Monday, 29 October 2012

Chudnite Mostove a rock phenomenon situated near the Zabardo village West Rhodope mountain,Bulgaria.


Chudnite Mostove (The magnificent Bridges) a rock phenomenon situated near the Zabardo village West Rhodope mountain,Bulgaria. The "bridges" were shaped by the destructive activity of the once high-water river. It transformed the marble clefts into a deep water cave, the ceiling of which whittled up through time and collapsed, allegedly during an earthquake. Geologists presume that the water carried the debris away. As a result, the two left over bridge-shaped boulders remained. The adjacent area is timbered by century-old conifers, largely spruces. In the past the bridges had been one entire cave, formed under the erosive activity of the river waters. Parts of it were collapsing with time, forming majestic marble bridges. The huge bridge is about fifteen meters wide in its wider parts and almost hundred meters long. It consists of three arches, as the largest one is 45 meters high and 40 meters wide. The small bridge is at a distance of 200 meters from the large one along the river current. It is blocked, 60 meters long, with total height of 50 meters, and the height of the arch is 30 meters. There is also a really small third bridge after it, which is a ponor cave, in which the waters of Erkyupriya River disappear, to become visible again on the surface 3 kilometers farther.

Saturday, 13 October 2012

Huge Mysterious Eyeball Found on Florida Beach


Maybe reminiscent of the infamous Montauk monster, a massive eyeball has washed up on a Florida beach as if Florida needed anything else weird. It looks an awful lot like the huge squid eyeball we recently found on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Smithsonian. The strange eye washed up on Florida’s Pompano Beach, where it was found by a beachcomber. Instead of whisking it away, as was the case in Montauk, the fine citizen handed it over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Scientists will use genetic testing to try to figure out who the eye belonged to. The primary suspect right now is that it would be a big fish, such as a swordfish, tuna, or deep-water fish. It most likely is a squid eye other things with eyes that big fish, cetaceans have them imbedded in hard tissue. Squid eyes are in comparatively soft tissue and more likely to dislodge as in the photo you sent. A quick DNA analysis could easily sort it out for you. That appears to be bones around the eye, so that would rule out a squid.


Wednesday, 10 October 2012

THE ASIDUS "MOON MELON" IS A FRUIT WE ALL WANT

"That is a Moonmelon, scientifically called as asidus. This lovely fruit grows in some parts of Japan, and it’s recognized for its strange blue color what you most likely don’t know about this fruit, is that it can switch flavors after you eat it, everything sour will taste sweet, and the whole thing salty will taste bitter and it gives water a strong orange-like taste, this fruit is very expensive and easily called lavish fruit, and it coasts about 16000 JPY (which is about 200 dollars)" 

Ant Snapped in a tiny sphere of water


Trapped in a small just right sphere of water, this inauspicious ant is unable to escape. A sudden downpour gave it no time to take cover, and photographer Adam Gormley was there to depict the image. Adam, from Noosaville, Queensland, Australia, had been photographing spiders in his neighbor’s garden when the rain came down. He had no thought there was an ant in one of the three millimeter droplets until he watched the images later. Adam said: I was thinking it some dirt inside the drop, and it was not my main focal point, I really liked the way the drop was sitting on the aloe-vera leaf, with the tiny hairs. When I uploaded the image to my PC with large view, and I think I shouted out loud in pleasure when I realized what I'd captured by accident!

Saturday, 22 September 2012

Rainbow Roses

The Rainbow roses were shaped by Dutch flower company owner Peter VanDe Werken, who formed them by developing a method for injecting natural pigments into their stems while they are growing to make a striking multicolored petal effects. The dye are produced from natural plant extracts and absorbed by the flowers as they grow. A particular procedure then controls how much color reaches each petal- with stunning results. By treating the stalk with natural pigments, Van De Werken has managed to make each petal a different color. The pigment is absorbed and travels to the petals where it modifies their hue.


Lighting is hotter than the surface of the sun

Lightning can be up to 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is almost two times the surface temperature of the sun! If lightning is so burning, why is it that we get our energy from the sun? Though lightning is scorching hot, its radiant energy pales in comparison with the sun’s. Whereas it’s true that lightning can set a tree on fire, the distance to its target must be very undersized for it to feel the full heat of lightning. The sun’s core though is close to 15 million degrees Fahrenheit!

