Photos from inside the world's finest libraries

By: admin on 6:59 AM

Dr. James Kamel from the University of Cambridge launched a book in which he included pictures of the largest and most important libraries from around the world.

Tommy epic book featuring distinctive images of the finest libraries from around the world, including the Tripitaka Koreana Library in Haeinsa temple in South Korea.

Library Grand Mafra Palace in Portugal.

Codrington Library at Oxford University.

The author of the book visited the greatest 20 libraries around the world, including the library Biblioteca Joinena, in Coimbra, Portugal.

Cultured's dream: six floors of books stored in the George Peabody Library, Baltimore.

Dr. Kamel mentioned in his book that the library Admont monastery in Austria, the largest monastery library in the world. And considers personally preferred choice.

Precious books been vandalized in the library of the Cathedral of Noyon, France.

Library Monastery Altinborg in  Austria is not just a library but is also considered works of art and historical sites.

Library of the Monastery of St. Gall, in St. Gallen, Switzerland, also is one of the libraries that its built is artwork.

National Library in Paris, France is an example of the most modern library building was completed and processed in 1996.

The National Library is very modern in Beijing, China.

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See ..The Winning photos in the Competition "military photography"

By: admin on 10:46 PM

The British newspaper "DailyTelegraph" published an illustrated report on the winning shots in the contest "military photography" for the year 2013.

The pictures taken from within the U.S. military dominate the most of the first ranks in the annual competition, which only the photography enthusiasts of the military can participate.

 Appeared in the list,the picture taken of the warrior "Celtic" by Corporal Jimmy Peters, which shows a set of tattoos that cover his shoulder and hand, during clean his personal weapon, one of the checkpoints of the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.

And also the Corporal Jamie won an award with another image, which showed a group of explosives experts are helping 21 engineers at the beginning of construction of a building destroyed by a suicide attack in Afghanistan, and in other picture that shows a Welshman guard dog, who was taking a break from the heat of the sun under one of the umbrellas in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

And continued the winning photos from Afghanistan with the picture taken by "Chris Lloyd," during his speech in northern Helmand with the Afghan family was riding a motorcycle, where it appears the man's daughter was impatient of questions from the American soldier.

Also Capt. "Dave Skamil" won with a photo for the British Royal Artillery Regiment, and another picture during his watching to a sorties of British unmanned planes .

The Corporal "Dan Cavalra,,," won with the picture which he called "goodbye kiss", which the horse was directed to the soldier in the English army at Bates Holkam in county "Norfolk", before moving horse to another residence.

And other footage appeared like a Korean boxing match, and another picture of an Indian soldier wearing a traditional costume for the Indian military.

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See ..The Winning shots in the urban Photo Contest for 2013

By: admin on 5:19 PM

The urban Photo Contest for 2013, operated by "CB Richard Ellis" announced the list of winners in the annual competition.

This contest is the largest photographic competition in the world, where this year hit a high record in the number of participants reached more than 12 thousand and 500 images from about 118 countries from the coast of Chile, to the desert of Saudi Arabia.

The British "Mark French" won the  first place to those contest for his picture in Hong Kong for a truck drivers, with an advertissement promo poster of a beautiful girl.

The British photographer named "Glenn Surtees" also won the second place for his picture titled "fly eyes" in Singapore for a snapshot of the box by many slots to one of the workers.

Among the most prominent winning photos,there is a snapshot of the Egyptian photographer Hani Saad Allah under the name "Egypt underground" for  a fireplace workers in Cairo.

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Motivational pictures give you hope and motivation

By: admin on 10:53 AM

1 - Are you frustrated? Are you feeling that the days leaking between your hands? Do you feel like this, who wrote how I wished I tried.

2 - Do you feel that you are on a long road with no hope?These Sprinters lost the gift of eyesight, they are blind, but they cut 26 mile run. Continued crossing the finish line, do not stand before them.

3 - Do you complain if you need to climb stairs? This man amputated legs but he ascended to the summit of Mount Everest.

4 - Do you feel that others more fortunate than you? This is the American soldier stepped on a landmine losing his feet and his hands, but he completed the race 10-mile challenge in which 75 kinds of obstacles, just skip it all with the help of his team of war Victims. Do you see this mask on his face? It reduces air entering to his nose, to double the difficulty , to make up for the lack of limbs. Those wishing the health that you have.

5 - Are you afraid of failure? Remember space jump, while remaining him enough for 10 minutes of oxygen. Why he ascended and why he jumped? Do you say that you are able to succeed?

6 - There is many challenges in front of you? This man lost his leg, and then continued in bodybuilding exercises even become as you see it.

7 - Do you reached old age ? This 70-year-old coach, this trainee is 102 years old.

8 - Are you old age and you have many of your illness? This man has more than 50 years old and suffers from obesity and diabetes, but in front of you in the race and see what was written on the back.

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Pictures ..aflame rocks in Turkey

By: admin on 7:28 AM

A lot of Turkish newspapers talked about the issue "inflammable rocks" in the province, "Antalya", which is one of the most attractive turkey's province for tourists from all over the world.

Turkish newspapers indicated to the existence of a rocky mountain, there are slots burning about thousands of years ago, and is located at a distance of 80 kilometers, south-west "Antalya".

the "fire" leak through ten slots in this mountain, which feed on methane gas for more than 2,500 years.

This was the nozzles, which the sailors see it  from afar, have been used for hundreds of years a landmark to movement, and then became - today - a factor to attract tourists, who arrive to it; for the preparation of barbecue meals and tea.

The flaming nozzles are distributed over an area of five thousand square meters, and the linked to emission of gases that made ​​up - mostly - from two flammables gas: methane, hydrogen.

the "flame" be more flame during the winter season, where he remains burning constantly and in contrast to the flame of fire "timeless" in New York, fueled by visitors, or the Argonauts every time.

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Pictures .. Great shots for "life feed" between animals and humans

By: admin on 9:04 AM

The "Science Society Biology" published a group of winning photos on the annual amateur pictorial competition, where its exhibited a group of contestants winning images that appear charming fascinating ways nutrition between organisms and humans.

The pictures show a number of charming style footage of nutrition methods of a number organisms as an team of ants attack on a flie,sad bird capture fish with its sharp beak, humans methods in providing a livelihood on farms and seas.
The title of this year's contest "feed life," Association got more than 600 images of the contestants.

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