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The Largest Underwater Cave on Earth : Russia's Orda Cave

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<b><i>Russia’s Orda Cave is the deepest underwater cave in the world and many divers have lost their lives trying to explore its depths. </i></b><br />
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The Orda Cave is located in the Russian Ural Mountains and is 14,435 feet long and 141 feet deep. Within the cave is the longest subterranean passage yet discovered being 3,067 feet long. To add to the wonder, there are smaller passages and caverns still being discovered within the cave. <br />
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Cave diver Bogdana Vashchenko explored the cave in 2005 for a book project called “<b>Orda Cave Awareness</b>”. She states “<i>It was an incomparable delight, floating in zero gravity in giant rooms filled with absolutely clear water.</i>” The first challenge is entering the cave. <b>The temperature can be a bitter -20 degrees Celsius at the surface with the water itself being 5 degrees Celsius. </b>Additionally, the slippery steps and ladders make it difficult to navigate to the entrance. <br />
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However, once you brave the difficult entrance; you become enthralled in an aquatic wonderland. “<i>Orda Cave is very diverse and each passage is different</i>,” says Vashchenko. “<i>Therefore, swimming in it is never boring. Each dive is very different. Moreover, it is not completely explored and you can always find a place where nobody else has been. This inspires me for each new dive. It is a special feeling, I think it's the same feeling cosmonauts have on the Moon. You are hanging with no gravity in this strange, unusual world. You fly like a bird over its landscapes.</i>” </div>
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An additional hazard within the cave is the gypsum rock. Due to its chalky color, the cave is also known to divers as the “white bride.” However, the rock is very fragile and a simple walk on the ceiling may cause it rain down upon you. Despite the risks, divers consider it well worth it once they view the beautiful pictures they captured of the scenery. “It’s hard, but we wanted to show people this beautiful cave so that they could share our admiration,” states Vashchenko. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source - <a href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-orda-cave-longest-underwater-cave-russia" target="_blank">www.environmentalgraffiti.com</a></span></div>

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Fire Rainbows - Unusual Phenomenon

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<u><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fire Rainbows </b></span></u></div>
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“<b>Fire Rainbows</b>” are neither fire, nor rainbows, but are so called because of their brilliant pastel colours and flame like appearance. They are technically known as circumhorizontal arc - an ice halo formed by hexagonal, plate-shaped ice crystals in high level cirrus clouds. The halo is so large that the arc appears parallel to the horizon, hence the name. This amazing phenomenon is indeed very pleasant to beholders sight. <br />
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Brightly coloured Fire Rainbows occur mostly during the summer and between particular latitudes. When the sun is very high in the sky, sunlight entering flat, hexagon shaped ice crystals gets split into individual colours just like in a prism. The conditions required to form a “fire rainbow” is very precise – the sun has to be at an elevation of 58° or greater, there must be high altitude cirrus clouds with plate-shaped ice crystals, and sunlight has to enter the ice crystals at a specific angle. This is why circumhorizontal arc is such a rare phenomenon.<br />
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<i><b> A colourful circumhorizon arc spans the sky near Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, in 2003. </b></i></div>
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The position of the observer is also important relative to the phenomenon. Circumhorizontal arcs cannot be seen in locations north of 55°N or south of 55°S. Likewise there are certain times of the year when they are visible. For example, in London, England the sun is only high enough for 140 hours between mid-May and late July. While in Los Angeles, the sun is higher than 58 degrees for 670 hours between late March and late September. <br />
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Circumhorizontal arcs should not be confused with iridescent clouds, which can produce a similar effect. While iridescence often occur in altocumulus, cirrocumulus clouds and lenticular clouds but very rarely in cirrus clouds whereas circumhorizontal arc occur only in cirrus clouds.<br />
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Circumhorizon arcs are so large that sometimes we see only parts of them where they happen to 'light' fragments of cirrus cloud. Ed Johnson (site) captured this one on June 8, 2003 on Mount Baden-Powell, California.<br />
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Circumhorizon arcs are so huge that their colours sometimes appear to be those of the sky itself rather than an ice crystal halo. In this long-lens shot the halo forms a backdrop to a seemingly tiny aircraft. The picture was taken at Pilesgrove, New Jersey in July 22, 2007. Here are few other places where the phenomenon was observed.<br />
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<i><b>This circumhorizon display was photographed through a polarized lens above Dublin, Ohio, in May 2009. </b></i></div>
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<i><b>Circumhorizon Arc in Alentejo, Portugal, 2006.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Circumhorizontal arc in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2009

