Hats off to whoever made this. This website is amazing. Select start and destination points, it will show you the way, by all modes of transport.
The Route with map, to any destination in the world by Air/Bus/Train
Just click on link below and proceed furtherSource……..input from a friend of mine
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The Colorful Pink Mosque |
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When it comes to historical buildings, we usually imagine castles, towers, bricks and mortar. Rarely do we think about the colors it might have.
Here’s an exception. The Nasir Al-Molk Mosque was built in 1876 in Shiraz, Iran. The specialized stained glass windows were built to capture the morning light and create a glorious and colorful display of light on the building’s floor, earning it the name “Pink Mosque”.
At certain times of the day, it seems like this building contains all the colors in the world. It also uses traditional Islamic architecture styles, such as iwan arches, a central fountain etc. However, the stained glass windows are a rarity in mosques, with another example being the famous blue mosque in Istanbul.
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Here’s a couple of sisters doing an extremely convincing impression of a chameleon with the help of some amazing bodypaint:
It’s the work of renowned bodypaint artist Johannes Stötter, who has won a stack of awards for his work, including a world championship in 2012. He recently released the making of Chameleon onto YouTube so we could see it magically come to life:
It has been nearly two years since Stotter last hit internet fame with another of his creations on YouTube, The Frog, which is actually pieced together by five women.
If you like that,head over to his website where you’ll find around 100 more mind-blowing prints. Or, if you prefer, his Facebook page.
While his animal creations get most attention, Stotter’s landscape works are just as incredible:
SOURCE………www.businessinsider .com
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We believe that smart ideas can turn the city into a better place. Like a dancing traffic light that makes people wait and watch rather than walk through the red light. FOR more safety. #WhatAreYouFOR
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This is the world famous Kailasa temple at Ellora and let’s look objectively into who could have built this amazing structure. By the end of this video, I hope you will agree with me that our history is completely wrong, and that this temple was built by a very advanced civilization.
What is so special about this temple? This temple was not constructed by adding stone blocks, but an entire mountain was carved to create this temple. This is the only example in the whole world where a mountain was cut out from the top, to create a structure. In all the other temples and caves, even in Ellora and the rest of the world, the rock was cut from the front and carved as they went along. The whole world has followed a rock cutting technique called “cut-in monolith” while Kailasa temple is the only one that has used the exact opposite technique called “cut-out monolith”.
To see why this rock cutting technique is so different, let’s take a look at this pillar that is over 100 feet tall. See how small human beings look when compared to this pillar. Normally, to create such a huge pillar, it would take years of work, carving accurately on the huge rock. But this pillar was carved by scooping out all the pieces of mountain around it. You can imagine the amount of rock, which has been removed to create this pillar.
Historians and archaeologists are confused because of the sheer amount of rock that was removed in this temple. Archaeologists confirm that over 400,000 tons of rock had to be scooped out, which would have taken not years, but centuries of human labor. Historians have no record of such a monstrous task and they think that it was built in less than 18 years.
Let us do a simple math and see if historians could be right. I am going to assume that people worked every day for 18 years and for 12 hours straight with no breaks at all. I am going to ignore rainy days, festivals, war time and assume that people worked like robots ceaselessly. I am also going to ignore the time taken to create intricate carvings and complex engineering design and planning and just focus on the removal of rock.
If 400,000 tons of rock were removed in 18 years, 22,222 tons of rock had to be removed every year. This means that 60 tons of rock was removed every day, which gives us 5 tons of rock removed every hour. I think we can all agree, that is not even possible today to remove 5 tons of rock from a mountain, every hour. Not even with all the so called advanced machines that we have. So, if it is not humanly possible, was it done by humans at all? Was this created with the help of extraterrestrial intelligence?
Now, forget about creating such an extraordinary structure. Can human beings at least destroy this temple? In fact, Aurangzeb a Muslim king employed a thousand workers to completely demolish this temple. In 1682, he ordered that that the temple be destroyed, so that there would be no trace of it. Records show that a 1000 people worked for 3 years, and they could only do a very minimal damage. They could break and disfigure a few statues here and there, but they realized it is just not possible to completely destroy this temple. Aurangzeb finally gave up on this impossible task.
