5 Colored Beaches You Want to Visit!
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Beaches
are almost guaranteed to be beautiful places, where we enjoy ourselves in the
light of the sun and to the sound of waves' unending war with land. We all
think we know the color of beaches and waves, dirty white against blue and
green.
But
beaches come in more than one color, and here, from the black sand of
Punaluʻu Beach to the green and golden landscape of Papakōlea Beach, are five
beautiful beaches in as many colors:
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Punaluʻu
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Punaluʻu
Beach (also called Black Sand Beach) is a beach between Pāhala and Nāʻālehu
on the Big Island of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The beach has black sand made
of basalt and created by lava flowing into the ocean which explodes as it
reaches the ocean and cools. This volcanic activity is in the Hawaiʻi
Volcanoes National Park.
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Punaluʻu is frequented by
endangered Hawksbill and Green turtles, which can often be seen basking on
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Papakōlea Beach |
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Papakōlea
Beach (also known as Green Sand Beach) is a green sand beach located near
South Point, in the Kaʻū district of the island of Hawaiʻi. One of only two
green sand beaches in the World, the other being in Galapagos Islands. It
gets its distinctive coloring from the mineral olivine, found in the
enclosing cinder cone.
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The source
of the green coloration of the beach sands is due to the olivine crystals
which are winnowed from the eroding headland by the action of the sea.
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Olivine,
being denser and tougher than the ash fragments, glass and black pyroxene of
the rest of the rocks and lava flows, tends to accumulate on the beach
whereas the usual volcanic sand is swept out to sea
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Hyams Beach |
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The
Guinness Book of Records reports Hyams Beach, of New South Wales,
Australia, as having the whitest sand in the world. The sand is fine,
soft and brilliantly white. The exceptionally clear waters of are ideal
for fishing, swimming, snorkelling, scuba diving & kayaking. The
surrounding bushland is home to many native animals and an abundance of bird
life. There are walking tracks to suit all ages and levels of fitness, or
bring your mountain bike and go for a spin down a trail.
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Pfeiffer Beach |
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What marks
Pfeiffer Beach as interesting besides the surreal rock formations, seemingly
constructed by aliens, is the purple sand.
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The sand
gets its color from minerals that compose it like any other beach sand around
the world. I mean, how do you get pink or blue hydrangeas, right? You vary
the mineral content in the soil, over simply put. Sand is mostly made
of quartz and is clear or translucent which is why sand is mostly light in
colour.
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Pfeiffer Beach sand is made
from manganese garnet deposits in the rocks around the secluded cove. The
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Kaihalulu Beach |
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Red Sand
Beach on Kaihalulu Bay is a pocket beach on the island of Maui, Hawaii on
Kaʻuiki Head. Red Sand Beach is partially shielded from the rough open ocean
by an offshore reef.
The result
is a natural sea wall that protects the bay from large waves. Kaihalulu is
one of the few red sand beaches in the world. The sand is a deep red-black,
which contrasts with the blue water, the black sea wall, and the green
ironwood trees. This hill is rich in iron, and is why the beach's sand
is such a deep red.
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Kaihalulu
is extremely isolated and requires a fairly short, yet perilous hike to
reach. The trail to the beach crosses over private property and follows a
ridge high above the ocean below. The path is rather steep and narrow, and is
quite slippery due to the loose and crumbling cinder as well as needles from
nearby ironwood trees. The trail also passes by an ancient Japanese cemetery.
Because of the beach's isolation and difficult access, some visitors consider
it to be clothing optional.
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Saturday, December 6, 2014
5 Colored Beaches You Want to Visit!
29 Incredible Man-Made Locations
29 Incredible Man-Made Locations
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Seeing places like these, so unusual and creative, I think no
one can dispute that architects are just as often artists as they are
engineers. These 29 imaginative creations come to life are a poignant
reminder of human brilliance and their creators' sense of what is beautiful.
I'd love to visit each and every one of these.
