20110420
Mount Everest 360 degree panoramic view
MOUNT EVEREST 360 DEGREE
TOP OF THE WORLD WHITE SNOW PANORAMIC VIEW
TOP OF THE WORLD WHITE SNOW PANORAMIC VIEW
MOUT EVEREST 360 DEGREE
Harsil (हरसिल) – Camper’s Bay
Harsil (हरसिल) is a village and a cantonment area, on the banks of Bhagirathi River, on the way to Hindu pilgrimage, Gangotri, in Uttarkashi district of Indian state of Uttarakhand). Situated at a height of 7,860 ft (2,620 mtrs.) from sea level, Harsil lies 73 km. from Uttarkashi, and 30 km away from Harsil, lies the Gangotri National Park, spread over 1,553 square km. Located in the mountain district of Uttarkashi is the sylvan hamlet , known for scenic landscapes and delicious apples. Sat Tal or seven lakes, nearby ( 2 km ) are a not-to-be-missed attraction.
History
Harsil was popular for the legend of ‘Pahari’ Wilson, or Raja Wilson. Frederick E. Wilson, an adventurer, deserted the British Army just after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. He escaped into Garhwal and met the Raja of Tehri seeking refuge. But the Raja was faithful to the British and refused to accommodate Wilson. Wilson moved into the mountains to escape detection. Fate landed him in Harsil, a remote beautiful village on the banks of the Bhagirathi river, with dense deodar slopes on either side. Wilson married a very beautiful pahari girl by the name of Gulabi. Then Wilson entered into a contract with a London-based company and built a fortune out of the export of skins, fur and musk. This was the time the British were building the Railways in India and there was great demand for quality wooden sleepers for the rails. Wilson cashed in on this and sent huge cut deodar trees floating down the river to the plains.
According to journalists Hugh & Colleen Gantzer, Wilson built a double-storeyed mansion in the village of Harsil on a deodar trunk frame filled with roughly dressed stones. But the ghost part of Wilson, comes with his building a swing bridge across the Bhagirathi. Wilson’s bridge has long since collapsed, but traces of it still remain. It was never rebuilt and today pilgrims walk down and cross a small footbridge on their way to Gangotri. But according to the locals, on moonlit nights one can still see the courageous Raja Wilson galloping down the area, where the bridge had been, in order to make the unwilling pilgrims have faith in his (alas) long vanished creation. Today a 410-feet iron bridge spans the river Jadganga.
Geography
Delhi-Hardwar-Harsil Ridge (DHHR), the basement ridge is a northerly extension of the Aravalli Mountain Belt, which also trends in a NNE-SSW direction and stretches from Amba Mata-Deri (Gujarat-Rajasthan) to Delhi via Ajmer and Jaipur .
Demographic
Over the years, a small number of Jadhs, an ethinic group of the Bhotiyas, have settled here, and speak a language closely resembling Tibetan.
Pilgrimage
The idol of the Hindu River Goddess Ganga (Ganges) is brought down from the shrine at Gangotri in the upper Himalayas after Diwali and kept at ‘Mukhba’ village near Harsil. It remains there throughout the winter when Gangotri is snowbound and inaccessible.
Buy
Ancient coins and wollens
Eat
Only local eating places (dhabas) are available. Non-vegetarian food and alcoholic drinks are prohibited in Gangotri.
Drink
No Alcohol permitted here. Instead, drink plenty of natural mineral water full of medicinal values.
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20110408
Inside the nuclear submarine
Want to get inside the world's largest nuclear submarine, which can be accessed simply, not a military man? Then welcome to the photo tour of the museum "Cité de la Mer" in the French Cherbourg.
Cherbourg - a city on the shores of the Channel in the north Cotentin Peninsula (Normandy). Many of the city is known on the phrase "Cherbourg Umbrellas self titled movie released in 1964. In the cruise terminal, the city has a museum "Cité de la Mer" - "City of the Sea", a little walk around the city, we went there.
The museum consists of two large buildings and a major exhibit, exhibited in the street. Now we are in the first hall, where there is a gift shop, bookstore, bathyscaphe, entrance tickets.
