Strangest Theme Park, Darwin, Australia,

Strangest Theme Park, Darwin, Australia,

The World’s Largest Ice Art on Siberia’s Lake Baikal

This spectacular artwork is the world’s largest drawing and at 12.5 square miles it would be able to find room for 4,469 Wembley football pitches.

Lake Baikal is the “pearl of Siberia”, the world’s deepest freshwater lake. Because of its age and isolated location in Siberia, it contains unusual collections of freshwater flora and fauna and 1,700 plant and animal species.

However in the depths of winter, something magical happened on the frozen lake: Jim Denevan, an artist, created the world’s largest drawing, spanning over 12.5 square miles. It’s ephemeral: started in March, it had disappeared by May.

In March Jim Denevan and his team of eight travelled there. They lived in a yurt in the middle of the ice for the duration of the project. The work was ‘drawn’ on the frozen surface of the lake, using the black ice beneath the white snow as contrast.

The spiral of circles, along a fibonacci curve, grow in size from an origin of 18″ to several miles in diameter. The circles were made using brooms, with the crew working for 15 days, 24 hours a day.

“We originally wanted to go to the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica to do this drawing, but after some research I realised that this part of Lake Baikal behaved similarly to the deserts I was used to,” said Jim.

“They usually experience a prolonged period of low pressure over the lake, which means that even though the temperatures are generally around five or ten below zero, it doesn’t snow. That meant that we could part the snow on top of the lake ice and create the drawing without interruptions,” he added.

This spectacular artwork at 12.5 square miles would be able to find room for 4,469 Wembley football pitches. To really see it properly, you have to be in a plane at 40,000 feet.

The project was sponsored by American clothing store Anthropologie as part of their online exhibition space that pairs artists with corporate funds.

Jim ‘drew’ his creation before the team begun using a simple bike and stick, which he rode around lining his artwork into the snow.

“This is the largest drawing in the world and beats my previous record which was a sand drawing in the desert of Nevada, which had a circumference of nine miles,” said Mr. Denevan

He continued: “This drawing is almost ten percent bigger than that, but was designed differently to take into account the shore line of the lake.”

“The circle to the right on the Fibonacci curve holds the same dimensions as my Nevada drawing, but of course it is not a total circle because of the lake’s geography,” he added.

However, nothing went quite as smoothly as planned. “The process begins with me riding around the lake on my bike with a stick,” said Jim. “That allows me to draw the outline using both the wheels and the stick to push away the snow.”

“However, after around the fifth day when we were just getting to work with the larger snow ploughs it snowed. This covered up all my previous outlines and we had to work hard to see where they were to make sure we were on the right tracks.”

Braving the chill Siberian climate and driving the snowplough around on top of the four and half feet thick ice, Jim and his team salvaged the project.

“On the ninth day, we experienced a storm, which blew the snow back on top of the lines we had created, some of which were eight feet wide,” said Jim.

“That was disheartening to say the least. This is an iconic setting for such a surreal and beautiful work, even if it only lasted for just over a month before it disappeared,” explained Jim.

Jim also said: “Lake Baikal contains up to 20 percent of the world’s fresh water and is also in remote and mysterious Siberia. Battling the cold and the wind and the logistical problems was exhausting, but this is a beautiful work and one I am very proud of.” [Jim Denevan and The Anthropologist via DialyMail (UK) and TreeHugger]

There are few amazing places on this planet..

IF you are belief or not... the truth just near to you, there is few images of wonderful locations on this planet.. check it out.

Passage in Verona, Italy.

Bled, Slovenia.

Super Moon on Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey.

Bigar waterfall -Romania natural shower.

Cherry Blossom, Kyoto, Japan

Lichtenstein Castle, Honau, Germany.

Kazuki Yamamoto’s Amazing 3D Coffee Latte Art

Kazuki Yamamoto a  Japanese latte art painter makes three dimensional designs coffee latte. The 26 year old took his  latte art  to the next level, even making foam sculptures from one cup jump into another.Kazuki Yamamoto dreams of opening his own coffee shop in Tokyo.To keep up with Yamamoto’s creations, check out his Twitter.

Some of hislatest masterpieces  includes a detailed giraffe, a three-eyed alien and a Hello Kitty character peeking out of a mug.

Here are some of his latte work done by Kazuki Yamamoto

Amazing 3D Art on the Street

10 Amazing Fact about Human Blood...

Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

The leaning tower of Teluk Intan is the Malaysia equivalent of the world famous Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. It is located in the centre of the town of Teluk Intan, Perak. The tower is slanted leftward, similar to the Tower of Pisa. It is 25.5 metres tall and, from the outside, looks like an 8 storey building, though inside it is actually divided into 3 storeys.

