Boulder Smashes through Italian Farm

A massive rock narrowly missed a farm house, destroyed a barn, and stopped in a vineyard at the property in Ronchi di Termeno. A second giant boulder detached during the landslide stopped behind the house.The family living there was unharmed in the incident, on 21 January 2014. Dramatic pictures have been released showing the destruction wrought by a huge boulder that smashed through a farm in Northern Italy after being dislodged by a landslide.

German Artists Digital Paintings with Remarkable Skies and Fantastic Storms

The German artist’s awe-inspiring skies full of penetrating light and billowing clouds direct the digital artwork of Alexander Rommel well-known artistically as Evergreen arts. The digital paintings of radiant skies showcase the imagined magnificence of nature concentrating on the play of sun, sky, water and wind. Definite science fictions and fantasy aspects give his magnificent sky-scapes a dreamlike setting. Beams of light descend down to the pinnacle of a pyramid and ships lift from the waves to float over the clouds. Though the landscapes are simple and could definitely be real places, the surreal skies are the key focus. A stunning aurora borealis reflects over a lagoon and huge thunderstorms and tornadoes loom over then peaceful surroundings. There is an irrefutable magic to these fantastic digital creations.

Source: Charismatic Planet 

 

 

 

 

 

Outdoor Beds That Offer Pleasure, Comfort And Style

When weather is pleasant it can be good idea to relax outside and enjoying summer day.  Relaxing outside on a thing, which is different from others, must be a great idea to create a bed outside just like we use in our bedrooms, as they can have some unique features and can be made from different materials so the outside weather won’t cause any damage to them. Several beds tends to be waterproof and highly recommended that you must keep them in area which are not so ample to bad weather condition, but really great about these beds is that they are designed to be very comfortable and cozy. We’d like to share some fascinating design for outdoor beds, which will make you want to go and buy yourself one these items. 

Source; Charismatic Planet 

Amazing Sky Gardens Hotel in Singapore

This hotel is designed by WOHA Architects the Parkroyal on Pickering Hotel in Singapore. This hotel has unique features of six amazing sky gardens that are cantilevered at every fourth level between the blocks of guest rooms. Actually Parkroyal on Pickering is a hotel-in-a-garden idea that incorporates energy saving features throughout the property including the ‘zero-energy’ sky gardens. The sustainable project design and green energies have earned the hotel the BCA Green Mark Platinum, Singapore’s highest green rating, as well as the Solar Pioneer Award for its advanced solar energy system. The hotel newly celebrated its Ist year anniversary, and in that time the hotel has won over twelve prestigious awards for its architecture and sustainability, including: The President’s Design Award, “Best Hotel Architectural Design” title at the South East Asia Property Awards, FIABCI Singapore Property Award in the Hotel category and the 2013 HICAP Sustainable Hotel Award. The property was also named “Hotel of the Year” at the World Architecture News Awards. The 367 rooms hotel estimated project cost is $350 million to build and features 15,000 square meters of cascading greenery, dazzling pools, planter walls, waterfalls, and four story high solar powered sky gardens, constituting more than twice its land area.

Source: Charismatic Planet 

Greater Bird of Paradise

The Paradisaea apoda (Greater Bird-of-paradise) named by Carolus Linnaeus actually called is a Bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea. Paradisaea apoda, or "legless bird-of-paradise", since early trade-skins to reach Europe were prepared without feet by natives; this led to the misconception that these birds were beautiful visitors from paradise that were kept aloft by their plumes and never touched the earth until death. The bird of paradise is closely related to the bowerbird and crow as spaniards in the 16th century coined the name bird of paradise when glorious bird skins were brought to Europe aboard Magellan's ship, Victoria.

The species is the largest member in the genus Paradisae. The male species measuring up to 17 inches excluding the long twin tail wires. The female is smaller, at only 14 inches. They have robust feet adapted for perching, and bills of numerous shapes. The trailing plumes, short velvet-like feathers and lovely collars are used by the male in their courtship dance. The females, in contrast, are very plain. The males have established territories where they dance for the females. The dances are as amazing as the birds. Perched on a branch, the birds sway and crouch or stand erect, tilt forward and backward, some even hang upside down. Each species has its own type of dance. The plumage of this species is also sexually dimorphic.

The male has an iridescent green face and a yellow glossed with silver iridescence crown, head and nape. The rest of the body plumage is maroon-brown. The flank plumes are yellow at the base, turning white and streaked with maroon. The female species has unbarred maroon brown plumage. In both sexes the iris is commonly yellow and the bills blue. Actually these are medium sized birds, maybe crow-sized, and are extraordinarily beautiful. Birds of paradise mainly live in forests and frequent the high treetops or lower scrub. The open nest is built in tree branches and sometimes in holes

The Greater Bird of paradise is found in Indonesia, to lowland and hill forests of southwest New Guinea and Aru Islands. Bird of Paradise diet is consists mostly of insects, fruits, and seeds. Moreover; a lesser population was introduced by Sir William Ingram in 1909-1912 to Little Tobago Island of West Indies in an effort to save the beautiful species from extinction due to overhunting for plume trades. The introduced populations survived until at least 1966 but most likely are extinct now, and are evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

 Source: Charismatic Planet