Picture of the Day

Posted in PICTURES       2 Jun 2011       6608

The President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff makes the chief Raoni burst into tears by approving the Belo Monte dam construction that will destroy 400,000 hectares of forest in the Amazon area and expel 40,000 people of indigenous communities.

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Antigravity Goats (2 pics)

Posted in ANIMALS       21 Sep 2010       19033

I wonder why a hydroelectric dam would attract these goats. It looks so surreal, and it definitely has less food than the plain grass!

 

Antigravity Goats (2 pics)
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Chinese Dam Put to the Test by Floods (7 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       18 Aug 2010       12109

Check these pictures of a dam spitting huge blasts of water because of floods formed by heavy rains.

Really impressive!

 

Chinese Dam Put to the Test by Floods (7 pics)
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Protection from a natural disaster (5 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       8 Jul 2009       8209
Let's look at the most famous modern dams from around the world.
Especially, I liked the last one. It makes me think of a famous phrase: “You won't pass!” n_sm_19


Here's how the British hold back the waters from flooding London...


Protection from a natural disaster (5 pics)
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