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

Friday, December 17, 2010

HOLY HOLES!!

Below are some of the biggest and most magnificent holes on earth

1. Darvaza (Door) - The Burning Gates:

In 1971, geologists discovered a huge underground deposit of natural gas on this site. And while excavating, a whole drilling rig fell into an underground cavern. Natural gas started coming up from the hole. To prevent gasses from escaping, it was set alight and it continues to burn even today. The crater measures roughly 60 meters in diameter and 20 meters deep and is located in Turkmenistan.






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2. The Kimberley Diamond mine (also known as the Big Hole) is an open-pit mine in Kimberley, South Africa and is claimed to be the largest hole excavated by hand. This 1097 meter deep mine yielded over 6,000 lb of diamonds before being closed in 1914.


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3. Isn't This view mesmerizing?? For me it is. It feel likes seeing the top of heaven through Google earth.;-))

Thats the Great Blue Hole, Belize
Situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize is this incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole. There are numerous blue holes around the world but none as stunning as this one. About 60 miles from Belize City, there is a perfectly circular 1,000 (305 m) feet across and 400 feet (123 m) wide deep.




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4. This one looks a bit Hellish... well it was for the people there...In 2007, this 300-foot-deep sinkhole swallowed about a dozen homes in Guatemala City.

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5. Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam has this one of the biggest holes in the world. This funnel-shaped outlet, allows water to bypass the dam when it reaches capacity, as it allows water to pass through at a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second. how about a dive in it. It would take more than nearly 3 minutes to reach the bottom 










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Stay tuned for more of the world's biggest and the best.

Peace \m/

Sunday, November 28, 2010

New From Wikileaks

Yesterday, wikileaks issued a notification worldwide that there site was under a cyber attack. Most probably the attack was executed within the country that felt endangered by the leaks.

Recently, out of 25000 different documents, one statement that is diffusing uncertainity over the unity of Middle Eastern country was given by the Arab leaders, in which they are prompting US to attack Iran.

We cannot neglect the fact that US had been worried over the strong unity among the Arab Nations and Iran and now the Wikileaks are releasing such statements that are related to the arab world. In another statement, the famous Saudi King is accused of stating that "The President of The Republic of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari is the main obstacle in the process of Pakistan's Progress".
According to the leaks, the king stated,
"When the head is rotten, it affects the whole body"

Strangely, the only two statements that has emerged as an inportant news are related to the Arab world. Many people espacially from the Arab World might consider these Leaks as a scam or a new strategy to break the strong bond shared by the Arab World, Iran and Pakistan.