The tower is located in the center of a square surrounded by Jalan Pasar, Jalan Selat, Jalan Bandar and Jalan Ah Cheong.

The purpose for building the tower, also known as the Clock Tower, was to store water for the locals during the drought season, in case of fire. The clock on the tower was also used to keep time.

The tower was built under the guidance of contractor Leong Choon Chong in the late 19th century. However, it was claimed by a Briton, Neol Danison, and then the Japanese during their occupation of Malaysia in 1941. During this time, the tower became the Japanese’s watch tower.

After Independence, in the year 1957, the tower became an official national monument.

The pagoda style structure was greatly influenced by Chinese architecture, because the majority of the population of the town at that time was Chinese. Each storey is 5 metres high and there are a total of 110 steps from the ground floor to the top of the tower.

The water tank, which is 5 metres high and 18.36 cubic metres deep, is on the third floor and is made of steel. The foundation is 13 metres in diameter and tapers to a diameter of 8.2 metres at the top of the tower.

The reasons why the tower leans are the soft ground on which it was built, as well as the weight of the water in the water tank, which causes it to lean towards the southwest.

The Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge ( Penang Second Bridge )

The Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge or Penang Second Bridge (Malay: Jambatan Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah or Jambatan Kedua Pulau Pinang)  is a dual carriageway toll bridge in Penang, Malaysia. It connects Bandar Cassia (Batu Kawan) in Seberang Perai on mainland Peninsular Malaysia with Batu Maung on Penang Island. It is the second bridge to link the island to the mainland after the first Penang Bridge. The total length of the bridge is 24 km (15 mi) with length over water at 16.9 km (10.5 mi), making it the longest bridge in Malaysia and the longest in Southeast Asia. China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd (CHEC), a main contractor for the second bridge was expected to start work on the second Penang bridge in November 2007 and complete the project in 2011, but the completion date was then postponed to May 2012, and later to February 2014.Construction actually started in November 2008. To reduce the cost of construction, its design was then modified to resemble the first cable stayed Penang Bridge. The bridge has been built with a large loan from the People's Republic of China to continue and maintain the economic relationship between China and Malaysia.The bridge was officially opened on 1 March 2014 at 20:30 MST and was named after the fourteen Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah of Kedah and was assigned with the route number .

San Diego - Coronado Bridge

This award-winning bridge quickly became an area landmark after its opening on August 3, 1969. The distinctive curve and soaring sweep of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge was the first structural conquest of San Diego Bay, joining the Island of Coronado and City of San Diego.

The 2.12-mile (11,179-foot) long bridge interchanges with Interstate 5 in San Diego and becomes Route 75 in Coronado. With a vertical clearance of approximately 200 feet, the tallest ships can pass beneath it.

Construction of the $50 million bridge began in February 1967. Its distinctive towers and graceful curve brought it the "Most Beautiful Bridge" Award of Merit from the American Institute of Steel Construction in 1970.

Beginning at the specially designed toll plaza in Coronado, the traffic ascends at a 4.67 percent grade, curving 80 degrees toward San Diego. Clusters of submerged piles support the 30 mission-arch shaped curving 90 degrees toward San Diego. Clusters of submerged piles support the 30 mission-arch shaped concrete piers. The 54-inch diameter piles were driven and jetted to depths of 100 feet in the Bay's bottom.

All of the braces and stiffeners for the bridge are inside the box girder, providing the slender super-structure with a smooth exterior. The 34-inch high barrier railing is safety designed to redirect vehicles back onto the roadway with little or no damage, and low enough to permit an unobstructed view while crossing the bridge.

The center lane of the five-lane roadway is reserved as a safety median and a reversible lane to provide three lanes of peak-hour traffic.

The Akashi Kaikyo Suspension Bridge ( Japan )

The Akashi Kaikyo Suspension Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world and it is probably Japan’s greatest engineering feat.

It took two million workers ten years to construct the bridge, 181,000 tonnes of steel and 1.4million cubic metres of concrete. The steel cable used would circle the world seven times.

It has six lanes and links the island of Awaji and the mainland city of Kobe, a distance of four miles. The concept of building a bridge across the Akashi Straits became urgent after a disaster in 1955. A ferry carrying over one hundred children sank after colliding with another ferry, in the busy shipping lane. One hundred and sixty eight children and adults died in the disaster. Political pressure for a bridge increased and in 1988 construction began.