عجیب ترین سد سیل و طوفان دریایی

the maeslant barrier (maeslantkering), a huge storm surge barrier at the mouth of the port of rotterdam in the netherlands, is the largest hydraulic engineering structure on earth and, according to hard-fact bible wikipedia, ‘the largest moving structure on earth’. it was opened in 1997 as the final part of the delta works, an enormous project undertaken in order to protect certain coastal areas of the country from the sea after a flood in 1953 killed more than 1800 people in the area.

the barrier consists of 2 incredible movable gates which automatically sweep across the water, meeting in the middle of the waterway to form a temporary wall, each of the gates rotating on 680-ton steel ball joints which, with a diameter of 35ft, are also the largest in the world. the barrier’s movable design was chosen as the waterway it guards is far too valuable in terms of trade to shut off permanently: this single barrier cost $700m and has absolutely no effect on ship traffic.

a few weeks ago (november 8th) the barriers were used for the first time prior to fierce storms and succeeded in protecting the port from flooding. the gates, weighing the equivalent of 4 eiffel towers, took 30 minutes to close.

below is the barrier as seen on google maps, the direct link is here.

there’s a brief clip of the barrier below.

کوچکترین رسامی

mykola syadristy

unbelievably, the tube in which the rose above is contained is actually a hollowed out human hair, also polished inside and out. the diameter of the rose itself is a hefty 0.05mm. below is another piece by the ukrainian. the gold mosquito sculpture is life-size.

کوچکترین نقاشی شامل عکسهای ۴۲ روسای جمهور آمریکا

jin yin hua (website)

the slim photo above is of a 1/2 inch strand of black human hair. on it has been painted the portraits of 42 u.s. presidents. the top portrait can be seen below - click on it for a larger version which is magnified x 1′000′000.

کوچکترین کاریکاتور

1. willard wigan (website)

using a hair plucked from a dead fly as a brush, birmingham willard wigan paints miniscule sculptures he has carved from grains of rice and sugar. each ‘brushstroke’ is applied between heartbeats and he has said that the pulse in one of his fingers can ruin his work.

below is the titanic on a pin.

earlier this year a 70-piece collection he sold was insured by the new owner for £11.2million.

عجیب ترین کتابخانه جهان

if you’ve ever wanted to feel like an ant, head to the library in either cardiff or kansas missouri: rather than using a traditional front to the building, both have decided to turn the premises into giant bookshelves, creating an extremely surreal experience for passers by.

cardiff public library

apparently this is only a temporary feature at cardiff library until the new building is completed. if it was up to me the place would stay like this permanently.

kansas city library

local residents were asked to nominate influential books that represent kansas city, humungous versions of the winning nominations were then used as the exterior of the library car-park.

عجیب ترین ساعت های جهان

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57 میلیون دلار برای یک مجسمه 8 سانتی‏متری

مجسمه سنگی کوچکی که متعلق به یکی از تمدن های بین النهرین است در حراجی به قیمت 57 میلیون دلار فروخته شد؛ بالاترین رقمی که برای یک مجسمه تاکنون پرداخت شده است.رکورد قبلی گرانترین مجسمه جهان که در یک حراجی فروخته شده، متعلق به اثری از پابلو پیکاسو بود که ماه گذشته به قیمت 29 میلیون دلار به فروش رفت.مجسمه که Guennol Lioness نام دارد، تلفیقی از سر شیر ماده و بدن انسان است که فقط 8.3 سانتی متر ارتفاع دارد و تخمین زده شده که پنج هزار سال پیش در بین النهرین تراشیده شده است.این مجسمه که در محلی نزدیک بغداد کشف شده، در سال 1948 توسط الیستر و ادیت مارتین به موزه هنر نیویورک قرض داده شد.

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