The Incredible Sights of India |
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| India is a huge country with vast and beautiful landscapes. Everyone has heard of the exquisite Taj Mahal but have you heard about the colorful Meenaksi Amman Temple or the Blue City of Jodhpur? India has scores of hidden treasures. I was amazed to learn about some of these eye-popping temples and monuments. I can’t wait to visit… | ||||
| Meenakshi Amman Temple
If you travel to the city of Madurai, you can lay your eyes on the colorful Meenaksi Amman Temple. This towered temple is a vast complex of ten gateway towers, guarding the Hindu temple to the Goddess Parvati, and Shiva, her husband consort. Jantar Mantar
This colorful complex is an astronomical observatory in New Deli, built by orders of the Mahajara Jai Singh II in the 18th century. Root Bridges of Meghalaya
Surprisingly India is home to one of the wettest places on earth. The Meghalayan jungle is a mountainous subtropical forest with steady rain. The rivers are dangerous to cross so the locals creatively used nature to form a root bridge. Karni Mata Temple
Also known as the Temple of Rats, this beautiful Hindu temple in Deshnoke is home to 20,000 black rats. The rat infestation is encouraged by the locals as their presence is in memory of the Karni Mata, a Hindu sage. The Ajanta Caves
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Photography
Image of the day…” Save Me From Light …”
Save me from light
An astrophotographer’s lament, from the Muriwai hilltops in New Zealand.
Amit Kamble submitted this photo – which is beautiful, but sad, too – and which he captured in Muriwai, Auckland, New Zealand. He calls it Save Me From Light. He wrote:
Ever since Edison, Tesla and Hewitt set onto the journey of lighting up the world, we have lost darkness of the night sky with every bulb that was lit.
At first, it was the best thing that happened to mankind. You could now work at night and not have to depend on the sun.
But, with the technological boom and widespread of cities, we have overpowered darkness, and today we hardly have any place on Earth, were we are totally away from lights. This is light pollution and it is taking away our starlit nights. In near future we would not have any left and our children have to read about them in books or hear about how beautiful they from us.
We have to save the night sky, so coming generations can enjoy what we take for granted today.
Start using your lights efficiently. It saves dark sky, resources and your money.
This is an example of light pollution killing the beautiful night sky and taking away the beautiful sight of the Milky Way. This is a shot taken from Muriwai, hilltops. There are four street lights that are unshielded and are kept switched on all night. There are hardly anyone going around at that place, so would be a good idea to install timers or at least shield those lights.
Ideas to prevent light pollution, here.
Bottom line: Photo by Amit Kamble of a light-polluted area in the Muriwai hilltops in New Zealand.
SOURCE…………www.earthsky.org
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Imagine you are diving, and suddenly …..Watch this Video clip …!!!
Amazing video of whales surfacing – open-mouthed – under a diving expedition.
This 2013 video shows divers near Souza Rock on the central California coast, having a close call with two humpBack whales. Via Biologia com o Prof. Jubilut
Source…….www.earthsky.org and You tube
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Image of the Day….Progress 59 Launch on 28 April 2015…
An unpiloted ISS Progress 59 cargo craft launched at 3:09 a.m. EDT (7:09 UTC, 1:09 p.m. local time in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. At the time of launch, the International Space Station? was flying about 257 miles over northeast Kazakhstan near the Russian border, having flown over the launch site two and a half minutes before lift off.
Less than 10 minutes after launch, the resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned.
Russian flight controllers notified the crew members that Progress will make a two-day, 34-orbit rendezvous to the station instead of the planned four-orbit, six-hour journey after telemetry could not confirm the Kurs automated rendezvous antennas deployed.
The Russian cargo craft now is scheduled to arrive at the space station Thursday morning at approximately 5:03 a.m. EDT/9:03 UTC.
Image and launch details via NASA on G+
Bottom line: An unpiloted ISS Progress 59 cargo craft launched at 3:09 a.m. EDT (7:09 UTC, 1:09 p.m. local time in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying food and supplies for the International Space Station.
Source……www.earthsky.org
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Photos of Cricket….A Collection to Recollect Yesteryears’ Iconic Moments….
The moment when India won its first World Cup in 1983.
After Jimmy Amarnath took the last West Indian wicket of Micheal Holding, the crowd rushed in
. A tea break at Headingley in 1938. If this doesn’t prove that it’s an English game, what will?
David Shepherd’s famous hop, skip and jump…Whenever the score reached 111 or its multiples, David Shepherd performed his famous hop, skip and jump routine.
Trevor Chappell’s underarm ball when New Zealand needed 6 off the last ball.
The Australian bowler was instructed by his captain and brother Greg Chappell to deliver an underarm ball to Brian McKechnie as the Kiwis needed 6 runs off 1 ball at the MCG in 1981
Sir Donald Bradman gets out for a duck in his final innings, failing to reach an average of 100.
Don Bradman needed just 4 runs in his last match to reach an average of hundred but got out for a duck and retired with an average of 99.94.
Dennis Lillee had 9 slips deployed vs New Zealand in 1977.
Jonty ‘Superman’ Rhodes dives to dislodge the stumps and run out Inzamam in the 1992 World Cup.
Malcolm Marshall batting at No. 11 with a fractured hand.