“Brinicle” The Icicle of Death

An unusual underwater phenomenon they called “icicle of death” has been filmed by BBC crew in Antarctica. This has equipped with high end time-lapse cameras, the group recorded salt water being excluded from the sea ice and sinking down to the ocean floor. The temperature of this brine is less than 0C, leading water to freeze in an icy casing called “brinicle.” When “brinicle” met the sea bed, a web of ice formed that froze the whole thing it touched, as well as sea urchins and starfish. The strange phenomenon was filmed for the first time by cameramen Hugh Miller and Doug Anderson for the BBC One series Frozen Planet. The icy phenomenon is mainly caused by cold, sinking brine, which is more-dense than the rest of the sea water. It forms a brinicle as it contacts warmer water below the surface. It’s a bit of a race against time because no-one really knew how fast they formed. The location underneath the ice offs the foothills of the volcano Mount Erebus, in water as cold as -2C – really not easy to access.


Monday, 10 September 2012

China's mysterious 'river of blood'

The Yangtze River, China’s longest river, suddenly turned a red colour over the last few days. As of yet, scientists are unsure as to why. Although the source of the problem is unknown, I think we can rule out a couple of possible explanations. For instance, biological activity is often offered as a cause of discolouration of water bodies. However, in this instance, I would be inclined to say that this is not the problem. Intrusion of colour causing bacteria is usually the result of a decrease in oxygen concentration of a water body. But, as this is a river, and by definition is free moving, a significant decrease in oxygen levels on this scale is unlikely. I would also think an algal bloom is an unlikely cause, the main microorganisms that cause large discolourations or “red tide” are predominantly marine based, and of course, this is fresh water.

On the other hand, one cause that could most certainly be valid is industrial pollution; the surrounding area of the river is home to China’s largest industrial centre. Since the phenomenon has happened so quickly, it is possible that it is the result of a large release of chemical dyes into the river at some point upstream. But this will not be confirmed till analysis is complete.

If it is not found to be the direct result of a pollutant release, I would be inclined to attribute the problem to Acid Mine Drainage. AMD, can occur when water flows over or through sulphur-bearing materials forming solutions of net acidity. It is mainly associated with abandoned coal mines and currently active mining. An iron percipitate is formed and is the cause of a red/orange discolouration. Of course, there are many other probable causes; the addition of red clay to the water is one. But, whatever the prognosis, this event shows how sensitive water bodies are to changes in their environment.

Sunday, 26 August 2012

New Hover Vehicle Recalls ‘Star Wars’ Bike

A resurrected hover vehicle won’t fly through dense forests as easily as the “Star Wars” speeder bikes from “Return of the Jedi,” however its user friendly controls may one day permit anyone to fly it without pilot training. The aerial vehicle resembles a science fiction flying bike with two ducted rotors in place of wheels, however comes from a design abandoned in the 1960s due to balance and rollover problems. Aerofex, a California-based firm, set the stableness issue by creating a mechanical system controlled by two control bars at knee-level which allows the vehicle to react to a human pilot’s leaning movements and natural sense of balance. Consider it as lowering the threshold of flight, down to the domain of ATV’s (all-terrain vehicles),” said Mark De Roche, an aerospace engineer as well as founder of Aerofex.
This kind of automatic controls may permit physicians to fly future versions of the vehicle to pay a visit to rural patients in places without roads, or enable border patrol officers to go about their duties without pilot training. Everything comes about involuntarily without the need for electronics, let alone complicated artificial common sense or flight software. It basically captures the translations between the two in three axis ( pitch, roll and yaw), and also triggers the aerodynamic controls needed to counter the movement which lines the vehicle back up with the pilot,”
Since the pilot’s controlling movements are reasonable and continuous, it performs out quite very easily to him. But Aerofex would not plan to instantly develop and promote a manned version. Rather, the aerospace firm observes the aerial vehicle as an experiment platform for new unmanned drones — heavy-lift robotic workhorses that may utilize the similar hover technology to work in agricultural fields, or effortlessly provide supplies to search-and-rescue teams in rough terrain. Perhaps the soldiers or Special Forces may employ such hover drones to carry or deliver heavy supplies in the constrained spaces between buildings in cities. U.S. Marines have actually begun testing robotic helicopters to provide supplies in Afghanistan.
The hovering drones will not fly as successfully as helicopters due to their shorter rotor blades; however their completely enclosed rotors have the benefit of a much smaller size and protection near humans. They are really much less effective than a helicopter, that has the advantage of larger diameter rotors,” De Roche explained. “They have exclusive performance advantages, however; since they have verified flight within trees, near walls and under bridges. Aerofex possesses presently limited human flight testing to a height of 15 feet in addition to speeds of around 30 mph, however more out of caution rather than due to any technological limits. Earlier versions of the hover vehicles can fly about as quickly as helicopters, De Roche said. Flight testing in California’s Mojave Desert led to the presentation of a technical paper regarding Aerofex’s achievements at the Future Vertical Lift Conference in January 2012. The firm ideas to fly a second version of its vehicle in October, as well as make an unmanned drone version for flight testing by the end of 2013.