Forgotten Beauties of the Sea (70 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       24 Dec 2010       19119

Once known to be the prides of the sea, these ships are now abandoned and forgotten by most of us because of uncontrolled circumstances such as lack of manpower and poor maintenance. The sad thing is these ships were never restored and were left to rot on sea or land. Take a look of the pictures below and see the sad fate of these once-beautiful ships.

 

Forgotten Beauties of the Sea
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Camels in the Sea? (12 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       18 Dec 2010       9378

Yes, this dessert with its multitude of shipwrecks used to be the Aral Sea, full of aquatic animals and ships taking cargos to different destinations. The Soviet Union began to use the waters in irrigation projects until it was all gone, leaving just the blowing sands and shipwrecks.

Camels in the Sea?
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Sweet Sandwiches (20 pics)

Posted in       24 Sep 2010       13796

These sandwiches have to be some of the strangest ever made. Not that they wouldn’t necessarily be good. With these sandwiches you get your meal and your desert all rolled into one. Not so good for those watching their weight I wouldn’t think.

 

Sweet Sandwiches (20 pics)
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What Is Hidden in the Picture? (33 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       23 Sep 2010       18289

You think there is nothing, however it is right in front of you.

 

What Is Hidden in the Picture? (33 pics)
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Porcelain Desert (30 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       29 Jul 2010       13515

Porcelain desert or the glistening white sands is like no other place on earth. This awesome natural wonder is located in New Mexico. Amazing wave-like dunes of gypsum sand are engulfing 275 square miles of desert creating beautiful dune field. Porcelain desert officially known as White Sands National Monument is the biggest gypsum dune field in the world.

 

Porcelain Desert
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Burning Man Festival 2009 in the Nevada desert (35 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       8 Sep 2009       41594
Burning Man is an eight-day annual event held in the Black Rock Desert, in Northern Nevada. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening. The event is described by many participants as an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance.
The event was open from the last Monday in August until Labor Day (August 31st to September 7th 2009, so yesterday). In 2008, 49,599 people participated in Burning Man, in 1986, it was only 20 people on a small beach in San Francisco…
It is all about art, music and performance and this year, the theme was “Evolution”.


Burning Man Festival 2009 in the Nevada desert (35 pics)
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Have you heard anything about the Kopp-Etchells effect? (30 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       1 Sep 2009       21154
In fact, the Kopp-Etchells effect is a new name.
It was named after two soldiers who died in Afghanistan in July 2009. The Kopp-Etchells effect is a result of dust striking helicopter blades as they take off or land at night, causing a bright 'halo' effect around the spinning rotor disk.
So, if it happens at night, you can watch an amazing show.
Take a look at pictures.


Have you heard anything about the Kopp-Etchells effect? (30 pics)
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Huacachina - another great destination for summer vacations (38 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       9 Jul 2009       22259
Huacachina is a small lost paradise located in the desert of the Ica region, in south-western Peru. There are only 115 inhabitants (1999).
The particularity of this village is that it has been built around a small natural lake in the desert called the "Oasis of America.”
The two main activities in addition to swimming are sandboarding and taking dune buggy rides on sand dunes that stretch several hundred feet high.
Going on vacations in an oasis is rather cool and frankly, I would be glad to spend one week or two over there this summer!


Huacachina - another great destination for summer vacations (38 pics)

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The beauty of the desert (42 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       29 Jun 2009       12511
It’s interesting to see that such a beauty lies in hostile environments as deserts. After the jump, you will see a selection of beautiful black and white photos of sand dunes.

The beauty of the desert (42 pics)
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