Malshan Photography: The Nut

Malshan Photography: The Nut

Tadaa!! The World's first 111 Gigapixel pic!

Received this in an email, today!

The picture was made with the Canon 5D mark II and a 400mm-lens.
It consists of 1.665 full format pictures with 21.4 mega pixel, which was recorded by a photo-robot in 172 minutes.
 
The converting of 102 GB raw Data by a computer with a main memory cache of 48 GB
and 16 processors took 94 hours.
 
The picture is the largest in the world. Zoom in to see any particular building/object

http://www.sevilla111.com/default_en.htm 

 

Oceans..A few facts

Largest Ocean :
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean covering one third of the Earth. At its widest point it stretches up to 19,800km, almost halfway round the world !

Smallest Ocean :
It's the Arctic Ocean covering about 14,056,000 sq. km.

Coldest Ocean :
The Arctic Ocean. Most of the year, it stays frozen & solid. In some places the ice can measure up to 1.5km thick. The Arctic is also dotted with thousands of icebergs.


Warmest Ocean :
The Indian Ocean is the warmest as well as the third largest ocean in the world. The temperature of the surface water can reach 35.6 degrees Centigrade!

(I did say a few, right? :) )

Reference:100 Questions and Answers ; The Sea and Sealife, Wikipedia
Images : kidsgeo.com

Liquid Cremation Machine.

Inventors create a liquid cremation machine

A St. Petersburg, Florida funeral home is installing a new machine that uses fluids instead of fire in the cremation process. (reported by WFLA's Josh Green)



 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44373234#44373234

The adventures of the Black Stallion!!

I used to LOVE this drama as a child.. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon the opening/intro on youtube!