Hidden Unseen

Mokele-mbembe

2012-02-01T02:04:00.000+07:00

Do dinosaurs still walk the earth? Many researchers including some university scientists believe so. Dinosaurs have been reported all over the planet for thousands of years. Some have slipped into myth as dragons, others into modern legend like Loch Ness. Yet from Papua New Guinea to South America, from Canada to the United Kingdom, and from the hidden lakes of Russia to the steamy jungles of

Life at Antartica

2012-01-29T17:59:00.002+07:00

Despite being separated from other continents by oceans and having a reputation for harboring some of the coldest weather on Earth, some birds and sea life find the Antarctic a surprisingly hospitable place to live. Right whale The right whale got its name because whalers believed the creatures were the right ones to hunt since they swam close to shore. Needless to say, right

Top 12 Amazing Volcanoes on Earth

2012-01-29T07:15:00.001+07:00

Volcanoes have long been a source of myths and legens. To ancient cultures, volcanoes’ power could only be explained as acts of gods or demigods. We now know that volcanoes are in fact the result of the tectonic movements of the Earth’s crust. But although we understand their inner workings they still represent a force of nature that can be intimidating and bewildering. Here is a list of the most

Top 12 Geysers and Hot Springs

2012-01-29T06:15:00.000+07:00

Geysers and hot springs are natural features resulting when ground water is heated by geothermal forces and brought to the surface. They provide a spectacular sight of boiling water eruptions, vivid colors and strange formations. However, for the hot spring aficionado, the greatest pleasure comes not from just looking at the spring, but from getting into the water for its therapeutic powers. Find

Did Giants Ever Exist on Earth?

2012-01-28T20:09:00.002+07:00

They are big stones. Enormous sculptures and visual art. Often, as in the case of the giant menhirs at Kernario in Brittany they stand like sentinels as part of a vast megalithic complex. It has been assumed that our civilization was invented in the Near East and exported to Europe. But these big stones, are perhaps centuries older than initially determined, making some of these European stone

Northern Lights Over Part of England

2012-01-25T08:25:00.000+07:00

This was the beautiful scene as the Northern Lights made a rare but breathtaking appearance over parts of England. The first picture shows the iridescent glow in the skies over County Durham, while the next is of the ethereal light that bathed the Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire. Such impressive sights are normally witnessed only much further north, in the icy wilderness of the Arctic Circle.

You Are What You Eat

2012-01-25T05:17:00.000+07:00

The saying 'you are what you eat' is true for these insects as stunning pictures show their abdomens changing colour as they sip on sugar drops. Father of three Mohamed Babu set up the photographs after his wife, Shameem, showed him some ants had turned white after drinking spilt milk. He gave the creatures the brightly coloured sugar drops and watched as their transparent stomachs matched the

Top 30 Mythical Humanoid Creatures

2012-01-24T01:51:00.001+07:00

Some mythical creatures, have their origin in tradition and some might beliving in distant past. However each culture is associated with a multitude of such creatures, many of them being humanoids. Literally, there are thousands of legendary humanoid creatures that might have in real or believed to be lurked upon our planet but we shall tell here the tales of the most popular ones integrated in

List of Strange Rains

2012-01-22T11:47:00.000+07:00

Its incredible how many times people have reported strange objects that have literally just fallen from the sky. From raw meat to gold coins it seems that the heavens have an inexhaustible supply of skyfall oddities to cast down at us. While some of these can be attributed to meteorites, debris from airplanes and even old satellites, some of the reports are far more bizarre. It seems that for

Top 10 Bioluminescent Organisms

2012-01-21T10:34:00.000+07:00

When most people find out what bioluminescence is, the first thing they associate it with is firefly butts, but the world has way more interesting life with built-in flashlights than beetles that use it to get nookie. And while we may not have glowing redwoods like Pandora, we do have the following. 10. Bioluminescent Fungus If you’re like me, the word “mushroom” conjures up things like

Strange Rain Phenomenon

2012-01-20T13:08:00.000+07:00

The news told us about many incident happen in this world. Start from the flood in China, the last flood in Pakistan, and then the heat wave in Russia. The "hot topic" was about the weird rain phenomenon. This is not like a normal rain. Where the water falling down from the sky because of evaporation of water and freeze above the clouds. Then it condense into water droplets called rain. The rain

Skyquakes

2012-01-19T21:38:00.000+07:00

Ominous booms thunder across the sky. These 'skyquakes' are abruptly erupting all over the world. Hundreds of thousands wonder in fear about the bizarre hums, explosive booms, and howling moans. From Russia, to Australia, from Chile to the Eastern Coast of the U.S., the sky is exploding. As the frequency and intensity increase people are asking: 'Is Doomsday approaching?' Some researchers fear

