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Amazing Photos of Michael Loaffer… Simply Superb !!!

February 7, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The Amazing Travels of Michael Loffer

Michael Loffer is suffering from depression. His way of dealing with this debilitating affliction is to travel the world and snap photos of remarkable sights that many people will never get to behold. Mr. Loffer has been travelling the world for the last three years, and the photos he has taken are simply sublime. To see more of Michael’s amazing photos, visit hisFacebook page.

Ta Prohm, Cambodia

Annapurna, Nepal

Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Hongcun, China

Singapore

Annapurna, Nepal

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Maya Bay, Thailand

Machu Picchu, Peru

Colca Canyon, Peru

The White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand

Cartagena, Colombia

Jaisalmer, India

Sapa, Vietnam

Zhangjaijie, China

Lijiang, China

Annapurna, Nepal

Huacachina, Peru

Pokhara, Nepal

Paracas, Peru

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Sapa, Vietnam

Tyrona National Park, Colombia

Jaipur, India

The Great Wall, China

Lijiang, China

Sri Lanka

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Catba Island, Vietnam

Zhangjiajie, China

Li River, Yangshuo, China

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Image of the Day… Rare triple transit of Jupiter’s moons…!!!

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The images were taken with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 on January 23, 2015.

Hubble captures these moons in great clarity they can also be seen here on Earth with a small telescope or even a decent pair of binoculars.

The images on the left shows the Hubble observation at the beginning of the event. On the left is the moon Callisto and on the right, Io. The shadows from Europa, which cannot be seen in the image, Callisto, and Io are strung out from left to right. The images on the right shows the end of the event, approximately 42 minutes later. Europa has entered the frame at lower left with slower moving Callisto above and to the right of it. Meanwhile Io — which orbits significantly closer to Jupiter and so appears to move much more quickly — is approaching the eastern limb of the planet. Whilst Callisto’s shadow seems hardly to have moved Io’s has set over the planet’s eastern edge and Europa’s has risen further in the west. Image via NASA/ESA

Jupiter’s four largest moons are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, known as the Galiliean moons, after the 17th century scientist Galileo Galilei, who discovered them. Their complete orbits around Jupiter range from two to 17 days in duration. The moons can commonly be seentransiting the face of Jupiter and casting shadows onto its layers of cloud. But seeing three of them transiting the face of Jupiter at the same time is rare, occurring only once or twice a decade.

Missing from sequence of images is the Galilean moon Ganymede which was outside Hubble’s field of view.

The moons of Jupiter have very distinctive colors. The smooth icy surface of Europa is yellow-white, the volcanic sulphur surface of Io is orange and the surface of Callisto, which is one of the oldest and most cratered surfaces known in the solar system, is a brownish color.

Bottom line: New images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on January 23, 2015 capture a rare occurrence as three of Jupiter’s largest moons – Europa, Callisto and Io – parade across the giant planet’s banded face.

Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers ….?

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Bird brain eh?

Crows are known to be very smart birds. Some first nation people called the Crow “the great Joker.”

The Pacific Nations included the head of a crow on their totems……..

This crow is using its Bird Brain…

                This is beyond good………this is stunning.

                Watch this crow work out the puzzle.

                 Please turn sound on!

SOURCE::::: http://www.funstuffpeoplesendme.wordpress.com and http://www.youTube.com

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” Not Photos of Flowers… Then What Else … ” !!!

February 6, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The Flower People

If you’re like us, then at first glance, these may look like photos of flowers to you, but in actuality, this is an artistic display of skill by body artists and dancers alike, together creating beautiful ‘human flowers’ that make use of many colors, shapes and designs.

These forms are a beautiful expression of imagination and ability, to make something our eye is not accustomed to see. No doubt that as an art, these photos create something new and fascinating.

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“This Man on CellPhone Misses a Memorable Moment …” !!!

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Instragram photo by Eric J. Smith

Constantly on his cell phone, this unidentified man at Redondo Beach in California, USA, missed spotting a humpback whale, an endangered species, when it obligingly appeared right next to his sailboat.