Go outside into the courtyard - are exposed to another bathyscaphe and the world's largest nuclear submarine, which can reach the common man.
That's the boat, it's called Redoutable, translated from French - terrible. It was founded in November 1964, was commissioned in March 1967 and joined the French Navy in December 1971.
In order that would get inside the boat to defend a great place, but we were lucky, inside the boat, we were virtually alone, so I was able to photograph the empty halls and corridors.
Before entering you take a special player, which is very common in European museums . It is a numeric keypad, you put on your headphones and wander the halls, at the entrance to the hall hangs a number you want to type on the keyboard. After dialing in the headphones automatic audio guide tells you interesting stories. For example, this control room of reactor turbines.
On this panel displays the various parameters of temperatures in the loop reactor. Apparently, after the situation with Japan, everyone already knows that a nuclear reactor - a boiler is passed through water, which boils and the steam pressure turns the turbines, which are already developing the energy necessary for the boat or at a power plant that would send its customers .
Reduction unit - a device that lowers blood pressure. How exactly does it work on a nuclear submarine, I do not know, but if you know it all will not tell, as this - a military secret. :)
This is the main "control panel" a boat, we are called BCH-[number] (BSc - warhead), they have similar terminology, I have not noticed, simply are the numbers of sections. By the way, all the equipment on the boat was kept exactly in the form in which it was at the end of operation. The only exception - fully dismantled bay with an atomic reactor.
This equipment is desalination, the neighborhood - Equipment filling and flushing of ballast tanks due to their submarine floats or sinks.
Pay attention to the length of the corridor housing compartment. Gen. submariner, of course, not so hot. Here, of course, very closely, the atmosphere presses. Even in the cabins of "governance" is not particularly razverneshsya, this is not an aircraft carrier or even more cruise ship .
It is part salon to relax fighters. Interestingly, the camera, which hangs at the top right, hung out there during the operation of the boat, or came there after turning it into a museum. About the cabin and rest - I have heard that even in our submarine fleet to give, depending on rank, a certain amount of wine. Interestingly, as much as his drink on the boat the French, known for his passion for wine from dinner time?
This is a galley on a submarine. Incidentally, the total weight of the boat - 8 tons. Its length - 128 m, diameter - 10 m. The number of members - 135 people. Speed - 20 knots, which developed the engine capacity of 16 thousand horsepower.
And this - shop harvesting and storage products. I wonder where they store the wine? Whether the French engineer, I would do for a tank of wine, one cubic meter per day of transition. Apparently, so they decided to make its nuclear that would make way for the tanks of wine, instead of the tanks with diesel fuel (just kidding).
Boats were armed with ballistic missiles with a range of M1 lesions up to 2 thousand km. In 1974 they were replaced by new missiles, M2, and then to the M20 - each missile could deliver a nuclear warhead capacity of 1 Mt, at a distance of up to 3 thousand miles. The boat was withdrawn from service in December 1991 and placed on the slipway to the museum shortly before its opening in 2002.
We walked inside the boat for over an hour, then across the bow section went back to the exhibition complex. Right young people look at Europe's largest aquarium. Some time after this trip, I visited the world's largest aquarium , located in Atlanta, USA.
In the exhibition hall are gathered various exhibits about the conquest of the sea depths.
In the showcase with the device for scuba divers can see the reflection of the photographer. :)
Transparent fish. Title not know.
Europe's biggest aquarium in full growth. The height of the aquarium - 10 pm
Near a swimming pool with stingrays. If you climb the ladder and climb up into the "bathyscaphe" (in the background), we can look at the skates out from under the water. It only works if you are a child. :)
On the way back to look at the courtyard with a different point. In the distance could be seen marina for sailing yachts and catamarans.
At the exit of the museum, in the parking lot, was discovered by machine with the Indian numbers. Not entirely clear how it got here on the western-most part of France to the shore of La Manche.
This post I open a series about our small tour in Europe in August, when we visited France, Belgium and Switzerland. In the next post I'll tell you about an interesting, important and widely visited Mont-Saint-Michel.
