Showing posts with label World Records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Records. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Best Fountains of the World

Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Las-Vegas
Las-Vegas
Dubai
Dubai
Moscow
Moscow
Moscow
Kiev
Kiev
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Geneva
Barcelona
Barcelona
Tivoli
Tivoli
Rome
Most Beautiful and fascinating fountains compilation from around the world.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

The World's Largest Salt Flat

5174701925929866962The Salar de Uyuni, a sea of salt, a salt desert, was once an inland sea, or giantsalt water lake, but the water vanished into the thin dry air of Andean altitude. All that remains is the salt, tens of meters thick, lying stark beneath bright sky: a sun-bleached skeleton of a dead sea.
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5174701955994638066The 4085 square mile salt flat looks like a scene from another planet. The endless sea of white salt is paired with small islands, which are small rocky hills of earth cluttered with odd plants such as cacti. The flats were once part of a large lake more than 40,000 years ago.5174701711181502082
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Most tourists that visit the site will go on a jeep tour that lasts 2-4 days and often combines trips to colored lakes, rare rock formations, and other unusual stops. The town Uyuni, where most of the tour operators and jeep tour activity are based, is built up solely for trips into this barren wasteland. At the end of the tour many are left of at the Chilean or Argentine borders to continue a long journey, or return they spend an extra day to return to Uyuni.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Real Life Spiderman

5106815538577236226Alain Robert climbed to the top of the 799-feet-high Federation office building, Europe's tallest building, in less than a half-hour using a ladder. Police did not try to prevent him from ascending the building or attempt to pursue him, but detained him afterward.5106815542872203538It was not immediately clear why Robert, renowned for climbing without ropes or other equipment, used the ladder on his Moscow ascent.5106815542872203554
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5106814924396912754Spiderman detained after Moscow climb.

In front of a crowd of about 100,000, 'Spider-man' Alain Robert made it to the top of Abu Dhabi's tallest building, the 185m Investment Authority, without safety gear.
The 44-year-old, who suffers from vertigo, used tiny slots in the concrete for purchase.5106816002433704354
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Free climbing Frenchman Alain Robert...just awesome..

Alain Robert (born August 7, 1962 in Valence, DrĂ´me, France) is a rock and urban climber. Nicknamed "Spider-Man," Robert is an urban climber, free solo climbing rocks and up the vertical, smooth exteriors of skyscrapers.

Robert has climbed more than 70 of the world's tallest structures, including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, with his bare hands and without a safety net.