A local fisherman in Costa Rica nursed a crocodile back to health after it had been shot in the head, and released the reptile back to its home. The next day, the man discovered “Pocho” had followed him home and was sleeping on the man’s porch. For 20 years Pocho became part of the man’s family.
The Eye of the Earth, Croatia’s Cetina River
Lake MacDonnell, Australia
The vibrant color on the right side is due to a type of salt-loving algae called Dunaliella salina, which produces carotenoid pigments that turn the water bright pink.
Well back in 1900, people didn't know the dangers of radiation exposure so they thought it would be harmless to use their hands. During this time, people could even purchase and build their own X-ray at home for entertainment purposes.
Every morning, they would calibrate the machines by taking an X-ray of their hands. So you might be wondering, why not just use something else to test the X-ray? Like a piece of meat or a chicken leg?
Hand belonging to an X-ray technician at the Royal London Hospital, which shows the damage from radiation exposure, 1900.
mounting a mirror that will reflect a 600 square meter (6,500 square foot) beam of sunshine into the town square below.
To illuminate those darker winter months, the two towns have built gigantic mirrors that track the sun and reflect daylight downwards. Viganella completed its huge computer-controlled mirror in 2006, and Rjukan followed suit just this month,
The villages of Rjukan, Norway, and Viganella, Italy, are both situated in deep valleys where mountains block the sun's rays for up to six months every year.
