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Barren Desert Lands Exploding With Color
The word desert often conjures images of undulating sand dunes and vast, arid wastelands, but sometimes there’s more hidden in the driest plains of the world – colors that even the best artist would find hard to create. Yet, when things are left to the divine hand of Mother Nature, she never ceases to amaze. Below are some of the kaleidoscopic colors our globe’s deserts have to offer. Enjoy.
Continue reading...The Giant Hand Buried in the Atacama Desert
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
It looks like the extremity of a giant man, buried by a monumental sandstorm. In the wasteland of Chile’s Atacama Desert, 75 km to the south of the city of Antofagasta, a strange and unexpected sight confronts the eye: four fingers, a thumb and part of a palm, emerging from the sand. Set against the azure sky, this surreal giant hand is of course not made of flesh but stone.
Continue reading...If a Cameltoe is X, a Camel Trailer is…
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The next time you’re out for a stroll in the Arabian Desert and get bitten by a venomous viper or stung by a poisonous scorpion, there may just be a different kind of emergency vehicle racing over the next dune to your rescue. This novel mode of transport is pulled by a camel so that – whoa there! Backpedal a second! Pulled by a camel? Surely that’s not going to be quick enough to save your sorry derriere if you’ve been had by one of the desert’s nastiest!
Continue reading...30 Most Incredible Sandstorms On Earth
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
A wall of sand gathers on the horizon, swiftly gaining momentum and mass, devouring everything in its path. As it approaches, those in the know scramble to their homes for protection, others cover their heads and mouths, and wait for the tempest to subside. For several hours, yellow engulfs the city. Then suddenly, the impetuous force behind this meteorological phenomenon calms.
Continue reading...Mark Twain’s Amazing Hoax that Deceived the World
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Environmental Graffiti reporter Thomas Davie investigates one of the most awesome 19th Century global pranks, by one of America’s greatest literary geniuses In Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Hank Morgan watches his medieval companion wallow with pigs she believes to be enchanted nobles [...]
Continue reading...The Amazing Fate of the Solar Armor Inventor
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Image by Waytoocrowded In 1874, one man; an inventor of considerable genius, was reported to have completely reversed the effect of the sun. In the scorching heat of the mid-summer Nevada desert, he was found frozen stiff by Indians – his beard covered in frost and an icicle [...]
Continue reading...Water Park Planned For Drought Hit Desert
Friday, November 23, 2007
Phoenix, Arizona has had over 11 years of drought. Water levels in and around the city are close to record lows. Clearly, the city needs a water park. Residents of the nearby city of Mesa certainly seem to think so. They recently passed a resolution supporting
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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