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1: Atomium – Brussels
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2: Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo, Colombia
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3: Birmingham Bull Ring – Birmingham, UK
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4: Bubble houses – South of France
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5: Lyon Airport Train Station – France
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6: Dalat’s Crazy House – Vietnam
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7: Dancing House – Prague
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8: Donut hotel – Guangzhou, China
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9: Dutch cube houses – Rotterdam, Netherlands
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10: Dynamic Tower – Dubai
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11: Free Spirit Spheres – Vancouver Island
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12: Gibbon Treehouse – Laos
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13: Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain
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14: Hotel Marques de Riscal – Spain
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15: Krzywy Domek – Sopot, Poland
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16: Lotus Temple – New Dehli, India
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17: Casa Batlló – Barcelona, Spain
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18: Markthalle Altenrhein – Staad, Switzerland
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19: Montaña Mágica Lodge – Chile
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20: Motisons Tower – Jaipur
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21: Nautilus House – Mexico City, Mexico
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22: Olympic Stadium – Montreal, Canada
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23: Seattle Central Library – Seattle, Washington
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24: Seattle Central Library – Seattle, Washington
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25: Upside down house – Trassenheide, Germany
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26: Vienna’s Modern Art Museum – Austria
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27: Vortex House – Montrose, Houston
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28: Waldspirale – Germany
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29: Harpa Concert Hall – Reykjavik, Iceland
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US DOJ now aware of intimidation and threats by Christina Pietz and Dr. Sarrazin,. against Paul Mitchell | Let them/others know we are aware
Please share and contact others. I don't like to beg but I
am right now for others to take action.
[Breaking!] US DOJ now aware of intimidation and threats by
Christina Pietz and Dr. Sarrazin,. against Paul Mitchell | Let them/others know
we are aware
http://tekgnosis.typepad.com/tekgnosis/2014/12/us-doj-now-aware-of-intimidation-and-threats-by-christina-pietz-and-dr-sarrazin-against-paul-mitchel.htmlCalifornia's drought is worst for 1,200 years - but worse is to come, warn scientists
California's drought is worst for
1,200 years - but worse is to come, warn scientists
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Current short-term drought
worse than any previous span of consecutive years of drought without
reprieve
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It comes as California is
experiencing a wet start to December that could result in 12-inches (30 cm) of
rain and severe snow over next two weeks
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Experts say there is 'no doubt'
we are entering a new era where humans have changed the climate system
California's three year drought is the worst seen for over 1200
years, researchers have found.
Scientists looking at the
cumulative effects of temperature, low precipitation and other factors said
that it all adds up to the worst conditions in more than a millennium.
The also claim that worse could
be to come, with droughts almost certain to occur again in the future.
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The dry bed of the Stevens Creek
Reservoir in California: A combination of record high temperatures and sparse
rainfall during California'sthree-year drought have produced the worst
conditions in 1,200 years.
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A combination of record high
temperatures and sparse rainfall during California's three-year drought have
produced the worst conditions in 1,200 years, according to a study accepted for
publication by the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
'The current California drought
is exceptionally severe in the context of at least the last millennium and is
driven by reduced though not unprecedented precipitation and record high
temperatures,' the report's authors said in the study released late Thursday.
The study by the University of
Minnesota and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution said that warm, dry
conditions have shrunk the supply of surface water from reservoirs, streams and
the Sierra Nevada snowpack in the state, even as demand from people and farms
has gone up, resulting in unprecedented scarcity.
Daniel Griffin, an assistant professor
in the Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of
Minnesota, and Kevin Anchukaitis, an assistant scientist at Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, asked the question, 'How unusual is the ongoing
California drought?' and collected new tree-ring samples from blue oak trees in
southern and central California.
'California's old blue oaks are as close to nature's rain gauges
as we get,' says Griffin.
'They thrive in some of the
driest environments where trees can grow in California.'
These trees are particularly
sensitive to moisture changes and their tree rings display moisture
fluctuations vividly.
'We were genuinely surprised at
the result,' says Griffin, a NOAA Climate & Global Change Fellow and former
WHOI postdoctoral scholar.
'This is California - drought
happens.
'Time and again, the most common
result in tree-ring studies is that drought episodes in the past were more
extreme than those of more recent eras.
'This time, however, the result
was different.
'One thing is clear, drought is
going to continue to happen.
'This is the kind of thing we get
to see in the future.'
