BEAUTY OF GOD

WOW WHAT A BEAUTY

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:12:00 +0000

Ok... now that looks scary!

Yowsers!
Better get into that storm cellar pronto!

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Watermelon Art

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:58:00 +0000

Planning a picnic on the Fourth? Here are some cool ideas!

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Bamboo Forest

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:04:00 +0000

These strange and interesting trees originated in Africa. They store water in their trunks and tend to fluctuate in size depending on the time of year and rainfall amounts.

Aren't they cool looking?

Among villages in the Zambezi Valley it is believed that when the world was young the Baobabs were upright and proud. However, for some unknown reason they lorded over the lesser growths. The Gods then became angry and uprooted the Baobabs, thrusting them back to the ground where they landed upside down but continued to grow. Evil spirits are now said to haunt the sweet white flowers and anyone who picks one will be eaten by a lion. Drink water in which the tree’s seeds have been soaked though, and you will be safe from a crocodile attack!

This bamboo forest is one of the most beautiful bamboo forests in Japan.

Not only is it beautiful to look at, it has also been voted to be "one hundred must-be-preserved sounds of Japan" by the Japanese government.

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Eye Candy

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:01:00 +0000

Fall has only just begun, and I'm already missing the flowers!
So I went out and found some.

These are so pretty, they make the tree in my front yard look rather plain!

Flowers are so beautiful, aren't they?

Feathers

Frost

A leaf

Pumpkin tendrils

Dandelion fluff

Beauty is all around us, if only we would take a closer look!

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New Windows Vista Wallpapers

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:59:00 +0000

If you have Windows Vista, you have probably already seen these. But if you don't, here they are. I love how lusciously green they are!

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Reflections in Nature

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:55:00 +0000

These images remind me of one of my favorite quotes:

"Nature creates all beings without erring: this is its straightness.
It is calm and still: this is its foursquareness.
It tolerates all creatures equally: this is its greatness.
Therefore it attains what is right for all without artifice or special intentions.
Man achieves the height of wisdom when all that he does is as self evident as what nature does."

Aren't these fantastic?

This last image is the Fly Geyser, Black Rock Desert, Nevada.

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Awesome Winter Photos

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:54:00 +0000

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Golden Sunsets

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:52:00 +0000

What is more beautiful than the sun setting over water?

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Mushrooms

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:49:00 +0000

Soon it will be mushroom season. Especially with all the rain we've been having. Are these cute or what?

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Really Cool Nature Photography

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:46:00 +0000

No, these photographs were not filtered in photoshop, these are HDR . Cool, huh?

This is one of my favorite places in the world. White Sands New Mexico.... is it beautiful, or what?

Wow.

So beautiful!

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Beautiful Antarctica

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:11:00 +0000

Antarctica is so way more beautiful than frigid campsites and penguins...

Check out these photographs of this amazing, desolate, and beautiful place.

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Water! It's so amazing.

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:10:00 +0000

The smallest lightest touch makes ripples and waves.

It doesn't seem dense enough to make a hole like that when something drops into it, and yet... here it is... in slow motion... looking thick and maleable....

Close up, it looks solid. These small beads of dew look like glass, don't they?

Isn't that amazing? Dew on a spider web..
Wow!

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Awesome Autumn Photography

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:01:00 +0000

I love this season of the year. Fall color is so beautiful.

Summer heat getting you down?
Here's a little something to cool you off!!

Green, because I'm loving these awesome photographs of our green earth.

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Beautiful Sunsets

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

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Beautiful Reflections

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:58:00 +0000

Wow!
So beautiful!

A frosty morning at Little Lakes

Half Dome reflecting into the Merced River at Yosemite, California

The Bow Range reflection on Herbert Lake

Maroon Bells at Sunrise, Aspen Colorado

Mount Makalu and Mount Chomolonzo in Nepal

Reflections of Mount Rainier, Washington

The Matterhorn, Switzerland

Mount Adams, Washington

Vatu Vara, the magnificent and most expensive private island, lies to the west of Mago in Lau Archipelago, Fiji, and since September 2006, it is ready to be sold, with the asking price set at US $75 million.

Also known as “Hat Island” due to its strange shape, Vatu Vara has a unique topography with limestone cliffs covered in dense tropical jungle on one side, while on the other parts, it is circled by a broad fringing reef, which, off the western coast swings sharply away from the shore to enclose the lagoon.

Where exactly is it?
Here's a map:

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SEASON OF LIFE

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:56:00 +0000

I love flowers,
don't you?

A photo montage of the four seasons - cool, huh?

Seeing the world through rose colored glasses.
Cool image!

Winter...
It's cold, but it sure is beautiful.

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Canyon Country ♥AND♥ The Chocolate Hills

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:52:00 +0000

Canyon country. It's beautiful, isn't it?