Note that this attempted destruction is very similar to another mysterious structure called The Menkaure’s pyramid in Egypt. Another Muslim ruler wanted all the pyramids to be destroyed, and started his work from the Menkaure’s pyramid. After years of trying, he was only able to make a small dent on the pyramid. He gave up too. Were all these indestructible structures around the world created by extraterrestrials? Is that why human beings are not even able to destroy them?
In fact, archaeologists agree that Kailasa temple was created before any other temple in the Ellora cave complex. Could this have been built centuries before human beings started carving other temples nearby? Is this why the architecture, the design, and the size is so much better and bigger than other temples? If it was built by humans, it is logical to expect that the rock cutting techniques and design would become better over time. People would gain more experience and knowledge and make better structures in the future. However, the Kailasa temple is the oldest and the biggest temple carved with engineering perfection.
Unlike other temples, the Kailasa is the only temple that is visible from the air. Out of 34 temples, all carved side by side, Kailasa stands out and you can see it while flying over it. Is this just a coincidence? Or was it designed for people to see it from the air, like Nazca lines of Peru? Even on Google earth, the aerial view of Kailasa temple clearly shows an X mark. This is how it looks from the top; you can see a circular design that is studded with 4 lions that create this huge X mark. Was this created as a signal for extraterrestrials, who can spot the location while flying?
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Screengrab from YouTube video uploaded by IIT Bombay
On April Fool’s Day, Google pranked users with its Pacman doodle, Uber said it has launched supercars and Ola launched a fictional helicopter ride service for Rs. 499/hour.
But, guess whose prank is still getting major online props, even two days later?
It’s the one by IIT Bombay, whose video has been viewed over 3 lakh times on YouTube.
Students used hidden cameras to film others on campus picking up 100-rupee notes lying on the ground. When they unfold them, there’s a bit of a twist.
Watch the video here to find out (or scroll down if you just want to read about it)
The currency notes have a message on them-“It takes equal effort to pick up a piece of garbage. #PickItUp.”
Well played, IIT Mumbai, well played.
Source:::: http://www.ndtv.com
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What science fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote in his 1941 short story “Reason” speculating space stations to transmit energy to Earth using microwave beams may become a reality soon, if Chinese scientists have their way to build ambitious solar-power generating station somewhere up in the sky.
Wang Xiji, a scientist who had spent 50 years on the concept at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an International Academy of Astronautics member, says Asimov’s fiction is possible and revealed that China is planning to ahead with the idea.
The huge solar power station to be built 36,000 kilometres above the ground will not only solve the energy crisis on the earth but also save the planet from the vagaries of greenhouse gases and pollution, says an upbeat Wang, whose dream concept is gaining currency of late.
The enormity of the project is, however, too huge surpassing the known mega-projects like the US Apollo project or the US-Russian joint project — the International Space Station. So huge that it may look like a super spacecraft on a geosynchronous orbit with its solar panels extending more than 6 kilometres in length each.
The solar panels will store the energy which will be converted to microwaves or lasers and transmitted to a collector on Earth, explain scientists.
Wang, 93, who is a veteran in the concept told Xinhua: “An economically viable space power station would be really huge, with the total area of the solar panels reaching 5 to 6 sq km. Maybe people on Earth could see it in the sky at night, like a star.”
Moreover, space-based solar panels produce ten times as much electricity as ground-based panels produce per unit area, says Duan Baoyan, another member of the team at the Chinese Academy. “If we have space solar power technology, hopefully we could solve the energy crisis on Earth,” Duan said.
But there is more than that. Mere solar energy and cheaper energy is not the focus but it can change the strategic power balance on Earth. Wang reiterates that the first inventor of the technology “could occupy the future energy market. So it’s of great strategic significance.”
