My Mysterious Enigmatic Earth

Top 10 Mysterious Places of Earth-part 1

2008-06-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

In my opinion, of course.
Places of mystery on Earth are those place where generations after generations we wonder about, try to solve the puzzle of their meaning, and we end up wondering even more. I am lucky to live in a place rich in historical sites; but i would be really lucky if i could ever travel to all the mystery places listed here.

1. The Great Pyramids of Giza- Egypt

No other place in the world have captivated the mind and the soul of so many people like this place loaded with mysteries. The last of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World, declared in 1979 as a World Heritage Site, the Great Pyramids have embodied the ancient world ever since they were discovered by the western world.

There are hundreds of the scientific theories regarding the pyramid's construction techniques, their purpose and secret meaning. Their fascination have inspired thousands of books, movies, articles and studies.
If your ways will ever bring you in this part of the world, you have to visit the Pyramids, to see them, to walk the magic ground that hosted once one of the greatest civilization on Earth.

2. Rapa Nui or Easter Island

Easter Island, a 64 square mile speck in the vast Pacific Ocean, perhaps the world's most remote inhabited island, is an enigma in many ways. The gigantic statues of this island won't talk with us. We still don't know much about this lost culture and their bizarre Birdman cult. How the Polynesians got there in the first place, why they built the Moai statues, how they did it, what is their meaning. Why are all facing the same direction, like waiting for something.
Their Rongo-Rongo writing is still undeciphered. This unique written language seems to have appeared suddenly in the 1700s, but within just two centuries it was exiled to obscurity.

Read more about this mysterious culture and his enigmas in this blog.

3. Stonehenge, England

The megalithic ruin known as Stonehenge stands on the open downland of Salisbury Plain two miles (three kilometres) west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, in Southern England. It is not a single structure but consists of a series of earth, timber, and stone structures that were revised and re-modelled over a period of more than 1400 years.
Stonehenge is almost synonym with mystery, even if latest news say the mystery is revealed. People testify a special vibration connected with this place. For me no further archaeological discovery will take away the magic of this great site.

Astronomers on Verge of Finding Earth's Twin

2008-06-25T00:04:00.000-07:00

June 25 2008-Yahoo News:

Momentum is building: Just last week, astronomers announced they had discovered three super-Earths — worlds more massive than ours but small enough to most likely be rocky — orbiting a single star. And dozens of other worlds suspected of having masses in that same range were found around other stars.

Read entire article here.

In Touch With My Planet

2008-06-23T23:36:00.000-07:00

Earth is like a live breathing organism. Things happens all the time, everywhere in the world. Storms, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, hurricanes, a huge array of living events. We like to add also: accidents, nuclear events, epidemics, and so on.

I like to stay in touch with my planet, with his life. RSOE- Havaria Information Service provides an excellent interactive map updated in real time with major events on Earth. This how i know that people in Kenya are facing a storm right now, and floods are affecting Wisconsin.

If you would like to be updated about latest natural events check out this map, you won't be sorry.

Know Your Planet-WATER

2008-06-23T23:03:00.000-07:00

Water- flowing water, oceans, underground water, rain, humidity, snow, ice- we depend on it to survive. The water is what gives Earth the wonderful blue color. Ocean waters now cover nearly 71 percent of Earth's surface, so we can call it "the water planet" without lying.

Today, Earth's rich and diverse life forms depend on its abundant water. All life on Earth is thought to have originated in the ocean, and today water makes up 60 to 70 percent of all living matter. About two-thirds of the human body is composed of water. Humans can live no more than a week without drinking water.

What else you should know about water?

Oceans hold 97% of the water on the earth. The second largest amount of water, slightly over 2%, in frozen in huge, moving bodies of ice, called glaciers. The remaining water, less than 1%, is found flowing underneath and on top of the earth's surface. This 1% of water, a seemingly small amount, is the source of almost all of the water people every day. This 1% is what keeps us alive.

Another important thing is that water absorbs heat from sun, keeping temperatures on the earth's surface from becoming too cold or too hot.

More water information: Earth-the Water Planet

And some pictures to enjoy the beauty of water on earth:

At The Zoo- Did You Know This Places?

2008-06-23T14:01:00.000-07:00

The credit for those wonderful videos goes to mkbarth. Thank you!

Google Earth-Amazing Places

2008-06-23T02:19:00.000-07:00

A video about various mazes seen with Google Earth.

