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Friday, April 10, 2015

10 Amazing Places On Earth You Won’t Believe Are Real


10 Amazing Places On Earth You Won’t Believe Are Real Our world is so full of wonders that new and amazing places are discovered every day, be that by professional photographers or amateurs. Different geographical locations, climatic conditions and even seasons offer the widest variety of natural wonders: pink lakes, stunning lavender or tulip fields, breath-taking canyons and mountains, and other places you can hardly believe actually exist! Some of the pictures in this collection will be of all natural sights you can find while traveling around the world, while the others have experienced human interference – but even in these cases, the result of such collaboration is spectacular. The Japanese learned how to tame thousands of orchids and form a romantic tunnel out of them; another one was formed all the way in Ukraine by a passing train; and what eventually ends up as hot tea in our mugs, first grows in stunning tree fields in Asia. No wonder that traveling in one of the best forms of recreation – even looking at these pictures takes your mind to far away places… And yes, all these places are real! Let’s take a look at the top 10 amazing places on earth you won’t believe are real! 10 – Lake Hillier, Australia 9 – Deadvlei, Namibia 8 – Zhangye Danxia Landform, China 7 – Enchanted Well, Brazil 6 – Mount Roramia, South America 5 – Turquoise Ice, Lake Baikal, Russia 4 – Chocolate Hills, The Philippines 3 – The Crystal Caverns, Mexico 2 – Eye Of Sahar – Africa 1 – Tianzi Mountains, China

Saturday, March 7, 2015

20 interesting boring machines

Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich, donated money for a giant tunneling machine to build a tunnel between Russia and Sarah Palin’s house when he was governor of the adjacent region to Alaska.

The Wikipedia entry for Tunneling Machines and the entry for Civil Engineers in the UK Yellow Pages have something in common, they both read: “see boring”. Doubly ironic, since boring is one of the most interesting projects for civil engineers, and the machines used to do the job are spectacular.

The set here includes a variety of shield tunnel boring machines, TBMs, including those for celebrated projects such as Yucca mountain or the Channel Tunnel. Perhaps the most ironic of all is the Air Force TBM, a machine for digging deep underground, owned by the people who defend the skies.

 
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US Air Force Tunneling Machine
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New York Subway (actually LIRR) Tunnel Digging
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Nevada Nuclear Test Site Tunneling Machine
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Giant Tokyo Bay Tunneling Machine
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Worlds First Triple Face Tunneling Machine
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James Bay to Lake Superior Tunnel Boring Machine
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Swiss Alpine Pass Tunneling Machine
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TBM emerging After 2.5 Years Boring Through Yucca Mountain
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Original Machine from 1922 Channel Tunnel Attempt
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Enormous 50ft Groene Hart TBM
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Worlds largest the 50ft TBM for tunneling underneath the Yangtze River in China
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Various Lovat TBM Tunnel Breakthroughs
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19th Century Channel Tunnel Machine Proposal
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Beautiful image of a Tunneling Machine in Iceland
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Elbe Tunnel Head overlooking Flea Market in Hamburg
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Tunnel Machine Cutter Sculpture in Yokohama
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New York Subway Tunnel Machine Cutter
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Head of Gotthard Base Tunnel Machine in Switzerland
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GIant TBM, Possibly for Niagara Tunnel Project
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Tunnel Linking Russia and Sarah Palin’s House

Monday, March 2, 2015

10 Most Expensive Perfumes In The World

Since the ancient times, perfumes and natural scents have been around, bringing lovely and reminiscent smells to living spaces, skin and hair. Although, we have had the ability to create perfumes as we know them today since the 1800s.

A great perfumer – or a ‘nose’ – is thought to be both a chemist and an artist, putting together chemicals and ingredients. In today’s society, cologne and perfume is worn by both men and women; it is a luxury market, and people normally expect to give a pretty penny for a beautifully decorated bottle and classy scents. It is a safe gift choice and indulgence that remains popular even in modern times.
Obviously, most people would not expect to spend anything near to the cost of the fragrances on this list.

