Thursday, June 30, 2011

Aran and Orkney Island

 

Aran and Orkney Island, two islands in Scotland this is the secret history of the most important treasure. These two islands located in the cold Scottish sea, two islands attract tourists with a number of castles, ruins, stone circles and ancient temples. If you like the medieval period. Both of these islands must exist in the list of your visit.






Geyser

Geyser is a kind of hot springs that burst periodically, removing the hot water and steam into the air. The name geyser comes from Geysir in Haukadalur, Iceland. The word became a verb gjósa Icelandic language, "gush".

Geyser formation depends on the specific hydrogeological conditions are found only in a few places on Earth, and therefore Geysers is a rare phenomenon. About 1000 exist around the world, about half of Yellowstone National Park, USA. Bursts of activity of the geysers may stop due to precipitation of minerals in the geysers, earthquakes, and human intervention.

Ejection of liquid nitrogen has been observed on the moon of Neptune, Triton. In addition at the south pole of Mars is covered with ice, there is the possibility of carbon dioxide sembuaran. This phenomenon is also often called the Geysers, but not caused by geothermal energy, but heating by the sun and the greenhouse effect. On Triton, the nitrogen can be sprayed with a height of 8 km.


Niagara is a great waterfall

Niagara is a great waterfall on the Niagara River at the international boundary line between the states of the United States New York with the Canadian province of Ontario. This waterfall is about 17 miles (27 km) north northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (120 km) southeast of Toronto, Ontario.

Niagara is the name of a group of three waterfalls. The third waterfall is a waterfall Horseshoe (sometimes referred to as the waterfall Canada), waterfalls America, and the smaller Bridal Veil waterfall that is separated by an island called Luna Island from the main waterfall.

 Niagara waterfalls are very wide and most popular in the world. More than 6 million cubic feet (168,000 m3) of water per minute were dropped and this is the most powerful waterfall in North America.

Niagara is also famous for the beautiful rainbow that crossed in the middle of the swift waterfall. Of natural beauty found around Niagara makes millions of people from every part of the world visit it every day.



Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Henan-China


Henan is a province in the People's Republic of China. Its capital is Zhengzhou. Henan is so called because of their geography a majority in the south of the Yellow River basin. Joint Henan Hebei is the center of ancient Chinese civilization, became a strategic place contested by the rulers of old.


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Stonehenge


Stonehenge is a building that was built in the time of the Bronze and Neolithic. He is located adjacent to Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, about 13 kilometers (8 stone) northwest of Salisbury. Stonehenge includes land surrounding the pond building a large stone standing upright in the sphere, known as megaliths. There is controversy regarding the actual age of the stone circle, but most archaeologists estimate that most of the building of Stonehenge made ​​between 2500 BC to 2000 BC. Roundabout pond soil and trench forming phase of the Stonehenge monument Development earlier from the time around 3100 BC.


At the beginning of the 20th century, most of the stones were no longer standing. This is probably due to the many tourists who climb the Stonehenge at about the 19th century because of their great curiosity. Since then, there have been three stages of renovation to restore the stone tilted or upside down, and to restore the stones into place carefully. Indirectly, this means no longer form the original Stonehenge as originally stated in the promotion of tourism. Conversely, as the other historical relics, the stages of renovation has been done.
Stonehenge is the name given to the memorial, known as a henge consisting of confinement or a circle with a trench in the embankment. As often happens in archaeological terms this is a term legacy of the rulers of ancient Stonehenge and should not be classified as a henge in fact, caused his pond is at the side of the trench. Although the same age as the time henges Neolithikum resembling Stonehenge, Stonehenge may have a relationship with another stone circle located in the British Isle as Ring of Brodgar but trilitonnya size makes it unique as an example.


Friday, June 24, 2011

City of Satan Moguicheng in Xinjian Province, China

 In China, there is a town called Xinjiang. In this city, there is a neglected area which is called by people who are "Moguicheng" or city of the devil (Devils' Town). There are several palaces / mysterious old castle. But the existence of the castle that became an attraction for the travelers to not miss a unique experience in the region is full of mystery, with all the other strange phenomena. The main attraction of this Moguichang region does not lie in the area or its natural beauty, but of the mystery that was there, which has been known from time to time nearly a thousand years ago.
If you visit there on the day hot and sunny, and with a slight breeze sepoi2, you hear a rhythm that is very strange and mysterious. Strange sound that is not clear where asalanya. You will listen to the rhythm of sweet, like 10 million or 10 million small bell guitar playing along with indahya. But if the winds came, then the resulting sound will be like a roaring lion, a baby crying or howling wolves.


