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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Amazing Pic

This amazing pic is of one amazing destination that explorers love top explore. The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. The rim of the Blue Hole starts about 30-35 feet down, and though it's certainly worth it to descend further past the entrance, the perimeter diving and snorkeling is really excellent enough. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 62 miles from the mainland and Belize City. It was formed as a limestone cave system during the last glacial period when sea levels were much lower. As the ocean began to rise again, the caves flooded, and the roof collapsed. Believed to be the world’s largest feature of its kind, the Great Blue Hole is part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. This place is attracts divers as well as photographers because of its natural beauty that is visible from high sky also.




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This amazing image relates to the first astronomical observatories which date back in the third century in the Middle East; at that time, astronomy was mixed up with astrology, and sky-watchers used cosmic movements to predict the future. Since, Galileo in Italy turned his own telescope to the sky for the first time and saw incredible sights, like craters on the moon and four bodies orbiting Jupiter. His discoveries tended to fly in the face of religious dogma, though, and he had to retract much of what he said. Since then, developments in our understanding of astrophysics, along with technological advancements in optics, engineering and rocket science have led to amazingly clear, distant vi­ews of our galaxy and far, far beyond. Current telescopes can even see matter disappear into a black hole.




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