Vakkom G Sreekumar

HIGHEST WATER FALL

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At fifteen times the height of Niagara Falls , Angel Falls is the highest in the world. Just how tall is it? How did it get its name? Did someone seriously BASE jump from the top? Littered amongst the stunning images below you will find the answers. Enjoy!

Angel Falls is the world's highest waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 meters (2,647 ft)

It is located in the Canaima National Park , an UNESCO World Heritage site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolivar State , Venezuela . It is one of the country's top tourist destinations despite its isolated location

Did you know the height of the falls is so great, that before getting anywhere near the ground, the water is atomized by the strong winds and turned into mist? The mist can be felt a mile (1.6 km) away!

The base of the falls feeds into the Kerep River (alternatively known as the Rio Gauya), which flows into the Churun River , a tributary of the Carrao River

Apparently, the falls were not known to the outside world until American aviator Jimmie Angel flew over them on November 16, 1933 during a flight searching for a valuable ore bed. Returning on October 9, 1937, Angel tried to land his Flamingo monoplane, El Rio Caroni atop the mountain, but the plane was damaged when the wheels sank into the marshy ground. He and his three companions, including his wife Marie, were then forced to descend the mountain on foot. It took them 11 days to make their way back to civilization, but news of their adventure spread, and the waterfall was named Angel Falls in his honor. Angelâ's plane remained on top of the mountaintop for 33 years before being lifted out by helicopter. It was restored at the Aviation Museum in Maracay and now sits outdoors on the front of the airport at Ciudad BolÃvar.

WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP

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Introducing... the earth-scraper:

Architects design 65-storey building which plunges 300 meters below groundBy Hugo GyeLast updated at 9:52 PM on 12th October 2011Architects have designed an incredible 65-storey 'earth-scraper', which plunges 300 metres below ground.

The stunning upside down pyramid in the middle of Mexico City is designed to get around height limits on new buildings in the capital. The subterranean building will have 10 storeys each for homes, shops and a museum, as well as 35 storeys for offices Deep: The 65-storey 'earth-scraper' is set to plunge 300m into the ground beneath Mexico City Epic scale: The enormous complex is intended to get round the city's planning laws, which state that buildings can be no more than eight storeys high Landmark: The earth-scraper would be located in the city's main square, and topped with an enormous Mexican flag

The design has been crowned with a Mexican flag.Esteban Suarez, from architecture firm BNKR Arquitectura, said the building would also house a new cultural centre.Scary: The core is all made of glass to ensure that all parts of the building receive natural sunlight from the world outside

He said: 'New infrastructure, office, retail and living space are required in the city but no empty plots are available.’ Federal and local laws prohibit demolishing historic buildings and even if this was so, height regulations limit new structures to eight storeys. 'The city's historic centre is in desperate need of a makeover but we have nowhere to put it, this means the only way to go is down.' He added: 'The Earthscraper preserves the iconic presence of the city square and the existing hierarchy of the buildings that surround it. 'It is an inverted pyramid with a central void to allow all habitable spaces to enjoy natural lighting and ventilation. 'It will also allow the numerous activities that take place on the city square year round such as concerts, open-air exhibitions and military parades to go ahead.'

Unobtrusive: One advantage of the unusual structure is that it would create space in the centre of Mexico City, which is full of historic buildings, which cannot be demolishedGreen: The interior of the building is supposed to look natural and welcoming Efficient: The creative use of space would allow the plaza to be used for events such as concerts and military parades Massive: The space covering the earth-scraper will take up 240 square metres in the heart of Mexico's capital Technical: The building would be an extraordinary feat of engineering

BEAUTY OF KERALA

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Beauty of

WAYANAAD

On the Way..

Forest Check post at Muthanga

Muthanga

Beauty of Wayanad

On top of Chembra Peak: Chembra Peak is the highest peak in Wayanad,

at 2100m above sea level.

Heart lake on the way to Chembra Peak - Photo

Edakkal Cave - The cave drawings are as old as 8000 years

Edakkal

Kuruva Island

Pookkode Lake

Soochippara Water Falls

Wayanad Guts (Thamarassery Churam)

Thirunelli Temple: Ancient temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu on the side of Brahmagiri

Thirunelli Temple

Meenmutty water Falls.

Chembra Peak

Tree House

Soochippara Waterfalls

Beauty of Wayanad

Elephant Crossing the road...

Chembara peak

Edaikkal Caves

Thamarassery Churam

FROM: Anoop Panikkassery

HAPPY DIWALI

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RARE PHOTOS

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CHE GUEVARA AND FIDEL CASTRO

Sadam Hussein with the noose around the neck

Early construction of Brasilia, capital of Brasil

Papa Pio XII and Hitler

Elvis Presley drafted into the Army

The Beatles before they became famous

Osama Bim Laden Family. Osama is the one with red circle around his face

The Titanic at the bottom of the sea

First photograph in history in France

Construction of Disney world

Berlin wall being torn down

Evolution of the Coca Cola

John Lennon , signing autograph before his death.

Adolf Hitler as a child

Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee

Black physicians treating in the ER a member of the Ku Kux Klan

Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro

Construction of Christ The Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro

Albert Einstein in Brasil

Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi

First computer ever made

Body of President Kennedy in 1963

Construction of the Empire State Building. This is a copy of the original photo

Martin Luther King's cadaver

School grades of Albert Einstein

The Beatles when they were adolescents

Google in 1999, when they started

The Titanic ship before sailing

Holocast done by Hiltler

Jews in concentration camp

John Lennon's cadaver

Lady Diana accident scene

Football player dies while playing

Pope John Paul with the man that tried to kill him

The moment when George Bush was notified of the attack on the Twin Towers

The food consume in a week by one family

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Some years ago, photographer Peter Menzel traveled the world and photographed 30 families in 24 countries. He wanted to photograph families along with the food they would consume in that week and take note of the amount of money each family spent on it.

