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Archive for May 24th, 2012

Incandescent Sun- like you have never seen it before

May 24, 2012

Incandescent Sun

Solar Dynamics Observatory – SDO images in the 171 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet, show plasma in the solar atmosphere, called the corona, that is around 600,000 Kelvin.   Credit SDO NASA

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Noah’s Ark in Ma Wan Park

May 24, 2012

Noah's Ark in Ma Wan Park

A full-scale replica Noah’s Ark is seen near a motorway bridge at Ma Wan Park, Hong Kong. The Ark is used as a Theme Park, was built by the Kwok three billionaire brothers.  Image credit: Wikimedia

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How the new Nuclear Supercarrier Category is build

May 24, 2012

A three-dimensional rendering of Gerald R. Ford’s build sequence, the Navy’s first aircraft carrier to be completely designed using a 3-dimensional product model.

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Layered Bedrock in Nili Fossae, Mars

May 24, 2012

Layered Bedrock in Nili Fossae, Mars

In this image from HIRISE sattelite, we can see the Nili Fossae region contains some of the best exposures of ancient bedrock on Mars.   Image credit NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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BMW voted most valuable car brand

May 24, 2012

BMW brand

BMW replaces Toyota as world’s most valuable brand and is the world’s most valuable car brand in the BrandZ Top 100 Global survey. BMW‘s estimated brand value of $24.6 billion has risen 10 percent over the past year.

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Where the weird things are- Socotra, Yemen

May 24, 2012

A desert rose anchors itself on the Maalah cliffs, Yemen

Isolated Socotra, 220 miles from mainland Yemen, is home to a panoply of strange plants and animals uniquely adapted to the hot, harsh, windswept island.   Above: A desert rose anchors itself on the Maalah cliffs, in the company of more than 300 other rare plant species on Socotra. In the distance lies Qulansiyah, one of the island’s largest towns.  Image ©Mark W. Moffet / National Geographic

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Gravity-Defying Elephant Sculpture

May 24, 2012

Nasutamanus by French artist Daniel Firman

The elephant titled Nasutamanus, created by French artist Daniel Firman, performing a horizontal balancing act with its trunk. Giving us the impression that the enormous animal is hovering over the ground.

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World’s Largest Swimming Pool

May 24, 2012

Crystal Lagoon at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile

The Crystal Lagoon at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, has been officially recognised by The Guinness Book of Records, as the largest swimming pool in the world . The pool is big enough to sail a boat on, is over a kilometer long and as deep as 35 meters.

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