By Tabi on March 6, 2010
10. Kara-Kum Desert, Uzbekistan / Turkmenistan
The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara Gum is a desert in Central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent, or 350,000 km², of the area of Turkmenistan. Covering much of present day Turkmenistan, the Karakum Desert lies east of the Caspian Sea, with the Aral Sea to the north and the Amu Darya river and the Kyzyl Kum desert to the northeast. In modern times, with the shrinking of the Aral Sea, the extended “Aral Karakum” has appeared on the former seabed, with an estimated area of 15,440 sq. The sands of the Aral Karakum are made up of a salt-marsh consisting of finely-dispersed evaporites and remnants of alkaline mineral deposits, washed into the basin from irrigated fields. The dusts blown on a powerful east-west airstream carry pesticide residues that have been found in the blood of penguins in Antarctica.
Image Credit: Marius Arnesen
Lets read about top ten world’s largest deserts.
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By Tabi on March 4, 2010
Called ‘Tiger Splash’, the event at Out of Africa Wildlife Park, in Camp Verde, Arizona, U.S. is a big hit with visitors. For 30 minutes every day a pair of the zoo’s six Bengal and Siberian tigers take to the 50ft pool for fun and games. The big cats launch themselves from the poolside and, with enormous paws outstretched, look like they could do some serious damage. But, despite appearances, these pictures actually show zoo keepers playing with the stripy creatures in the water.
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By Tabi on February 28, 2010
Born in 1970 in Fairfax, Virginia Mark Jenkins is an American artist most widely known for the street installations he creates using box sealing tape. His work has been featured in various publications including Time, The Washington Post, Reuters, The Independent and on the street art blog Wooster Collective. He has shown indoors in galleries in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Brazil and is represented by various galleries including Lazarides Gallery in London. Lets take a look at some of his incredible works, hope you will like!
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By Tabi on February 26, 2010
Squid
Squid are marine cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two longer tentacles. (The only known exception is the bigfin squid group, which have ten very long, thin arms of equal length.) Millions of years ago, prehistoric sea creatures swam Earth’s waters. Remains of these animals have been found near Australia, Germany, and in the Western Interior Seaway, a vast sea that once bisected North America.
Lets take a look at 12 most amazing sea monsters. Feel free to drop comments if you like these amazing pictures.
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By Tabi on February 25, 2010
Bizarre and Weird Roswell UFO incident was the alleged recovery of extra-terrestrial debris, including alien corpses, from an object which crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, USA, on or about July 8, 1947. Since the late 1970s the incident has been the subject of intense controversy and the subject of conspiracy theories as to the true nature of the object which crashed. The United States military maintains that what was actually recovered was debris from an experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon belonging to a classified program named “Mogul”; however, many UFO proponents maintain that in fact a crashed alien craft and bodies were recovered, and that the military then engaged in a cover-up. Roswell UFO Festival celebration involves an alien costume parade, an alien hot air balloon ride and an alien parade as well. Roswell UFO festival 2010 is scheduled on 1-4 July 2010.
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