Now that's what I call eye candy!

The Chocolate Hills

The Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills of about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi). They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name.

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Gerbera Daisies

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:51:00 +0000

Aren't they beautiful?

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Reflected Beauty

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:49:00 +0000

Wow!
The serenity reflected here ...
So beautiful.

Here are some beautiful images of tranquil vacation spots.
Enjoy!

Looks like a modern abstract art piece, doesn't it?
These are pictures of polished stone - marble, granite, agate, and others.
Pretty, aren't they?

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Growing Jewelry

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:47:00 +0000

This takes "going green" to a whole new level. Hafsteinn Juliusson has redefined the art of jewelry making with this experiment called, Growing Jewelry. It's actually a very small plant growing in the ring - the plant looks a lot like moss, but I'm not sure if that's what it actually is or not.

Oh, and look! There's even a masculine version, a sort of environmentally conscious set of "brass knuckles."

Interesting, isn't it? Taking time out of your day to water your ring?

And yes, it's for real. Here's the sales display!

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From My Inbox

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:44:00 +0000

Someone sent me this via email, I thought you guys might enjoy it, feel free to pass it on. For those of you who don't read English, I've transcribed the poem so that you can translate it. Enjoy!

First, my car broke down
I was very late for work
But I missed that awful accident
Was that your handiwork?

I found a house I loved
But others got there first
I was angry, then relieved
When I heard the pipes had burst!

Yesterday, I found the perfect dress
But the color was too pale
Today, I found the dress in red
Would you believe, it was on sale!

I know you're watching over me
And I'm feeling truly blessed
For no matter what I pray for
you always know what's best!

I have this circle of E-mail friends,
Who mean the world to me;
some days I "send" and 'send",
At other times, I let them be.

When I see each name download,
And view the message they've sent;
I know they've thought of me that day,
And "well wishes" were their intent.

I am so blessed to have these friends,
With whom I've grown so close;
So this little poem I dedicate to them,
Because to me they are the "Most"!

So to you, my friends,
I would like to say
Thank you for being a part;
Of all my daily contacts,
This comes right from my heart.

God bless you all is my prayer today,
I'm honored to call you "friend";
I pray the Lord will keep you safe,
Until we write again.

God Bless You
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SOME INTERESTING GEOGRAPHY

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:51:00 +0000

SOME INTERESTING GEOGRAPHY
Alaska
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska .
Amazon
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States .

Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy % of all thefresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches. Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

Canada
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning ' Big Village .'
Chicago
Next to Warsaw , Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road any where.

Damascus , Syria
Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

Istanbul , Turkey
Istanbul (AKA Constantinople), Turkey , is the only city in the world located on two continents.

Los Angeles
Los Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula -- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

New York City
The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.
There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ohio
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio , every one is man made.

Pitcairn Island
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia , at just 1.75 sq. miles.

Rome
The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome , Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

S.M.O.M
The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order ofMalta ( S.MO .M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

Sahara Desert
In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island . There has been no rainfall there for two million years.
Spain
SPAIN literally means 'the land of rabbits.'

St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota , was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant who set up the first business there.
Roads
Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A: 1%, in Canada : 75%.

Texas
The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas . It is as deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.

United States
The Interstate System requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

Waterfalls
The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet. IT is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls

10 Most Poisonous Animals Around

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:29:00 +0000

1. Box Jellyfish

The top prize for “The World Most Venomous Animal,” would go to the Box Jellyfish. It has caused at least 5,567 recorded deaths since 1954. Their venom is among the most deadly in the world. It’s toxins attack the heart, nervous system, and skin cells. And the worst part of it is that jelly box venom is so overpoweringly painful, that human victims go in shock, drown or die of heart failure before even reaching shore. Survivors experience pain weeks after the contact with box jellies.

You have virtually no chance to survive the venomous sting, unless treated immediately. After a sting, vinegar should be applied for a minimum of 30 seconds. Vinegar has acetic acid, which disables the box jelly’s nematocysts that have not yet discharged into the bloodstream (though it will not alleviate the pain). Wearing ***** hose while swimming is also a good prevention measure since it can prevent jellies from being able to harm your legs.

Jelly box can be found in the waters around Asia and Australia.

2. King Cobra

The King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the world’s longest venomous snake - growing up to 5.6 m (18.5 ft) in length. Ophiophagus, literally means “snake-eater” as it eats other snakes. One single bite of this deadly snake can easily kill a human. This snake is even capable of killing a full-grown Asian Elephant within 3 hours if the larger animal is bitten in a vulnerable area such as the trunk.

It’s venom is not as toxic as other venomous snakes, but King Cobra is capable of injecting 5 times more venom than black mamba and can result in mortality up to 5 times faster than that of the black mamba. It is quite widespread, ranging across South and South-east Asia, living in dense highland forests.

