Theyre also a convenient way to order. Rather than trying to figure out the correct Japanese translation, customers can simply point at the display window. The food models, calledsampuru, started appearing in Japan nearly a hundred year ago, in 1917. Fake food on display meant more business, and that still holds true today. It does away with the guesswork and the need to use your imagination when looking at a menu....
The Lehe Ledu Wildlife Zoo in Chongqing city, China, is giving people a chance to experience what it feels like to come face to face predators, instead of just viewing them in cages from a safe distance. Here visitors are locked up in a cage inside the back of a truck as it makes its way through the park, while the animals freely roam around, often coming close to the cage....
Since its launch in 2009, NASAs Kepler telescope has discovered more 1,000 alien worlds. The posters are labelled, as supposed to have come from NASA’s fictional Exoplanet Travel Bureau. “I was thinking … we may be not alone. Harris, the lead artist, was inspired by the enduring appeal of vintage art deco-style posters. “People gravitate toward those old posters. They hang them on their walls even today and you want to go there....
Unfortunately, Vasa was too top heavy and dangerously unstable. On the day of departure, a swelling crowd gathered at the harbor to watch the ship leave. Around 30 people lost their lives. He wrote angrily to the Royal Council in Stockholm demanding that the guilty parties be punished. “Imprudence and negligence” must have been the cause, he wrote. Part of the blame lies on the king himself. On their third pass, the ship was ready to capsize at the quay....
The project was designed by Paris-based Chartier-Dalix Architects who won the winning design in a competition in 2011. The school features eighteen classrooms, and a sports facility that is open for local residents. An inhabited wall forms the outer boundary of the plot.
An average automobile tire can travel around30,000 kilometersbefore they need to be replaced. Every year gigantic holes are dug out in the desert and filled with old tyres. There are already seven million tires out there. The expanse of rubber is so vast that they are now visible from space. The tires arrive from both Kuwait and other countries. Satellite picture of the tire dump in Sulaibiya, Kuwait. During the 1980s and 1990s,259 million tireswere discarded annually....
Beaches usually mean sand, but not always. There are beaches made ofsea shells,broken glassespounded smooth by the surf and pebbles. The beach got its name from a wooden schoolhouse that used to stand here. Now anybody found removing pebbles from the beach are imposed a hefty fine. The beach is known for its smooth boulders that line the shoreline which stretches for miles. Unlike most pebble beaches, the pebbles on Valugan aptly called boulders - are enormous in size....
The 4,100 meter-long tunnel passes wholly under Maynard Mountain. Cars heading to Whittier are allowed every half hour while cars leaving Whittier can enter the tunnel every hour. In between regularly scheduled passenger trains are also accommodated. The tunnel also contains several turnaround spots, which are reserved for disabled vehicles. As many as 450 vehicles can wait outside for passing through. A southbound train exits the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel.
They left a notebook inside, hoping people would leave messages. But they never dreamed it would be so successful. What a beautiful morning. I am so thankful for the gift of life,“read one entry on the journal. Others share their grief:“Dear princess. To my dear, sweet, beautiful wife. God took you to heaven … I think of you every moment. I miss you more each day,“reads another entry. Some share their deepest secrets:“Dear ‘Kindred Spirit’....
Gangkhar Puensum lies on the border of Bhutan and Tibet, although the exact boundary line is disputed. Chinese maps put the peak squarely on the border whereas other sources put it wholly in Bhutan. When the mountain was first mapped and surveyed in 1922, maps of the region were shockingly inaccurate. Until very recently, maps of the region showed the mountain at different locations and marked with different heights. When Bhutan finally opened its doors to mountaineering, a series of expeditions were organized....
The roller coaster is built over a hilly terrain and consists of a pair of elevated rails. While there are no loops and spectacular drops, riding the Sky Cycle will still send your heart racing. The rails are located four stories above the ground. The carts are open and there are no guard rails either. The view of the Shimotsui-Seto Bridge in the background is spectacular though. Photo credit: Getty Images...
Uunartoq island is located in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, close to the settlement of Alluitsup Paa. The ruins of a nunnery stand nearby. Pieces of icebergs drift offshore, and many whales frequent these waters. Photo credit: Greenland.com The hot springs at Uunartoq have been known for at least a thousand years. During the Viking era, the Norse settlers constructed bathtubs with boulders around the springs creating a medieval spa....
32-year old Tao Liu works as a water meter reader for the Hefei Water Supply Company. The response was usually tepid, until recently, when a famous photography magazine published his photos. Within a few weeks, Tao Liu became a household name. Find more of Tao Lius work onLofter.
