Monday, June 29, 2009

Worlds deepest underground lab at 4,850 feet

The stage is set for the worlds deepest underground lab at the Homestake Gold Mine . This lab is reported to be built at 4,850 feet under the ground, which is equivalent to more than six empire state buildings. The Homestake Gold Mine was in use for 125 years, until it was shut down in 2001. This site has been a shrine to physicist and researchers alike and was once the site of Nobel Prize-winning physics research.

worlds deepest underground lab
Ray Davis Jr. used it in the 1960s to demonstrate the existence of particles called solar neutrinos. Davis and a colleague named John Bahcall wnet on to win a share of the 2002 Nobel Prize for physics for their work.. This site is ideal for experiments because its location is largely shielded from cosmic rays that could interfere with efforts to prove the existence of dark matter, which is thought to make up nearly a quarter of the mass of the universe. This lab will certainly help scientist set up the first dark matter experiment called the Large Underground Xenon detector experiment (LUX), which will get them a greater insight into the Big Bang explosion believed to have formed the universe. After its completion, this lab will be a site for many such groundbreaking experiments and currently work is on to stabilize the tunnels and install new infrastructure at an estimated cost of $550 million.

Worlds deepest underground lab at 4,850 feet

Ten amazing taxis from the world

Amazing taxis from the world

Ten amazing taxis

Ten amazing taxis

Ten amazing taxis

Ten amazing taxis

Ten amazing taxis

amazing taxis from the world

amazing taxis from the world

amazing taxis from the world

amazing taxis from the world

amazing taxis from the world

Weird and wonderful Vans in Indonesia

Strange Vans in Indonesia

wonderful Vans in Indonesia

wonderful Vans in Indonesia

wonderful Vans in Indonesia

wonderful Vans in Indonesia

wonderful Vans in Indonesia

wonderful Vans in Indonesia

wonderful Vans in Indonesia

wonderful Vans in Indonesia

Weird and wonderful Vans

Weird and wonderful Vans

Weird and wonderful Vans

Weird and wonderful Vans

Weird and wonderful Vans

Weird and wonderful Vans

Weird and wonderful Vans

Weird and wonderful Vans

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Vans in Indonesia

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The wedding couple floats into zero gravity nuptials

The wedding couple floats into zero gravity nuptials.

The bride wore white and earrings resembling tiny planets, the groom a tuxedo and cuff links shaped like spacecraft, and the wedding party attended in blue jump suits.

couple floats into zero gravity
New York City couple Erin Finnegan and Noah Fulmor floated into matrimony on Saturday thousands of feet (meters) above the Gulf of Mexico in what organizers said was the world's first weightless wedding held in zero gravity conditions.

The couple exchanged wedding vows and rings -- with some difficulty -- and fumbled their kiss flying weightless inside the padded fuselage of a specially modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft, G-Force One, operated by Zero Gravity Corp, or ZERO-G, a company offering weightless flight experiences.

The wedding couple
"It was weirder than I expected. ... I've been to a lot of boring weddings, so I wanted to do something different," said Finnegan, who wore a "space fashion" white pantsuit whose trouser bottoms fluffed out during the weightless moments.

Wires kept her hairdo from unraveling.

The wedding couple
To recreate the weightless experience without going into space, the plane executed parabolic flight maneuvers, climbing sharply and descending several times during the one-hour flight.

Inside the 90-foot-long (27-meter) padded "floating zone," the ceremony was accomplished with a lot of bumping and fumbling, as bride and groom, guests and witnesses alike tried to coordinate their movements in a microgravity environment.


The wedding couple
Officiating at the ceremony was Richard Garriott, a second- generation U.S. space traveler, and ZERO-G co-founder, who is also a registered notary.

Fulmor, whose tuxedo tails were specially stiffened so they would not float out of control, admitted he had trouble lining up his lips for the all-important wedding kiss.

wedding party
"The physics of the first kiss were off. I could feel where I was going, I knew where I needed to be, but it was hard to reconcile the differences," he told reporters.

"Noah knocked into my nose and I thought it would bleed," Finnegan said.

The couple didn't drop the ring -- but there was momentary confusion when someone else's wedding band floated off a finger and into the wedding group, before it was rescued.

"I've waited my whole life for this ... what I remember most was the feeling of weightlessness, both physically and emotionally," Fulmor said.
wedding party

couple floats into zero gravity

couple floats into zero gravity

Escaped Lion In Shuwaikh

Unbelievable!

Technicians at Shuwaikh car repair shops were having a normal day at work, when suddenly a nervous looking LION came out of no where...seemingly hungry because of how skinny his body looks

Escaped Lion In Shuwaikh
Workers freaked out, jumping over each other, some locking themselves up in cars, some in the offices, and some just ran away...but one brave guy took the picture of this Lion without making a sound....and there was the SHOCK when the Lion turned around...nobody could believe it

Escaped Lion In Shuwaikh
Turns out it's their Indian co-worker's dog. He shaved the dog in such a way to look like a Lion.... let's just say the Indian co-worker has gotten a bit more than a hard pat on the back ; ) hahaha


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