But photographer Eric Smith didn’t. He then share this photograph on Instagram on February 4 using the hashtag #ABC7Eyewitness.

Smith said that he was barely 50 feet away when he captured this moment while the man on the sailboat missed it completely.

“Hey dude! Stop texting. There’s an enormous humpback whale two feet from your boat!” the caption read on Smith’s post, which has received nearly 800 likes.
“A few weeks ago, a small private sailboat manoeuvered really close to the whales, and this guy on it was literally sitting in that position and never moved. He could have been texting his mom in the hospital for all I know, but I thought it sucked that he missed such a wonderful moment happening just two feet in front of him,” Mr Smith told ABC News.
Most Instagram users are feeling sorry for this man. So are we.

SOURCE::: http://www.ndtv.com

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” This Dog Lives with his Two Tiger Best Friends…”

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Yes. You read that headline right. This dog lives with two tigers, and they’re all okay with it.

When Tontong, the tiger cub, was diagnosed as ‘lonely’ by the the officials at Tianjhingu zoo in Tongling, they decided to find him a playmate. In came Huang Huang the puppy, who was around the same age as the cub, and thus thought to be perfect company for Tontong. Later, they introduced another tiger cub to the friend circle, Huan Huan.

The NY Post quotes a spokesperson for the zoo, “When Tontong was born, his mother turned against him so we had to separate them. But we could tell he was lonely so we decided to introduce him to Huang Huang, who is the same age. It’s amazing but seven years have gone by and they are all like brothers. They play, sleep and eat together.”

The zoo officials also claim that even when the tigers are in a bad mood and pick fights with each other, they are always careful not to hurt the smallest of the lot – Huang Huang. He may be the odd one out here, but this dog seems to be the king of this particular enclosure.

Located in China’s Anhui province, the zoo’s unusual cage-rules seem to be generating a lot of local and worldwide interest. There seem to be those who are left speechless at the bond between the three ‘brothers’, as the zoo officials put it; but there are also those who are horrified by it.

SOURCE:::: http://www.ndtv.com

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Trans Asia Plane Crash….A survivor’s Version ….

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A MAN who survived the fatal TransAsia Airways crash in Taiwan has told how he could not let his son die.

Lin Mingwei’s two-year-old son Lin Riyao had already spent more than 100 days in hospital after nearly losing his life due to being born premature.

“I absolutely can’t lose him again,” Mr Lin told Apple Daily, Taiwan.

He spent three minutes trying to find his son, whom he located in the murky waters of the Keelung River in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Scene of devastation … The front section of the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane is lifted onto the Keelung river bank in New Taipei City. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

He was taken immediately to hospital where his condition is understood to serious but stable.

Mr Lin’s wife has also suffered a number of broken bones and is being treated in hospital.

Mr Lin said the family had switched seats on the plane “out of a hunch” that saved their lives, the United Daily News said.

“The family originally sat in the heavily damaged left side but Lin Mingwei felt uneasy after he heard noises before taking-off and requested to switch seats,” the report quoted Dai Bi-chin, a friend of the family, as saying after visiting them in hospital.

Their new seats put them next to a crack in the plane after it crashed, and the newspaper said Lin was able to pull his wife to safety and then revive his son after spotting him in the water, blue and unresponsive.

Rescuers in rubber rafts pulled 15 people alive from the wreckage of TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 which took off at 11.53am local time from Songshan Airport with 58 passengers en route to the nearby Taiwanese-controlled Kinmen Islands.

The ATR 72-600 aircraft hit a road bridge in New Taipei City and plunged into the river within three minutes of takeoff.

A distressed child is rescued … a man cradles a young boy who was on the crashed TransAsia Airways plane. Picture: Apple Daily / Taiwan Source: News Corp Australia

Experts lauded pilots Liao and Liu suggesting their actions might have prevented further lives being lost..

“This pilot decided to land in a narrow river without buildings because there is a residential area nearby. He did all he could do,” Liao Linghui, a Taiwanese aviation expert told SET News, adding that he felt the plane’s captain was a hero.

