The Record Breaking Snowfall Buried America

The East Coast of United States was getting ready to dig its way out of record breaking snowfall after historic storm Jonas dumps up to 40 inches. Therefore, Glengary, West Virginia with an astonishing 40 inches of snowfall, however Baltimore record breaking snowfall of 29 inches. Many states have been declared emergencies, with more than 13000 flights canceled across the country. Meanwhile words to describe how bad the storm was, actually going to be one of those generational events, where your parents talk about how bad it was. The frequently bustling New York City looked more like a ghost town as Broadway shows dark, thin crowds shuffled through a diverse kind of Great White Way, the nickname for a section of the theater district. Moreover in Washington, monuments that would classically be busy with sightseers stood vacant. Thus all mass transit in the capital was to be shut down. The winter storm formed near-record high tides along the Jersey Shore, better the tide of Hurricane Sandy according to North Wildwood city officials. Check out these stunning photographs of record breaking snowfall all over America.

Teotihuacan - 30 Miles North East of Mexico City

Teotihuacan - 30 Miles North East of Mexico City is a very little is known about the people who lived in the city of Teotihuacan.About 30 miles northeast of Mexico City, it was the greatest city in the Western Hemisphere before the 1400s, the Mayans, and the Aztecs. The Aztecs, after discovering the city, named it Teotihuacan, “the place where god were created.”The ruins of Teotihuacan archaeological site are among the most remarkable in Mexico. The Aztecs believed that the gods created the universe in this ancient city that once flourished as the epicenter of culture and commerce during Mesoamerica's Classic period. Located about 50 km (30 miles) north of Mexico City makes an ideal day trip for history and anthropology buffs.

The site was inhabited from around 200 B.C. until its collapse almost one thousand years later. Teotihuacan is thought to have had a population of about 200 thousand inhabitants at its peak. This ancient site is enveloped in mysteries that add to its intrigue and appeal. Experts do not know to what ethnic group the people of Teotihuacan belonged, nor what language they spoke. For this reason they are called Teotihuacanos. The name of the site, which means "place of the gods," comes from the Aztecs.By the time of the Aztec civilization, Teotihuacan had already been abandoned for hundreds of years, but the Aztecs considered it a sacred place full of myths and legends.

Martha Wright

In 1975, a man named Jackson Wright was driving with his wife from New Jersey to New York City. This required them to travel through the Lincoln Tunnel.According to Wright, who was driving, once through the tunnel he pulled the car over to wipe the windshield of condensation. His wife Martha volunteered to clean off the back window so they could more readily resume their trip. When Wright turned around, his wife was gone.He neither heard nor saw anything unusual take place, and a subsequent investigation could find no evidence of foul play. Martha Wright had just disappeared.

Roopkund

Roopkund is a high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India. It's famous due to hundreds of human skeletons which are found at the edge of the lake. The lake, known as 'Skeleton lake', is situated at an altitude of 5,029 meters in the Himalayas. Every year, when the snow melts, hundreds of scattered skulls can be seen.  The skeletons were first found by a British forest guard in 1942. Initially, it was believed that the skeletons were those of Japanese soldiers who had died while crossing during World War II. Scientists have now found out that the skeletons were of pilgrims and locals as the bodies dated to around 850 AD.

The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, reportedly haunts the great house in Norfolk, England.

This is of the country’s most famous hauntings primarily due to the captured image of the ‘Brown Lady’ on the staircase. The photograph which would become one of the most famous paranormal photographs of all time was taken by photographers from the Country Life magazine that was at Raynham Hall photographing the staircase.

In Hiroshima, there are permanent shadows caused by the intensity of the nuclear blast when the bomb was dropped.

Psychedelic Swamp

This image, taken by Michael Hussey. Apparently this happens every year as leaves begin to decompose in the water. The decomposing leaves release tannic acid and when the sun hits it this rainbow effect can be seen over the water.

The Hessdalen Lights

The Hessdalen Light is an unexplained light usually seen in the Hessdalen valley in Norway. In 2007, a group of teachers, students and scientists established a science camp in Norway to study the phenomenon. On a clear night, Bjorn G. Hauge managed to take this pic using an exposure time of 30 seconds. The analysis of the spectrum reveals the object to be made of silicium, iron, titanium and scandium.

Umbrella Man.

One of the only two people at the scene of JFK's assassination caught on camera who were not questioned by the FBI. He was nicknamed the Umbrella Man as he was holding up an umbrella despite the sunny weather. Seconds before the president was shot, he began to spin the umbrella clockwise, which caused many people to speculate whether he was signalling the assassin or even shooting the president with a gun mechanism build into the umbrella.

