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In September 1909, she ran aground in thick fog.

This may be the best-known shipwreck in Namibia, if not in the world.

That’s mainly because of where it is located the Edouard Bohlen appears to be grounded in mid-desert, about 500 meters (1640 feet) from the ocean.



The German cargo ship ran aground on its way to Cape Town from Swakopmund in 1909.


Years later, the coastline changed and the desert began to encroach on the ocean.


The ship was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of 310 feet.






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Bohlen
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Passengers wait to board trains at Shanghai's Hongqiao Railway Station as the annual Spring Festival travel rush begins ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 1


The staggering travel season comes into being as millions of people who live, work or study away from their hometown try to reunite with their family for China's most important traditional holiday.


Chinese authorities say about 2.98 billion trips will be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush when Chinese people go home to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, which this year falls on February 16 and 17. Authorities are expecting 390 million passengers this year.

Last year, more than 3,000km of new railway tracks were put into production, which authorities said would further reduce pressure on other forms of public transport.




China's high-speed rail expansion which has cost hundreds of billions of dollars has seen a series of scandals and widespread allegations of corruption, with accusations that safety has been compromised for speed.





Policemen patrol around CRH bullet trains to ensure the Spring Festival travel rush goes smoothly.

China is home to the world’s longest high-speed rail network which competes heavily with domestic airlines.

Of China’s 31 provinces and regions, 29 are served by high-speed rail with only the regions of Tibet and Ningxia in the northwest yet to be connected.

The freezing conditions in many parts of the country has posed a further challenge for transport authorities with railway workers removing snow and ice from roads and tracks to ensure passenger safety during travel.

tk4rd:
Explorers..
Please, have you ever come across this phenomenon of conjoined egg (Siamese Egg) before.??

just seeing it now, i dont have idea.

China Railway High-speed bullet trains are seen at a maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei province, at the beginning of the Spring Festival travel rush.

China's high-speed rail network is the largest in the world, and seen by Beijing as a symbol of the country's advance.


To cope with the extra demand, an extra 177 high-speed train services will be available during the travel period to carry an additional 100,000 passengers each day.

China's railway network reached 127,000km in length at the end of 2017, including 25,000km of which is high-speed railway.


China's ambitious plans to create even faster bullet trains new domestic and cross-border trains, boasting top speeds of 250mph and 373mph respectively are on schedule for a 2020 deadline.

These are the sleek and speedy bullet trains that will be transporting almost 400million Chinese people home during the largest annual human migration in the world.

China kicked off the travel rush known as 'chunyun' during the 40-day Spring Festival period on February 1.

During this time, Chinese people travel home to celebrate the Lunar New Year which falls on February 16 and 17 this yea with their families.

Around 2.98billion trips are expected to be made by train, bus and air between February 1 and March 12, according to China Central Television Station.

Buses are the most common form of transport with eight in 10 taking a coach home this year but the numbers are expected to fall for the first time as China’s high-speed rail network expands, authorities said.

More people have switched to using China Railway High-speed (CRH) trains which reach speeds of 220mph and planes to get home, the Ministry of Transport said.

The Chinese rail authority is expecting 390 million passengers this year during the travel period, an 8.8 per cent increase on last year

To cope with the extra demand, an extra 177 high-speed train services will be available during the travel period to carry an additional 100,000 passengers each day.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5343965/Chinas-fleet-220mph-bullet-trains.html

The heavens navigated by a dummy astronaut in an electric car, with a handy note for aliens “Made on Earth by humans” imprinted on the circuit board.

Presidential seal of approval: Donald Trump posted this message to Elon Musk congratulating him on his momentous achievement.



SpaceX has spent weeks preparing for the first test launch of its Falcon Heavy, which aims to become the world's most powerful rocket in operation, with the capacity to one day take payloads to the moon or Mars


In an incredible accomplishment, the Falcon Heavy's side boosters landed smoothly back down to Earth on two separate launchpads about 8 minutes in.

'The Falcons have landed' the announcers said, as people cheered and whooped wildly in the background.

Soon after the launch, Elon Musk tweeted a live feed of the car, and its driver a dummy named Starman (after the David Bowie song) with Earth in the background.



Where is the roadster going?

Starman was meant to be on a 250-million-mile (400m km) journey to Mars' orbit, propelled by the main module, which separated from the Falcon Heavy shortly after launch.

