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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Video: Mirage in China

The video below shows a beautiful city skyline and mountains as seen in Huangshan City in China at about 5 pm last week, nothing spectacular about that...except that they are not real...

As this eyewitness video claims, the scene is actually a Fata Morgana type of  a "superior mirage"..Mind-boggling as it may sound, it is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which the air below the line of sight is colder than that of above, causing sunlight to refract and create reflections of images in the sky..Although mirages seem to be of common occurrence in China, this one is the most impressive because of its details and duration.

Talks about it being a hoax or claims that this is in fact a Project Blue Beam or Hologram experiment are also circulating over the internet..Now whether the video is real or the claims are to be believed is all up to us..but for now, let's just all be amazed by this scene.



What do you think?







Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Google Kuwait Commemorates Total Lunar Eclipse

Tonight (June 15), a total lunar eclipse is happening as a write this blog.. Sadly, I don't have a telephoto/zoom lens to capture the event..I did took some shots but they were not good enough :(...What makes this eclipse special is the fact that it will lasts for more than 3 and a half hours, from 9:23 pm to about 1:02 am local time..

I took my two daughters outdoors to watch the eclipse during its earlier stages (shortly after 9 pm) but it became too windy and dusty so we had to go back inside..It's unfortunate (yet again) that our flat is located at the other side of the building, where the moon is not visible even from our windows..so no use.

I decided to just go online and here's what I saw first on my monitor..Google Kuwait made this doodle of a lunar eclipse in its various stages..how cool is that!


At least I have something to post about the eclipse..

Saturday, June 4, 2011

TVC: PEPSI PINAS | "Sa Akin Ang Pinas" FULL (w/ ENG subtitles)

Just found this new TV commercial of Pepsi in the Philippines inspired by classic Pinoy action movie sequences and dialogues...funny!



*Credits to the original owners and uploader.