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The low water level of
California's Lake Kaweah, February 5, 2014. Now in its third straight year of
unprecedented drought, California is experiencing its driest year on record,
dating back 119 years and possible the worst in the past 500 years.
While there is good evidence of
past sustained, multi-decadal droughts or so-called 'megadroughts'' in
California, the authors say those past episodes were probably punctuated by
occasional wet years, even if the cumulative effect over decades was one of
overall drying.
The current short-term drought
appears to be worse than any previous span of consecutive years of drought
without reprieve.
It comes as California is
experiencing a wet start to December that could result in 12-inches (30 cm) of
rain and yards (meters) of snow over the next two weeks, according to the
forecasting service Accuweather.
In October, the AGU published a
study by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City saying
that the 1934 U.S. drought, which caused the upheaval known as the Dust Bowl,
was the worst in 1,000 years.
With an exceptionally wet winter,
parts of California might emerge from the drought this year. 'But there is no
doubt,' cautions Anchukaitis, 'that we are entering a new era where
human-wrought changes to the climate system will become important for
determining the severity of droughts and their consequences for coupled human
and natural systems.'
Busy week in Summit Co, Colorado - 12.04.14 - CEO Sue Frank accused of stealing more than $415,000 from Summit Association of Realtors, summitdaily.com
Entire article:
http://www.summitdaily.com/news/14097125-113/frank-association-summit-biggin
"Sue Ann Frank, the longtime chief executive officer of the Summit Association of Realtors, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and charged with felony theft and forgery by the Dillon Police Department. According to the arrest affidavit, Frank stole more than $415,000 from the association, a not-for-profit she has led for nearly 20 years, by forging checks and making unauthorized fund transfers."
http://www.summitdaily.com/news/14097125-113/frank-association-summit-biggin
"Sue Ann Frank, the longtime chief executive officer of the Summit Association of Realtors, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and charged with felony theft and forgery by the Dillon Police Department. According to the arrest affidavit, Frank stole more than $415,000 from the association, a not-for-profit she has led for nearly 20 years, by forging checks and making unauthorized fund transfers."
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You have to see this. It is hilarious!
Someone did quite a job on this video.
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You have to see this. It is hilarious!
Someone did quite a job on this video.
http://safeshare.tv/w/zJMqpUHAel
Act of God or engineering marvel? Stunning church in Mexico survived EIGHT YEAR volcanic eruption... though the rest of the town was completely destroyed
Act of God or engineering marvel?
Stunning church in Mexico survived EIGHT YEAR volcanic eruption... though the
rest of the town was completely destroyed
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The small village of San Juan
Parangaricutiro in Mexico is completely buried under lava, save for its church
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This is due to the eight-year
eruption of Volcán de Parícutin, which began in 1943
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Many credit the structure's
solid slabs with its ability to withstand the constant flow of heat
A church is all that remains of the small village of San Juan
Parangaricutiro in the state of Michoacán in Mexico.
The town was completely blanketed
after the eruption of Volcán de Parícutin in 1943.
For the next eight years, lava
flowed freely, burying the town underneath feet of volcanic rock - though its
church survived unscathed.
The volcanic eruption was
particularly unique as its entire evolution was observed and studied.
Many also consider this volcano,
and adjacent lava-covered village, to be one of the natural wonders of the
world.
Under the church, houses and
other buildings remain buried, though thankfully no residents were injured
during the extended eruption.
While some like to believe that
it's ability to withstand the lava was an act from above, the solid slabs used
to build the structure have also been credited.
Even today, the haunting images
show a stark contrast between the barren ground and the holy building.
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A church is all that remains in
the small village of San Juan Parangaricutiro in the state of
Michoacán in Mexico
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Following the eruption of
the Volcán de Parícutin in 1943, the entire town was blanketed by lava
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Despite the constant flow during
the 8 years that followed, the town's church escaped unscathed
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The entire village remains
buried, despite the sole structure rising above the vast barren landscape
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Though some may prefer to think
of it as an act of God, the church's solid slabs are believed to be responsible
for its stability
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The lava created incredible rock
formations in the Mexican province, which is part of the Ring of Fire, an area
known for its volcanoes
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Thankfully, none of the town's
residents were injured during the volcanic eruption, as they had time to
evacuate
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