I Thought This Was Just A Tiny Island. But Whats On It Makes It Awesome. Between the Canada-United States border, there is a beautiful place called Thousand Islands.
You might know the name because of the extremely fattening (but delicious) salad dressing, but there is more to Thousand Islands than that. It’s an archipelago consisting of 1,864 islands stretching for about 50 miles. There are houses on several of them. Some of the houses are small. To build a house, the island must meet a certain criteria such as being above water level all year long and have at least one living tree.
The biggest island is called Wolfe Island which is about 19 miles long. Some are just small cottages. No matter which island you live on, there is a ferry that provides transportation. Source Amusing Planet If You Want To Live Here, Invite Your Friends By Clicking The Button Below. 10 Of The World's Most Unbelievable Places. Whether natural or man-made, it’s difficult to deny the fantastic beauty and variety the world has to offer.
Here are 10 of the most visually stunning and down-right unbelievable places on Earth: Unbelievable Places: Giant’s Causeway The Giant’s Causeway is the most popular tourist attraction of Northern Ireland, and consists of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns that are a result of a volcanic eruption. Voted the fourth greatest wonder of the United Kingdom, the Causeway was declared a Natural National Reserve in 1987. Beginning at the cliff’s foot, the columns form stepping stones that disappear into the sea.
The Rainbow Mountains The Rainbow Mountains in China’s Danxia Landform Geological Park are truly a sight to behold. Trolltunga Cliff Trolltunga Cliff is a horizontally hanging rock formation in Skjeggedal, Norway. Business Insider India. The Most Incredible Science Animations Of 2013. Lydia-Marie Joubert (Stanford University) The annual International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored jointly by The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science, announced its winners for 2013 on Thursday.
The competition, now in its 11th year, recognizes scientists who use some form of visual media to communicate scientific data and research in an accessible way. "The winners made scientific data beautiful and brought their new ideas to life, while at the same time immersing the viewer in science," Monica M. Bradford, executive editor of Science, said in a news release Judges appointed by NSF and Science selected winners in five categories: Photography, Illustration, Posters & Graphics, Games & Apps, and Video.
The criteria used to judge more than 200 entries included elements like visual impact, effective communication of a scientific idea, and originality. Join the discussion with Business Insider. Frozen Slovenia Is Witnessing 'The Worst Devastation In Living Memory' Three days of blizzards have inflicted "the worst devastation in living memory" in the small Alpine country of Slovenia, according to local media.
About 50,000 homes lost power as trees and electricity poles buckled under up to six inches of ice after oscillating temperatures caused some snow to melt and then freeze again. The result: A frozen landscape. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic Two men walk next to ice covered trees in Postojna February 4, 2014. The country faces millions of euros of losses as buildings and road became damaged while everything from trains to ATMs were frozen in their places. An ice covered steam locomotive is seen in Postojna railway station February 4, 2014. Authorities estimate that roughly half of Slovenia's forests, about 1.2 million acres, have been damaged. This video, tweeted by Anthony Sagliani of Accuweather, shows how many trees are frozen stiff and how it affects the roads. First, drivers had to figure out how to free their cars.
And read road signs. Business Insider India. 22 Ridiculously Cool Rare Natural Phenomena That Happen on Earth. 1.
Bioluminescence www.philhart.com www.solentnews.co.uk The spooky light is created by a chemical reaction called “bioluminescence”, which happens when tiny organisms in the water are disturbed. The photographer put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible. 2. Www.someinterestingfacts.net A supercell is basically a stronger, more tornado-enabled version of a regular storm cell. 3. Www.listverse.com This cool picture depicts a lightning storm that takes place in the middle of a volcanic eruption. 4. Www.npr.org These rare shapes are formed—under perfect temperature conditions only—when a mass of snow either falls or is blown by the wind. 5. These colorful offshoots are a large halo of refracted light, and despite their nickname, they have nothing to do with either fire or rainbows.