 Until now, this phenomenon remains a mystery. Nothing reveals the mystery of what exactly is causing the sound of that. Myth that they are the voices of ghosts. However, although a bit scary, this place is still one of the most interesting places to visit on holiday.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Easter Island

 Easter Island, this island is between Tahiti and Chile, and gained international popularity because of remarkable colossal statue shaped the human face. Each statue is 14 feet tall (about 4 meters), weighs about 14 and made of volcanic stone, and is the handiwork of Rapa Nui society. Until now not known how the statue was made with primitive technology owned by the community. There are various theories about the origin of the statue and its meaning, including one of which is a fantastic theory which says that the statue was made by a UFO. But, until now the truth of all the existing theory has not been revealed. Will you be one who can reveal it?




Saturday, June 18, 2011

Acid Lake Rio Tinto in Spain

This is one very strange natural phenomena. As you can see the color of lake water is very strange that is orange, or rather like the color of rust on iron. Extremely acidic lake water is rarely the case. But in Spain this phenomenon is found.
Tentative conclusions of the experts is a strange color in the lake water in the Rio Tinto sebabkaan by aerobic micro-organisms kind of extremophile bacteria.



Friday, June 17, 2011

Aurora Borealis, Arctic

Aurora Borealis, The Northern Light is a light colored adorn the night sky around the northern polar regions such as Norway, Finland, Russia, and Canada. Elongated shape like a bow or a curtain-like space that lies in the extent of highway and sometimes even like scarves angels are dancing on Khayangan so there is a myth that states the Aurora as The Dance of the Spirits, aka the dance of the spirits in the world else there.

Aurora Borealis name derived from the name of the Roman god, the goddess of dawn and Aurora Boreas, the Greek god who controlled the north wind.

We can see the Aurora Borealis at night in the months change of seasons like the September-October and March-April.Aurora Borealis emitting a greenish tint and reddish tinge as the sun rising in the night.

There are several scientific theories about Aurora:
• Aurora Electrons originating from the light emitted by the sun.
(Kristian Birkeland, 1900)
• Aurora is the flow of radiation belt (Radiation Belt / leaky bucket theory)
(James Van Allen -1962)
• Aurora produced by the solar wind particles that carry the Earth
to the top of the atmosphere. 



'Gates of Hell' [The Door To Hell], Turkmenistan

There is a strange phenomenon in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. Near the remote village, inhabited Derweze 350 people, there is a crater roughly 60 meters in 20 meters. The crater is constantly fire and burned for 38 years.

By locals, this smoldering crater called Darvaza Gas Crater or more well-known as the 'Gates of Hell'. These craters can be seen from a distance of several kilometers.

This is not a natural phenomenon, but rather the result of industrial accidents. In 1971, a Soviet drilling rig accident on an underground cave that stores natural gas in large quantities. It causes the ground to collapse and the whole rig drilling into it. Toxic natural gas leaking from the hole.

To overcome the potential environmental disaster, the Soviets set up a hole. The crater is not stopped burning since then.


Thursday, June 16, 2011

Meteor Crater, USA

 Meteor Crater is a crater of 50 meters which are formed due to the fall of meteorites, and meteors contain a lot of nickel. It is located about 43 miles (69 km) east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States.
The place was called Meteor Crater, because it was close to the post office name. Meteor Crater is reportedly formed since 50,000 years ago in the Pleistocene period when the local climate became cooler and wetter. At that time there was a vast grassland and forests, inhabited by woolly mammoths, giant sloth mashed, and camels. Perhaps the area was not inhabited by humans.


The Great Dune of Pyla, France

 The desert is synonymous with Africa at all, and we know that Europe has no deserts, sand dunes at best only mediocre. But this assumption is wrong. Europe appears to have a unique dune Pyla ie, the length of 3 km, width of 500 m and a height of 100 meters. This very steep sand hill overlooking part of this hutan.Tempat famous for being the place of paragliding activity. Besides the uniqueness of the dunes, which is also amazing is the surrounding landscape from the heights where we could see the sea and forest. Because the dunes are much higher than the forest, so that from the dunes we could see everything.




Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Socotra, Yemen





Socotra, Republic of Yemen is the most bizarre and most unique in the world. Almost everything there looks weird, from the shape of the tree and its environment, it's no wonder many are calling Socotra in the Republic of Yemen as one of the alien nest in the world.

The place is very isolated, other dry climates than others. This anomaly may cause plant life or anything on there grew strangely. Call it a well-known plants such as the Dragon's Blood Tree is strange, very unusual shape, looks like an umbrella. This tree produces red sap.

There also exist animals native animals, like birds, spiders and other native animals. Not to mention the rocky reef as well, whose shape is not common and there is only on the island. With all the strangeness content of the island, do not be surprised if Socotra, an island at sea arab, entered in the Heritage of World Heritage.