Superb Snap

Here is an amazing snap of a rainbow going end to end over the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

  

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Michael Jackson - How he would have looked...

I got a very different picture of late Michale Jackson. This picture shows how originally MJ would have looked in the year 2000. Amazing imagination!!!

The African Road Safari - IV

The African Road Safari - III

Asking for lift??

The African Road Safari - II

Elephants wandering. See the lil one.

Ohh!!! We can imagine the size of elephant from this picture.

The African Road Safari - I

The tourism industry in Africa is booming. Whenever we think of Africa, a thought of African Safari flashes into our mind. Isn't it? Below are some pictures where African animals are wandering on roads and tourists are enjoying African Road Safari.

Ohh! Cheetah on road!!!

It's tiger this time. Well, its very dangerous to get out of your vehicle.

Cheetah again

Is that Hippo???

Ohh GOD! Rhino!! you cant drove past him. By the way who is on Safari?

Nature Wonders - Blue Holes

Blue holes are giant and sudden drops in underwater elevation that get their name from the dark and foreboding blue tone they exhibit when viewed from above in relationship to surrounding waters. They can be hundreds of feet deep and while divers are able to explore some of them they are largely devoid of oxygen that would support sea life due to poor water circulation - leaving them eerily empty. Some blue holes, however, contain ancient fossil remains that have been discovered, preserved in their depths.

Nature Wonder - Columnar Basalt

When a thick lava flow cools it contracts vertically but cracks perpendicular to its directional flow with remarkable geometric regularity - in most cases forming a regular grid of remarkable hexagonal extrusions that almost appear to be made by man. One of the most famous such examples is the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Ireland (shown above) though the largest and most widely recognized would be Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Basalt also forms different but equally fascinating ways when eruptions are exposed to air or water.

Nature Wonder - Sailing Stones | Moving Stones | Moving Rocks of the death valey

The mysterious moving stones of the packed-mud desert of Death Valley have been a center of scientific controversy for decades. Rocks weighing up to hundreds of pounds have been known to move up to hundreds of yards at a time. Some scientists have proposed that a combination of strong winds and surface ice account for these movements. However, this theory does not explain evidence of different rocks starting side by side and moving at different rates and in disparate directions. Moreover, the physics calculations do not fully support this theory as wind speeds of hundreds of miles per hour would be needed to move some of the stones. Some stones travelled in one direction for some distance then changed the direction and travelled some more distance. No stone is moved in summer. All movements are said to be occured in winter.

Parrot Flower - Very rare flower from Thailand

Here are the pictures of a very-very rare flower - Parrot flower.  As the name suggests, this amazing flower looks like parrot. This is very rare species of flower. It can be seen only in Thailand. Parrot Flower  is not allowed to be exported. So, you can see it only in a picture in other parts of the world.

After looking at this flower on can't argue that 'Nature is a great artist.' Isn't it?

If you want more information about Parrot Flower, you can visit www.ExoticRainforest.com and look for plant with botanical name Impatiens psittacina. Yes!! Impatiens psittacina  is the botanical name of Parrot Flower.

 

World's First flying Hotel - Hotelicopter (Some more pictures)

"The Hotelicopter features 18 luxuriously-appointed rooms for adrenaline junkies seeking a truly unique and memorable travel experience.Each soundproofed room is equipped with a queen-sized bed, fine linens, a mini-bar, coffee machine, wireless internet access, and all the luxurious appointments you'd expect from a flying five star hotel. Room service is available one hour after liftoff and prior to landing." 

The Hotelicopter is due to fly maiden journey this summer(June 26th) with an undisclosed price...

If you are interested? There are three fly tours.

Inaugural Summer Tour - 14 days (Friday, June 26th, 2009 - Friday, July 10th, 2009)

California Tour - 14 days (Friday, July 17th, 2009 to Friday, July 24rd, 2009)

Bay/Jamaica, European Tour - 16 days (Friday, July 31st, 2009 to Sunday, August 16th, 2009)

World's First flying Hotel - Hotelicopter

Hotelicopter has come up with a great concept of hotelling. They have designed a giant helicopeter. This helicopter is so big that it will serve as a hotel with all luxuries in it. Following are some of the computer generated images of the hotelicopter. The images will make you admire the imagination and creativity.

Looks like a 4 story building designed to fly. Isn't it?

-: Dimension's Claimed :-

Length: 42 m (137 ft)

Height: 28m (91 ft)

Maximum Takeoff Weight: 105850 kg (232,870 lb)

Maximum speed: 255 km/h (137 kt) (158 miles/h)

Cruising speed: 237 km/h (127 kt) (147 miles/h)

Original Mi Range: 515 km (320 mi)

Hotelicopter's augmented Mi Range: 1,296 km (700 mi)