Showing posts with label Amazing Stuffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazing Stuffs. Show all posts

Thursday, June 3, 2010

10 Beautiful Bridges Around the World

Lu-Pu-Bridge-China Bridges are considered to be the incredible engineering achievements today. Their extraordinary constructions and design bring them in the focus of attention. The most famous of them have even become a well-known tourist attractions. Due to their unique features they have achieved the vast popularity and millions of foreign people try to visit them during their trips. Today we present you the most awesome of them (from our point of view). This post shows various examples of bridges: the old and the modern concepts, footbridges and rail-and-road bridges, swing bridges, floating bridges, hanging bridges etc.

Peace Bridge (designed by Santiago Calatrava)

Peace-Bridge-Santiago-Calatrava

Banpo Bridge (South Korea)The Fountain Bridge

Banpo-Bridge-South-KoreaThe-Fountain-Bridge

Carr Bridge (Scotland)

Carr-Bridge-of-Scotland

Chengyang Bridge (Sanjiang of Guangxi Province, China)

Chengyang-Bridge-Sanjiang-of-Guangxi-Province-China

Gateshead Millennium Bridge (Gateshead to Newcastle, UK)

Gateshead-Millennium-Bridge-Gateshead-to-Newcastle-UK

Lu Pu Bridge (China)

Lu-Pu-Bridge-China

Magdeburg Water Bridge (Magdeburg, Germany)

Magdeburg-Water-Bridge-Magdeburg-Germany

Nanpu Bridge (Shanghai, China)

Nanpu-Bridge-Shanghai-China

New Footbridge (Edinburgh)

New-footbridge-in-Edinburgh

Ponte Vecchio (Florence, Italy)

Ponte-Vecchio-Florence-Italy

Source:- designfloat

Monday, May 10, 2010

Amazing Little People of America | Thin People

This family, like other Thin people with dwarfism (a rare genetic disorder of bone growth), has worked very hard to overcome social and physical barriers and can now live normal lives. The Kotzians work with Little People of America. It’s the only dwarfism support organization that helps little persons across the US. They went through a lot as there are many Americans who treat little persons like a circus act. Greet the Kotzian family from Thornton, Colorado.


Sunday, April 4, 2010

Two-Wing Flying fish photos | Flying fish facts

Ever see the fish fly? This fish is not just jumping out of the water surface but is also capable of flying up to 200 meters even together can form a formation flying as far as 400 meters.

Beautiful Flying fish have fins large enough, approximately 30 45 cm -. Speed "fly" it can reach 60 km / h and a distance of 30 to 50 m, there is even an estimate can reach hundreds of meters, with the help of the waves. Record for the longest flight of flying fish is 45 seconds.

Two-Wing Flying fish photos

Fly fishing using aerodynamic body to penetrate the surface of water at high speed and large fins and a strange function like the wings to keep it flying above the waves.

Two-Wing Flying fish photos

Fly fishing is not really a flying animals, like birds, but only just floated. Flying fish can easily cover the distance up to 200 meters or more and can reach a height sufficient to - unintentionally - perched on the deck-deck ships.

Two-Wing Flying fish photos

The first reason flying fish that have 40 or more of these species is due to fly to escape or avoid the action of the marine predators like fish mackerel, tuna, swordfish and marlin. However, this fish is also wary of the threat of bird beak above it, in addition to these fish are also being hunted by fishermen in Japan and Barbados for the meal.

Two-Wing Flying fish photos

Mechanism of how these fish can fly too simple. Initially they will be accelerated in the water until it reaches the speed of 70 km / h assisted by flapping their tails. Once they jump on the water, fins-flippers will expand and take advantage of the wind to gain altitude. Sometimes they thumped his tail to keep the high jump and change direction.

Two-Wing Flying fish photos

In several species of flying fish wings on the chest also assisted in the rear wing, so the four wings of this kind beratraksi greater in the air. Although his flying ability is not far away, flying fish can fly together, with a unique formation for a distance of up to 400 meters.

Two-Wing Flying fish photos

Two-Wing Flying fish photos