The pilot was applauded by aviation experts for apparently steering the plane away from populated areas and high-rise buildings to avoid causing more damage with the aircraft which had 53 passengers and five crew on board.

“Based on the flight path, the pilot deviated and tried to avoid obstacles. The pilot apparently made a conscious effort to avoid further and unnecessary casualties by ditching in the river. It was a very courageous move,” Hong Kong-based aviation analyst Daniel Tsang told AFP.

Emotional citizens posted their praise and condolences on social media sites. “I believe the pilot managed to steer the plane away from high-rise buildings, he is a hero,” Gin Oy, a writer and actress, said on her Facebook page.

Captain Liao is a former military pilot and the father of a nine-year-old boy.

“If the aircraft is coming down the pilots aim for open spaces where they and the passengers might survive,” said David Learmount, from Flightglobal magazine. He added that it may have been a stroke of luck to land in the river.

“They pulled the nose up to try to haul it over the top of the buildings, but when the aircraft has almost stalled, that would stall the wings completely and instead of going up, you go down more steeply.”

PILOT MAYDAY

Experienced pilot … The crashed TransAsia Airways pilot Liao Jianzong. Picture: Apple Daily / Taiwan Source: News Corp Australia

Saved … Rescue personnel (in helmets) help passengers as they wait to be transported to land from the wreckage of a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop

plane that crash-landed into the Keelung river in New Taipei City. Picture: AFP / SAM YEH Source: AFP

Tragic … Passengers’ belongings are placed in front of the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane on the Keelung river bank in New Taipei City. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

SOURCE:::www.news.com.au

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Picture of the Day…. ” A Blue Bird Drinking Water…”

February 6, 2015Natarajan1 Comment

A bluebird takes a drink

A big thank you to our friend Janet Furlong for sharing her photo with us!

Isn’t this an amazing shot? Besides being beautiful, it’s also a cool look at the architecture of the bluebird’s wing.

SOURCE:::: http://www.earthskynews.org

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Stephan Brusche: The Banana Artist….!!!

February 5, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

One can forgive Stephan Brusche for playing with his food. This surprising artist has managed to transform one of my favorite items of grocery into works of art I would never part from. He doesn’t just draw or cut up the bananas, but uses both to create scenes and sculptures both whimsical and inventive. I think he’s top notch, and I’ve enjoyed being surprised again and again by his creativity.

See some more of his terrific works on his Website, Facebook page orInstagram.

Diapers Help Your Plants Grow … !!!

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Why Do Gardeners Buy Adult Diapers?

When you hear about “adult diapers”, your first thoughts usually have nothing to do with gardening. While this is understandable, after watching this video, you will very likely change the way you think of them.

In this video you’ll see how to use new, or “gently used”, diapers to;

– Make a “super gel” for better gardening
– Cut your watering schedule in half
– Help fresh cut flowers last longer and look awesome
– Start growing seeds the lazy way
– Protect your plants from overwatering and under watering

WARNING: The results, depictions and claims portrayed in this video are based on the limited experiences I had to test the claims prior to production. All information is believed to be true and correct at time of publication, and no information or results have been found to indicate otherwise. Individual results may vary depending on location and application. Use of video content is at own risk.

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GRAND THOMPSON …. ” THE KING OF RANDOM”

Special thanks to my friends Scott & Brendo for letting me use their song (“Photographs” – Instrumental). If you like their music, you can download it here: http://bit.ly/ScottBrendoiTunes

Project inspired by: Kipkay (Crazy Diaper Gag!): http://youtu.be/Sk8r8Vo4U_M
and Steve Spangler (The Baby Diaper Secret – Sick Science! #018): http://youtu.be/VTU3JNAlOG8

I love the idea that simple resources can be utilized to help meet our basic survival needs, or help optimize systems with just a shift in thinking, and repurposing our trash. Water and time are both very important resources, and when both can be conserved with very little effort, it’s a major win.

The next time you have a damaged or defected diaper that you’re just going to throw away, why not rip it apart and try some of these experiments for yourself? Just make sure it hasn’t been used for it’s original intended purpose first!

SOURCE:::: http://www.ba-bamail.com and You Tube

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