Pictures and Photo graphs

Flutterby

2011-10-13T11:19:00.000-07:00

Fly caught a mosquito

2011-10-13T11:08:00.000-07:00

Couldn't believe my eyes, when i saw this.

Rainfall in an Indian City

2011-10-11T07:31:00.000-07:00

Amazing photo of rainfall in the Indian city shot from a hill top. Wonders of nature

Rainbow colored roses pics

2010-07-13T11:17:00.000-07:00

Photoshopped !

Parrot birds

2010-07-13T11:10:00.000-07:00

Water Snake Picture

2010-07-13T11:00:00.000-07:00

Fun Art

2010-06-02T07:44:00.000-07:00

Fun art using banana

Chalk Art

2010-05-28T08:02:00.000-07:00

Hanging trains railway-Germany

2010-05-23T06:03:00.000-07:00

Wuppertal in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, has one unique attraction, its hanging railway. While most cities preferred the underground solution for their public transports, Wuppertal decided to use an idea by Eugen Langen.

Eugen Langen had designed a hanging railway in Dresden, although it was more of a funicular railway. The length of the line was only 274 metres. Langen died in 1895 so he never saw his famous railway himself. The Hanging Railway in Wuppertal started operating in 1901. The track was extended in 1903, creating the route that is still used today.

Great Photoshop Effect

2010-05-22T19:28:00.000-07:00

Photoshop Images II

2010-05-09T03:51:00.000-07:00

Photoshop Images

2010-05-09T03:43:00.000-07:00

Nicest Photoshop Photo Effects

Bald and golden eagles feeding on a fish

2010-03-30T21:01:00.000-07:00

A group of bald and golden eagles feed on a fish on the frozen surface of the Mississippi River near LaCrescent, Minnesota.

Paddy Field in Kerala, India

2010-03-19T21:45:00.000-07:00

Lightning hits Burj Dubai

2009-04-08T10:15:00.001-07:00

British man gives foot massage to lion!

2009-03-06T13:54:00.000-08:00

British zookeeper Alex Larenty gives Jamu the lion a relaxing massage.

Mr Larenty hugs Jamu, who he says has complete trust in him.

Colors that can be lethal

2009-02-09T14:24:00.001-08:00

Not all beautiful frogs depicted here are poisonous, but those who are - can be very deadly indeed. The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It's a beautiful little frog! "Most frogs produce skin toxins, but the dart poison frogs from Central and South America are the most potent of all. The golden poison frog, called terribilis (the terrible), is so toxic that even touching it can be dangerous. A single terribilis contains enough poison to kill 20,000 mice or 10 people. It is probably the most poisonous animal on Earth." (source)

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And finally, the aforementioned "Most Poisonous" Golden Poison Dart Frog:

"Mint" flavour:

Phyllobates terribilis, shown above, has enough poison to kill 100 humans (source)

"Their poison contains toxins that dull the nerves and produce heart and repiratory (sic.) failure. The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice, or 100 adult humans. Two-tenths of a microgram of batrachotoxin is lethal in the human blood stream and each adult P. terribilis contains nearly 200 micrograms."

Some of the Latin names of frogs depicted above:
(plus some toads were added for good measure)

- Dendrobates auratus
- Dendrobates azureus
- Ceratophrys ornata
- Mantella aurantiaca
- Phrynohyas resinifictrix
- Agalychnis callidryas
- Dendrobates pumilio

Animals of Arctic

2009-01-25T13:16:00.001-08:00

Tamed spotted Hyena - African Photos

2009-01-19T13:13:00.000-08:00

PUNAKHA FESTIVAL BHUTAN

2009-01-19T08:51:00.000-08:00

Greatest of photoshop art

2009-01-19T07:58:00.000-08:00

Pictures of Beautiful Candles

2009-01-19T07:51:00.000-08:00

Plane Down in Hudson River:Full Photo Coverage

2009-01-18T00:14:00.000-08:00

All of the US Airways passengers aboard a jet that went down in the frigid waters of the Hudson River off Manhattan are reported to be safe, the New York Times reports. Flight 1549 apparently flew into a flock of geese, disabling at least one engine, according to MSNBC. Authorities quickly reported that terrorism was not suspected, and no casualties were immediately reported.

“I just thought, ‘Why is it so low?’ And, splash, it hit the water,” a witness told the AP. Police divers were dropped into the water near the Airbus A380, which left LaGuardia airport for Charlotte, NC, at 3:26pm with 146 passengers and five crew members on board. The aircraft was floating southward in the river as passengers crowded onto the wings. The air temperature in New York today is in the teens.

volunteer and working rescuers is credited with saving the lives of everybody on board US Airways Flight 1549, the New York Times reports. Within minutes of the plane hitting the Hudson river, ferries, cruise boats and conventional rescue boats converged on the scene to quickly pluck passengers to safety from the wings of the slowly sinking jet.

New York and New Jersey's ferries were the first on the scene and commuters helped pull passengers aboard. Rescuers dove into the icy waters from police helicopters to save passengers who would otherwise have perished within minutes, while a Fire Department crew scrambled to tether the plane and stop it from floating down river toward the sea.

Feather art

2009-01-16T00:13:00.001-08:00

Mumbai, India - Gateway peace March - Dec 3rd

2008-12-11T05:39:00.000-08:00

Mumbai was recently "ransacked" (literally!) by a few terrorists on November 26. Actually, they had planned to replicate JW Marriott of Pakistan bomb-blasts in Mumbai... even worse, they were determined to do another 9/11 in Mumbai! However India's brave commandos and men in uniform fought rigorously against these terrorists and destroyed their plans... In the process, some of these men in uniform had to sacrifice their precious life so that all Indians are safe.

To remember these "shaheeds" and to salute to their bravery and to protest against the corrupt "old" politicians of "young" India, a whole lot of Mumbai turned out today night at the Gateway of India. The call to join hands was sent through SMS & social bookmarking sites like Facebook and Orkut. People turned out like anything... The response was beyond imagination. People are extremely upset about the Indian Government's apathy towards the overall security and well being of the citizens, and the increasing corruption among all the ladders. Here are some of the pictures which depicted very clearly the sentiments of the common Indian.

Refer to the glossary below for explanation about people, events, terms shown in the pictures.

Glossary

Raj: Raj Thackeray is the founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (Maharashtra Renaissance Army), which is a regional party in the state of Maharashtra in India.
Mr. Deshmukh: Vilasrao Deshmukh is, now former, chief minister of the state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. He was widely criticized for taking Ram Gopal Varma to the Taj Mahal Hotel in the aftermath of the terror acts.
Achuthanandan: V.S. Achuthanandan, Kerala’s Chief Minister, who remarked that even a “dog” would not visit the house of NSG commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan after being denied entry into his home by the late commando’s father.
Ram Gopal Varma: A famous Bollywood film maker fell from grace lately after his lame attempt of remaking one of India’s cult classics - “Sholay”. The remake is called “Ram Gopal Varma ki aag” and has been widely lampooned by media and the public at large.
Sena: A reference to “Shiv Sena” - a regional political party of India. Sena is the Hindi word for army.
Deshmurkh: A purposeful misspelling of the former chief minister’s last name. The 2 parts - “Desh” is Hindi for country and “murkh” is Hindi for unwise , or dim-witted.