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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Victoria Falls

http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/gallery/690-victoria-falls


first time since 1968 Vic Falls smokes again

In 1855, David Livingstone became the first European to lay eyes upon Mosi-oa-Tunya ("the smoke that thunders"), the astonishing waterfall on the border between present-day Zimbabwe and Zambia. He promptly renamed it Victoria Falls in honor of England’s queen. In 1862 British artist and explorer Thomas Baines visited the Falls and created lushly rendered paintings of the site. These works were exhibited, published as chromolithographs, and made into lantern slides. A proliferation of images spread the fame of the Falls throughout Britain.

The railway reached Victoria Falls in 1905, enabling Britain to impose imperial rule in the area and making the Falls a popular destination for British travelers. Advertising replaced ominous images of "Darkest Africa" with the attractions of "Brightest Africa." Victoria Falls was marketed as "the World’s Riviera," a destination for "tourists, sportsmen, invalids, and settlers."

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Facebook Stats


Most liked pages on facebook(January 2013):

1. Facebook for Every Phone-190,921,383.
2. Facebook -83,971,033.

3. YouTube -67,622,044.

4. Texas HoldEm Poker- 67,613,845.

5. Rihanna- 64,705,327 .

6. Eminem -64,409,277 .

7. The Simpsons -58,725,967 .

8. Shakira -58,469,206 .

9. Coca-Cola -56,837,442 .

10. Lady Gaga -54,640,788.

11. Harry Potter -54,618,525.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Blitsvinnig

Jy lê in ’n kar wat soos ’n vegvliegtuig lyk en teen ’n topsnelheid van 1 690km/h kan ry, en rem met behulp van ’n valskerm.
Dié vaartbelynde projektiel versnel van 0 tot 1 000km/h in 42 sekondes, dis heelwat vinniger as jou oorle skoonpa se Cortina.
Die Bloodhound- supersoniese kar (SSC) is ’n blitsryding wat deur ’n vuurpylenjin én ’n straalspuitenjin aangedryf word. Die straalspuitenjin gebruik ’n Formule 1-enjin as ’n brandstofpomp om hom van 800liter peroksied-brandstof binne 20 sekondes te voorsien.
En nou gaan dié meneer die landspoedrekord in 2013 aanvat. Nagenoeg 6000 ton se klippe is op Hakskeenpan in die Noord-Kaap verwyder om ’n 19 km lange renbaan voor te berei.
Die Britse ingenieur en projekbestuurder, Richard Noble, sê dat die Bloodhound nuwe standaarde in aërodinamika en spoedtoetse gaan stel. “Ons beproef die uiterstes van tegnologie en ingenieurswese met die Bloodhound. Dis die soort projek wat nuwe ingenieurs en ontwerpers gaan inspireer.”
Noble was self ’n jaagduiwel en het in 1983 en 1997 onderskeidelik twee landspoedrekords aangeteken.
As jy hierdie naweek in Kaapstad se V&A Waterfront is, kan jy self dié pappie van alle snelmotors gaan ry... oftewel 'n nabootser.
Klik hier vir die video
Die sneltoetse op Hakskeenpan – 45km suidwes van Twee Rivieren in die Kgalagadi-oorgrenspark – behoort teen vroeg 2014 voltooi te wees.
Web: http://www.bloodhoundssc.com

Sunday, February 3, 2013

When the Golden Gate Bridge turned 50

The 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate bridge in May 1986. They closed traffic and let people walk over it. There were so many people on the bridge that the middle span of the bridge flattened out
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