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A very peculiar feature of danxia landscape is the development of numerous caves of various sizes and shapes. Danxia landforms rock walls and cliffs are formed of red sandstone and conglomerate. Some 30 million years later a 3,700-meter-thick red-colored layer formed on the basin, known as the chalk bed. During the next 30 million years orogenic movement has lifted the whole basin many times. In 2010, six Danxia landscapes were inscribed as World Heritage Sites....

These planes have remain abandoned from anywhere between 10-70 years and have become part of the landscape. In the forests, trees grow through broken windows. In the desert, piles of sand conform to the shape of the fuselage. In the mountains, their gray metal innards start to resemble the rocks around them. According to Eckell, all wreckage involve stories of survival and sheer luck. The quest to find these downed plane were like a trip through history....

The halo is so large that the arc appears parallel to the horizon, hence the name. Brightly colored circumhorizontal arc occur mostly during the summer and between particular latitudes. This is why circumhorizontal arc is such a rare phenomenon. A colourful circumhorizon arc spans the sky near Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, in 2003. The position of the observer is also important. Circumhorizontal arcs cannot be seen in locations north of 55N or south of 55S....

Sculptures were taken to storage facilities, and mosaics and reliefs were simply removed. The party had a new theme - Kilometers at the expense of architecture. Also see:Artistic Stockholm Subway System Komsomolskaya Metro Station Komsomolskaya opened in 1935. The imposing Baroque celling, painting in yellow is decorated with eight mosaic panels of smalt and precious stones. The theme of the panels represent the Russian fight for freedom and independence throughout history....

Najaf itself is one of Iraq’s biggest cities, with a population of nearly 600,000. Wadi Al-Salam cemetery contains graves built with baked bricks and plaster and it rises at different levels. Among the tombstones are the room-size family crypts built by the wealthy, often topped by domes. There are also underground burial vaults that can be get down by ladder. The Americans cannot get into the area, because it’s full of winding lanes and underground mausoleums....

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. Bunda Cliffs form the southern edge of the Nullarbor Plain which extends far inland. The white coloured base you see near the bottom of the cliff face is Wilson Bluff Limestone. This Wilson Limestone is up to 300 metres thick but only the upper portion is visible in Bunda Cliffs....

Ian Berryis a British born artist currently based in Sweden, who creates artwork solely from denim. I was about 14 and we were going to a family party, recalls Berry. I wanted to wear my favorite pair of jeans, but my mum had other ideas. Out instead came the corduroy. I still remember feeling so self-conscious and uncomfortable, and not myself. How I wanted to be in my beloved denim, just like my cousins were wearing....

Tepuis are flat table-top mountains found in the Guayana Highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela. The tallest of them are over 3,000 meters tall. Over millions of years, the plateaus were eroded and all that were left were isolated flat-headed tepuis. Although the tepuis looks quite barren, the summit is teeming with life. The high altitude of tepuis causes them to have a different climate from the ground forest....

The theme park, measuring 86,000 sq meter is located under this 50 meter high roof. The perimeter of the roof is more than 2 km in length. More than 12,370 tonnes of steel has been used to support this roof. At the center, there is a 100 meter glazed funnel. The Ferrari logo that adorns the roof of the building measures 65 meters across. Photo credit Benoy Architects Photo credit Benoy Architects

The boats are typically rowed by one or two local women who also carry embroidered good for selling. The otherwise peace and harmony of the place can be overshadowed by the pushy vendors.

John Glenn was America’s first man to eat anything in the near weightlessness of Earth orbit. Glen found the task of eating fairly easy, but found the menu to be limited. Many Mercury astronauts had to endure bite-sized cubes, freeze dried powders, and semiliquids stuffed in aluminum tubes. Moreover, freeze-dried foods produced crumbs which could foul instruments. Several of the food issues from the Mercury missions were addressed in the Gemini missions....

German-born and Amsterdam-based artistKatrin Korfmannloves taking photos of human life, from a height. But unlike many aerial photographers who fly on small planes, Korfmanns techniques are modest. In the birds-eye view people look alike, Korfmann said in an interview to Slate. Then you see all the differences: in the clothes they wear, the things they carry.

With the arrival of Christianity in Georgia in the 4th century, the rock came to represent seclusion. The locals call it the Pillar of Life. At the top of the Katskhi pillar.Photo credit Sources:Wikipedia,Mystagogy