World’s Most Dangerous Pedestrian Track

Whatever may have been delightful Chinese tea, it’s not somewhat that is generally associated with a surge of adrenaline and fear of death. Nevertheless, Mount Huashan in China able to combine and tea, and adrenaline, because the most dreadful and perilous pedestrian track in the world, where travelers get straight to the tea house at an altitude of 2160 m. It is highly recommended that which thing is to watch where you’re going and it is better not to look down. Together, these five peaks form the petals of a lotus. Trails have been bit more strengthened in view of the fresh influx of tourists, but, however, they’re still extremely dangerous and have a bad reputation. According to some data gathered they say that these trails drops to 100 people a year.

Mount Huashan is foremost laces for Taoists from the 2^nd century BC, when her foot was built Taoist temple. Since then, pilgrims and monks live on the mountain and around it. Entire network of trails lets them dangerous to get to five peaks, each of which built a religious building like a tea house. This dangerous path is the “glory” of its bad reputation, but it does not stop from multiple adventurers to test yourself. In various places, the natives also carved steps, making stairs with handrails. Of course, if adrenaline excitement still gripped you entirely, you can always take a break and relax in the chess house.

The Ring-Necked Snake (Diadophis Punctatus)

The Ring-necked Snake or Ring-neck Snake, Diadophis punctatus, is a species of colubrid snake found throughout much of the U.S, central Mexico, and southeastern Canada. Ring-necked snakes are secretive, nocturnal snakes, so are hardly seen during the day time. They’re somewhat venomous, but their nonaggressive nature and small, rear-facing fangs pose slight threat to humans who wanted to handle them. They’re best known for their distinctive defense posture of curling up their tails, exposing their bright red-orange posterior, ventral surface when threatened. Ring-necked snakes are assumed to be fairly plentiful throughout most of their range, though no scientific evaluation supports this theory. Because scientific research is lacking for the ring-necked snake, and more in-depth investigations are greatly required. It is the only species within the genus Diadophis, and presently 14 subspecies are identified, but several herpetologists question the morphologically based classifications.

The physical description describes this snake is the defensive display of a San Bernardino ring-necked snake and are fairly similar in morphology throughout much of their distribution. Its dorsal coloration is solid olive, brown, bluish-gray to black, broken only by a distinct yellow, red, or yellow-orange neck band. A few populations in New Mexico, Utah, and other distinctive locations do not have the distinctive neck band. Moreover, individuals may have abridged or partially colored neck bands that are hard to distinguish; coloration may also be more of a cream color slightly than bright orange or red. Head coloration tends to be slightly darker than the rest of the body, with tendencies to be blacker than grey or olive. Ventrally, the snakes exhibit a yellow-orange to red coloration broken by crescent-shaped black spots along the margins. Certain individuals lack the distinct ventral coloration, but naturally retain the black spotting. Infrequently, individuals lack both the ventral or neck band coloration, so the use of those two characteristics is the simplest way to distinguish the species.

The snake size also varies across the species distribution. Naturally, adults measure 25–38 cm and in length, except for D. p. regalis, which measures 38–46 cm. First-year juvenile snakes are normally about 20 cm and grow about 2–5 cm a year depending on the developmental stage or resource availability. Ring-necked snakes have flat scales with 15-17 scale rows at midbody. Males typically have small tubercles on their scales just anterior to the vent, which are generally absent in females. Ring-necked snakes are fairly common throughout much of the United States extending into southeastern Canada and central Mexico. Eastern populations cover the whole Eastern Seaboard from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence continuous through the Gulf Coast of Texas. Distribution moves inland into northern Minnesota, ongoing diagonally through the United States to include all of Iowa, eastern Nebraska, and most of Kansas. In the western United States, the distribution is meaningfully less continuous, with spotty, distinctive population segments through most of the Pacific Northwest. Populations extend from south-central Washington continuing along the extreme West Coast into Mexico. Population segments extend inland into western Idaho, through southern Nevada, into central Utah, and continuing south through Arizona and central Mexico.

Ring-necked snakes occur in an extensive variety of habitats. Preference seems to be determined by areas with plentiful cover and denning locations. Northern and western species are found within open woodlands close to rocky hillsides, or in wetter environments with plentiful cover or woody debris. Southern species exist mainly within riparian and wet environments, particularly in more arid habitats. Stebbins in 2003 recognized the species as a snake of moist habitats, with moist soil conditions the preferred substrate. Ring-necked snakes cannot found above an elevation of 2200 m. In northern regions, dens are also important in classifying suitable ring-necked snake habitat. Dens are typically shared communally, and are identifiable by an existent subsurface crevasse or hole deep enough to avoid freezing temperatures. Since it is a woodland reptile, it can also usually be found under wood or scraps. Because of hot weather, they tend to make holes and burrows, or they hide under rocks or any appropriate material. They are generally found in flatland forests.

