The living bridges of Cherrapunji, India are made from the roots of the Ficus elastica tree. This tree produces a series of secondary roots from higher up its trunk and can comfortably perch atop huge boulders along the riverbanks, or even in the middle of the rivers themselves.
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The solar eclipse of Wednesday, July 22, 2009 will be the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting at most 6 minutes, 39 seconds.
Safe Viewing Methods There are only three safe viewing methods:
1. Viewing through a special aluminized Mylar film designed specifically for eclipse viewing. (The [...]
1. Lujan Zoo, Argentina
Here at the Lujan Zoo near Buenos Aires visitors can ride lions, cuddle bears, stroke tigers and feed cheetahs.
2. Cango Wildlife Ranch, South Africa
At the Cango Wildlife Ranch, an endangered species center in Outshoot, South Africa, visitors can pay around $40 to take a dip with the crocs, getting close enough [...]
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The meteorological office here Wednesday issued a cyclone warning in Orissa putting the state’s four ports on high alert.
"A deep depression formed over the central Bay of Bengal and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal has moved in the northwesterly direction and intensified into a cyclonic storm," S K Dastidar of the Bhubaneswar met office told [...]
Started with the simple idea of creating a new bottled water brand that is kinder to the environment and gives back a bit – They found that it shouldn’t be bottled at all, but instead, boxed. So they looked to the past for inspiration in the century old beverage container and decided to keep things [...]
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An undersea volcano is erupting in the Tonga islands, shooting clouds of volcanic smoke, steam, and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean.There have been no reports of fish or other animals being affected.
Out of the sea about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from Tonga’s main island of Tongatapu—an [...]
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Marine scientists have discovered a new species of jellyfish near the waters of Tasmania, which has a rainbow glow.The jellyfish does not emit its own light, as bioluminescent creatures do.Rather, its rainbow glow emanates from light reflecting off the creatures cilia, small hair-like projections that beat simultaneously to move the jellyfish through the water.The [...]
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1. Venus, Jupiter, Moon Smile on Earth The heavens smiled down on Earth December 1 in National Geographic News’s most viewed space photo of 2008. The celestial smiley face is the result of a planetary conjunction between Venus, Jupiter, and the moon, shown here over Manila in the Philippines.People in Asia [...]
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