Padi Fields in Japan

This is interesting!!

I think Japanese are not only creative, they are pretty artistic and really knows how to live life. Fancy them creating such beautiful scene in the padi fields.

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Padi Fields in Japan

World's largest swimming pool in Chile

This is quite a sight! And the temperature of the water is quite pleasant, around 80 degrees F.

World's largest swimming pool, AMAZING!

If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one.

It is more than 1,000 yard long, covers 20 acres, had a 115 ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.

Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world.

But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own - and you have the space to accommodate it - then beware: This one took five years to build, cost nearly 1 billion and the annual maintenance bill will be 2 million.

The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on Chile 's southern coast, since it opened last month.

Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end.

It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the Orthlieb - nicknamed the Big Splash - in Morocco , which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympic size pool measures some 50 yards by 25 yards.

Chile's monster pool uses a computer- controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seaaer in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other.

The sun warms the water to 26c, nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.

Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed the pool, said advanced engineering meant his company could build 'an impressive artificial paradise' even in inhospitable areas.

'As long as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it work, and it causes no damage to the ocean.'

Link to the pictures:-

World's largest swimming pool in Chile

Paper Art

The pictures are really well drawn and they look so alive.

Lying at the edge of a cliff

Like to feel how it is to be at the edge of a cliff or waterfall... try this.

Scenery - Victoria Falls

Fantastic Pencil Drawing

This looks so real that can't imagine that they are being drawn.

Police Patrol Car Worldwide

Some police just have it better than the others... just see the patrol car that they drive....

Shanghai "Ren" Building

Shanghai's Icon of Architecture
The Ren Building is a proposal for a hotel, sports and conference center for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The building is conceived as two buildings merging into one.

The first building, emerging from the water, is devoted to the activities of the body, and houses the sports and water culture center.

The second building emerging from land, is devoted to the spriit and enlightment, and houses the conference center and meeting facilities.

The two buildings meet in a 1000 room hotel, a building for living.

The building becomes the Chinese sign for "The People", and a recognizable landmark for the World Expo in China.