Tsing Ma Bridge - One Of The Architectural Wonders

Tsing Ma Bridge is one of the most famous and beautiful man-made landmarks in Hong Kong.

The Tsing Ma Bridge is the world’s ninth-longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest at time of completion.

The bridge was named after two of the islands in Hong Kong, Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. It has two levels and carries both road and rail traffic, making it the largest suspension bridge carrying rail traffic in the world.

The bridge was designed by Mott MacDonald. Construction of the bridge was carried out by a joint venture of Costain, Mitsui and Trafalgar House. Construction started in May of 1992 and ended in May of 1997.

The bridge has a span of 1,377 meters (4,518 ft) and a height of 206 meters (676 ft).

The bridge is the key connection between Hong Kong and its international airport on Lantau Island.

Besides the its importance in improving the Hong Kong infrastructure, the lights on the bridge light up the night sky and help contribute to the stunning skyline of the city.

The center for visitors is the place where one can see the panoramic view of the bridge and is the most visited place by the tourists.

The Tsing Ma Bridge is a worldwide recognized landmark. Hong Kong is the place worth visiting to view the architectural wonders famous all around the world.

Tower Bridge, London

London's Tower Bridge is one of the most recognizable bridges in the world. 

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, over the River Thames. 

It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name and has become an iconic symbol of London. 

Construction started in 1886. It took 8 years, 5 major contractors and the relentless labour of 432 construction workers to build Tower Bridge.

On June 30th, 1894, the Tower bridge was opened by King Edward VII,  and his wife, The Princess of Wales.

The design of the Tower Bridge was done by Horace Jones and Wolfe Barry. Jones' engineer, Sir John Wolfe Barry, devised the idea of a bascule bridge with two towers built on piers.

Its Victorian Gothic style stems from a law that forced the designers to create a structure that would be in harmony with the nearby Tower of London.

Tower Bridge is 60 meters long with towers that rise to a height of 43 meters.

The bridge consists of two towers which are tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways which are designed to withstand the forces of the suspended sections of the bridge.

Over 40000 people use Tower Bridge every day.

The best reason for visiting the museum, though, is to get upon the tower top walkway – with splendid views across the River Thames.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of Australia’s most well known and photographed landmarks. 

It is the world’s largest (but not the longest) steel arch bridge with the top of the bridge standing 134 meters (440 feet) above Sydney Harbour. 

The Sydney Harbour Bridge, also affectionately known as the 'Coathanger', was opened on March 19th 1932 by Premier Jack Lang, after six years of construction. 

The total cost of the Bridge was approximately 6.25 million Australian pounds ($A13.5 million), and was eventually paid off in 1988. 

The contractors, under Director of Construction, Lawrence Ennis, set up two workshops at Milsons Point on the North Shore. Here, the steel (79% imported from England, 21% from Australian sources) was fabricated into girders etc.

the bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd of Middlesbrough. Because the steel expands or contracts depending on whether it is hot or cold the bridge is not completely stationary and can rise or fall up to 18 cm (7.1 inch).

The Harbour Bridge is an essential artery feeding traffic to and from Sydney. Below our traffic statistics and facts and figures.

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

One of the most stunning views a traveler can have in Paris is to round a corner and see the massive four-legged base of the Eiffel Tower.

The Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris and France and one of the most famous landmarks in the world.

One of the beautiful things about Eiffel’s tower is that it is so colossal and yet so airy and delicate

The tower was built by Gustave Eiffel as the entrance arch for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889.

The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet (324 meters) tall, including the antenna at the top. Without the antenna, it is 984 feet (300 m).

Each of the 18,000 pieces used to build the tower was calculated specifically for the project and prepared in Eiffel's factory on the outskirts of Paris. The wrought iron structure is composed of four immense arched legs, set on masonry piers, that curve inward until joining in a single, tapered tower

Inaugurated March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower would be the tallest structure in the world until the completion of the Chrysler Building in 1930.

Since it’s construction more than 250,000,000 people have visited the Eiffel Tower making it the most visited paid monument in the world.

Emirates Office Tower, Dubai

The Emirates Office Tower (Emirates Tower One) is a the third tallest building located along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The tower has a total structural height of 354.6 m or about 1,163 ft and roof height of 311 m or about 1,020 ft making it the 17th tallest currently-standing fully-habitable building in the world

The Emirates Office Tower is connected to Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel by a retail boulevard.

This Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel is two floors taller than The Emirates Office Tower. These towers are known as the Emirates Towers complex

It designed by Hazel W.S. Wong, architect of Norr Group Consultants Int. Ltd.

In 1996, started the construction and complete it in 1999.