Believe it or Not, But You've To Believe it

Overcoming her natural tendencies, a cat named Niu Niu from Suibin County, China was found by her owner, cat licking and embracing a group of chicks! The chicks were more than happy with their adoptive mother and proceeded to follow her around everywhere. This doesn't surprise at all because a calico cat that let pair of love birds eat and drink from her food and water and they slept perched on her side when she would lay down. There were times she would nudge them away from things as well lol. This is really an awesome, as everyone can learned something through this cat. We can able to overcome their natural tendencies that are im not so sure if they are bringing something useful to our life.

Magnificent Composite Image of the Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse

There's a good chance you have already seen this magnificent image pop up on your newsfeed or dashboard at some point. This lovely images has shared over 70,000 on Facebook and features on dozens of media outlets. The Texas-based photographer Mike Mezeul shot this recent blood moon lunar eclipse has officially gone viral. While several photographers went without sleep on April 15 in order to photograph the rare natural phenomenon, But Mezeul's photo is particularly unique & rare. The foreground comprises of a vibrant field of bluebonnets, contrasting gorgeously with the night sky. Shining above the field are images of the phases of the lunar eclipse, showing the moon's path across the sky throughout the night.

Therefore; creating the final image took a lot of time, persistence, and energy & effort. Mezeul first image the field of bluebonnets before midnight, and then he spent the next seven hours shooting the moon and its progression across the sky. After an extreme efforts and long night of shooting, he post-processed the photos and masked different shots of the moon phases into the image of the field. Obviously the final result is an outstanding composite image that highlights the attractiveness of nature and the night sky.

The “Blood Moon”

On April 15, 2014 the peoples around the world saw first total lunar eclipse. Which in resulting “blood Moon” was a quite thriller? Actually during the eclipse the moon's hue ranges from bright orange to blood red, and many thanks to sunlight that seeps through the Earth's atmosphere onto the moon's face. So the first of four “blood moon” eclipses lived up to expectations, proving an eerie sight across North and South America when the moon was illuminated a deep red. The four-stage wonderful event, recognized as a “Tetrad”, is also believed to mark the beginning of significant events and even the “end of the world” in some religions.

It is projected the next Tetrad cycle won't happen until 2032. The breathtaking sight occurs when the Earth's shadow passes over the moon and it will happen three more times over the next two years as part of this cycle. However; lunar eclipses occur multiple times in a year during a full moon, this eclipse is an exclusive lucky viewing opportunity for North America. The whole continent won't be able to witness a full lunar eclipse in its entirety again until 2019.

A lunar eclipse happens when the moon passes in the shadow of Earth. This is an area recognized as the umbra, where light from the sun is blocked by our planet. The light diverts inversely in the atmosphere and, as it hits the moon, it appears red. This gives upsurge to its “blood red” appearance during a whole eclipse, when the entire moon is in shadow. If it skirts the shadow, famous as a partial or penumbral eclipse, the effect is less dramatic.

This gives the misconception that the moon is changing phases in a matter of minutes instead of weeks. When the eclipse's is on peak, the moon enters the Earth's full shadow; the umbra. Now at this stage the Earth's atmosphere scatters the sun's red visible light; the similar process that turns the sky red at sunset. As a result, the red light reflects off the moon's surface, casting a reddish rust hue over it. It's not frequently to see our planet's shadow, but a lunar eclipse gives us a fleeting glimpse. During these rare events, the full moon rapidly darkens and then glows red.

At the eclipse's peak the moon entered the Earth's full shadow, the umbra. At this stage, the Earth's atmosphere scattered the sun's red visible light - the same process that turns the sky red at sunset. As a result, the red light reflected off the moon's surface, casting a reddish rust hue over it. 'It's a projection of all the Earth's sunsets and sunrises onto the moon,' it’s a very subtle effect, and if any part of the moon is illuminated in the sun, you can't really see it.

It’s not happen all the time, because the sky has to be clear and really gives you a best chance to look at the phases of moon changing. Otherwise you can miss the chance if clouds over it. However, some have faith in the eclipse has larger consequence. But this is not something that certain religious think tank has put together.

Moreover NASA has confirmed “Tetrad” has only happened 3 times in more than 500 years and that it's going to happen now. NASA has also confirmed the Tetrad started on Tuesday night and will end on September 28, 2015. The history tells us in 1493, the first Tetrad saw the expulsion and the 2nd happened in 1949, right after the State of Israel was created and the most recent one in 1967 happened during the Six-Day War between Arabs and Israelis. The final one happens on September 28, 2015, which is also during the Feast of the Tabernacles.

Source: Huffingtonpost  and Dailymail