Today it is a backpackers paradise and a top destination for sandboarding and dunebuggy rides. But tourism is taking its toll on the lagoon. Groundwater consumption has caused the water level of Huacachinas lagoon to sink sharply. Sources:Peruvian Times,Weather.com,Wikipedia
Construction of the film set started in June 1979. Eight tons of nails and two thousand gallons of paint were consumed in construction. Today the movie set is open to the public as an open-air museum and family entertainment complex.
Located on Tasmanias Freycinet Peninsula, Wineglass Bay is one of the most photogenic beaches in Australia. Photo credit The beach itself is 1.7 km long and curves round in a northeast-facing arc. Waves are relatively low averaging 50 cm to 1 m in height and decreasing into the southern corner. Sources:Beachsafe,Wikipedia
The sketches measure 13 feet by 10 feet and are done in freehand before being retouched. Each can take a week to complete. The works are part of the aforementioned Pencil Vs Camera series.
“No doors, no windows, just a windshield. This thing can takeoff or land in only 100 feet of bush runway,” said Seckler. “For the most part, the animals didn’t notice us.”
Sam Jinksis an Australian visual artist known for hyper-realistic sculptures he makes out of silicone, resin and fiberglass. Jinks models his sculptures onto a scaffold of steel and wood only in tone before he pours in silicone. Born in 1973, Sam Jinks currently lives and works in Melbourne.
Research has shown that mixing of both river waters in the crossing amounts to only 10%. This has been established by analyzing the water for biological communities that differ slightly in the two rivers. The differences have been found to persist even after the crossing. About 2.4 km down, Nielba eventually flows into Welna near Legowskie Lake. The river Wena is the most prominent element of this hydrographic online grid in the vicinity of Wagrowiec....
The name Downpatrick is derived from a time when St Patrick himself founded a church there. The sea stack is beautiful to behold because you might see the layers upon layers of multi-coloured rock strata. Dun Briste is roughly 63 meter by 23 meters, and 45 meters high. Local folklore tells a different story though. The legend says that a pagan chieftain once lived on the spot where the stack now stands....
Originally, the fort was to be the control center for a mine web link across the Bay. The fort was topped with a pair of armored steel gun turrets, each mounting two 14 inch guns. Searchlights, anti-aircraft batteries, and a fire direction tower were also mounted on its upper surface. In a bid to recapture Manila, Fort Drum was assaulted by US forces on April 1945. The Japanese inside the fort were completely incinerated, while the fort burned for several days....
Notice the attention paid to the details, including hunting down the same red nose day t-shirt. They even managed to include dad and Uncle Dave as well as their dog in the fun. The results of the Luxton brothers efforts are documented on the Tumblr blog entitledThen/Now.
The UFO structure actually houses a restaurant reached using an elevator and offers a beautiful panoramic view of Bratislava. The restaurant is located some 90 meters above the river below. Sources:Frommers,Wikipedia
Tidal bores occur in relatively few locations worldwide. The bay must also have large tidal range - typically more than 6 meters between high and low water. Other tidal bores, like thePororoca, in the Amazon river in Brazil, occur during spring tides. Indeed, the regular occurrence of the Silver Dragon have produced the oldest known tide table in 1056 AD. ThePororocais another significant tidal bore that occurs in the Amazon river....
The Chinese New Year celebrations is on January 31, and marks the coming Year of the Wooden Horse. Each horse weighs around 500 kg and can take the weight of five people. The horses have moveable limbs and neck so they can be arranged into lifelike poses. Initially, Doran-Webb used to collet the driftwood himself in a kayak. If you liked these sculptures you will also like thedriftwood horses by Jeffro Uitto...
