Nagasaki is surrounded by mountains with a unique layout as everything was built over the natural slopes.
Because of this, a “slope transport system” is in place to allow senior citizens or people with mobility issues, to move around Nagasaki with ease.
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Alleged footage of lightning from Madikeri, Kodagu District, Western Ghats of India.
The Great Ziggurat of Ur has towered over the Iraqi desert for over 4,000 years.
Sun-dried mud bricks, bound with natural bitumen (asphalt), reinforced with woven reed mats to stop cracking, one of the earliest examples of smart engineering in human history.
Ancient builders were on another level.
The stunning beauty of an Altay sunset, Kazakhstan
The better you drift, the faster you go
This technical roller coaster at Suzuka Circuit in Japan, is part thrill, part skill.
[📹 suzukacircuit_official]
The efficiency of a mobile industrial fume extractor
This is what the Earth will look like in 250 millions years according to plate tectonics theory.
"The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home."
— Carl Sagan
Milky Way over La Silla Observatory.
📽️: ESO/S. Brunier
Freestyle in Dive4Life, Germany’s deepest pool
[📹 jaiepetty]
Controlled blasting for mining
Extreme close-up of a Space Shuttle launch.
How big municipal pipelines are cleaned.
You are now listening to a relaxing frequency.
Take a moment to regulate your nervous system.
This sound aids in releasing happy hormones such as serotonin and endorphins naturally, regulating blood pressure and heart rate.
This is something everyone should know during an earthquake.
First video clip from the 7.5 magnitude quake in Japan on January 1, 2024.
360° holographic fan
The Pyramid of Khufu is approximately 147 meters (or 481 feet) tall.
It was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years until the construction of the Lincoln Cathedral in England in the XIV century CE.
The Iconic Trevi Fountain, Captured Beautifully 🇮🇹
It was designed by architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762.
A mirror in water splits sunlight into rainbow colors
How holes for screws are made
[📹 factory.cnc]
A beautiful way to explain chaos theory
10 pendulums begin almost identically, separated by only 1 degree, yet over time their motion becomes completely different.
[🎞️ thebrainmaze]