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<i><b>Cirrus fragments lit by a circumhorizon arc, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 3rd July 2001 with the sun 66° high.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>This peculiar 'braided' circumhorizon arc was possibly formed by plate crystals in high cirrus fibratus cloud. Pictures taken at Silver City, New Mexico, USA during August 2004.  </b></i></div>
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<i><b>Circumhorizontal arc seen over Switzerland in June 2007</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Circumhorizon arcs are often seen between lower obscuring clouds. This one was seen in Redding, CA in June 2004.

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<i><b>Circumhorizontal arc in Spokane Valley in June 2006</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Circumhorizontal arc seen in Spokane Washington State, in June 3, 2006 when the sun was 64° high.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source - <a href="http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/05/fire-rainbows-rare-cloud-phenomenon.html" target="_blank">www.amusingplanet.com </a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Image Source - <a href="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/chaim0.htm" target="_blank">Atopics</a>, <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090512.html" target="_blank">APOD</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumhorizontal_arc" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></span> </div>
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Trovants : The Natural Phenomena of Stones Growing By Themselves

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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Trovants</b></span> is the natural phenomenon in which stones literally grow by themselves.<br />
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Romania is known for this natural phenomena Where number of impressive stones which quite literally grow by themselves. The stones are real and known to mortals as Trovants.<br />
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<b>Near a village, just south of central Romania a number of stone formation with unusual features lie dormant, witnesses to the passing of time; that is - until it rains.  Not long after the last drop of water fall, they begin a multiplication process.  Small oval or round brain-like forms appear on the upper part of them.</b></blockquote>
This is very interesting and people are amazed by this when after heavy rainfall these rock formation begin to live. <br />
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<b>Trovants have a hard stone core but their shells are made of sand. But there is the argumentation exist by the geologists that these rocks are the result of a cementation process that occurred millions of years ago in this region and it is somehow accepted that their creation has its roots in the early diagenesis.</b><br />
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Scientifically these stones are sandstone concretions and the weird forms are exist by an irregular secretion of cement.<br />
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A <b>museum</b> was also built in 2006 to host some of these remarkable pieces. The museum named as "<b>Muzeul Trovantilor</b>" in Costesti, a village in the Valcea region. Within the walls and outside of this museum, visitors can see various Trovants in different shapes and sizes.<br />
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Trovants : The Natural Phenomena of Stones Growing By Themselves

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<b>Cancun Underwater Museum </b>is a series of sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor placed underwater off the coast of Isla de Mujeres and Cancún, Mexico. <br />
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In 2009, a monumental underwater museum called MUSA (Museo Subacuático de Arte) was formed in the waters surrounding Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc. The project founded by Jaime Gonzalez Cano of The National Marine Park, Roberto Diaz of The Cancun Nautical Association and Jason deCaires Taylor consists of over 450 permanent life-size sculptures and is one of the largest and most ambitious underwater artificial art attractions in the world.<br />
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<b><i>Each of the sculptures is made from specialized materials used to promote coral life, with the total installations occupying an area of over 420sq metres of barren seabed and weighing over 200 tons. </i></b><br />
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This Museum aiming to demonstrate the interaction between art and environmental science forms a complex reef structure for marine life to colonise, inhabit and increase biomass on a grand scale. The Cancun Marine Park is one of the most visited stretches of water in the world with over 750,000 visitors each year, placing immense pressure on its resources. The location of the sculptures promotes the recovery of the natural reefs at it relieves pressure on them by drawing visitors away.<br />
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The Museum is basically divided into <b>two galleries called Salon Manchones and Salon Nizuc.</b> The first gallery is eight meters deep and suitable for both divers and snorkelers and the second four meters deep and only permitted for snorkeling.<br />
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Cancun Underwater Museum (Mexico)

