Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Cable-Stayed Bridge in Kiev

‘Moscow Bridge’ is one of the main road bridges across the Dnieper River in Kiev. Its length is 816 meters.
The author of these photos climbed to the top of the bridge (about 115 meters) and made these stunning photographs.
Inside the post, you will see not only the bridge, but the magnificent panorama of the city of Kiev.



















Monday, December 28, 2009

Living Shape in Vegetables

Neither do we see these vegetables in our day-to-day life nor do we find them in our vegetable patches. What we have here is something that is quite unique and special in its own way.

Duck Cucumber : Bumpass found this unusual shaped cucumber in her back garden in Hogsthorpe, Lincs, United Kingdom.



Duck Tomato:



Ducksquash :



Zucchini Duck : Patricia Bragg (Halstead, Essex) was surprised to find this in their vegetable patch.



Mickey Mouse Shaped Tomato :



Mickey Mouse Shaped Vegetables : The EPCOT center is located right in Walt Disney World, Florida and they grew Mickey Mouse shaped vegetables.



Weeble Tomato : "Mr. Weeble came to me in a bag of home-grown tomatoes given to me by a colleague. His bottom began to dimple and he soon was unable to stand on his own."



Radish Shaped Like A Foot : The farmer grew this radish in a vegetable patch in the front of her home. She has been farming for more than 16 years and says she's seen plenty of radishes but haven't seen a radish shaped like a foot, until this one.



Carrot Shaped Like A Child's Foot : A 60 year old man bought a few carrots at a local vegetable market and upon reaching home, he discovered that one of them looked like a child's foot. Impressed by his discovery, he took his carrot to a nearby studio to have 2 photos taken.



Radish Shaped Like A Hand :



Potato Shaped Like A Bear :



Sweet Potato that resembles a Chicken :



Frog Pepper : This was discovered in a bag of green peppers bought from a local farmers' market.



Green Pepper Snake :



Hamburger Shaped Pumpkin :

Saturday, December 26, 2009

World’s Largest Solar-Power Hotel

Using thousands of permanent solar panels to harvest energy, the Solar Valley Micro-E Hotel is the largest solar-power hotel on Earth.
Built by Himin Group, China’s leading solar products manufacturer, the Solar Valley Micro-E Hotel opened its gates Dezhou City, eastern China. It covers 75,000 square-meters and features thousands of solar panels and solar heat pipe collectors that harvest and store enough energy to sustain 70% of the hotel’s needs.
The solar energy is used for a variety of functions, including air-conditioning and water heating.





Friday, December 25, 2009

Miss "Fat and Beautiful"

Moran Barannes is like a heavyweight boxing champion among beauty pageant winners.
"Fat and Beautiful" is an Israeli beauty pageant for women in the weight category 175-265 pounds (80-120 kg)
40 women from all across the country participated in this contest.
The winner of this year is Moran Barannes