But in a slight hiccup, Elon Musk admitted SpaceX overshot the Falcon Heavy's third booster burn, sending Starman further into the solar system than was originally planned.

The new orbit will sent the Roadster on a journey into the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.




What will happen to it?




The main force that will tear the car apart over hundreds of millions of years in space is radiation.

This will particularly affect the plastics and carbon-fibre frame.

'Those materials are made up largely of carbon-carbon bonds and carbon-hydrogen bonds,' Dr William Carroll, a chemist at Indiana University told Live Science.

On Earth, we are protected by a powerful magnetic field and atmosphere that shields us from the worst of radiation from the sun and cosmic rays.


Radiation in space causes those bonds to break which will eventually cause the car to fall to pieces.



How long will it last?



'Those organics, in that environment, I wouldn't give them a year,' Dr Carroll said.

The well-secured inorganic materials, such as the aluminium frame and internal metals, would last longer, meaning it could still be recognisable in at least a million years.

However, it is unlikely it will avoid all collisions with micrometeorites and other space junk in the meantime.

Before the launch Musk said there was a chance the car might hit Mars. Now on its new path it's not clear whether the car might run into some other space object.


A series of live camera feeds gave viewers stunning views of Earth.

With a monstrous roar of engines, the most powerful rocket to leave Earth since the Apollo missions launched successfully from Florida last night.

The Falcon Heavy jumbo rocket, developed by the flamboyant SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk, had a sole 'passenger' onboard a mannequin named 'Starman' who rode to space inside a Tesla roadster.

Incredible footage has emerged from inside the car showing stunning views of our planet sailing past its windscreen as David Bowie's Life on Mars plays in the background.

Starman was meant to be on a 250-million-mile (400million km) journey to Mars' orbit, propelled by the main module, which separated from the Falcon Heavy shortly after launch.

But Musk has admitted the dummy is heading further into the solar system than planned because SpaceX overcooked one of the Falcon Heavy's powerful booster burns.

Despite Starman's failure to reach the red planet, Musk has said the 'silly and fun' mission was a success because it will 'get people excited around the world'.

Musk's main goal was achieved, in part, by the launch of the Falcon Heavy.

This was largely a success, although the central booster failed to return to Earth as planned.

He hopes the Falcon Heavy flight will open up the prospect of far cheaper space launches, which could make travel to Mars more affordable.





Cosmic radiation will now gradually tear the car apart over millions of years, with the Roadster's seat leather and plastics expected to fall apart in the next year provided the vehicle avoids collisions with space junk and meteors.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMTcjw_Tcw

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5361789/Ride-Elon-Musks-Starman-travels-space.html

martyns303:
is global warming supposed to make the earth warmer or colder?

Hotter, but sometimes it make some places colder due to some factors.

The new Amazon Spheres are seen from the lower level entrance.

People tour the new Amazon Spheres.

The Spheres, made up of 2,643 glass panels, house over 40,000 plants from 400 species.

People work on the second floor of the new Amazon Spheres.

The Amazon Spheres are seen from Lenora Street

'This structure is about thinking big and thinking long term,' said John Schoettler, the head of Amazon's global real estate division.


Amazon's construction of the spheres generated 600 full-time jobs, ranging from design to actual building.


Water mists from a wall of plants inside the spheres.

There is also a meeting place for employees known as 'the bird's nest,' which looks more like a wooden treehouse suspended 30 feet in the air.

For the employees working inside, the company built a suspension bridge allowing them a view of the large tree.

At the highest point of the spheres, workers and visitors can lounge in a hangout spot.

Jeff Bezos in his office in 1999 and 2018.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

The staff members who will work there will have the luxury of admiring more than 40,000 plants from 400 different species from the company's Woodinville greenhouse

The firm is hoping the design will give employees more opportunity to reflect and have 'chance encounters' that could inspire new projects

After seven years of planning and construction, Amazon finally cut the ribbon on the Spheres, which are designed to not only give employees an opportunity to relax (briefly) on the job but also reinforce the company's image as an innovative, think-outside-the-box corporation.



Jeff Bezos unveils the firm's new 'mini-rainforest' campus in Seattle where employees will be surrounded by waterfalls and 40,000 plants.


Amazon has finally opened the doors on its new 'rainforest' campus in Seattle that is, with a little help from Alexa.