From light, flowery scents to strong musky smells, the art of perfume making is an always-evolving practice and mostly expensive and not-easy-to-come-by ingredients rise the price of the finished product. The outstanding prices of the 10 most expensive perfumes and colognes on this list are influenced by current trends, design of the bottle, and the rarity of ingredients involved. Luxurious perfumes are bought by ounce, not the bottle, in the commercial fragrance industry. Because of that, we have listed the perfumes’ prices according to this.

10. Annick Goutal Eau d’Hadrien – $441.18 per ounce
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This perfume was released as a result of a Annick Goutal and Francis Camail working together back in 1981. Eau d’Hadrien can be used by both men and women. This perfume is a citrus fragrance, made up ingredients including mandarin orange, lemon, grapefruit, Sicilian lemon, cypress, aldehydes, citron and extracts from a plant grown in Madagascar called ylang ylang. It is also sold in a $1,500 3.4 ml bottle. The perfume gained fame and popularity when it was raised to the Fragrance Foundation’s Hall of Fame at the FiFi Awards in 2008.

9. JAR Bolt of Lightning – $765 per ounce
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JAR is the short form for the jeweler who designed this perfume, Joel A. Rosenthal. Every bottle of Bolt of Lightning is personally hand cut and designed. Joel advertized this scent as having the smell of air just after a lightning strike, however, it is more specifically for women as an oriental floral fragrance. Some of Jar complicated ingredients are smells of mature flowers, ripe fruit, freshly cut plants and dashes of green notes, musk and tuberose.

8. Joy by Jean Patou – $800 per ounce
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It was created in 1929 for French courier Jean Patou, Henri Almeras being the perfumer. Launched in 1936, Jean Patou has become one of the most highly-regard fragrances ever created. It was voted “Scent of the Century” by the Fragrance Foundation at the 2000 FiFi Awards, beating out the more popular Channel No. 5. Joy. This perfume is exemplary of the floral type, and it was made to raise people’s spirits during the Great Depression. The ingredients add to its sky-high price since an exceptional 10,000 jasmine flowers and 336 roses are required to just create a single ounce.

7. Caron Poivre – $1,000 per ounce
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Parfum Caron was founded in 1904 and is one of the world’s most prominent perfume companies. 50 years later, in 1954, they released the Caron Poivre, the most expensive perfume the brand has ever made. It is bottled in a limited edition Baccarat crystal bottle with a white-gold collar and is described as a perfume for both men and women. Caron Poivre has dashes of clove, and a number of spices including black and red pepper. It has a very spicy and fiery scent, which is definitely appropriate since Poivre is French for pepper.

6. Hermés 24 Faubourg – $1,500 per ounce
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Launched in 1995 by the French luxury brand Hermés, this perfume is a limited edition scent for women and it was named after the address of the original store in Paris: 24, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The legendary perfurmer, Maurice Roucel, created this fragrance. It is an especially rare perfume since only 1,000 bottles were ever made. The perfume bottle is made from St. Louis crystal is shaped in soft, curvy square. Hermés long-lasting fragrance is light, flowery, and sunny, made up of orange blossom, tiare flower, jasmine, patchouli, ylang ylang, iris, vanilla, sandalwood and ambergris.

5. Clive Christian No. 1 – $2,150 per ounce
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Clive Christian is a famous name in the luxury perfume industry, and this particular scent was even believed to be the most expensive perfume in the planet from when it was launched in 2001, to 2006. Clive Christian No 1 comes in two selections: Floral Oriental for women, and Woody oriental for men. The signature bottle is created from lead crystal and is decorated with 1/3 carat of diamond on the neck. The sweet scent of the perfume is superb and rich, and it is made up of natural gum resin, bergamot, vanilla, orris, sandalwood and extracts of ylang ylang.

