Russian Submarine Appears Near the Beach

This is a city port of Severodvinsk city, the city in northern part of Russia on the shores of cold White Sea.
The city has a big marine base so sometimes people on the beach can see submarines appear from underwater right before them.
That’s not thing you would see often on other beaches of the world, it could be a set for new James Bond action movie.

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Underwater Fountains of St. Petersburg

Just a few days ago the authorities of St. Petersburg city has launched the set of new fountains in the city. These ones remarkable though. Now they placed the main part of the fountain underwater, not underground, under the waters of Neva river of St. Petersburg.
Now from many points in the city people can see the new fountains, illuminated in the evening, which make different unpredictable structures with the water.

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Moscow City in Fog

 Today our dish is picturesque photos taken from one of the balconies of the business complex “Mirax Plaza” in Moscow.

 So, let us begin. The Third traffic ring. Dorogomilovsky highway bridge is spanned over the Moscow river. Initially it used to be Smolensky railway bridge used to span two stations – Kutuzovo and Testovskaya on the smaller ring of the Moscow railway in Byelorussian direction. Then in 1998 with the beginning of the international centre “Moscow-City” construction the railway platform of the bridge was dismantled, its bearings were modernized and a new double-deck platform was set up: on top are the lines for cars and lower are the lines for high-speed trains from Sheremetyevo in the centre and for pedestrians on the periphery. The urban beauty as it is.

 The view of “Moscow-City” itself. On up front is the complex “Embankment tower”, it used to be the highest, now the leadership belongs to a multifunctional complex “Capital City”. As the overpass is narrowing, there is a terrible jamming in the “Moscow-City” area. And now the overpass is actively being widened.

 And here is the “Northern Tower”, one of the ugliest buildings in the Moscow International Business Centre. It is constructed in the manner of “a yacht” and it looks especially awful when multi-colored lighting is on. It seems that the terrible giant starts smiling with its toothless wonder smile. Cute colorful lights, cheap composite panels, merry blue glass, what else for the modern Moscow architecture? Only such a tutti-frutti picture.

 The traffic interchange of Kutuzovsky Avenue with the Third traffic ring. That is a unique for Moscow five-level system providing traffic of cross transportation flow. The Moscow wonder has been built for 23 months.

 Many design conceptions are rather enigmatic. Thus it is not clear what for these nice sheds have been made. And what is the purpose of these flowerbeds, benches and alleys on the junctions? It is really hard to imagine people who would like to take a walk here.

 By the way, the skyscrapers are very beautiful in fog embracing their upper floors. Time seems to stop when you look at it. But the fog won’t prevent us from peeping in the windows. Well, what’s there? Let’s zoom in a little. Aha, the working day is over but someone is still on the “groupmates” website.. And let us not have a look in the windows of the government house…for some ethical reasons. We’d better admire the foggy scenery again, all the same – the skyscrapers in the fog are gorgeous.

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Iceland - the Cleanest country in the World

Iceland is the cleanest country in the world. This may be hard to believe right now, what with the clouds of volcanic ash grounding flights across northern Europe, but according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, the Nordic island ranks first out of 163 countries on their Environmental Performance Index.
Researchers ranked countries based on 25 indicators, including water and air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of the environment on the health of the population. A score of 100 is excellent. Sierra Leone ranks at the bottom of the list with a score of 32. The U.S. ranks in the middle of the pack with 63.5. Iceland took top honors with a score of 93.5 thanks to ample clean water, lots of protected nature areas, good national health care and a plenitude of usually clean geothermal power.

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Risky and Amazing Adventure Photography

If lava bombs start falling out of the sky above you, don’t drop your camera and run. “Running is the most stupid thing you can do,” says Carsten Peter. Photographers had gotten far closer to active volcanoes, sharks, edge of giant rocks and many magnificent places across the world. Today we would like to showcase pure adventure photography, you won’t even wish you were there.

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