The Emirates Office Tower using steel and concrete as the structural construction. For the facade, it using aluminium and copper with blue and light gray color on it.

Of course it has a modern style because it is a skycraper building.

Australian endangered species: Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is one of the world’s most endangered species – it is more endangered that the Panda.

The Wombat Foundation is a charitable organisation set up to support activities that aim to bring the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat back from the brink of extinction.

The largest of the three wombat species, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is also the largest known herbivorous burrowing mammal.

The hairy-nosed wombat is the largest of the world’s three wombat species weighing up to 32 kgs (about 70 pounds).

It spends the day sheltering inside its burrow, emerging at night to feed on grasses, and its very low water requirements help it to survive in its hot, dry environment.

One of the world’s rarest mammals, the northern hairy-nosed wombat has declined due to a combination of drought, competition for food with cattle and sheep, habitat loss due to invasive grasses, and predation by dingoes.

The Epping Forest National Park in central Queensland, Australia, was created to protect the last remaining population of this species, and cattle and dingoes have been excluded from the area.

Various conservation efforts are underway to try and save the northern hairy-nosed wombat, and a second population has now been established in southern Queensland.

Although this rare marsupial is still perilously close to extinction, its population has risen from fewer than 20 or 30 individuals in the 1970s to around 200 by 2012.

Khaju Bridge, Esfahan

Khaju Bridge is one of the most famous bridges in Isfahan, Persia and has roused the admiration of travelers since the 17th century.

Shah Abbas II built it on the foundations of an older bridge around 1650.

It has 23 arches and is 105 metres long and 14 metres wide.

The pass way of the bridge is 7.5 meters wide, made of bricks and stones with 21 larger and 26 smaller inlet and outlet channels.

It links the Khaju quarter on the north bank with the Zoroastrian quarter across the Zayandeh River.

It also functions as a weir; the downstream side is formed as a series of steps carrying the water to a much lower level.

The lower level of the bridge may be accessed by pedestrians and remains a popular shady place for relaxing.

In words of Upham Pope and Jean Chardin, Khaju bridge is "the culminating monument of Persian bridge architecture and one of the most interesting bridges extant...where the whole has rhythm and dignity and combines in the happiest consistency, utility, beauty, and recreation.

Do Black Lions Exist?

The lion  is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae.

A picture of a black lion has recently been circulating online. But is there such an animal as a black lion?

Black lions are not biologically impossible.

However, the lion in this picture is actually a white lion colored black through photo manipulation.

Peter Callesen, I let you admire his work!

With almost nothing, a single sheet of white A4 paper, Peter Callesen raises sculptures of rare poetry.

Peter Callesen is a Danish artist, a master in the art of paper! Indeed, He creates incredible works between sculpture and drawing, with cuts that gives life to single sheets!

This artist can work on a small A4 sheets and down to the Securities huge dimensions up to 5x7 meters!

I let you admire his work!

Andrea Ricordi, Cloud Island

Italian photographer lens Andrea Ricordi, is the owner of the snapshot, which focused on exotic form a cloud like this specifically, to express the photographer was surprised, saying: "I could not believe what I see, the snapshot was extremely valuable."

Andrea Ricordi captured this photo of the Faroe Islands, says Ricordi, who saw the photo go viral this week after it was posted online via the social news site, Reddit. “It was early morning and the sky was unusually clean except the stubborn clouds that hid the top of the island.”

Photographer Mr Singson vs Volcano

Photographer Mr Singson central lava has flared camera holder and some clothes in an attempt to portray the volcano up close!

Mr Singson has refused to divulge the exact location of the shoot but insists it is genuine and has not been tampered with.

He told Petapixel: 'I don't like giving out my locations. It's a secret. Plus, I don't want people to go there and get hurt.'

kawachi fuji garden, japan

Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu, Japan (about a 4 hour drive from Tokyo) is where you will find this pastel-colored fairytale tunnel.

The gardens are home to about 150 Wisteria flowering plants spanning 20 different species (white, blue, purple, violet-blue and pink). This is the reason why the “tunnel” is so colorful and graceful.

Wisteria Tunnel is located at the Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu, Japan. Flowering wisteria blooms hang to create rows bursting with color overhead and dappled shadows below.

It's practically impossible to walk through the pastel-colored passageway of wisteria flowers at the Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu, Japan, without imagining an elegant fairy princess and her one-horned white steed prancing alongside you.

The Bastei Bridge, Germany

The Bastei Bridge is a rock formation towering 194 metres above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. 

The bridge is located in the Saxon Switzerland National Park in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, very close to Saxon Switzerland. 

Known for its unusual, even bizarre rock formations, it is a mountainous region sought after over the years by artists, sports and nature enthusiasts.