Marshall came out with a broken hand to help fellow teammate Larry Gomes who was at 96. Gomes completed his century and Marshall managed a boundary. He also took 7 wickets for 53 runs.
Freddie Flintoff shows the spirit of the game as he consoles Brett Lee after England won by 2 runs.
Tony Grieg cradles Gundappa Vishwanath like a baby after Vishwanath scored a century.
One of the best Indian fielders in history, Eknath Solkar takes an amazing catch to dismiss Alan Knott at The Oval in 1971.
Two legends of the game separated only by time.
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in front of Sir Donald Bradman’s statue.
Source…….www.scoopwhoop.com
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Photos With Perfect Timing…!!!
Source….www.lifebuzz.com
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Mathematics in Nature …!!!
Nature Creates the Most Beautiful Geometry… |
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| I used to hate math when it was taught to me at school. It just never seemed to have a connection to real life. I forgot, you see, that the natural world makes use of mathematics all the time, and these fractal plants are just the proof of that. The language of God, as they say, is math. And so these beautiful plants (and one animal) represent both a real and a mathematical beauty.
Dahlia
Hoya Aldrichi
Aloe Polyphylla
Romanesco Broccoli
Amazon Lily Pad
Jeweled Carpet…
Fractal Cabbage
Sunflower
Spiraling Succulent
The Thinking Cactus
Camelia
Viola Sacculus
Chameleon Tail
Hoya Pubicalyx
Spiral Begonia
Hoya kerrii
Gorgeous Symmetry
Source…www.ba-bamail.com Natarajan |
Incredible Images of Macro Photography ….
A Tiny Wonderland in the Backyard
While studying for a degree in neuroscience, Nadav Bagim (A.K.A. Aimishboy) went through a period of introspection. He wasn’t sure whether he wanted to continue with his studies, leaving him in somewhat of an existential impasse. When his father gave him an SLR-like camera, Nadav’s life went in an entirely different direction.
Nadav taught himself how to use the camera and became fascinated with macro photography. He says that he only uses Photoshop to perform minor tweaks in his images and that his tiny models do the real work.
The Celestial Conductor
Moon River
The Offering
Life Inside a Snowglobe
Swirling
Winged Shadows
Piggy-Back Ride
Tickle Me
Hey There!
Waiting for the Princess
Sunrise Friends
Make Slime, Not War
Source….www.ba-bamail.com
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” I ‘am Sorry’ Written Across Brisbane Sky…” !!!
The words “I’m sorry”, followed by “I love you” were written across the Brisbane sky just after lunchtime on April 27. Photo: Michael Coombes/Twitter
It’s the question all of Brisbane wants answered: What on earth did he do to need to apologise in the sky?
Just after lunchtime on Monday, a skywriter plastered the words “I’m sorry”, followed by “I love you”, with the love signified by a heart, and two crosses for kisses, across the sky over the city.
Pictures of the airborne apology splashed across social media within minutes, with rumours flying about what somebody could have possibly done to warrant a gesture way that went beyond a bunch of flowers or make-up dinner.
The apology, as seen from the CBD.
The apology, as seen from the CBD. Photo: Daniela Sunde-Brown
The $4000 contrail confessional was carried out by Rob Vance of Skywriting Services Australia, based on the Gold Coast.
Mr Vance began the mercurial mea culpa at 12.58pm and finished it at 1.10pm.
“For us the words are back to front and upside down,” he said of the skywriting procedure.
“We’re working in three dimensions and can’t see what we’re doing, so it’s a bit tricky.”
Mr Vance said for now he could only confirm the person behind the apology was a man and an “interesting guy”.
But the man who requested it didn’t appear to be frantically lovelorn, he said.
“No, he was calm, cool and collected,” Mr Vance said.
While you can’t put a price on love, Mr Vance said the service usually charged $3990 for up to 10 letters or characters.
Interestingly, it’s not the first time Mr Vance has made a profit from someone screwing up.
“It’s usually along the same lines – someone saying sorry and that’s basically it,” he said.
“‘I’m sorry Barbara’ or something like that.”
The author and recipient of Monday’s message remain a mystery.
Mr Vance said he would check with his client to see if he could share the story behind the soaring sorry note.
“I’m sorry” appears over Brisbane. Photo: Amy Remeikis
Source….
Natalie Bochenski in
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au
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Selfie With a Zebra….!!!
Snapped … A German tourist has taken this incredible photo with a zebra. Picture: Reddit/LongTimeLurker90 Source:Supplied
A MAN has taken what could possibly be the best selfie ever, after a friendly zebra decided to pay him a visit in his car.
The German tourist who snapped the priceless pic said the animal, or as he called it, the ‘horse in a black and white suit trying to say hello’, was trying to find carrots.
LongTimeLurker90 posted the photo on Reddit with the caption ‘Got pulled over by a Zebra. Took a Selfie!.’
Social media users were quick to react.
‘So lucky if he got out of that unscathed. Zebras are notorious for being a**holes
of the animal kingdom,’ on person wrote.
‘Why can’t stuff like this happen to me? Oh yeah, because I don’t live in Africa,’ another added.
Since being uploaded the photo has been viewed close to 2 million times.
Source…..www.news.com.au
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