Friday, February 16, 2007

Icy Ad Campaign for Windows Vista

























For Advertisement of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft built this Ice Palace Office.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

The Worlds Most Dangerous Roads

Bolivia's Road of Death
The North Yungas Road is a 38 to 43 mile road (depending on source) leading from La Paz to Coroico, in the Yungas region of Bolivia and is undoubtedly the most dangerous road in the world for motorists.
It is legendary for its extreme danger and in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as the "world's most dangerous road". One estimate is that a fatal accident happens there every couple of weeks and 200-300 travellers are killed yearly along the road
The road moreover includes Christian crosses marking many of the spots where such vehicles have fallen. Upon leaving La Paz, the road first ascends up to around 5km, before descending to 1079 ft (330 m), transitioning quickly from cool altiplano terrain to rain forest as it winds through very steep hillsides and atop cliffs.
The road was built in the 1930s during the Chaco War by Paraguayan prisoners. Because of the extreme dropoffs, single-lane width, and lack of guardrails, the road is extremely dangerous. Further still, rain and fog can make visibility precarious, the road surface muddy, and loosen rocks from the hillsides above. Wikipedia.




















Guoliang Tunnel Road in Taihang Mountains, China
The Guoliang Tunnel in Taihang mountains in China is 1,200-metre-long tunnel which is about 5 meters high and 4 meters wide. The wall of the tunnel is uneven and there are more than 30 windows of different sizes and shapes.















Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Cool Tricks


This is way too cool!

Largest Drain Hole in the World

















Photographs taken from Google Maps.

The Monticello Dam’s is the largest morning glory spillway in the world and its located in in North California. The funnel-shaped outlet next to the dam allows drainage when the lake level is high with a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s) and a diameter at the lip of 72 feet (22 m). The eerie appearance of the morning glory spillway in operation attracts visitors, and when the spillway is dry the outlet downstream is popular with skateboarders.