Mass Migration of Stingrays - Gulf of Mexico

Looking like giant leaves floating in the sea, thousands of Golden Rays are seen here gathering off the coast of Mexico . The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of their biannual mass migrations to more agreeable waters.

Bagai dedaun yang terapung-apung di tengah lautan, beribu-ribu Ikan Pari kelihatan berkumpul di lautan Mexico. Kejadian yang memukau ini dirakam ketika armada makhluk-makhluk ini melakukan penghijrahan.

Gliding silently beneath the waves, they turned vast areas of blue water to gold off the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula . Sandra Critelli, an amateur photographer, stumbled across the phenomenon while looking for whale sharks. She said: 'It was an unreal image, very difficult to describe. The surface of the water was covered by warm and different shades of gold and looked like a bed of autumn leaves gently moved by the wind..

Dengan meluncur di bawah ombak, ia mengubah lautan biru menjadi kuning keemasan. Seorang jurugambar amatur, Sandra Critelli merakam foto indah ini. Katanya, "Seperti lukisan... permukaan air seperti dipenuhi dedaun musim luruh yang melayang ditiup angin. "

'We were surrounded by them without seeing the edge of the school and we could see many under the water surface too. I feel very fortunate I was there in the right place at the right time to experience nature at its best'

"Banyak jumlahnya... menjangkau ke ribuan angkanya!"

Measuring up to 7ft (2.1 meters) from wing-tip to wing-tip, Golden rays are also more prosaically known as cow nose rays.They have long, pointed pectoral fins that separate into two lobes in front of their high-domed heads and give them a cow-like appearance. Despite having poisonous stingers, they are known to be shy and non-threatening when in large schools. The population in the Gulf of Mexico migrates, in schools of as many as 10,000, clockwise from western Florida to the Yucatan ..

"Berukuran lebar kepaknya 2.1 meter, ia meliputi seluruh kawasan sekitar... bukan sahaja di permukaan, malah terdapat yang bergerak di lapisan-lapisan bawah." "Pada waktu penghijrahan, sebanyak 10,000 ekor ikan pari akan bergerak dalam satu angkatan."

"Dan di antara tanda-tanda kekuasaanNya ialah kejadian langit dan bumi serta segala yang Dia biakkan pada keduanya dari makhluk-makhluk yang melata dan Dia Maha Kuasa menghimpunkan mereka semuanya apabila Dia kehendaki (melakukannya)."

(Asy-Syura 42:29)

Seven Wonders of the World

The origin of the idea of "seven wonders of the world" dates back to Herodotus (484 BC – 425 BC) and Callimachus (305 BC – 240 BC), who made lists which included the Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes and Lighthouse of Alexandria. Only the Great Pyramid of Giza is still standing. The other six were destroyed by earthquake, fire or other reasons.
The finalist candidates for the New Seven Wonders.According to the NOWC milestones page,[6], Swiss-originated québecois businessman Bernard Weber launched the project in September 1999. The project's web site started in 2001 when Mr. Weber paid $700 for a site based in Canada. To be included on the new list, the wonders had to be man made, completed before 2000, and in an "acceptable" state of preservation. By November 24, 2005, 177 monuments were up for consideration. On January 1, 2006, the NOWC said the list had been narrowed to 21 sites, later reduced to 20 following complaints from Egypt over the Pyramids' inclusion as a candidate in competition with others.

A midpoint tally reported a top 10 list which included all 7 winners, plus the Acropolis, Easter Island, and the Eiffel Tower. 

Federico Mayor, a former UNESCO Director General, was the president of project's expert panel as an individual. NOWC is not connected with UNESCO.

Organisers stated that their aim was to use part of the revenue from the contest between the well-known monuments, from future votes, related merchandise, and use of the voters database, to set up, or contribute to, various restoration projects in the world. 

After the final announcement, however, NOWC which had promised to give 50 per cent of the revenues from its campaign, said it didn’t earn anything from the exercise and barely recovered its investments.

And the winners are :

1. Chichen Itza, Mexico

2. Christ Redeemer, Rio

3. Great Wall of China

4. Machu Picchu, Peru

5. Petra, jordan

6. Roman Colisseum

7. Taj Mahal

8. Pyramid of Giza

Runners up:

1. Acropolis

2. Alhambra

3. Angkor Wat

4. Easter Island Moas

5. Eiffel Tower

6. Neuschwanstein, Bavaria

7. Hagia Sofia

8. Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto

9. Kremlin, Moscow,

10. Timbuktu, mali

11. Statue of Liberty

12. Sydney Opera House

13. Stonehedge

http://www.essential-architecture.com/MISC/MISC-seven.htm

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DUBAI Lilypad Floating City  Architectural Concept: Lilypad Floating City

Water CityBy now, most of us have heard about the Island Cities being built in Dubai , but Inhabitat has just done a feature on a new concept by artist Vincent Callebaut for a self-sufficient floating city that will never have to face a problem about finding land to build on. The "Lilypad" would take advantage of all of today ' s green technologies, including generating power from the sun, wind and water, and would produce zero emissions from its residents. Don ' t expect to see construction on one of these anytime soon, but don ' t be surprised if, like the Island Cities in Dubai , real estate starts branching out into the oceans in the next decade.

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South of Iberian Peninsula.

A sandstorm leaves North Africa and the Canary Island.

Strait of Gibraltar

The Swiss Alps

Iceland

The Black Sea

The Red Sea

Even submerged in darkness it is a beautiful sight!