Where two oceans meet... but do not mix!

These two bodies of water were merging in the middle of The Gulf of Alaska and there was a foam developing only at their junction. It is a result of the melting glaciers being composed of fresh water and the ocean has a higher percentage of salt causing the two bodies of water to have different densities and therefore makes it more difficult to mix..

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Giant Tsunami-Shape Clouds Roll Across Alabama Sky :

For a morning, the sky looked like a surfer's dream: A series of huge breaking waves lined the horizon in Birmingham, Ala., on Friday (Dec. 16), their crests surging forward in slow motion.

Amazed Alabamans took photos of the clouds and sent them to their local weather station, wondering, "What are these tsunamis in the sky?"

Experts say the clouds were pristine examples of "Kelvin-Helmholtz waves." 

Whether seen in the sky or in the ocean, this type of turbulence always forms when a fast-moving layer of fluid slides on top of a slower, thicker layer, dragging its surface.

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★ In one day, a human being breathesoxygen equivalent to 3 cylinders. 

★ Each oxygen cylinder on an averagecosts $ 14, so in a day one uses Oxygen worth $ 42 and for a fullyear it is $ 1533. 

★ If we consider an average life span of 65 years; the cost of oxygen we use become a staggering sum of around $996450.

★ All this oxygen is derived free of cost from the surrounding trees. 

★ Very few people look at trees as a resource and there is rampant tree cutting going on everywhere which should stop.

★ So plant atleast a tree on your birthday and save our mother nature which is now in your hands. And please share this post with your friends

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Solstice :
★ The word solstice is formed from two Latin words; sol (sun) and sistere(stand).
★ The solstice occurs twice in each circuit of the earth around the sun.
★ A circuit of the sun is a year, so there are two solstices a year, winter and summer.
★ A solstice is one of the two days in a year when either the day is longest and night is shortest (summer solstice) or the day is shortest and the night is longest (winter solstice).

┗▶ Summer Solstice :
★ It is the first day of the Season of Summer.
★ The summer solstice is when the sun appears to be at its greatest and the day is at its longest.
★ On this day (JUNE 21 in the northern hemisphere*) the Sun is farthest north and the length of time between Sunrise and Sunset is the longest of the year.

┗▶ Winter Solstice :
★ It is the first day of the Season of Winter.
★ The winter solstice is when there is the least amount of sun.

★ On this day (DECEMBER 22 in the northern hemisphere*) the Sun is farthest south and the length of time between Sunrise and Sunset is the shortest of the year.
★ In the Southern Hemispheres, the solstices are reversed.

★ Around the winter solstice, when the nights are longest, many cultures have celebrations, like Saturnalia, Hanukah, and Christmas.

★ The other two seasons, fall and spring, are marked by the equinoxes when day and night are roughly equal.

Equinox :
★ The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, the night and day have approximately equal length.

★  It is either of the days when the Sun is crossing the equator (an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth) and it is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.

★ It is the first day of the Season of Spring - and the beginning of a long period of sunlight at the Pole.

┗▶ Spring Equinox :
★ In the northern hemisphere: MARCH 20 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving northward).
★ In the southern hemisphere: SEPTEMBER 22 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving southward).

┗▶Autumn Equinox :
★ It is the first day of the Season of Autumn - and the beginning of a long period of darkness at the Pole.
★ In the northern hemisphere: SEPTEMBER 22 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving southward).
★ In the southern hemisphere: MARCH 20 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving northward).

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★ If there would be no greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the average temperature on Earth would be 5 degrees Fahrenheit, instead of the present average of 57 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Kangaroo fart can save the world !

★ A single cow produces about 600 litres of methane every day by farting and belching (enough to inflate 40 party balloons) and methane is capable of trapping 25 times more heat than CO2 ,which is a major cause of Global warming.

★ If this cow farting doesn't stop soon, meteorologists expect that the average temperature of the earth will increase by about 2.5 degrees Celsius which is enough to cause glaciers to melt, causing coastal flooding.

★ Now, in a recent discovery, scientist have found that kangaroo farts are methane free thanks to a particular bacteria in their stomachs. Scientists from Australia are trying to neutralize cow-produced methane by transferring that kangaroo bacteria to cattle and sheep’s guts.

★ Around 15-17% of Global warming is caused due to methane emission, so this seemingly silly idea could actually make a big difference !


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Vostok, Antarctica, had the Coldest Temperature ever recorded on Earth on July 21, 1983 at -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius). So you think it’s cold where you are?

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★ The period from 8,000 B.C to 1850 AD was known as the Age of Agriculture.

★ People started to grow crops along the river Nile in Egypt , river Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia.

★ The basic grains grown were : rice , rye , millet and barley.


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