Friday, June 3, 2011
Victoria amazornica is the world’s largest genus of water lilies. Its leaves reach up to 3m in diameter. It floats in the shallow waters of the Amazon River basin.
These water lilies support up to 70 pounds. This giant water lily was called Victoria regia after Queen Victoria of the UK when it was discovered by explorer Robert Schomburgk in 1836.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Some guy named Joshua Kaufman had his Macbook stolen out of his apartment a couple months ago and he used an app called Hidden to remotely turn on his webcam, take photos of the thief (or the guy who bought the computer from the thief) and also track down his location. Using a tumblr site he started called thisguyhasmymacbook.tumblr.com and Twitter, he released photos of this guy and with the slow aid of the Oakland police, they were finally able to track him down and make an arrest.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Ernestine Shepherd, 74, of Baltimore, United States has been crowned by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest competitive female bodybuilder ever.
She told the Washington Post: 'Age is nothing but a number'.
Ms Shepherd has impeccably toned 'six-pack' abs that are the marvel of her Baltimore fitness centre.
Her husband of 54 years, Collin Shepherd, says he 'has trouble keeping guys away from her'. The Shepherds live in Baltimore with their son, 53, and grandson, 14.
Over the past 18 years, Shepherd has run nine marathons and won two bodybuilding contests.
Shepherd said she wasn't always so fit. She was a 'couch potato' until she was 56 years old, when she and her older sister, Mildred, discovered their bodies had started going soft. She says Sylvester Stallone is her idol. Not exactly your typical grandmother.
Source: dailymail
Monday, May 30, 2011
Remember we showed you extreme hanging tents pictures. High mountain camping is the most extreme camping in the world.
Rock climbers do this when they need to climb at big mountains. Sometimes they need rest or to delay their adventure because of weather, so they mount these camps on mountain with no fear. In these pictures some of camps are handing at more than 4000 ft from ground. And these pictures show us how the climbers spend night on the cliff staying miles up above the ground.
Source: telegraph
The Solvay Hut is one of the most indredible mountain huts in the world. It is located at a height of 4,003 meters on a rocky ridge of the Matterhorn, Switzerland’s iconic, triangular peak. There is room for 10 mountain climbers inside. The hut is managed by the Swiss Alpine Club.