4. Chanel Grand Extrait – $4,200 per ounce
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Even since the Coco channel release this iconic scent in 1921, Chanel has been synonymous with luxury around the planet. Chanel No. 5 was created by legendary perfumer Ernest Beaux. This limited edition perfume was released as the purest, rarest original No. 5 fragrance in the world, explaining its $4,200 per ounce price tag. Every bottle is created through moulds, which benefits from a glassmaker’s individual touch, and a Chanel spokeswoman has said that “very few pieces are produced” each year. The floral perfume is made with delicate care. Rose and jasmine from Chanel’s very own fields in France to go into fragrance.

3. Baccarat Las Larmes Sacrees de Thebes – $6,800 per ounce
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This perfume is costly for both the scent itself and the bottle it comes in. Baccarat is a luxury crystal glassware manufacturer and one of the top choices in artisan bottle creation for high-end perfume companies around the world. The company launched three of its own limited edition fragrances in 1998, and this one was the least produced, making it the most valuable and the rarest.

The Baccarat Las Larmes Sacrees de Thebes – or the “Sacred Tears of Thebes” as it translates to – is and Egyptian-themed perfume housed in a striking pyramid-shaped bottle of crystal. Nowadays you can buy the fragrance in tiny 0.25oz containers. The ingredients are made up of a mix of jasmine, rose, Egyptian cassie, as well as myrrh and frankincense bring to mind the scents of the Middle East.

2. Clive Christian No. 1 Imperial Majesty Perfume – $12,721.89 per ounce
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Clive Christian holds the Guinness Book of World Records title as the most costly perfume in the world. This perfume was released in 2005, and only a 10-bottle run in this super –rare, super-exclusive limited edition perfume was released for sale in the famous Harrods store in London and in Bergdorf Goodman in New York. The “No. 1 Imperial Majesty” is actually just a Clive Christian NO.1 – in a very fancy bottle. The cost of the bottle is $215,000 since it has 16.9 ounces of perfume. The perfume bottle was crafted by Baccarat, decorated with a 5-carat white diamond on the neck and encased in an 18-carat solid gold collar.

1. DKNY Golden Delicious Million Dollar Fragrance Bottle – $1 million
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DKNY released its golden-apple-shaped million dollar bottle of perfume in 2011. The company cooperated with famed jewelry designer called Martin Katz to create a special one-of-a-kind edition of the company’s highest selling fragrance. The million dollar bottle is crafted in 14-karat yellow and white gold and contains 183 yellow sapphires, 2700 white diamonds, a 1.6-carat turquoise Paraiba tourmaline from Brazil, 15 vivid pink diamonds from Australia, a 7.18-carat oval Cabochon sapphire from Sri Lanka, 4-rose cut diamonds, 15 vivid pink diamonds from Australia, a 4.03-carat pear shape rose cut diamond, a 3.07-carat oval cut ruby, and a 2.43-carat flawless vivid yellow Canary diamond adorning the cap.

Overall, the bottle contains 2,909 precious stones, but the best part is that the above mentioned stones have been placed hand placed to duplicate the New York City skyline. It took approximately 1,500 hours to complete the process. After being released and showcased around the world, a silver lining for the outstandingly expensive fragrance bottle was announced: The bottle would be sold to a perfume enthusiast and all proceeds would go to the global charity Action Against Hunger.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

4 Most Dangerous Parts of the World's Oceans

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The Blue Hole

If you're ever traveling along the coast of the Red Sea, be sure to check out the Blue Hole, one of the most beautiful diving sites in the world. It's also one of the deadliest so you know, wear a helmet or something.
blue hole
The Blue Hole is a cave that's about one-hundred and thirty meters deep with an opening about six meters deep. Lovingly referred to as “diver's cemetery,” some view the hole as a sort of trap for divers because of how easy it is to miss. A tunnel connecting the cave to open water lies well beneath the recommended diving limit of forty meters. This is particularly dangerous because nitrogen narcosis, which creates a numbed feeling similar to alcohol consumption, regularly occurs at thirty meters and only increases as you go deeper.
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But because Mother Nature is a dick, the archway connecting the Blue Hole to open waters isn't quite what it appears to be. Divers have reported that the odd angle of the opening makes it appear shorter than it actually is. People expecting a quick swim through find themselves swimming against a surprise current from the open water, and several divers have died trying to use the bottom of the tunnel as a reference because they didn't realize the bottom of the cave runs absurdly deep.
According to Egyptian authorities the site has only claimed forty lives since they've started keeping track, but locals insist that the number is being misreported intentionally.
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The Rivers of China

