-smelling plant called skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus). The skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to emerge in the spring when the winter snow is yet to melt. As the plant pokes its head out of the snow and starts flowering, it forms a small murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-74305890270502051562015-10-23T13:50:00.000+07:002015-10-23T13:50:05.585+07:00The Tree of Life in KalalochThere is an extraordinary tree in Kalaloch beach, within Olympic National Park in Washington, that some people call “the tree of life” because of the miraculous way it seems to be hanging on to life when it should have been dead years ago. The tree is located just north of Kalaloch Lodge, near the Kalaloch Campground, on a cliff that has partially caved in due to erosion — right under the tree. murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-36125646796859688242015-10-19T20:04:00.004+07:002015-10-19T20:04:56.328+07:00Unexploded Bombs Find Everyday Use in LaosThe Vietnam War ended 40 years ago, but left a deadly legacy, especially in Laos. The US military dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on the country during the war between 1964 and 1973, making Laos the most heavily bombed country in the world on a per capita basis. There were more than 580,000 bombing missions on Laos, equivalent to one bombing mission every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-30856729141834410802015-10-09T02:34:00.001+07:002015-10-09T02:34:19.690+07:00Ancient Roman City With a Very Modern Grid DesignThe ruins of Timgad lies on the slopes of the Aures Massif, about 35 km east of the town of Batna, in modern-day Algeria. Built nearly 2,000 years ago, by the Roman Emperor Trajan, the city is laid out in great precision and is one of the best surviving examples of the grid plan used by the ancient Roman city planners.
The city was originally founded as a military colony by the emperor Trajan murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-33940031649244522292015-10-08T23:27:00.000+07:002015-10-08T23:27:02.367+07:00Top 7 Highest Cities in the WorldLike the microscopic bacteria, human beings too have learned to evolve and flourish in extreme conditions – from the scorching heat of the Sahara to the freezing tundra of Siberia. Even in inhospitable, high mountains where life supporting oxygen is low, humans have been living for millennia. Some 140 million people live permanently at high altitudes above 2,500 meters or 8,200 feet, in the murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-29331209260066743872015-10-08T00:29:00.004+07:002015-10-08T00:29:52.835+07:00Progreso Pier - The Longest Pier in the WorldThe port city of Progreso, in the Mexican state of Yucatán, boasts of the longest pier in the world. Built with reinforced concrete, the pier juts out into the Gulf of Mexico for a distance of 6.5 km, and looks more like a bridge to some distant land. The unusually long length is necessary to allow large ships to dock since the Yucatan coast is very shallow. The limestone shelf that forms the murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-61622231213916432802015-10-07T19:18:00.004+07:002015-10-07T19:18:51.724+07:00A City That Includes Almost an Entire Ocean On July 2012, China announced a new prefecture-level city called Sansha whose seat of administration lies on what it calls Yongxing Island, in the South China Sea, some 350 kilometers southeast of Hainan Island. The island, known on international charts as Woody Island, is so small that the 8,900 feet long (2,700 meter) airstrip, which the Chinese military completed in 1990, sticks out nearly murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-47429356338872050402015-10-06T07:35:00.003+07:002015-10-06T07:35:49.427+07:00The Magnetic Island JabukaThe island of Jabuka, which means apple in Croatian, is a 97-meters-tall uninhabited volcanic island located in the Adriatic Sea, about 52 km west of the island of Vis. Jabuka, along with Brusnik, are the only two Croatian islands that are completely of volcanic origin. Together with Palagruza, that is only partly of volcanic origin, the three islands form an area called "Adriatic Volcanic murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-56403241431791098532015-10-05T23:38:00.002+07:002015-10-05T23:38:19.090+07:00Gold Museum and Legends of Inca's TreasureThe Gold Museum in Bogota is one of Columbia’s most important museums with an extraordinary collection of Pre Hispanic gold work on display. The museum has more than 34,000 pieces of gold, belonging to the indigenous cultures who lived more than 500 years ago, during the Inca Empire and long before it. The pieces on display represents the largest collection of pre-Columbian South American gold murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-30170709993459216762015-10-03T17:49:00.002+07:002015-10-03T17:49:39.875+07:00Monte Kali - Mountain of Table SaltMonte Kali is an unusual landmark in the small town of Heringer in eastern Hesse, Germany. It’s a spoil heap containing nothing but sodium chloride or common table salt, which is a byproduct of potash mining. For over a hundred years, potash mining has been a major industry in the region. It started with the opening of Wintershall potash works, which began mining in 1903, and today is the world’smurtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-5912555952520471252015-10-03T02:45:00.002+07:002015-10-03T02:45:21.973+07:00The Mysterious Marree Man
Etched into the dry sand of Australia’s barren outback is the world’s largest geoglyph, known as “Marree Man,” an enormous figure of an Aboriginal man hunting birds or wallabies with a throwing stick. Unlike other anthropomorphic geoglyphs found around the world, which were constructed by ancient civilizations, Marree Man was carved into the landscape only 16 years ago. However, its very murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-59923729249559170422015-10-02T17:19:00.001+07:002015-10-02T17:19:07.708+07:00The Dark Hedges aka Game of Thrones’ KingsroadEvery natural wonder is unique in its own way, so is the Dark Hedges in County Antrim’s Bregagh Road, Northern Ireland. What’s special about that long, dreamy tree-tunnel? It was a sole family project! Wonderful, isn’t it?
