The biggest butterfly in the world

The Goliath Birdwing (Ornithoptera goliath) is a birdwing butterfly found in New Guinea, and is the second-largest butterfly in the world.

It has a wingspan up to 28 centimetres . This makes it the world's second largest butterfly, after the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing. The African Giant Swallowtail reached an almost equal wing span.

The males have black, yellow and green wings and a yellow and black body, while the females are brown and white on the top wings and yellow on the bottom wings. The female is typically larger than the male. Flight is leisurely, but controlled and powerful. Males pursue their females for long distances, rising high over the forest canopy then folding their wings and diving down to tree level to mate, even though they risk hindwing damage by the sharp tarsal claws of females.

The Goliath Birdwing takes an approximate 15 minutes to emerge from its chrysalis because of its large wings.

The miracle made by people

The Dubai Fountain is a record-setting choreographed fountain system set on the 30-acre manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was designed by WET Design, the California-based company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas. Illuminated by 6,600 lights and 25 colored projectors, it is 275 m (902 ft) long and shoots water 240 feet into the air accompanied by a range of classical to contemporary Arabic and world music. It was built at a cost of AED 800 million (USD 218 million).

The name of the fountain was chosen after a contest organized by the developer Emaar Properties, the result of which was announced on 26 October 2008. Testing of the fountain began in February 2009,[3] and the fountain was officially inaugurated on 8 May 2009 along with the official opening ceremony of the Dubai Mall. On 2 January 2010 the length of Dubai fountains was increased to 275 m (902.2 ft)

You know nature is powerful and ready always for making miracles.It's unique.Nature always tries to make pleasant things for us to enjoy.

One of such miracles is the strange, sometimes funny, but at the same time exciting thing - a shape of the islands.

I suppose you to look at some photos of different islands, which are situated in different corners of our planet.

Island Flores, Indonesia. 

Dubai. 

The Gutierrez lake in Patagonia. 

Enjoy!!!

How do you like these photos?Would you like to visit such islands?

The Highest Mountain in the World

Almost everyone knows that Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and climbers from everywhere travel to Everest hoping to earn the distinction of climbing the "World's Highest". 
 The peak of Mount Everest is 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) above sea level. This high elevation gives Mount Everest the distinction of being the mountain with the highest altitude.
It's interesting to know information from the history of the mountain. In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m). In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. Waugh named the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest. Although Tibetans had called Everest "Chomolungma" for centuries, Waugh was unaware of this because Nepal and Tibet were closed to foreigners.

Beautiful clouds

Every day our nature makes us little presents. One of them as it seems to me are clouds. But not simple clouds which we can see everywhere...But such as we can see on the photos.
As for me i've seen clouds which have had some special unusual shape.As for example they had a shape of swan, ice-cream, flower, cat....etc.
And the one wish I always have, looking at them, is to touch them, to feel their softness.

Look at some of these strange, unusual, exciting clouds.
What can you say about them?What feelings do these pictures arouse inside of you?

Lake Baikal

This lake is situated in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
Lake Baikal is the deepest and  the clearest of all lakes in the world.
Lake Baikal was known as the "North Sea" in historical Chinese texts. It was situated in the then Xiongnu territory that stretched from the empire of the Han Dynasty in the south, to the Siberian taiga north of the lake, and saw military excursions led by the army of the Han Dynasty engaging the Xiongnu during the Han-Hun Wars.Only a few information was known to Europeans about the lake until Russia expanded into the area in the 17th century. The first Russian explorer to reach Lake Baikal was Kurbat Ivanov in 1643.

Semiramida's Gardens

Semiramida's gardenns are one of the 7 miracles of he world. Relying on the legend, it's well known that the king of Assyria Nawuhodonosor ordered the masters to create the most beautiful place for his wife to walk and enjoy the calm of the nature.

As a construction gardens were built as a pyramid, consisting of 4 levels. The gardens are green almost all the year.

I think it's the most pleasant and calmest place i've ever wanted to visit.

And you? Would you like to have such a present? 

The arbor of winds

The arbor is situated in Gurzuf, in the Crimea on the height 1450 m. The top of the rock, where the arbor is situated, is called SHAGAN-KAYA(from Turkic "falcon rock").

It was built in 1956. The arbor consists of many columns, on the floor there's a mosaic, symbolizing wind rose. Strong winds blow often here, their speed is about 40 m/sec.

Staying in this arbor you will feel real freedom and, of course, enjoy the sights of the Black Sea.