2011 © text and photos of Vladimir Filippov.
UPD: questions and answers.
Q: vrazhin these boats and they would sink the fleet of the USSR?
A: What does it? This - the boat museum. Where we are worth? Whatever could a child go and see venteli twist, a guide in 10 languages of the world to hear, take pictures inside the calm and free, that would all be neatly in place, no need to go to the other end of the country for this and still have your boat site was official? Tell me, I is not known if there is - always at the weekend will go there, make a report.
Q: storytellers, "Where are we worth?" The Museum's submarine fleet in Russia (St. Liberty)
A: I understand that you know how to use search engines. About the boat on the street. Freedom, I know. Were you there? "The residential part of the submarine is very modest - better performance, given to her by the author of the press release, which you published. These things are absolutely impossible to compare.
20110406
Iconic Landmarks Observe Earth Hour
International blackout: Iconic landmarks across the world are left in darkness to celebrate 'Earth Hour'
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:11 AM on 27th March 2011
Last updated at 3:11 AM on 27th March 2011
More than 134 countries across the world, including the UK, are switching off their lights for an hour today to support action to create a sustainable future for the planet.
Environment charity WWF has organised the Earth Hour event which will see iconic buildings such as Big Ben, the BT Tower, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, Stormont in Northern Ireland and Cardiff's Millennium Centre blacking out for an hour.
The event, which takes place at 8.30pm local time around the world, started in Fiji, New Zealand and Australia.
The Acropolis and the Herodion in Athens also switched off to show support for Earth Hour
Celebrations for Earth Hour took place at Edinburgh Castle. Hundreds of people turned up to show their support for a more sustainable earth
Buildings across the city of Edinburgh turned off lights for 60 minutes in support of the initiative
The aim is to highlight the charity's call on governments, organisations and individuals to pledge their commitment to tackling climate change.
At the Royal Albert Hall in London, television presenter Kirsty Gallacher will lead a team of 60 cyclists from WWF-UK who will create a huge human-powered projection with images of endangered species including dolphins and tigers being shone on to the building.
Colin Butfield, head of campaigns, WWF-UK, said: 'Our event at the Royal Albert Hall, alongside the hundreds of thousands of events across the world, shows global support for the need to tackle climate change and protect the natural world.
'The challenge for our future well-being could not be greater. WWF's Earth Hour is about creating a message so powerful that governments and businesses cannot fail to take notice.'
Paris: These photos show the Eiffel Tower moments before it submerged into darkness and once the lights were turned off. The symbolic energy-saving exercise which happened across the globe
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change.
The following year, Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating.
As well as people in 4,000 cities taking part this year, other landmarks which will stand in darkness for the hour will be Old Trafford, the London Eye, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, Granada's Alhambra in Spain, Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, Athens' Acropolis in Greece, India Gate in New Delhi, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi and Sydney's Opera House.
Four of the world's five tallest buildings will turn off their lights with the tallest, the 828-metre Burg Khalifa in Dubai, switching off about half a million lights.
Also darkening for the occasion are floodlights on natural wonders such as Niagara and Victoria Falls and Table Mountain in South Africa.
Countries taking part for the first time this year include Jamaica, Uganda, Swaziland, Iran, Tajikistan, Chad, Azerbaijan, Palestine, Suriname, Gibraltar, Uzbekistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Lesotho and Lebanon.
Black out: The lights around Sydney's Harbour and the iconic Opera House are recognised across the world. The top image shows how the area would normally look at night and below, in darkness to celebrate 'Earth Hour'.
China also took part and this picture shows the 'Birds Nest' National Stadium and the National Aquatics Centre. This year, 85 Chinese cities pledged to turn their lights off - more than double from last year
This image shows the 'Birds Nest' stadium in Beijing, China during the power switch off which will see iconic landmarks switch their lights off in a bid to try and create a more sustainable world
This picture shows the Welcome Statue fountain in Jakarta, Indonesia before and during the switch off
Earth Hour co-founder and executive director Andy Ridley poses on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as the lights around the harbour and iconic Opera House are turned off
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