The Backstory
The Stuart family planted those beech trees along the both sides of the road leading to their Georgian mansion known as the Gracehill House in the eighteenth murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-67417743113219802292015-10-01T23:55:00.002+07:002015-10-01T23:55:49.434+07:00Cruise Ship On a Cliff in South KoreaPerched high above the shores on the costal cliff in Jeongdongjin, a South Korean tourist town known for having the best view of the sunrise, according to the website visitkorea.com, is a cruise ship that appears to have been mysteriously transported from the sea. That is Sun Cruise Resort & Yacht - the world’s first on-land cruise themed resort.
The hotel measures 165 metres in length, 45 murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-42893459658129472922015-10-01T04:37:00.001+07:002015-10-01T04:37:35.243+07:00Mysterious Phenomenon of Bamboo Flowering Bamboos are the fastest-growing plants on Earth. A typical bamboo grows as much as 10 centimeter in a single day. Certain species grow up to a meter during the same period, or about 1 millimeter every 2 minutes. You can actually see the plant grow in front of your eyes. Most species of bamboo reach maturity in just 5 to 8 years. Compare this to other popular hard woods that barely grow an inch inmurtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-60255521714868803002015-09-29T17:49:00.006+07:002015-09-29T17:49:58.283+07:00These Silica Rocks Resemble Beautiful Natural ScenesAgate is a crystalized form of silica, made up primarily of chalcedony, a type of quartz that is composed of very fine intergrowths of the minerals quartz and moganite. Agates form primarily in cavities of volcanic rock by the deposition of silica from groundwater that seeps through the rocks. Gradually layers of silicate material build up eventually filling the cavity completely. The layers murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-84825255708097689922015-09-27T03:16:00.002+07:002015-09-27T03:16:31.455+07:0010 Extinguished Nopes that You Should Really be Glad are Dead! Here are 10 extinct nopes that you should really be glad are dead.
1. Carbonemys:
With a name that means “carbon turtle”, what harm could this thing possibly do? Other than being carnivorous, being the size of a Volkswagen, having a head bigger than a football, and a razor sharp beak that can slice through other animals with ease, nothing much.
2. Arthropleura:
Perhaps one of the murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-83576339046161527642015-09-25T10:19:00.001+07:002015-09-25T10:19:21.408+07:00The Mingun Pagoda in MyanmarThe Mingun Pahtodawgyi or Minigun Paya in the town of Mingun, approximately 10 km northwest of Mandalay in central Myanmar, is a massive unfinished monument on the banks of the Irrawaddy river. The monument began construction in 1790 by King Bodawpaya, but had to be stopped before it could be completed. Had the monument been finished, it would have been the world’s biggest stupa. Even with just murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-24763278293118822772015-09-25T07:36:00.001+07:002015-09-25T07:36:32.580+07:00The Smoking HillsIn 1850, British Captain Robert McClure was sent on an expedition aboard the Investigator to the Arctic to search for the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin who had departed England five years earlier. It was the second search party who went looking for the 129-crew Arctic exploration team, and one of many dozens that were to follow for the next four decades.
The Investigator sailed north murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-62427152347525852052015-09-17T02:13:00.001+07:002015-09-17T02:13:37.715+07:00Pele's Hair and TearsPele's hair are naturally occurring fine fibers of volcanic glass that form when hot molten lava is thrown into the air during explosive eruptions. The strands are formed by the stretching or blowing-out of molten basaltic glass from lava, the same way a glassworker makes thin strands of glass threads by pulling a blob of molten glass. Pele's hair usually form in lava fountains, lava cascades, murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628028335571314416.post-25368077883595433742015-09-16T23:35:00.001+07:002015-09-16T23:35:18.712+07:00Zaatari Refugee CampWhen civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, more than three and a half million Syrians fled the country to the neighboring countries of Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq, to escape the violence. Overwhelmed by the increasing number of refugees that crossed the borders, the host countries began constructing temporary refugee camps with the aid of the United Nations. One such camp – the Zaatari murtadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084047605972255657noreply@blogger.com