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Amazing Photos of Today’s Solar Eclipse
Some striking images of today’s total solar eclipse.
A Chinese man uses ‘eclipse glasses’ to watch the solar eclipse, which the Chinese word for is ‘Rishi’ meaning ‘eaten sun’, at the Jiayuguan Fort on the Great Wall of China in the town of Jiayuguan, Gansu Province August 1, 2008.
The solar eclipse is seen in Harbin, Heilongjiang province August 1, 2008. Eclipses were dangerous omens for ancient Chinese astronomers, but this one comes exactly a week before the torch is lit in Beijing for the opening ceremony of Games designed to restore China’s pride and showcase its achievements.
A camel is silhouetted against the sun blocking the moon during a solar eclipse in Gaotai, Gansu province August 1, 2008.
The total solar eclipse is observed above the mountainous Siberian Altai region,_ about 3,000 kilometers (1,850 miles) east of Moscow, on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
A total solar eclipse is seen in Jiuquan, in China’s western Gansu province Friday Aug 1, 2008. Millions of Chinese along the ancient Silk Road gathered Friday to gaze at a total solar eclipse, an event traditionally fraught with superstitious meaning coming one week before the start of the Beijing Olympics.
The Eight New Natural Wonders
Eight new natural wonders have been added to the World Heritage List.
World Heritage Sites are named by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The sites, both cultural and natural, added to the list are deemed “of outstanding value to humanity” and deserve protection and preservation, according to the UNESCO Web site. The eight new natural sites added this year include:
Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada)
Mount Sanqingshan National Park (China)
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France)
Surtsey (Iceland)
Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Switzerland)
Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
A Spooky Bird Dance
A flock of starlings swarms and swoops, forming a virtual creature in the sky.
Indiana Jones and Peru
I saw the newest movie few days ago, excited to know that this time they were going to talk about my country.
It may be a fiction movie, but I honestly think that every director, writer or whoever is in charge of the plot, should do their homework and learn more about the culture, the people, the music, and most of all the geography of the country they will talk about in their movies.
I mean we are talking about “professionals” who will get paid millions for making good movies for the audience. And I think that audience and fans deserve better.
Here a few of the unbelievable mistakes from the last Indiana Jones movie:
-The Nazca Lines are located in Nazca- Peru a west coast city, and not in Cuzco a south-east city, as they say in the movie.
-The music that is played while they landed in Peru, at an airport that doesn’t exist, is a Mexican “ranchera” music.
-In the movie Indiana mention that he learned Quechua (a native Peruvian language spoken by the Incas) from Pancho Villa, a Mexican revolution hero.
-The pyramid of Chichen Itza is located in Mexico and not in the Peruvian jungle.
Anyway I can go on with the list, but I dont want to ruin the “magic” of the Indy’s movies.
In my opinion, I wont recommend the movie because I think they don’t respect the audience enough to get a 3rd grade History book or to “google” it and study more about my beautiful country and my culture.
Learn more about Nazca Lines.
Uncontacted Amazonian tribe photographed
One of the world’s last remaining uncontacted tribes is photographed from the air.
The photographs of the tribe near the border between Brazil and Peru are rare evidence that such groups exist.
Of more than 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide, more than half live in either Brazil or Peru, Survival International says. It says all are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed and ravaged by new diseases.
Here the complete slideshow.
Jessica Alba as Charlie Chaplin
Gearing up for her latest movie, the Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru, Jessica Alba takes on the guise of screen comedy’s first iconic figure, Charlie Chaplin – all for the June issue of Allure.
And here The Love Guru trailer:
Jocker Action Figures Fever
New Joker action figures, based on the likeness of the late Heath Ledger, have sold out within minutes of them going on sale.
The US$9.99 toy became an instant collector’s item with fans. Some fans are believed to be buying up stock, convinced the figure is a collector’s item; others are selling them on auction site eBay for up to $55 each.
Ledger will be seen as the Joker alongside Christian Bale’s Batman in The Dark Knight, which hits movie theaters worldwide in July.
