All Entries in the "Amazing Pictures" Category
The Bikini Skiing show
It’s the new cool thing to do this winter and it’s sweeping the world. With the skiing and snowboarding season underway in most parts of the country, we thought it would be a great time to take a deeper look at the timeless art of bikini skiing and snowboarding.
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Check out our gallery of Bikini [...]
Pearl Harbor Lost Photos
PHOTOS STORED IN AN OLD BROWNIE CAMERAThese Pearl Harbor photos were found in an old Brownie stored in a foot locker, and just recently taken to be developed. They were taken by a sailor who was on the USS Quapaw ATF-110.On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces [...]
Amazing animals-Best Animal dads
Made famous by the movie March of the Penguins, emperor penguin fathers endure below-freezing temperatures and forgo food to incubate their eggs.After the female lays a single egg, her mate rests it on his feet and covers it with a flap of skin (above, a penguin protects its chick using the same skin flap).”You could [...]
Amazing facts-700 years old houses in Iran!
Troglodyte village in IRAN 700 years old In the north east of Iran at the foot of Mount Sahand in Kandovan, the villagers live in cave homes carved out from the volcanic rock. The age of some houses is more than 700 years.
Size Matters: Largest Web Spinning Spider Found
Size Matters: Largest Web Spinning Spider Found
The largest web-spinning spider in the world has been identified, and she’s a terror. The Nephila komaci was discovered in South Africa and displays some rather fascinating characteristics. Its webs, which can reach up to one meter wide, are impressive. But the most striking feature of the spider is [...]
Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die
Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die
Few of nature’s elemental phenomena are more powerful yet less permanent than lightning… well, not exactly. Fulgurites, or “petrified lightning”, are the glassy trails of lightning strikes left in sandy soil or exposed rocks. As fragile as they are beautiful, fulgurites are the next best thing to holding [...]





