30 Photos of Natural Hazards

From violent volcanoes to horrifying hurricanes, Mother Nature’s fury is a sight to behold. With so much human conflict and suffering, we often underestimate the awesome and destructive power of nature. While the science behind these events is utterly fascinating, the consequences can be dire and we must respect the power of the planet we live in. Here are 30 chilling reminders of nature’s fury:

Top 10 Unique Lakes in the World

1. Lakes of Varying Colors - Kelimutu Lakes, Indonesia

Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai and Tiwu Ata Polo

Kelimutu is a volcano, close to the town of Moni in central Flores Island of Indonesia containing three summit crater lakes of varying colors. The first lake is named Tiwu Ata Mbupu (lake of people spirits), the second is named Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai (lake of young people spirits), and the third

Top 10 Water Villages in the World

Water villages are settlements that are usually built on the water. Houses often float on the water or are located on stilts and rarely on small islands. This is a list of water villages, which are becoming increasingly popular tourist destinations.



1. Ko Panyi, Thailand

Ko Panyi is a fishing village in Phang Nga Province, Thailand notable for being built on stilts by Indonesian fishermen.

Top 10 Bizarre Borders

10. Spain/Morocco Border


Ceuta is an 18.5 square kilometres (7.1 sq mi) autonomous city in Spain and an enclave located on the north coast of North Africa, surrounded by Morocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies on the border of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.



Morocco claims Ceuta, along with the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla,

Corinth Canal, Greece

The famous Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland, thus effectively making the former an island. The canal is 6.4 kilometers in length and only 21.3 meters wide at its base. Earth cliffs flanking either side of the canal reach a maximum

Top 7 Weird Micronations

A micronation is a tiny, self-proclaimed sovereign state. Though they claim sovereignty and are often not interfered with by larger government entities, they are not recognized as official independent states (which sets them apart from microstates like The Vatican or Singapore.) There are any number of reasons someone may start a micronation: as a joke, as a form of art, for protest purposes, as

Incredible Hanging Railway in Germany

The hanging railway in Germany’s western central city of Wuppertal (pronounced Voopahtahl) is the oldest monorail system in the world. Built in 1900, the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn or “floating train” has been continuously operated since 1901, despite two world wars, various accidents and other turbulent events. Find out the stories behind this stylish and green mode of transportation.

Schwebebahn

Top 11 Leaning Towers in the World

A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally, due to errors in design, construction or to subsequent external influence, does not stand perpendicular to the ground. This list is about these unusual buildings.



As a start, here is an infographic a structural engineer can get behind: leaning towers. The Economist provides this nice visualization of several famous cases. For example, Big

8 Unique Modes of Transportation

1. Floating Bus - Hippo, Canada


A Hippo is a unique 40 passenger vessel that offers land and water tours of Toronto. Come splash into Lake Ontario on our "Bus that Floats!"



Experience an urban safari in one of Canada's most beautiful cities with all its historical sites and its magnificent waterways. This unusual city tour of Toronto offers a fantastic adventure for the family or for

Tallest Mountains in Solar System

Following are the tallest mountains in various worlds of the Solar System. Heights are given base to peak.



9. Arsia Mons, Mars > 9 km (5,6 mi)

Arsia Mons is 270 miles (approximately 435 kilometres) in diameter, almost 12 miles high (more than 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) higher than the surrounding plains), and the summit caldera is 72 miles (approximately 110 km) wide. It experiences atmospheric

Top 15 Odd Geographical Facts

Our planet is filled with many wonderful geographical and geological anomalies and mysteries. So many so, that we may never truly unlock all of the secrets that nature has tucked away. This is a list of 15 of the more unusual or outright bizarre facts relating to geography, geology, and the earth.



1. Shortest Place Name

The Shortest place name is "Å" it is located in both Sweden and Norway.

The Arts of Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It is also the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is sometimes referred to as the World, the Blue Planet, or by its Latin name, Terra. Needless to say, Earth is the only planet that home millions of species, one of the species are us ~ human. How amazing our Earth is?! However, you will be more amazed by Earth after

Animal Migration

Animal migration is the travelling of long distances in search of a new habitat/home. The trigger for the migration is usually a response to lower temperatures resulting in a reduced food supply, and a change in day length. Migration is common in mammals, fish , and some insects but is most marked in birds. To be counted as a true migration, and not just a local dispersal or irruption, the

Hardest Working Bras in Hollywood

Bras get a bad rap. They seldom stay on and when they come off, no one cares what happens to them. They have a shelf life of 2 years and there always seems to be a newer, thinner, better versions coming out. Even so, some of the most beautiful women in Hollywood have good reason to purchase many more bras since the ones they use now barely contain the twins. So here’s the full rundown of the

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10 Underground Walks

1. Aktun Chen Eco Park Caves, Yucatán, Mexico


Walk by subterranean rivers (locally called cenotes) and peer through deep, crystal-clear water to the white floors of natural wells. Peace reigns in this surreal world of spectacular rock formations, stalactites, stalagmites, fossils, and fruit bats lying beneath untouched rain forest. Explore by foot or by scuba diving.





2. Mammoth Cave

Top 10 Largest Countries Without Railroads

These are all countries with large areas of low population density. Except for Libya, Oman and Iceland, these are among the poorest countries in the world. Low population density or poverty, or both, are the main reasons for non-existent railway system.



10. Bhutan

21 percent of the Bhutanese rural households have to walk from one to four hours to the nearest all-season road, and another 21

Denmark's Rainbow Walkway Panorama

Your Rainbow Panorama by Olafur Eliasson is a permanent installation that provides a 360 view of the city of Arhus, Denmark. The glass is completely tinted in the various shades of the rainbow, providing magnificent views of the city with a painted twist.

The viewing platform sits atop the ARoS Museum of Art and measure 150 meters around (492 feet). The walkway itself is 3 meters wide (9.8 ft)

Exploding Sun and Super Tornadoes

When the sun becomes angry super spacestorms scour Earth. For the next 14 months the sun will be the angriest it's been since 1859. The massive storms electrify the geomagnetic field, affects the Arctic vortex, and warps and twists the jetstream creating gigantic vortexes sweeping across the defenseless Midwest. What are normally tornadoes become super-tornadoes that are super-destructive. What

Largest Solar Flare in 5 Years Hits Earth

Earth braced itself for the worst this evening as the largest solar flare in five years sent charged particles speeding towards us at 600 miles per second.

As the 'X-class' flare - the most powerful of its kind - bombarded our planet's magnetic field for most of the day, it was feared the activity could disrupt power grids, satellite navigation and aeroplane routes.

However, no major