At an unveiling event, CEO Jeff Bezos took to the podium to introduce the firm's new office space, confined within three massive plant-lined glass domes dubbed The Spheres.




The inside of the spheres will even feel like a rainforest.

The climate will be controlled.

The air temperature will be held at a constant 72 degrees while the humidity will be 60 percent.

In some locations, the climate will vary, with temperatures that either rise or drop by as much as five degrees.

There is even a ventilation system that simulates an outdoor breeze.

Ventilation ducts pump in fresh air for the benefit of a five-story wall of plants.

At the highest point of the spheres, workers and visitors can lounge in a hangout spot.

There is also a meeting place for employees known as 'the bird's nest,' which looks more like a wooden treehouse suspended 30 feet in the air.






http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5327363/Jeff-Bezos-finally-unveils-Amazons-new-Spheres-campus.html

enoqueen:
Fine thank you.
How is wify?

Shes cool sis, tnx

enoqueen:
Explorers mi owon. I actually check ur profile today to see when last u were online.
Happy new year.

Following you back to back.

Smiles......Same to you sis.

I dey online.

Hws angel doin?

If they're hungry at two or three in the morning, I'll get up and feed them,' she told VICE.

Ms Lowing said her two adult freshwater crocs, Jovian and Johnnie, will happily let themselves into her bedroom occasionally too.



She has 33 animals all together, and looks after them around the clock


Taking care of the 33 animals of all different varieties kept in her home has consumed Vicki's living space and entire life but she wouldn't have it any other way.

From walking a crocodile with a harness, sharing a bed with one and communicating.


She owns five of the man-eating reptiles and keeps them all in her suburban three-bedroom, one-bathroom home in Melbourne's western suburb of Rockbank.





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5342337/Five-pet-crocodiles-kept-inside-suburban-Melbourne-home.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

In 2016, the town known as 'The Gateway to the Desert' saw deep snow shortly after Christmas and it caused chaos, with passengers stranded on buses after the roads became slippery and icy.


While Monday's snowfall was unusual, the town was covered in the white stuff last month, the third time in nearly 40 years.






A young resident is making the most of the rare snowfall while playing on the sand dunes

Locals poses for the camera while the snow keeps falling.

A child takes a tumble in the snow, exposing the red sand hidden underneath it

Locals were stunned to see snow on the sand dunes in the Sahara Desert today after it snowed in a small Algerian town for the second time this year.

Children could be seen playing on the snow-covered sand dunes just outside the town, while others posed on the snow to document the rare event.

The heavy snowfall makes the sand dunes look like snow-covered Alpine mountains



Snow was last seen in the town of Ain Sefra on February 18, 1979.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5357367/Sahara-Desert-town-snow-second-time-year.html

EdDave:
See the oyibo comments and then come and see Nairaland comments.
That's why we are where we are.

Lol.........

Faces of all five men

Martin Neil

Alessandro Iembo

Victor Franco Lorenzo

Martin James

Border Force officers found 500kg of Class A drug at Farnborough Airport worth £50million

Five men two Brits, two Spaniards and an Italian were held after half a tonne of the class-A drug were allegedly found in their luggage.

Colombian authorities have confirmed a fake police officer and sniffer dogs helped ensure the drugs left the country.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5353697/Five-men-accused-smuggling-50m-Colombia-UK.html

booqee:
But they are already within the hospital premises. They should have just brought stretcher and rushed her to the nearest delivery room.

Hope it wasn't deliberately done for show. Nevertheless, thank God it was a success.. There's nothing as sweet as giving birth to ur baby. Can't wait for mine. Congrats!

Ive seen one here in our General hospital, came to see a relative in the hospital.

They brought the lady in a Napep, she got to the ward before labour room, she stopped moving, knelt down and the baby came out.

Less than 10seconds she stepped in the ward.

They asked all the men out


It happens.

centboy123456:
oga explores you are really trying I love you post nairaland need to start paying you because you are really doing a great job here and when re u living the country u neex to go to the US abi u one go Libya

Lol.....Tnx

Libya no dey my list o

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These are raw birth images shared to to demonstrate the beauty of giving birth even when things do not go as planned.

Kudos to the hospital staff who did a fantastic job handling this birth safely.



God bless every mum out there.


https://www.instagram.com/p/Be2A0IPAhbE/
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

centboy123456:
Explores so u leave in Nigeria I think say na US u dey stay

Na naija i dey o, i neva commot o.