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Great Blue Hole of Belize

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The <b>Great Blue Hole</b> is basically a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 m (984 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep.<br />
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<i>The Great Blue Hole is one of the world’s most recognizable natural wonders.</i><br />
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It is First discovered by Jacques Cousteau, one of the world’s most famous divers and marine conservationists, the Great Blue Hole in Belize is the best of the bunch, and every diver’s dream.<br />
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Its almost perfect circular shape made it very popular amongst tourists who often visit this place. This place is most attractive for scuba divers who are exploring the depths of this hole. It is known that there are a plenty of cave networks in this place. Divers are also attracted with plenty of rare animal species and forms of life which can be found only in this place.<br />
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<span class="tinyheader">The tree, which was recently felled at Belfast City Cemetery in west Belfast, appears to show the face of a bearded man resembling Jesus on the remaining stump beside a grave. </span></div>
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On 7 August 2012, an image purportedly depicting the face of Jesus appeared on a tree stump in the cemetery.It is isn't clear whether the face is a natural formation of whether someone has tampered with the stump, but either way the spectacle has been drawing quite a lot of attention.</span></div>
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Different people have different view about this image but this discovery has got many attention and out with a miracle to have a image whether its of Jesus or Something like that.</span></div>
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<span class="tinyheader">You can also Check it's Video on You tube </span></div>
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Rainbow Rose

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 rainbow rose is a rose that has artificially colored petals. The method
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colored water, the colors are drawn into the petals resulting in a 
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 : In 2004, two dutch companies, River Flowers and F.J. Zandbergen, 
experimented and successfully grew this rose that had its petals rainbow
 colored. As petals get their nourishment through stem, the idea is to 
split the stem into several channels and dip each in a different colored
 water. By this way all the colors can be drawn by the stem into petals 
and resultant is the rose which will have all the colors in it.<br />
[<a href="http://www.pickchur.com/2010/05/how-to-grow-a-rainbow-rose-naturally/" target="_blank">source</a>] </div>
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Rainbow Rose

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Greenland Ice Sheet Melting

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The Greenland ice sheet covers roughly 85% of the land surface of the island and rises to an average height of 2.3 km (1.6 miles). The Greenland Ice Sheet is also sometimes referred to under the term inland ice, or its Danish equivalent, indlandsis. It is also sometimes referred to as an ice cap The immense weight of the ice sheet has pushed the center of the island roughly 300 meters (1000 ft) below sea level. The icy expanse of Greenland, like the rest of the Arctic, not only represents an important climatological indicator, it also is critical to future global climate. Were all of Greenland's ice to melt, global sea level would rise 7 meters (23 feet). Greenland's ice sheet is slowly melting due to warming temperatures, and there is great concern that this melting will accelerate and contribute to sea level rise of several feet later this century.<br />
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Recently, An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan (100 square mi) broke away from the Petermann glacier in northern Greenland in July 2012<br />
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Greenland Ice Sheet Melting