Bhuttan

Chad

China

Egypt

Equodor

German

Great Britain

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Mexico

Mangolia

Poland

USA (California)

USA(North Carolina)

Abudhabi Sheikh Palace

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This palace is owned by the family of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan,

the former President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi.

Abudhabi

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Amazing Art

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Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney , Australia . The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades!!

Al-Ain Paradise

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The largest hanging garden

Al-ain, UAE

Photo Courtesy: Harish, Thachodi

EASTER WISHES

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ഈശ്വരാ.... ഞാന്‍ മദ്യപിച്ചു കളയുന്ന പണം ,

എന്റെ ചുറ്റും പട്ടിണി കിടക്കുന്നവനു

കൊടുക്കാനുള്ള മനസ്സ് എനിക്കുണ്ടാകണേ

വിഷു ദിനാശംസകൾ

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Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

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UPCOMING GENERATION MAY START A DAY LIKE THIS

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UPCOMING GENERATION MAY START A DAY LIKE THIS

Making a Holly wood Movie

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Icebreaker
25 pounds of sugar cooked at varying temperatures. It's basically made out of candy, salt, egg whites, corn syrup, cream of tartar, powdered sugar, blue food coloring, india ink & flour.Three days of cooking, and two weeks of building.

Everything We Ever Were

It took two months to store up enough fireplace ash to create this lunar landscape. The darker rocks are made of mixed tilegrout, flag crumpled paper and wire. The Earth is a video stilllprojected onto the wall. Inspired by the Apollo 11 mission.

Tornado is made of steel wool, cotton, ground parsley and moss.

Paprika Mars

Made out of 12 pounds paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili powder and charcoal.

Breaking Point

Volcano made out of tile grout, cotton, phosphorous ink. This model volcano was illuminated from within by 6-60 watt light bulbs.

Salt Water Falls

Model made out of glass, plexiglass, tile grout, moss, twigs, salt, painted canvas & dry ice. The waterfall was created from a time exposure of falling table salt.

Fields, After the Storm

This model is simply made out of faux fur(fields), cotton (clouds) and sifted tile grout(mountains). The perspective is forced as in all of my images, and the lighting effect was created by simply shifting the white balance.

Aurora Borealis

This one was made by photographing a beam of colored light against a black curtain to achieve the edge effect. The trees were composited from life ( so far the only real life element in any of these images) The stars are simply strobe light through holes in cork board.

Waterglass Mountains

This one is a mixture of many different materials, tile grout, moss, bottle brushes (pine trees) Actual clippings from ground cover and was built on top of standard outdoor patio table (water glass). The sky is canvas painted blue. Coloring was again achieved by shifting white balance.

Planet

This was another experimental view of Mars. The materials are paprika, cinnamon and chili powder (planet) and coffee and sugar (starfield) were sifted over the floor of my studio. The planet was photographed from 12 feet in the air. Although it looked cool, I abandoned this flat method of modeling because in the end I felt it too illustrative next to all the other landscapes.

The Beginning

Ground made of parsley bush clippings and moss (trees) Tile grout (mountains) & cotton for clouds in the distance. Dry ice was used for the atmospheric perspective.

DUBAI IN NIGHT

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FOOD ART

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Wish You A Happy & Prosperous New Year

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EID MUBARAK

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The World's Biggest Airplane

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THIS AIROPLANE WAS AT THE NIAGARA FALLS AIRPORT RECENTLY (TWICE) TO LOAD COMPRESSORS TO FLY DIRECTLY TO SAUDI ARABIA

32 wheels! -- The World's Biggest Airplane, the Russian Antonov 225.

Attached pics are of the Russian behemoth when it came into Medford ,

OR , to pick up two Sikorsky fire fighting helicopters to take overseas --

it cost $1,000,000 to transport them.

It is amazing something this huge can stay in the air.

The Wright brothers would never have dreamed it.

ദീപാവലി ആശംസകള്‍

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ദീപാവലി ആശംസകള്‍

Amazing Electron Microscope Shots

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Amazing Scanning Electron Microscope Pictures

All these pictures are from the book ' Microcosmos', created by Brandon Brill from London. This book includes many scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of insects, human body parts and household items. These are the most amazing images of what is too small to see with the naked eye.

01 — A wood or heathland Ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip

02 — The surface of an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory silicon microchip

03 — Eyelash hairs growing from the surface of human skin

04 — The surface of a strawberry

05 — Bacteria on the surface of a human tongue

06 — Human sperm (spermatozoa), the male sex cells

07 — The nylon hooks and loops of velcro

08 — Household dust which includes long hairs such as cat fur, twisted synthetic and woolen fibers, serrated insect scales, a pollen grain, plant and insect remains

09 —The weave of a nylon stocking

10 — The end of the tongue (proboscis) of a hummingbird hawkmoth

11 — The head of a mosquito

12 — A human head louse clinging to a hair

13 — The eight eyes (two groups of four) on the head of a Mexican red-kneed tarantula

14 — Cut hairs and shaving foam between two razor blades

15 — Cigarette paper

16 — The corroded surface of a rusty metal nail

17 — The head of a Romanesco cauliflower

18 — The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

19 — Mushrooms spores

20 — A clutch of unidentified butterfly eggs on a raspberry plant

21 — Fimbriae of a Fallopian tube

22 — A daisy bud

23 — Calcium phosphate crystal

24 — The shell of a Foraminiferan

WOOD ART

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