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.

Bunda Cliffs in Australia Is this the End of the World ?

Located on the Great Australian Bight in Southern Australia, is the vast, featureless Nullarbor Plain - the world’s largest single piece of limestone, covering an area of 270,000 square km and extending some 1,000 km from the east to the west. The area is so flat that the Trans Australian Railway runs across its surface for about 483 kilometers in a completely straight line. On the surface of the plain there are areas of slight depressions where sparse rainfall has slowly dissolved away some of the limestone. There are also places where underground caves or sinkholes have collapsed to form dents in the surface. But mostly, the plain is horizontally flat and devoid of trees, as its Latin name suggests. The Nullarbor Plain ends abruptly at the spectacular Bunda Cliffs, comprising a 200-kilometer-long precipice curving around the Great Australian Bight.

13 inspiring facts about airplanes

At the May holidays, many of our compatriots prefer to fly away from their home towns. Even those who are afraid to fly. If you belong to their number, this post - for you! Probably after you are familiar with our "baker's dozen" air facts, you will feel more confident on the board. Although it is not a fact . Some degree of aerophobia so high that no facts will not help.

Air transportation - the safest form of transport

The Strangest Trees Around The World

We are all accustomed to the sight of trees around us and, passing by, do not pay much attention to them. But our world grow and very unusual specimens. Their views have not only surprised, but also make stop in amazement.

 On our planet grows a variety of trees for our unaccustomed eye view. But where they grow, the locals see them as a matter of course and do not pay them much attention.

82,500 Miles Journey On Motorcycle

When Alex Chacon decided to travel the world, he decided to do it in an unusual way. To be exact - on a motorcycle. This graduate of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Texas began a long journey to make a reality of your dreams before you get serious medical practice. Alex is shot on camera and the camera. By the way, this photo project, called "Modern Motorcycle Diaries," has become not only a personal project, but also the charity event - the proceeds go to a non-profit organization "Children of Uganda."

Land Where Human Fantasies Are Transcribed In To Stone Sculptures - Khajuraho (India)

Situated in the northern part of Madhya Pradesh, the town of Khajuraho has been recognized as a world heritage site by UNESCO. The town is famous for its imperial temples. The temples were built by the rulers of Chandela dynasty between 10th and 11th century. The construction of the temple just took around 100 years to complete. There were around 85 temples in the area but now only 22 exist. Rest are nothing more than ruins. They sure have gained popularity due to the erotic sculptures carved on the walls. However such sculptures cover only a small portion. The major share of sculptures are depicting the daily life of people in the rural India.

Terrafugia TF-X The vertical take-off flying car

The first flying car – the Terrafugia Transition is on its way soon, while we wait for the first fling car itself, Terrafugia is already planning on developing another vertical takeoff car that’ll do 200 mph alongside other amazing features. Slated to go on sale after the Transition hits market sometime in 2015-16, the new model dubbed Terrafugia TF-X will be a plug-in hybrid flying car that will allegedly fly at a top speed of 200 mph. 

The idea behind creation of the TF-X is clearly to enhance safety, convenience and sustainability of personal transportation in the future. The electric motor on the TF-X will help the flyer take off, while a built-in gas engine will propel it on flight. According to Terrafugia, the four seater TF-X flying car will have autopilot functions for just about everything in there, so you won’t need a pilot’s license to fly it, just tell it where to go and it will fly you!

Flying Skywhale

A $170,000 hot air balloon called the Skywhale has been unveiled to mark Canberra's centenary. At 34 metres long and weighing half a tonne, it is at least twice as large as a standard hot-air balloon. Former Canberra artist Patricia Piccinini was commissioned by the ACT Government to design the balloon for Canberra's 100th birthday, "The total project cost for the balloon is $300,000,"

Galata Tower, Istanbul - Turkey

The tower was built as Christea Turris  in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoesecolony in Constantinople.The Galata Tower was the tallest building in Istanbul at 219½ feet (66.9 m) when it was built in 1348.  One of the city's most striking landmarks, it is a high, cone-capped cylinder that dominates the skyline and offers a panoramic vista of Old Istanbul or  Constantinople and its environs. The nine-story tower is 66.90 meters tall (62.59 m without the ornament on top, 51.65 m at the observation deck), and was the city's tallest structure when it was built. The elevation at ground level is 35 meters above sea-level. The tower has an external diameter of 16.45 meters at the base, an 8.95 meters diameter inside, and walls that are 3.75 meters thick. There is a restaurant and café on its upper floors which command a magnificent view of Istanbul and the Bosphorus. Also located on the upper floors is a night club which hosts a Turkish show. There are two operating elevators that carry visitors from the lower level to the upper levels.

City in the ocean

Male (pronounced "Maa-lay" (Maa-Lay) - the capital and largest city of the Republic of Maldives. Malé is located on an island in Kaafu Atoll (Kaafu Atoll). Population Male has 104 400 people (2006). Traditionally Male considered King's Island, from which, the Maldives ruled dynasty royal families in ancient times.

Name the capital of the Maldives is derived from "Mahaalay", who came from the Sanskrit (ancient language), which means "Maha" - "big" or "great" and "aalay" - "home". In Sanskrit the word "Mahaalay" called the Royal Palace. And got the name of the Male.

