Monday, 19 February 2018
Desert Surrounded by Icey Mountains
It is well-known that Transbaikal or Zabaykalsky Krai is a region with snow-capped mountains and huge ice fields to the east of Lake Baikal in Russia.
But not many people are aware of the fact that a true desert can be found in the place. Chara Sands are located in Kalarsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, the sand band is 10 km long and 5 km wide.
The sands are surrounded by boreal forests and marshes.
Sunday, 18 February 2018
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Moscow 1941 eyes of American photographer
Writes blogger samsebeskazal: «Favourite places and photos from
the book" Taking off Russian war "Margaret Bourke-White, the summer
of 1941 which was the only foreign photographer in the Soviet Union. Her
book - a unique material consisting of rare photographs, descriptions of events
through the eyes of Western man and interesting domestic details. This
post - continued. The first part consisted entirely of photos with
captions. In this I decided to add that seemed interesting to me in the
text book. But the letters turned out so much that I had readability
dilute their photographs from the archives of LIFE. They also authored
Bourke-White, but has long been in the network, so it is more known. I
must clarify that this is not a literal translation of the text, and freestyle
attempt to retell the contents of some chapters without distorting the facts
mentioned therein. The book was published in New York in 1942. I have
the original edition, not bought ebay.
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Friday, 27 June 2014
North Korea - South Korea find 10 differences
North Korea is ruled by an
unscrupulous dictator, while South Korea enjoys democracy. And
despite the fact that the two countries share the same peninsula, a feeling
that they are separated worlds. In the photo project "Korea-South
Korea» German photographer Dieter Leistner decided to demonstrate how North and
South Korea are different from each other.
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Most young slum zoos in the world
June 10, 1793 in Paris,
opened the first public zoo. Zoos are still very
popular, especially when they appear young. Present to you a selection of photos of newborn creatures, made in
the last few months
1. Three-month cub
pressed to his mother at the zoo Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., March 29. (Nati Harnik / AP)
10 most cozy Italian towns
To start the holiday
period many of our compatriots are chosen as a place to stay beautiful Italy. For
those who can not be surprised bustle of the eternal city of Rome and Milan
shopping our selection of the most cozy Italian cities on the coast. Probably each of us ever dreamed to spend if not
life, then at least a vacation in a quiet hamlet on the beach, drinking coffee
and wine tasting at local restaurants, listening to the voices of gulls and
surf.
Choose!
1. Vernazza
Vernazza is the most
organic, beautiful and picturesque town Italian "pyatizemelya"
(Cinque Terre) Liguria. Today it is home to just
over a thousand people, so Vernazza is also one of the quietest towns and
compete with them can only calm Manarola. On a background of multicolored multi-storey houses-towers are
evident older medieval walls of galleries, palaces, monasteries and, of course,
the castle, whose low walls once protected the rest locals from pirate raids. In the narrow streets of Vernazza, at steep
angles going down to the sea, at almost every step, you can see the boats,
"parked" at home so naturally as look cars standing in our backyards
at entrances.
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Coast of libya from the air
Some time ago,
photographer Jason Hawkes (Jason Hawkes) went on a trip to Libya, where he had
the opportunity to make a helicopter Mi-8 along the Mediterranean coast of
Tripoli and several ancient towns, including Sabratha and Leptis Magna. Photographer kindly shared
his photos with a broad audience.
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
10 the scariest roller coaster in the world
May 8, 1976 has been a
real revolution in the world of roller coasters. In the amusement park Six Flags Magic Mountain in California
opened the world's first steel roller coaster with a noose. In our time loop - this is not the worst thing
that the creators are willing to offer rides to fans of adrenaline lining up
around the world to tickle your nerves. We offer you a virtual ride on the ten most scary roller coaster
in the world! Attention: nervous,
fearful height and people with weak vestibular system is better not to look
further!
Iraq unrest
The fighting continued in Iraq today near a main oil
refinery, with government forces trying to stop a week-long attack from members
of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and others. The Iraqi foreign minister
has asked the United States for air strikes against the Sunni militants'
positions but President Obama, in a meeting with leaders of Congress today,
said he wanted for now to focus on training Iraq's security forces and
providing equipment. Thousand of displaced civilians have been looking for
shelter since the the attacks began. --Lloyd Young
An image downloaded on June 11
from the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin shows militants of the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waving the trademark Islamists flag after
they allegedly seized an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi province
of Salahuddin. Jihadists are pushing toward Baghdad on June 12 after capturing
a town just hours to the north, as the US mulled air strikes in a bid to
bolster Iraq's collapsing security forces. (AFP/Getty Images)
Monday, 23 June 2014
Historical Tower of Hercules
In 61 BCE a Roman seaborne expedition, probably led by Julius Caesar himself, landed at present-day La Coruña (Brigantium) with the intention of installing a port and commercial settlement. There had already been Roman colonisation along the Mediterranean facade of the Iberian Peninsula and along the south and south-west from the 2nd century BCE. The port of Brigantium played an important role during the Cantabrian Wars (29-19 BCE). Once peace was restored, its strategic maritime role at the entrance to the Bay of Biscay, as well as that of a trading station, were confirmed. It became a rear base for the conquest of the British Isles while Galicia was being Romanised.
Under the name of Farum Brigantium, the Tower was probably erected in the 1st century CE, at the latest in the reign of Trajan (98-117). The votive inscription on a small ancillary construction would appear to bear this out. This monumental lighthouse is located at the entrance to La Coruña harbour, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is designed to facilitate navigation along the rugged Galicia coastline, on a strategic point on the sea route linking the Mediterranean to northwest Europe.
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