Green Dune: December 2011

Luxury living underground

by Ustad | 10:05 in beautiful, expensive, landscapes, living, pics |

This house is situated in an underground Cyclades in Greece, perhaps somebody saw him,
when traveling around the country. Beauty is certainly not the earth, all the latest technology.

This hotel is in the Boeing 727

by Ustad | 01:39 in aircraft, amazing, beautiful, cool, fun, hotel, pics |

Located in the coastal rain forest overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Hotel Costa Verde near Quepos, Costa Rica, is one of the most unique hotels in the world. The hotel was built in the fuselage Boeing 727 1965 model year!

Year of volcanic eruptions

by Ustad | 10:14 in amazing, beautiful, eruption, horrible, informative, pics, volcanos, world |

About 1,500 active volcanoes around the world recorded in 2011. This year's major eruptions recorded on volcanoes Puyehue Chile, Shinmoedake Japan, Lokon Indonesia, Grímsvötn Iceland, Mount Etna in Italy, and recently Nyamulagira in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The flow of lava from a fissure eruption follows Kilauea, Hawaii.

Five scientific discoveries made with the help of Google Earth

by Ustad | 07:26 in amazing, discoverry, interesting, pics, places |

Thanks to satellite photos of the Earth's surface, scientists were able to explore the area, where anyone and did not occur to send scientific expeditions, as well as a new angle to look at the long-studied sites. Over the past few years thanks to Google Earth, made several important discoveries. Sometimes these discoveries are made completely random people. Remains of Roman villa, Italy, 2005 One of the earliest archaeological discoveries made in Google Earth, held in 2005. Ironically, the author of the opening, a local resident Luke Mori (Luca Mori) has launched a program just to explore the area near his native Parma. Quite suddenly he noticed a strange oval artifact in the fields near the city. One of the earliest archaeological discoveries made in Google Earth, Luca Mori took him for a computer glitch, but nevertheless informed the specialists of the National Archaeological Museum, which organized the expedition. Immediately after the start of excavation, they found the remains of ancient ceramics and ancient Roman villa, built by BC. Australopithecus sediba age two million years, South Africa,

Total lunar eclipse of December 10 2011

by Ustad | 07:46 in 56 years, beautiful, last, lunar eclipse, pics |

December 10, 2011 was the last in this year's lunar eclipse. Full phase, when Earth's shadow completely covered the moon, began at 18:06 GMT and lasted for 51 minutes. At this time a full lunar eclipse can only admire the people of Asia, Central and Eastern Russia, Japan, Australia and Alaska. In the European part of Russia eclipse was visible after sunset. Airplane in Front of the Moon before the eclipse, the state Shew Jersey, December 10, 2011.

Waterfront project in St. Petersburg

by Ustad | 07:08 in amazing, beautiful, Petersburg, picnic, pics, pier, Waterfront |

Selected among three finalists for the international design to build a pier in St. Petersburg (Florida), the waterfront project, submitted by the Danish architecture and design studio BIG architects, consists of three parts. Tributary park offers canoe rental, picnic area and Botanical Gardens, Wave walk - marina and swimming pool. And The wave - a sculptural building in the form of a ring in which there are commercial businesses, restaurants, bars and theaters.

The Sneezing Baby Panda

by Ustad | 06:09 in funny, indanger, informative, panda, pics, video |

The giant panda, or panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally meaning "black and white cat-foot")is a bear native to central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the panda's diet is 99% bamboo.Pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents or carrion. In captivity they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared feed.

The main office of Red Bull from Sid Lee Architecture

by Ustad | 04:04 in beautiful, cool, cool. extraordinary, impressive, offices, pics, Red Bull |

Design Studio Sid Lee Architecture worked on the interior decoration of the new company's headquarters Red Bull. Located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the office has an area of 875 sq.m. and fully consistent with the spirit of the city. Interestingly, in the building where the headquarters are settled, was once a shipyard. The interior design reflects the philosophy of the company Red Bull, office resembles two hemispheres of the human brain - the mind is opposed to intuition, the art industry is opposed, the dark contrast with a light, an angel fighting a demon .

Chinese man eaten bag of iPad

by Ustad | 04:32 in act, amazing, Chinese, food, funny, pics, strange |

This is perhaps the most bizarre act, which I have just heard. A Chinese man found an old bag of iPad, wash it, cut into small pieces, fry and eat. Well, not moron? Why did he do?