The Woman Married To Five Brothers

A young Indian woman has spoken out about being married to five husbands, all of whom are brothers.Rajo Verma, 21, lives in one room with the siblings and they sleep on blankets on the floor. The mother-of-one, who sleeps each night with a different brother, does not know which of her five related husbands is the father of her 18-month-old son.Rajo and first husband Guddu wed in an arranged Hindu marriage four years ago.Since then she has married Baiju, 32, Sant Ram, 28, Gopal, 26, and Dinesh, 19 - the latest in the line of husbands - who married her as soon as he turned 18. 'We all have sex with her but I’m not jealous,' first husband Guddu  - who remains the only official spouse - said. 'We’re one big happy family.'

Happy family: Five brothers (L-R) Sant Ram Verma, 28, Bajju Verma, 32, Gopal Verma, 26, Guddu Verma, 21, and Dinesh Verma, 19, with their shared wife Rajo Verma, 20, and their son Jay Verm

Google’s Data Centers Around the World

 Earlier today, Google released a massive gallery of pictures of their Data Centers around the world. In an effort for greater transparency, Google also published a guided tour on YouTube and even a Street View tour of their data center in Lenoir, North Carolina.With 13 data centers around the world (7 in the Americas, 3 in Asia and 3 in Europe) running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it’s fascinating to see how the world’s biggest Internet company is powered.

For all pictures, video and information, be sure to visit the official Google Data Centers site at:http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/ 

1. Douglas County, Georgia, USA 

Photograph by Google“These colorful pipes send and receive water for cooling our facility. Also pictured is a G-Bike, the vehicle of choice for team members to get around outside our data centers.” 

Inside Amazon’s ‘Chaotic Storage’ Warehouses

As the world’s largest online retailer, Amazon needs somewhere to put all of those products. The solution? Giant warehouses. Eighty to be exact. Strategically located near key shipping hubs around the world.The warehouses themselves are massive, with some over 1.2 million square feet in size (111,484 sq m). And at the heart of this global operation are people (over 65,000 of them), and a logistics system known as chaotic storage.

Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Boy

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Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Boy

The life of Dai Guohong was rather ordinary before 2008. He was 18 years old when he lost his both legs in the horrible Wenchuan earthquake. He didn't give in, trained a lot and has now become one of China's top swimmers. 

EU launched its first Satellite Navigation System

Click here to join natural wonders cool mail European Space Agency (ESA) has launche Russian Soyuz VS01 rocket on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana. The Russian Federal Space Agency and Arianespace,the commercial arm of the 13-country European Space Agency,  also launched on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, the Soyuz rocket from the European spaceport  in South America, carrying two Galileo navigation satellites in its maiden flight. 6 More Images

Beautiful Ferry Rides

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Beautiful Ferry Rides

Chile: The Patagonian fjords

This epic ferry ride spans 800 miles over four days, treating passengers to views of isolated estuaries and gulfs, massive ice fields and fjords slashed into the Andes. The boat even approaches the dramatic face of Pío XI or Brüggen Glacier, which, at 488sqm, is the largest glacier in South America. Toast your adventure with pisco sours made with iceberg ice that the crew collects from Pío XI. 

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Cool Living: Contemporary Warm And Cosy House

Here is an awesome mountain home that probably a lot of us could wish to own. On outside it looks like other neighboring buildings but the interior is contemporary and at the same time warm and cosy. The facade is done in wood and stone. The interior also features a lot of wood elements that probably make the space so cosy. Stairs, support beams, floors and some furniture are all done in timber. The design of all these things isn’t so rustic as in many other similar mountains homes but thanks to that the interior is so contemporary.

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Picturisation of a drowning large ship

Click here to join natural wonders cool mail Cargo ship Rena is grounded on the Astrolabe reef 14 miles (22 kilometres) from Tauranga Harbour on  New Zealand's North Island, is tilted at 21 degrees and has a crack the width of the haul Monday.  Salvage crews are rushing to recover as much fuel oil as they can before the arrival of bad weather  predicted for later in the day.

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Hand Made Helicopter

Hand Made Helicopter

22-year-old farmer from the district I Chzhunyuan Tszyusyan in Henan is not looking for a easy way in life. Chappie assembled from everyday materials helicopter of its own design. Rotary-wing pepelats motorcycle driven by an engine capacity of 150 cc Helicopter cost its owner $ 1,460 in. Not yet known whether the fly is collected from old water pipes created by the Chinese folk craftsmen, but the local police, just in case, have already banned Chzhunyuanyu torn off from the ground.

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The Crooked Forest

The crooked forest: Fantasy woodland that could have come straight from a fairytale

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 8:29 AM on 11th October 2011

With their trunks all bent the northward, these trees look like something straight out of one of the more uncomfortable fairy tales.

Surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees near Gryfino, north-west Poland, this grove of curved trees - dubbed the 'Crooked Forest' - is a mystery.

The curved pines, of which there are about 400, were planted around 1930.

Mysterious: These crooked pine trees are just some of 400 whose trunks are bent to the north in one forest in north-west Poland