3. Marbled Cone Snail

This little beautiful looking Marbled Cone snail can be as deadly as any other animal on this list. One drop of its venom is so powerful that it can kill more than 20 humans. If you ever happen to be in warm salt water environment (where these snails are often found) and see it, don’t even think of picking it up. Of course, the true purpose of its venom is to catch its prey.

Symptoms of a cone snail sting can start immediately or can be delayed in onset for days. It results in intense pain, swelling, numbness and tingling. Severe cases involve muscle paralysis, vision changes and breathing failure. There is no antivenom. However, only about 30 human deaths have been recorded from cone snail envenomation.

4. Blue-Ringed Octopus

The Blue-Ringed Octopus is very small, only the size of a golf ball, but its venom is so powerful that can kill a human. Actually it carries enough poison to kill 26 adult humans within minutes, and there is no antidote. They are currently recognized as one of the world’s mostvenomous animals.

Its painless bite may seem harmless, but the deadly neurotoxins begin working immediately resulting in muscular weakness, numbness, followed by a cessation and breathing and ultimately death.

They can be found in tide pools in the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Australia.

5. Death Stalker Scorpion

Contrarily to the popular belief most of the scorpions are relatively harmless to humans as stings produce only local effects (pain, numbness or swelling). However, the Death Starker Scorpion is highly dangerous species because its venom is a powerful cocktail of neurotoxins which causes an intense and unbearable pain, then fever, followed by coma, convulsions, paralysis and death. Fortunately, while a sting from this scorpion is extremely painful, it would be unlikely to kill a healthy, adult human. Young children, the old, or infirm (with a heart condition) are at the biggest risk.

Death stalker scorpions are spread in North Africa and Middle East.

6. Stonefish

Maybe Stonefish would never win a beauty contest, but it would definitely win the top prize for being “The World Most Venomous Fish”. Its venom causes such a severe pain that the victims of its sting want the affected limb to be amputated. It is described as the worst pain known to man. It is accompanied with possible shock, paralysis, and tissue death. If not given medical attention within a couple of hours It can be fatal to humans.

Stonefish stores its toxins in gruesome-looking spines that are designed to hurt would-be predators.

Stonefish mostly live above the tropic of Capricorn, often found in the shallow tropical marine waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans, ranging from the Red Seato the Queensland Great Barrier Reef.

7. The Brazilian wandering spider

The Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria) or banana spider appears in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous spider and is the spider responsible for most human deaths.

This spider is believed to have the most potent neurotoxic venom of any living spider. Only 0.006mg (0.00000021oz) is sufficient to kill a mouse. They are also so dangerous because of their wandering nature. They often hide during daytime in highly populated areas inside houses, clothes, boots, and cars.

Its venomous bite causes not only intense pain, the venom of the spider can also cause priapism - uncomfortable *****ions lasting for many hours that lead to impotence.

8. Inland Taipan

The prize for “The World’s Most Venomous Snake” goes to the Inland Taipan of Australia. Just a single bite from this snake contains enough venom to kill 100 human adults or an army of 250,000 mice. Its venom is at least 200 - 400 times more toxic than a common cobra. The Inland Taiwan’s extremely neurotoxic venom can kill an adult human in as little as 45 minutes. Fortunately this snake is very shy and there have been no documented human fatalities (all known bites were treated with antivenin).

9. Poison Dart Frog

If you ever happen to be running through the rain forests somewhere in Central or South America, do not ever pick up beautiful and colorful frogs - it can be the Poison Dart Frog. This frog is probablythe most poisonous animal on earth.The 2 inch long (5cm) golden poison dart frog has enough venom to kill 10 adult humans or 20,000 mice. Only 2 micrograms of this lethal toxin (the amount that fits on the head of a pin) is capable of killing a human or other large mammal. They are called “dart frogs” because indigenous Amerindians’ use of their toxic secretions to poison the tips of their blow-darts. Poison dart frogs keep their poison in their skins and will sicken or kill anybody who touches or eats it.

10. Puffer Fish

Puffer Fish are the second most poisonous vertebrate on earth (the first one is golden dart Frog). The meat of some species is a delicacy in both Japan (as fugu) and Korea (as bok-uh) but the problem is that the skin and certain organs of many puffer fish are verypoisonous to humans.

This puffy fish produce rapid and violent death..Puffer’s poisoning causes deadening of the tongue and lips, dizziness, vomiting, rapid heart rate, difficulty breathing, and muscle paralysis. Victims die from suffocation as diaphragm muscles are paralyzed. Most of the victims die after four to 24 hours. There is no known antidote, Most deaths from fugu happen when untrained people catch and prepare the fish.

Statistics show that there were 20 to 44 incidents of fugu poisoning per year between 1996 and 2006 in all of Japan and up to six incidents per year led to death. Since Fugu’s poison can cause near instantaneous death, only licensed chefs are allowed to prepare it.