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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Aurora - A natural Phenomena</b></span><br />
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Aurora are naturally colored light displays in the sky that are usually observed in the polar zone at night. They occur in the ionosphere in this way some scientists call them “polar auroras”. The charged particles originate in the magnetosphere and solar wind on Earth, are directed by the Earth's magnetic field into the atmosphere. Aurora is classified as diffuse or discrete aurora. The effect is known as the aurora borealis in northern latitudes, “Aurora” is for Roman goddess of dawn and “Boreas” is for Greek name for north wind. Also called the northern polar lights because it is visible in the Northern sky only from the Northern Hemisphere and it most often occurs from September to October and from March to April. The auroral zone is typically 10° to 20° from the magnetic pole defined by the axis of the Earth's magnetic dipole. The northern lights have had a number of names throughout history. The Cree call this phenomenon the "Dance of the Spirits". In Europe, in the Middle Ages, the auroras were commonly believed a sign from God. On August 28, 1859 and September 2, 1859 as a result of the “great geomagnetic storm” are produced the auroras, the most spectacular ever witnessed throughout recent recorded history. Probably the aurora was produced by one of the most intense coronal mass ejections in history, very near to the maximum intensity of the sun. Aurorae occur on other planets. Similar to the Earth's aurora, they are visible close to the planet's magnetic poles. Aurora frequency of occurrence is common in the Poles in temperate latitudes, when a strong magnetic storm temporarily expands the aurora oval. The most common large magnetic storms are during the peak of the eleven year sunspot cycle or during the three years after that peak.<br />
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Danxia landform

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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><b>Danxia landform</b></u></span></span></div>
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This is a unique geological phenomenon known as Danxia landform. These phenomena can be observed in several places in China. This example is located in Zhangye, Province of Gansu. The color is the result of an accumulation for millions of years of red sandstone and other rocks.</div>
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Danxia landform

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Super Volcano beneath Yellowstone Park

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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Super Volcano beneath Yellowstone Park</span></b></u></span></span></div>
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A super volcano beneath Yellowstone Park that, if erupted, could release ash so dense it would block out the sun and send the world into another ice age. Strange</div>
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Super Volcano beneath Yellowstone Park

Super Volcano beneath Yellowstone Park A super volcano beneath Yellowstone Park that, if erupted, could release ash so dens...

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Casino Resort, Niagara Falls

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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><b>Casino Resort, Niagara Falls</b></u></span></span></div>
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The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario opened publicly on June 10, 2004. The Complex is $1 billion abd this complex overlooks the Horseshoe Falls is one of the most prominent features of the Niagara skyline. The east facade of the complex retains the walls of the terrace and front entrance of the transformer station built in 1904. The area where the transformers resided is now the Grand Hall convention halls.At the main entrance is a water feature called 'The Teslatron' with a transformer like fixture. The site was once the transformer station building for the Ontario Power Company at the foot of Horseshoe Falls.<br />
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Casino Resort, Niagara Falls

Casino Resort, Niagara Falls The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario opened publicly on June 10, 2004. The Com...

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Dan's Cave Abaco Island

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Diver: Brian Kakuk<br />
Maximum Depth: 80 feet<br />
Bottom Time: 2 hrs. 40 minutes.<br />
Total Dive Time: 3 hrs. 25 minutes<br />
Mode: Side Mount, with 4 stages.<br />
Gas: EAN 33 and Oxygen for decompression</div>
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The Bahamas Underground is the Bahamas only technical and cave diving oriented training and adventure facility. Located in Marsh Harbor, Abaco, Bahamas, the Bahamas Underground provides TRAINING and guiding services to some of the best blue holes and underwater caves in the Bahamas. The Bahamas Underground is operated by Brian Kakuk. With more than 15 years of cave EXPLORATION experience in the Bahamas, Brian can provide training in all levels of cave and technical diving as well as provide guiding services for small groups of cave divers (3 divers). The warm and highly decorated blue holes and underwater caves of Abaco offers exciting experiences for all training levels, from cavern tours, to deep mixed gas cave penetrations.</div>
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Dan's Cave Abaco Island

Dan's Cave, Abaco Island Diver: Brian Kakuk Maximum Depth: 80 feet Bottom Time: 2 hrs. 40 minutes. Total Dive Time: 3 hrs...

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