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All seems fine in Viganella except that the village is located on the wrong side of a steep mountain. On 11 November the sun disappears and does not reappear until 2 February. “It’s like Siberia,” one of the village’s nearly 200 residents said. After the mirror was installed, a positive change came over the mood and behaviour of the inhabitants. Viganellas mirror has drawn attention of millions of people around the world since it was installed six years ago....

The messy and tedious act involves cleaning, dying, felting, and knitting the raw wool. To create her artwork, wool from Icelandic sheep farms and old wool sweaters were used. To dye the wool, Kool-Aid was used to make the dioramas. She then captures the images using a macro lens. Eszter Burghardt uses as much natural lighting as possible and do not use any computer based added effects.

The Supertrees also serve air intake and exhaust functions as part of the conservatories' cooling systems. A food and beverage outlet is planned atop the 50-meter Supertree. At night, the Supertrees come alive with a light and music show called the OCBC Garden Rhapsody. The entire project is estimated to have cost more than $1 billion. Photo credit Sources:CNN,Wikipedia

As you may have already guessed, the guinea pigs werent taking part in any of the events. Its all digital manipulation. We hired the guinea pigs from Palace Piggie Rescue in Crawley in exchange for a donation. The owner of the rescue site handled the guinea pigs." it’s possible for you to buy the calendar athttp://www.themaverickshop.com/calendars/ [viaThe Telegraph]

It is located about 400 miles north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. In fact, Svalbard is the northernmost permanently inhabited region on the planet. Some of these glaciers have small waterfalls formed from melting snow and ice. Svalbard is renowned for its variety of birds, including Arctic Terns, Arctic Fulmar and Puffins. Whales can be spotted off the coastlines particularly during late summer. Humpback whales, Orcas, Beluga Whales, and Narwhals all frequent the ocean waters near Svalbard....

The city sits in a bowl-like depression surrounded by the high mountains of the altiplano. The sight from the air as one flies into La Paz is incredible. La Paz is an important cultural center of Bolivia. La Paz is renowned for its unique markets, very unusual topography, and traditional culture. Sources:Wikipedia,Wikitravel

The centerpiece of the park is, of course, the three gigantic Towers of Paine. She and her party were the first tourists to visit what is now called Torres del Paine National Park. Glacial ice eroded the overlying rock exposing these gigantic granite monoliths that stand today. Torres del Paine National Park is not just mountains and rocks. Its an area of astonishing scenic beauty with snow-capped mountains, glaciers, rivers and lakes....

Traditionally, the backwaters are used by local people for transport, fishing, and agriculture. Fed by the rivers, the backwaters are almost free of salty seawater. Houseboats called kettuvallams are one of the prominent tourist attractions in Kerala. More than 2000 kettuvallams ply the backwaters. At some point in time the boats were used as living quarters by the royalty. Some ketuvallams are motorised but generally proceed at a slow speed for smooth travel....

Giant gas storage tanks are usually an eye sore, but not in Japan. For the Japanese, they are giant piece of canvas. These gas tanks are found all over the country.

San Francisco Bay Area photographerRobert Bueltemantakes extraordinary images of flowers subjected to 80,000 volts of electricity. But he doesnt use traditional equipment, not even a camera. In that moment, the gas surrounding the subject is ionized, leaving behind ethereal coronas. Buelteman says some of the colors he achieves dont exist in Photoshop. Buelteman works in complete darkness and with dangerously high voltages. fear is part of the process, he says....

Many immigrants who settled in cities were hard-working and wanted to succeed. But instead of traditional roads to success, some chose a life of crime. The city would not be what it is today if not for the Mafia. The Mob Museum opened this year on February 14th – Valentines Day, an important day in Mafia history. It was on Valentines Day eighty-three years ago that the St. Valentines Day Massacre happened....

Especially famous is the wall built between 220206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained and fortified. The Wall extends 5 kilometers north of Shanhai Pass where it juts into the sea. Laolongtou was built in 1579 in the Ming Dynasty. What stands today is a 1980s effort by the authorities to replicate the original....

The festival has grown incredibly popular ever since. In 1996 a range of cosmetics was produced using mud from the Boryeong mud flats. for promote these cosmetics, the Boryeong Mud Festival was conceived. Through this festival, it was hoped people would learn more about the mud and the cosmetics. Boryeong Mud Festival runs from July 14 until the July 24.See Pictures of last years celebration.