Organic Farming in the Desert of Wadi Rum

The beautiful valley of Wadi Rum “Also called Valley of Moon” located in Southern Jordan very close to the border of Saudi Arabia. The valley of Wadi Rum contains mountains of granite and sandstone rise next to valleys filled with red sand. A number of narrow gorges, natural arches, towering cliffs, ramps, massive landslides and caverns lie scattered across an area 720 square kilometers. The land is actually naturally arid, due to receiving little annual precipitation and supporting only sparse vegetation. It’s amazing that anything at all can grow on the sun baked earth, yet the desert regions of Israel and Jordan have for years been the subject of plentiful agricultural projects. Recently, Bedouins living in the Wadi Rum region have become involved in exclusive agricultural projects that are foundation to become successful. The Wadi Rum desert happens to be the site of Jordan’s largest mixed farm & Rum Farm. Therefore Rum was established in 1986, in the middle of Wadi Rum desert comprising 2,000 hectares of land. However; it seems like a strange choice of location, but it begins to make sense when you learn that under the Wadi Rum desert and stretching under the Border Mountains and well into Saudi Arabia, is a large aquifer. In fact, the water supply of desert nations is dependent on this single water source.

Rum Farm is actually specializes in the cultivation of open field vegetable products, such as grains and forage, cabbage, eggplants, figs, pomegranates, potatoes, squash, tomatoes, and several other vegetables. The crops grown there by Rum Farm Organics are being grown by using distinctive irrigation techniques which was used by ancient peoples of Egyptians and Nabateans. Water is well drawn from subterranean aquifer, 30 to 400 meters deep, which is irrigated huge area of 78 hectares circular fields, by using a pivoting ramp with watering nozzles. Special plastic “poly tunnels” are also used to support conserve water which can deal with scorching desert temperatures. The company’s methods are so effective which is producing a large part of Jordan’s food supply, before being trucked north hundreds of kilometers via the desert to the capital of Amman and other locations.

America's Most Lonely Road

U.S. Route 50 is famous as America's most lonely road. Even scary at times, looks like its heading to dreamland. The length of this road is about 4,841 kilometer and it was constructed in 1926. It’s also a major east–west route of the United States Highway. It’s stretching just more over 3,000 miles from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California.

Keukenhof, Holland Garden of Europe

Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is the world's largest flower garden. It is situated in Lisse, the Netherlands.
That would be really wonderful to visit it in the spring time.

The Grand Canyon

is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 meters). Nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests that the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago.

Ash and Lightning above an Icelandic Volcano

Why did a picturesque 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large ash plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly noticeable because it drifted across such well-populated areas. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in southern Iceland began erupting on 2010 March 20, with a second eruption starting under the center of a small glacier on 2010 April 14.

World's Largest Swimming Pool in Chile

This beautiful swimming pool at the San Alfonso de Mar resort in Chile is the world's largest swimming pool along with beautiful location. This Guinness record holding pool is spread over half a mile in length and has almost 250 million liters of water. In case if you want to move from one place to another, then small sail boats are available that not only saves your time, but also provides you a nice view to see the beauty around.

Stunning Egg Shaped Tree House Secretly placed on Canada Woods

The HemLoft is a secret tree house that’s hiding in the woods of Whistler, Canada. A former software developer Joel Allen, who was laid off from his job actually fabricated this and he decided to find another work rather than to retire.  This was a fruitless attempt for the then-26 year old, but the time off shifted his career path to carpentry and he acquired skills made it possible for him to design and build this getaway over the course of many years.

This egg shaped structure is using plywood ribs to set its form and scavenged wood to fill out the rest. Inside, it’s actually a 2 storey minimalist setup, best for somebody who likes camping because it has no running water or electricity. The top of HemLoft features pop-open windows that are impeccable for quietly observing the surrounding woods and taking in the night stars. Although there is a space reserved for a kitchen. His handiwork is built on a stranger's land without their permission and its location is secret and unidentified by most, and the owners of the property have yet to find out about this tucked-away gem.

Superb Invisible Barn Mirrors Surrounding The Landscape

In a unified integration of architecture and nature, there’s an Invisible Barn, design by New York design practice STPMJ. Indeed a truly amazing site-specific architectural folly that reflects and merges with the surrounding landscape. It is originally submitted as a proposal to the famous Folly competition, the parallelogram-shaped structure was designed to stand in a dense grove of trees in the Socrates Sculpture Park.

It is purely made by wood and sheeted with mirror film; the barn becomes one with nature, reflecting the surrounding birch trees, blue sky, and signs of the changing seasons. When you see it from a distance, the structure looks almost invisible, erasing its manmade architectural presence. When you’d be approaching the building, however, you can see incisions in the mirrored surface that permit them to maneuver in and out of the structure, adding an exclusive sense of interaction and experience.

The Invisible Barn is meant to re-contextualize the landscape of the park by projecting the surrounding scenery onto the surface of the structure. The visual illusion that blurs the perceptual boundary between the folly and the site permits the folly to be vanished and invisible in nature, reconstructing the landscape of the site.