In the past, Japan and the US did explore the possibility and dropped the idea due to enormity of the project that enhances energy production by just 10 times. Japan has already made lead in the development of wireless power transmission technology.
Secondly, the weight of such space power station would be anywhere in the range of 10,000 tons and you need not just a rocket launcher but an asteroid to carry it to space. So, the question is whether China is willing to undertake the challenge.
“We need a cheap heavy-lift launch vehicle,” says Wang. “We also need to make very thin and light solar panels. The weight of the panel must be less than 200 grams per square metre.”
On the positive note, Wang says: “When space solar energy becomes our main energy, people will no longer worry about smog or the greenhouse effect.”
Source:::: http://www.microfinancemonitor.com
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A gaping volcano, a sheer cliff, dragons and goblins and gates to heavenly kingdoms – all opening before you as you walk down these sidewalks, those lucky sidewalks that got to bear these wonderful chalk drawings that come to life before you eyes!
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A Handmade Palace of PebblesWhen French postman Ferdinand Cheval walked his route, he would collect pebbles and put them in his wheelbarrow, taking them home with him. It all began when Ferdinand tripped over a strangely-shaped rock, which he then decided to pick up and take home with him. In 1879, Ferdinand’s hobby became a real project – once he was done with his work, he would work on constructing his pebble palace through the night. 33 years later, Ferdinand finally completed his palace, now known as Le Palais ideal.
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A report by the Siberian Times has detailed one of Russia’s more outlandish schemes to date: a super motorway that would connect the eastern border of Russia with Alaska in the United States. The highway would make it possible to drive from the United Kingdom to the US, with help from ferries, tunnels, and trains.
The plan, unveiled at a meeting at the Russian Academy of Science and presented by the head ofRussia Rail Vladimir Yakunin, also calls for a high-speed railway to be built alongside the motorway. Both routes would support new cities and industries created as a result of the construction, the Siberian Times writes.
The development is called the Trans-Eurasian belt Development (TEPR). That name doesn’t sound very catchy, so instead we’re going with the International Road of Russia (IRR). If it were really built, it would mean you could drive (with help from the Eurostar and the Panama Canal) from the top of the UK, say Wick in Scotland, to the very bottom of South America, Cape Horn.
Here’s our rough interpretation of the route (the new railway would help cars hop across the Bering Strait, we think):
Alongside the train track and road, pipelines for oil and gas and new electricity and water supply lines would be put in place. The network would total around 12,400 miles. The aim is to link Asia with Europe as it would run from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Cities most people haven’t heard of, such as Yeketerinburg and Irkutsk, would be joined up as a result of the plan.
The road would follow a similar path to the Trans-Siberian railway — but would stretch even further, crossing the Bering Strait to Alaska. It remains unclear what the US would think about that….
Here’s the Trans-Siberian railway:
And here’s a Siberian road. It’s part of the Kolyma Highway in a remote part of the country.
The Kolyma Highway in Siberia.
Russia sees the project as essential to spurring development within the region, the Siberian Times explains.
Yakunin said at the meeting: “This is an inter-state, inter-civilisation, project. It should be an alternative to the current (neo-liberal) model, which has caused a systemic crisis. The project should be turned into a world ‘future zone’, and it must be based on leading, not catching, technologies.”
The Russia Rail chief said he estimates the cost of the new venture would be in the trillions. He argued that the project’s economic benefit would outweigh the money spent.
Vladimir Fortov, the Head of the Russian Academy of Science, said the scheme is “very ambitious and expensive,” reports the Siberian Times. But he added: “It will solve many problems in the development of the vast region. It is connected with social programs, and new fields, new energy resources, and so on. The idea is that basing on the new technology of high-speed rail transport we can build a new railway near the Trans-Siberian Railway with the opportunity to go to Chukotka and Bering Strait and then to the American continent.”
The Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia, which runs from Moscow to Vladisvostok and stretches across 6,152 miles. It takes seven days to travel.
SOURCE:::: http://www.businessinsider.com.au
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