The Devil’s Sea

The Devil’s Sea is an area of the Pacific Ocean as riddled with strange happenings as its Atlantic counterpart near Bermuda. Therefore, it is located off the coast of Japan, it’s been the site of countless claims of unexplained phenomena including magnetic anomalies, inexplicable lights and objects, and of course, mysterious disappearances. The area is even considered a danger by Japanese fishing authorities.One story has it that in 1952 the Japanese government sent out a research vessel, the Kaio Maru No. 5, to investigate the mysteries of the Devil’s Sea. Naturally, of course, the Kaio Maru No. 5 and its crew of 31 people were never seen again.

Moreover, another story tells of Kublai Khan’s disastrous attempts to invade Japan by crossing the Devil’s Sea, losing at least 40 000 men in the process. The usual theories abound for what’s really going on: from aliens, to gates to parallel universes, even to Atlantis (because why not). Some suggest that high volcanic activity in the region is responsible for some of the disappearances (the Kaio Maru No. 5 may have been caught in an eruption). Our advice? Just stay out of the ocean, period.

Super cells

A super cell is basically a stronger, more tornado-enabled version of a regular storm cell. This is because, much like tornadoes super-cells have the tendency to spin around a lot, but also and more importantly because super-cells can actually create tornadoes.

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.

Happy Conquest 2016

Happy Conquest 2016 from Marcius Clapp on Vimeo.

An ultrasound picture of an unborn baby has gone viral after a demon-like figure next to the foetus was spotted by thousands of social media users.

An ultrasound picture of an unborn baby has gone viral after a demon-like figure next to the foetus was spotted by thousands of social media users. The picture has been viewed more than 500,000 times since being uploaded yesterday. You'd definitely be a little freaked out if you saw this on an ultrasound picture of your unborn child!

World’s Oldest Individual Clonal Tree Discovered in Sweden

It is believed that trees are some of the longest living organisms on earth, and this disheveled spruce is no exception. The robust ancient 16-foot-tall Norwegian tree grows high atop the Fulufjället Mountain in Sweden and goes by the name of Old Tjikko well named after the discovering geologist's dog. Whereas this little shrub may not look like much, carbon dating of its root system has discovered that Old Tjikko it is in fact a astonishing 9,550 years old. Therefore, this means that its wizened bark and timeworn branches have seen thousands of years of human history come and go.

Since the tree is discovered in 2004, and this specific spruce comes from a species that conventionally decorated European homes during Christmas time, and is the planet’s longest-living identified plant. The unbelievable longevity of the plant in fact stems from its complicated root system and capability to clone itself. Although the trunk may only live around six hundred years, as soon as that portion dies off, a new one emerges from the very same root stock, letting it to frequently regenerate. Moreover for thousands of years, the frigid Tundra climate has kept Old Tjikko to a petite shrub; though, as weather has warmed over the past 100 years, the shrub has grown into a full-fledged tree that now stands bigheadedly, having outlived so much else on this earth.

Julia Roberts is breaking the internet with this video!

Julia Roberts is breaking the internet with this video!
Posted by Mysterious Things in The World on Thursday, May 28, 2015

Baghdad Battery

Yes, this is really shocking! When was electricity used thousands of years before we switched it on? Because, when we think of electricity, most of us recall back to a time in school where we learned about Benjamin Franklin, a metal key, and a kite. The year of Franklin’s fateful discovery was 1752.

Thus, the existence of the Baghdad batteries recommends the possibility of far more shocking scientific advances in the field a mind-blowing 2,000 years earlier. Therefore, this was discovered in 1936, and believed to have been made in the Mesopotamian region, these clay pots contain galvanized iron nails wrapped with copper sheeting, and some archaeologists theories that an acidic liquid was used to generate an electric current inside the jar. 

Furthermore if correct, these artefacts would predate the currently accepted timeline for the invention of the electrochemical cell, attributed to Alessandro Volta, by more than two millennia. Whether or not the artefacts were in fact used as batteries is highly contested by archaeologists, and what the resulting electrical current was used for is also a comprehensive mystery, as we have no historical records from that time. Moreover some people theories that they might have been used for electroplating objects, but such proof of their use for that purpose is yet to be found. What we do identify, though, is that the batteries would in fact work, at least in theory. 

Hence, at least twice, experiments were conducted to test replica constructions of the batteries, including once on the show Myth busters, and both experiments showed that the batteries were indeed capable of producing electricity when filled with an acidic solution. But for now, the true purpose of these artefacts remains unidentified.

Bermuda Triangle

Known as the Bermuda Triangle, this legendary expanse of ocean can be found between the points of Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Pilots often tell of their instruments going haywire and numerous ships have been lost at sea. With explanations ranging from gas bubbles to aliens, no one is sure what is behind the strange phenomena.

This is Absolutely Mesmerizing Video!

This is absolutely mesmerizing!
Posted by Mysterious Things in The World on Monday, June 22, 2015