The Flooded Desert

2012-01-18T14:29:00.000+07:00

The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park located in Maranhão state, in northeastern Brazil, is one of the most marvelous and unique places in the world. An area encompassing about 1000 square kilometers of white silky sands intercepted at regular intervals by endless cool oases of turquoise lakes. At first glance Lençóis Maranhenses looks like an archetypal desert. In fact it isn't actually a

Catatumbo Lightning

2012-01-18T09:43:00.000+07:00

You must have heard that lightening doesn’t strike the same place twice. Say that to the natives of Venezuela and they will ride you down to the mouth of river Catatumbo and let you watch the spectacular lightening show of your life. The Catatumbo Lightning is one of the coolest natural phenomenon on earth. It occurs strictly in an area located over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it

Stunning New Images Of The Eagle Nebula - As Never Seen Before

2012-01-18T06:27:00.000+07:00

Space-based observatories such as ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton help to peel back that veil and see the full beauty of the Universe across the electromagnetic spectrum. With regions like the Eagle Nebula, combining all of these observations helps astronomers to understand the complex yet amazing lifecycle of stars. Don't miss these stunning new images of the beautiful Eagle nebula! In 1995,

Amazing Murmurations of Starlings

2012-01-17T23:03:00.000+07:00

Every year during autumn, thousands of starlings put on a spectacular dance show just before dusk over the sky in Scotland (and other countries in the temperate regions), in a breathtaking phenomenon called murmurations. This is when a huge flock of migratory birds form a magical shape-shifting flight pattern in the sky. Murmaration is common among starlings, a small to medium-sized passerine

Salar de Uyuni: World’s Largest Salt Flat

2012-01-17T06:02:00.000+07:00

Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa), located in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, is one of the most visually captivating place in South America. Photographers flock here everyday to capture the stunning landscape created by amazing geological formations, geothermal springs and brine lakes. Covering an area of 10,582 square kilometers, it is the world's largest salt flat. Salar de

Marvellous Star Beings Discovered In Galactic Clouds

2012-01-17T01:22:00.000+07:00

The ancients spoke of them and the Indian texts alluded to them: the gods in the stars fashioning the universe with their unworldly powers. Now an intrepid researcher has plumbed the depths of the infinite galactic night to extract hidden information once thought beyond the grasp of Mankind's intellect. Technology of the gods visible within Orion's belt Mystical images from interstellar

Map of Atlantis from Ancient Egypt

2012-01-15T21:29:00.001+07:00

Athanasius Kircher (1601 or 1602 – 1680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner) was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine. Kircher has been compared to fellow Jesuit Roger Boscovich and to Leonardo da Vinci for his enormous range of interests, and has been honoured with the title "master of a

Top 10 Worst Oil Spills in the World

2012-01-14T12:29:00.000+07:00

Oil spills have occurred ever since we began to harvest it for various uses, as a result of human error, laziness, or pure ignorance. Most recently, the devastating Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been all over the news- oil was pouring out of the blown rig for almost 100 days- so you probably won’t be surprised to find it on this list. More surprising: there have been

Top 10 Witches of All Times

2012-01-13T22:49:00.001+07:00

Witches and witchcraft are among us since thousands of years. Times came and went; many of them were killed, but the amount of women who died as witches while actually innocent is overwhelming. Witches exist in all folklores around the world. They are fascinating ladies, sometimes seductive, sometimes as ugly as the Devil himself. Even though today we have some clues about the lives of the most

Top 13 Exquisite Orchids

2012-01-12T11:10:00.000+07:00

The orchid family, Orchidaceae, is probably the largest family of flowering plant in the world. With over 20,000 species in over 700 genera, orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica; some even grow inside the Arctic Circle. Related to plants such as lilies, most orchids are epiphytic, which means they grow on other plants. Other types of orchids are called terrestrial orchids;

10 Hollywood Dynasties

2012-01-12T04:00:00.000+07:00

Family dynasties are a grand tradition in Hollywood. Below are a list of clans of famous actors, directors, writers, and producers who were related to each other. The criteria for this list is how much talent the combined members of the family had and how many generations the dynasty spanned. 10. The Reitman Dynasty Members: Ivan, son Jason, daughter Catherine Rather than go with the Kirk

10 Wizards in Literature

2012-01-12T03:09:00.000+07:00

In the last century, entertainment has taken huge leaps forward with the advent of first radio, then television, movies and the Internet. However, one form of entertainment has evolved – writing, specifically novels and the long form of fiction. Funny thing about that evolution is that the fiction genre of fantasy has only just started growing in popularity over the last 30 years or so, despite

Incredible Multi-Dimensional Alien Images

2012-01-11T17:17:00.000+07:00

A bizarre impression left upon the surface of a snowy outdoor trampoline intrigued a reader of Before It's News, so he snapped a digital photo of it. When he later studied the image he discovered layer upon layer of complicated digitalized pictograms. The images were embedded in the ice crystals. Strangest of all, they seem to document messages from ETs. The fractal ice crystal images are