The Potala Palace in Tibet

July 31st, 2012 - 86 views

The Potala Palace is located in Lhasa, . It is named after Mount Potalaka and was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India, during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It stands as a symbol of Tibetan Buddhism, built on the Red Mountain at an altitude of 3,700 meters.

Lozang Gyatso, the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, started the construction of the Potala in 1645 after one of his spiritual advisers, Konchog Chophel (d. 1646), pointed out that the site was ideal as a seat of government, situated as it is between Drepung and Sera monasteries and the city of Lhasa. It may overlay the remains of an earlier fortress, called the White or Red Palace, on the site built by Songtsen Gampo in 637.

Today, the Potala Palace is a museum and was recognized as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

The Potala Palace in Tibet.

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Picture of the Day: Where the Great Wall of China Meets the Sea

July 31st, 2012 - 64 views

Photograph via Better_Be-Safe on Reddit

Laolongtou or “The Dragon’s Head” is part of the Shanhai Pass (also known as Shanhaiguan) of the Great Wall of . It is where the Great Wall ends to the East and leads into the Bohai Sea. It is located in Shanhaiguan District of Qinhuangdao, Hebei and is nearly 300 kilometres (190 mi) east of Beijing.

The original wall was built during the Ming Dynasty which flourished from 1368 to 1644. The wall extends about 20 meters (66 ft) into the sea, like a dragon drinking water. During an invasion in 1900 much of the original wall was destroyed and apparently in 1984, the people of Shanhaiguan worked to restore the wall. [Source]

Picture of the Day: Where the Great Wall of China Meets the Sea.

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Alan Turing: Great Minds – YouTube

July 31st, 2012 - 50 views

Hank introduces us to that great mathematical mind, Alan Turing, who, as an openly man in the early 20th century faced brutal prejudice that eventually led to his suicide, despite being a war hero who helped the Allies defeat the Nazis.

Alan Turing: Great Minds – YouTube.

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Vietnam may open the door for gay marriage, equal rights – Washington Times

July 30th, 2012 - 71 views

HANOI — Dinh Thi Hong Loan grasps her girlfriend’s hand, and the two gaze into each other’s love-struck eyes. Smiling, they talk about their upcoming wedding — how they will exchange rings and toast the beginning of their lives together.

The lesbians’ ceremony in the Vietnamese capital won’t be officially recognized, but that could soon change. ’s Communist government is considering whether to allow same-sex couples to marry or legally register and receive rights — positioning the country to be the first in Asia to do so.

Vietnam may open the door for gay marriage, equal rights – Washington Times.

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Misty rainbow at Yosemite « Hungeree

July 30th, 2012 - 57 views

Photo credit: Justin Lee / Caters News

A appears in the scattered mist of a at National Park in .

via Misty rainbow at Yosemite « Hungeree.

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Picture of the Day: The Thick Red Line

July 30th, 2012 - 59 views

Photograph by Palindromo Meszaros | palindromo.info

On October 14, 2010 at 12:25pm in Ajka, Veszprém county, ; around a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of waste was released after a retaining wall in one of the reservoirs used for the accumulation of red mud (a waste product from making aluminium) burst. The company at fault was MAL Hungarian Aluminium.

The mud was released as a 1–2 m (3–7 ft) wave, flooding several nearby localities, including the village of Kolontár and the town of Devecser. At least nine people died and 122 people were injured. About 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) of land was initially affected. [Source: Wikipedia].

For a full gallery of the initial flood of toxic sludge, check out this post on the Big Picture.

Six months after the , photographer Palindromo Meszaros took a series of photos documenting the disaster called ‘The Line‘. The image above is the first from the series and has garnered serious buzz online in the last week.

The image not only captures the damage and long lasting impact of the event, but disorients viewers as Meszaros matched the red sludge line perfectly with the horizon line for the shot. For those wondering what the ‘thing’ is in the background ( side), it’s an outdoor sign with a little roof over it.

Picture of the Day: The Thick Red Line.

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Le Miroir – A Journey From Childhood to Old Man

July 30th, 2012 - 65 views

Le Miroir tells the story of a man – in the sense of the being – which passes from to the status of “ man”, the time to freshen up.

Le Miroir – A Journey From Childhood to Old Man

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Internet vs. Sleep

July 27th, 2012 - 69 views

Internet vs. Sleep » Design You Trust – Design Blog and Community.

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Picture of the Day: The World’s Longest Bridge Fountain

July 27th, 2012 - 127 views

Photograph by Gu Gyobok

The Moonlight Rainbow Fountain is the world’s longest that set a Guinness World Record with nearly 10,000 LED nozzles that run along both sides that is 1,140m long (3,740 ft), shooting out 190 tons of water per minute.
Installed in September 2009 on the Banpo Bridge, mayor Oh Se-hoon praised that the bridge will further beautify the city and showcase ’s eco-friendliness, as the water is pumped directly from the river itself and continuously recycled. The bridge has 38 water pumps and 380 nozzles on either side, which draw 190 tons of water per minute from the river 20 meters below the deck, and shoots as far as 43 meters (141 ft) horizontally. [Source: Wikipedia]

Picture of the Day: The World’s Longest Bridge Fountain.

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Ha Long Bay

July 27th, 2012 - 47 views

Ha Long Bay is a popular destination for its natural wonders, located in Quang Ninh province, . The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bái Tử Long bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. These larger zones share similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.

via Ha Long Bay » Design You Trust – Design Blog and Community.

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