Now we know what you're thinking, here: “Weird Worm, rivers aren't oceans.” This is true, but rivers feed into oceans. Now don't you feel silly?
rivers of china
Anyway, China has a major pollution problem, and while this isn't unusual for an industrial country, the size of China and its numerous factories have created a unique and terrifying problem: their water pollution is the most severe in all of Asia, and it affects their neighbors just as much as it affects them.
All of China's rivers and lakes are polluted to some level. Most will make you sick, but the more extreme waters are completely absent of fish. A whopping seventy-eight percent of water in the country is not safe for human consumption. More than five-hundred thousand people are estimated to drink contaminated water every single day, but there's not much they can do about it. Most efforts to fix the problem do little to that effect, leaving people to suffer in cancer villages.
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Oh, you don't know about cancer villages? Let's rap about that. The effects of drinking contaminated vary depending on pollution. Common problems are chronic illnesses and organ damage. But with many factories dumping poisonous waste into major rivers, cancer has become a major problem. Enter cancer villages, collectives of people unfortunate enough to live near contaminated water. These villages are famously associated with the Huai River where there are said to be over one-hundred such villages. Death rates in cancer villages are thirty-percent higher than the national average.
Though the pollution's effects are worse in northern China, much of the pollution from southern China feeds directly into the Pacific Ocean.
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The Southern Ocean

Antartica, also known as “that other huge chunk of ice” by those of us who didn't pay close enough attention in geography class, has its own ocean, though it's defined space is constantly debated. The Southern Ocean lacks a traditional northern border because rather than meet another land mass it simply meets with other oceans, creating some of the confusion about whether or not it should exist. But one thing is certain: regardless of how you define it, it will kill you.
southern ocean
Ships traveling through these waters are at the mercy of a continuously harsh climate. Icebergs can form at literally any time of year, and areas of meter-thick sea ice are common. When ships take heavy damage from these hazards, it’s pretty much game over. Search and rescue missions are nearly impossible given that the nearest landmass is in freaking Antarctica.
To make matters worse, sailors have noted three locations that are especially dangerous: southern latitudes forty, fifty and sixty are coded “roaring,” “furious” and “shrieking” respectively due to the high winds. What's more, there's an increased danger for high waves because there's literally nothing there to break waves (except for a ship, of course).
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Aside from having some of the strongest winds on the planet, cyclonic storms are frequent due to the varying temperatures and the large open waters.
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The Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean makes up about a quarter of the water on the surface of our planet. As the warmest ocean in the world it's also ripe for intense tropical storms, especially monsoons and cyclones, which regularly affect surrounding countries as well as India.
However, the storms aren't the reason why the Indian Ocean made the list. Instead, these waters get the nod because of the rampant pirate activity that takes place there. Pirates from the coast of Somalia have made the waters their home and have caused extensive damage as a result. Shipping industries as well as fisheries are the most impacted financially due to the presence of pirates, but attacks are known to happen on any kind of vessel that strays into Somalia's coastal waters.
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The problem lies in the Somalian civil war, which saw the collapse of both a central government and armed forces. As a part of the following lawlessness groups took it upon themselves to defend the waters, which have been over fished and polluted by foreign ships for years. Some speculate that early Somali pirates were once fishermen unable to earn a living due to the presence of foreign fisheries.
Regardless of where the original intentions lie, recent pirate activity finds its reasoning in financial gain by taking hostages and demanding massive ransoms. As a result, many countries forbid their ship from getting within a certain distance of Somalia. Most insurance policies become void once the waters have been entered and insurance companies are now charging the shipping industry more money if they operate in the Indian Ocean.
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Sadder still, a large portion of Somalia's population relies on aid that comes through the targeted shipping lanes. In the past few years it has become much more difficult to deliver the desperately needed aid.

Most Beautiful Girls In this World

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