-
They can also swim using a sort of water jet; it's most obvious in the third pic, the sargasso frogfish. They "breathe" in with their mouths and instead of pushing it out of gill slits, it's jetted out of their "elbows". First hand experience, so no source (saw it in my local fish shop)
Read more
-
I didn't like that much the video with the challenged person trying to clean an automatic sliding door. For some reason the Internet is full of insensitive youngsters laughing their heads off at the old, the poor, the feeble. Thumbs down this time, though most the time this blogs has buckets of fun.
Read more
-
The library image is from a show called "Or Shalem, Jerusalem Lights the Night" - a group named Skertzò projected images on the "Tower of David" in Jerusalem.
see more info on that photo here:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/lighting_up_the_night.html
Read more
-
Ahhhh... the snowmen! Reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes' snow art.
Read more
-
About army dogs: French parachutists are jumping with their dogs http://www.fusilier-commando-air.fr/66.html
Read more
-
Thank you for the info - page updated
Read more
-
Yeah, I felt about the same about the video.
Also "add to your decorum"?
Read more
-
"It is said that there is one fatality per week" - Someone who actually did research (asking the local police station) found rather lower numbers, even if 3-12 per year is still a lot. http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/warning.html
Read more
-
I was there few years ago on that road in Transylvania. My second scariest ride ever (number one was also in Romania). I was there on biztrip and had to go across Romania from one corner to another. I decided to make it a little more enjoyable and visited Dracula's castle/ruins (Poienari). After that i stayed on that road in the mountains. On map it look like a nice ride across mountains. In reality I was scared to death.
I had some help for that feeling: heavy rain started, which started some mud avalanches (don't know the right English word for it) and flooding the road. As i got higher in the hill, cellphone lost signal, because there is no network... And as an added bonus - my fuel gauge was right at the bottom.
On the way up i passed some locals riding horses and a few ghost(ish) villages. At one point there were PET bottles blocking the way, but i got through. Soon after that i understand that warning. After one sharp turn the road just ended. It was all covered in snow. Absolutely no chance to keep going, even on foot. To make it even more unpleasant, right there was an abandoned truck, partially covered in snow. Apparently some time ago he was stopped by the same snow, and could not go back, because the road was too narrow for a truck to turn over.
At that point i was really really scared. No phone, almost no fuel, raining as hell... I turned back and driving crazy fast (just to get to the point where there is phone signal) headed back down. My luck - it was all the way down, which helped saving fuel. I managed to get back down to the city and went straight to the nearest petrol station.
This probably doesn't sound very scary, but then and there it really was :)
Here are some pics from that trip: http://picasaweb.google.lv/jybook/Hungarija#
Read more
-
The road from Quito, Ecuador to the Amazon is pretty treacherous, especially since the bus drivers drive like they are at the wheel of Ferraris!
Read more
-
Don't fall for the Nazi Autobahn propaganda myth. In fact, the democratic Reich had already built Autobahns and put them into operation before the Nazis gained power. Their propaganda effectively made people believe that the Fuehrer's order to build Autobahns created lots of jobs and helped struggling Germany to overcome unemployment, which is not true. First, the democratic Reich had already put up significant amounts of capital for exactly that purpose, second, the number of people working to build Autobahns was negleglible small number compared to the 6 million jobless Germans.
Sebastian
Read more
-
King Canyon in California's Sierra Nevada is about 10,000 feet (approx. 3 km) deep.
Read more
-
@jealousy :
If you had looked for information before going on your, i quote, "second scariest ride ever" you would have known that part of that road is closed every year by the authorities until june or sometimes even july exactly because of the heavy snowing that is normal in wintertime there.
For someone who gets scared of PET bottles and forgets to check the fuel before going on a trip, i can understand how that was scary, bu-hu-hu :)
Read more
-
I drove the road trough the transilvanian alps too ... It's not a bad road actually, it's especially spectacular. The road has quite some holes in them but nothing really crazy. We, too, got blocked eventually by the snow - but If you're ever driving by car from Bucharest to Sibiu, somewhere after may - really, take this road, it'll be the most beautiful you ever took
Read more
-
I'd give Bolivia the honors for this one. They have a road that is the die for.
Read more
-
When I was a kid, the road to my paternal grandparents' home in Harlan County, Kentucky passed under a rock cut similar to the one in the second image. My sister and I always made sure to duck. :-)
Read more
-
That pothole picture, is in Medan. It's the capital of North Sumatra province of Indonesia.
There are more gnarly dangerous potholes here in Jakarta, Indonesia. Those potholes literally kill people.
Read more
-
I've been to Tajikistan, and the highway connecting the two major cities of that country (Dushanbe and Khudjand) is almost as scaring as the first road in this series. The road from Dushanbe to Khorog (a town in eastern Tajikistan) is even more scaring.
Both roads are unpaved, and they go through mountain passes over 3,300 meters high. They are really spectacular! Please check these ones for your next series!
Read more
-
Thank you for all the tips and suggestions - we'll use them for next parts...
Read more
-
voted
Read more
-
The second fuzzy critter looks like some kind of sloth to me, with those "claws"
Two-toed sloth maybe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus%27s_Two-toed_Sloth
Read more
-
The upcoming Hebrew year is 5770.
Read more
-
That fuzzy thing is a baby sloth!
I guess it is in the midst of climbing out of the babybox. Cute! :)
Read more
-
Building tetris, like
this.
-
Talking about found treasures... check out this link about weird Argentinean lack of coins crisis. Looks like
a treasure chest with pesos is worth its weight in gold...
http://www.slate.com/id/2205635/
"When even the most insignificant purchase requires the same order of planning and precision as a long-range missile strike, you can hardly blame people for keeping a jar of monedas safe at home."
Read more
-
Yes, that creature is a baby two-toed sloth. If you notice the sign on the container, it says "Freckle y Velcro" "Y" is "and" in Spanish so I imagine there are two sloths in there and that's why it appears to have an extra limb. The other one is probably hidden behind it.
Read more
-
great info, thanks - updated
Read more
-
Wonderful post, but WASP-12b was discovered in April last year. Its 2009 now, remember? ;)
Read more
-
Awesome post, like always.
Read more
-
Good stuff as always. Extrasolar planets are incredibly fascinating. There is one (name and location escapes me at the moment) that is a "Super Earth" with nothing but water for a surface. But the pressure is such that the water molecules are tightly packed into a solid, similar to the "ice" within the ice giants Neptune and Uranus.
Titan would have been a good Saturn satellite to add to this list; being what Prof. Carolyn Porco calls "an analog of Earth." With its lakes of hydrocarbons and hazy atmosphere, you have rains and large bodies of paint thinner to enjoy on your Titanic vacation!
Read more
-
I didn't know that wave clouds were a real phenomena.
Read more
-
Congratulations!
I vote DRB!
Saudações de Freamunde (Portugal)
Read more
-
Such a beautiful surreal art works, thanks you!!
Read more
-
amaaaaazing! this is the greatest round-up ever.
Read more
-
Sweet one DRB. I don't know how I came across your website, but it's awesome. Happy new year!
Read more
-
Keep up the good work! :-)
Read more
-
Truly spectacular. I'm loving these all over again.
Read more
-
Those were some great posts. All the best to you in 2009!
Read more
-
I absolutely love your website. Thank you and please keep it going!
Read more
-
Thank you guys; can't wait to output more posts! Have a great year ahead.
Read more
|
Most recent DRB-SF site update
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home