Top 10 strangest frogs

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:13:00 +0000

1 Malagasy Rainbow Frog

The Malagasy rainbow frog lives in the rocky dry forests of Madagascar's Isalo Massif, where it breeds in shallow temporary pools found in canyons. This species is well adapted to climbing in its rocky surroundings, and can even scale vertical surfaces! When threatened, this frog will inflate itself as a defence mechanism against predators.

2 Transparent Frog

Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum, also called as glass or crystal frog because you can see through its transparent flesh (right down to its guts). This guy's not new, but he's definitely endangered, so the finding is heartening for environmentalists

3 Atelopus Frog

The atelopus frog is known by many names such as the clown frog or the Costa Rican Variable Harlequin Toad. Whatever you call the frog, it is a neo-tropical toad that was once quite wide spread living throughout Costa Rica and Panama. Thespecies is listed as critically endangered and is thought to be living primarily in Panama today.

4 World's Smallest Frog

Generally speaking, higher altitude means larger animals. But the world's smallest known frog species lives high in the Andes Mountains of southern Peru, between 9,925 and 10,466 feet.

5 World's Largest Frog

The goliath frog or Conraua goliath is the largest extant anuran on Earth. It can grow up to 13 inches (33 cm) in length from snout to vent, and weighs up to 8 lb (3 kg). This animal has a relatively small habitat range, mainly in West Africa (near Gabon). The goliath frog can live up to 15 years. Goliathfrogs eat scorpions, insects and smaller frogs. These frogs have acute hearing but no vocal sac.

6 Red Mantella Frog

As suggested by the name, the Red Mantella has an orange/red dorsal surface. These frogs are small, reaching a size of 2.5 centimetres (1 in) in length. It is is a small, terrestrial frog native to Madagascar.

7 Poison Dart Frog

Poison dart frog, like this sapphire-blue species, is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America. Unlike most frogs, species are active during the day, and often exhibit brightly-colored bodies. Although all dendrobatids are at least somewhat toxic in the wild, levels of toxicity vary considerably from onespecies to the next, and from one population to another. Many species are critically endangered. These amphibians are often called "dart frogs" due to indigenous Amerindians' use of their toxic secretions to poison the tips of blowdarts.

8 Ornate Horned Frog

The ornate horned frog can grow up to six inches long and inhabits Uruguay, Brazil, and northern Argentina. While it may look like a lifeless pincushion, it's quick to lunge when lizards, small rodents, birds, or otherfrogs blunder by.

9 Chile Darwin's frog

The Chile Darwin's frog was fairly regularly seen until around 1978, since when it seems to have disappeared, and the species may now be extinct. This species, which lives in the leaf litter on the forest floor, has an unusual method of parental care; the male takes the fertilised eggs from the nest into his vocal sac where they hatch into tadpoles after approximately eight days. When he starts to feel the newly hatched tadpoles wriggling, the male carries them to a stream where he expels the young. Here they complete metamorphosis.

10 Vietnamese Mossy Frog

Theloderma corticale, or the Vietnamese mossy frog, is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is found in Vietnam and possibly China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marches, and rocky areas. The common name of the mossy frog arises from the fact that its skin is a mottled green and black that resembles moss growing on rock, and forms an effective form of camouflage.

Some people have this frog as a pet. The price of this beautiful animal is about $45-$75 (each).

Awesome Close-Ups of the Sun

malikimrana1@gmail.com (MALIK IMRAN AWAN) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Awesome Close-Ups of the Sun

The sun (not the earth!) is the center of our solar system. Here are some interesting facts of this quintessential planet to live on earth that we so easily take for granted.

* Containing more than 99.8% of the total mass of the Solar System, the Sun is by far the largest object in the Solar System.
* 109 Earths would be required to even fit across the Sun’s disk, and the Sun’s interior could hold over 1.3 million Earths.
* Within the core of the Sun, the temperature (15,000,000 K) and pressure (340 billion times Earth’s air pressure at sea level) of it is so intense that nuclear reactions actually take place.
* The Sun’s energy output, produced by these nuclear fusion reactions, is approximately 3.86e33 ergs/second or 386 billion billion megawatts.
* This energy, released as heat as well as light, takes a million years to reach the surface.
* The Sun also emits low density streams of particles, also known as the solar wind. These winds blow through the solar system at 450 km/sec and consist mostly of electrons and protons.
* The Sun consists of the core, photosphere, chromosphere and corona, each with differing temperatures and components.
* Existing for about 4 and a half billion years, it has burnt up about half of the hydrogen in its core. This leaves the Sun’s life expectancy to 5 billion more years, at which time, the Sun’s elements will “swell” up, swallow Earth, and eventually die off into a small white dwarf.