Locations:
1) Dole Plantation Maze -- Oahu, Hawaii
21°31'29.97"N, 158° 2'14.68"W

2) Spider Web - Layton, Utah
41° 4'5.76"N, 111°59'8.61"W

3) McCall's Pumpkin Patch - New Mexico
35° 1'11.31"N, 106° 4'43.34"W

4) "HELP" Maze
39°37'40.95"N, 104°55'14.84"W
Greenwood Village, Colorado

5) Fritzler Maze - LaSalle, Colorado
40°17'56.63"N, 104°45'32.54"W
2004 - Freedom Reigns -- Iwo Jima
2006 - The Colorado Quarter

6) Land of Lincoln Corn Maze -- Illinois
40°56'39.47"N, 88°46'46.74"W

7) Peace Maze - Castlewellan, Ireland
54°15'30.06"N, 5°57'11.92"W

8) Hazlehead Park -- Aberdeen, Scotland
57° 8'21.84"N, 2°10'51.44"W

9) Thoresby Mega Maze -- Nottinghamshire
53°14'19.51"N, 1° 2'11.09"W
Thoresby Home Farm, Perlethorpe, England

10) Wonderland Pleasure Park Hedge Maze
53° 6'32.86"N, 1° 3'52.58"W
Nottinghamshire, England

11) Hatfield House Maze
51°45'37.49"N, 0°12'25.12"W
Hertfordshire, England

12) Somerleyton Hall Maze
52°31'23.18"N, 1°40'24.54"E
Suffolk, England

13) de Uithof, Den Haag, The Netherlands
52° 2'1.49"N, 4°14'54.76"E

14) Amstelpark, Amsterdam
52°19'59.34"N, 4°53'30.16"E

15) Labyrinth & Tree of Life
52° 3'34.36"N, 0°43'28.27"W
Milton Keynes, UK

16) Capel Manor College - Enfield, England
51°40'50.88"N, 0° 3'28.71"W

17) Alice in Wonderland Park
50°46'32.49"N, 1°50'41.53"W
Christchurch, Dorset

18) Barton Manor - Isle of Wight
50°44'46.42"N, 1°15'53.24"W

19) Amazing Cornish Maize Maze
50°26'45.42"N, 4°16'1.83"W
Smeaton Farm, Pillaton, Saltash, Cornwall

20) Longleat House
51°11'16.77"N, 2°16'40.04"W
51°11'9.37"N, 2°16'24.95"W
Warminster, Wiltshire, England

21) Foot Maze - Wiltshire, England
51°17'38.82"N, 1°32'5.34"W
Conholt House, Tangley

22) Crystal Palace Park Hedge Maze
51°25'22.37"N, 0° 4'6.16"W
Bromley, South London, England

23) Hampton Court Maze
51°24'22.29"N, 0°20'15.70"W
London, England
Made around the year 1690

24) Ruurlo, Netherlands
52° 4'41.86"N, 6°26'1.03"E
Copied from Hampton Court around 1890

25) Maze Tree - Emsbüren, Germany
52°22'22.50"N, 7°20'4.75"E

26) Herrenhäuser Gärten
52°23'24.80"N, 9°41'42.97"E
Hanover, Germany

27) Guyancourt, le quartier des Saules
48°46'50.80"N, 2° 2'51.91"E
Paris, France

28) Lempdes, Puy-de-Dôme, France
45°46'43.81"N, 3°10'56.00"E

29) Labyrinthe de Bouguenais - France
47°10'9.43"N, 1°39'18.16"W

Mazes from Cyclonic's "The Maze Collection"
in Google Earth Community

Earth At Night Time

2008-06-23T01:57:00.001-07:00

I Just Love This Planet!

2008-06-23T01:17:00.000-07:00

Did you ever think what amazing place is this old planet that we live on?
When you are lonely in the night, lost in your own worries and problems, did you took a minute to remember that we are part of an wonderful world, much bigger than just you and me, much bigger than we can even imagine?
For me this Earth is like a living miracle. The essence of life itself. I just watch pictures of Earth, of wonderful places, of its living creatures, of the amazing phenomenas going on endlessly, and i feel a part of it. I never feel alone or depressed when when i remember how big and wonderful this planet is. There is always something to discover, to get excited, to admire.

My blog is intended to be an homage to this planet.

To show you the Earth the way I see it.