Lights Of The Continents

Archive for November, 2010

Running 4000 miles from the Andes to the Ocean, The Amazon carries a fifth of all the river water on the planet. Learn more about the mighty Amazon river and its weird and wonderful inhabitants in this brilliant wildlife video from BBC nature show ‘Wild South America’.

Visiting the Amazon, Rio, Iguassu Falls, Buenos Aires, Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Andes

Karl Wolf feat. Culture – Africa

out of Africa

Image by josef.stuefer

Dogon house

iConcerts – Rock – Toto – Live in Paris (2007) www.iconcerts.com Accompany Toto on this mind-blowing voyage, which spans the entire spectrum of their illustrious career, with a diversity of musical styles second-to-none. Encounter the new and energetic tunes from ‘Falling In Between’ as well as exciting, fresh versions of unforgettable classics. Rediscover those rare fan-favourites, some of which have not been played live in over 20 years – gems like ‘Isolation’ or compelling songs from ‘Tambu’ and ‘Kingdom Of Desire’ – as they are given new energy, interpreted years later with the same skill, and an even more accomplished sound that never ceases to astonish.

Video Rating: 4 / 5

Cumulonimbus Cloud Over Africa (NASA, International Space Station Science, 02/05/08)

Image by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Editor’s Note: Due to popular demand, I’m going to start uploading high-rez versions of the Earth images, unless Flickr Pro gets too full.

Cumulonimbus Cloud over Africa is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 16 crewmember on the International Space Station. Deemed by many meteorologists as one of the most impressive of cloud formations, cumulonimbus (from the Latin for "puffy" and "dark") clouds form due to vigorous convection of warm and moist unstable air. Surface air warmed by the Sun-heated ground surface rises, and if sufficient atmospheric moisture is present, water droplets will condense as the air mass encounters cooler air at higher altitudes. The air mass itself also expands and cools as it rises due to decreasing atmospheric pressure, a process known as adiabatic cooling. This type of convection is common in tropical latitudes year-round and during the summer season at higher latitudes. As water in the rising air mass condenses and changes from a gaseous to a liquid state, it releases energy to its surroundings, further heating the surrounding air and leading to more convection and rising of the cloud mass to higher altitudes. This leads to the characteristic vertical "towers" associated with cumulonimbus clouds, an excellent example of which is visible in this image (right). If enough moisture is present to condense and continue heating the cloud mass through several convective cycles, a tower can rise to altitudes of approximately 10 kilometers at high latitudes to 20 kilometers in the tropics — before encountering a region of the atmosphere known as the tropopause. The tropopause is characterized by a strong temperature inversion where the atmosphere is dryer and no longer cools with altitude. This halts further vertical motion of the cloud mass, and causes flattening and spreading of the cloud tops into an anvil-shaped cloud as illustrated by this oblique photograph. The view direction is at an angle from the vertical, rather than straight "down" towards the Earth’s surface. The image, photographed while the International Space Station was passing over western Africa near the Senegal-Mali border, shows a fully-formed anvil cloud with numerous smaller cumulonimbus towers rising near it. The high energetics of these storm systems typically make them hazardous due to associated heavy precipitation, lightning, high wind speeds and possible tornadoes.

Image credit: NASA

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More about the Crew Earth Observation experiment aboard the International Space Station:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/CE…

More about space station science:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/index.html

There’s a new Flickr group about Space Station Science. Please feel welcome to join! www.flickr.com/groups/stationscience/

You can also get Twitter updates whenever there’s a new image:
www.twitter.com/nasa1fan

Toto Afrika Live In Amsterdam

Video Rating: 4 / 5

Dr. Alban – Hello Africa

Video Rating: 4 / 5

there is no Africa

Image by T U R K A I R O

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I always dreamt of taking clichés of Africa. Smiling kids: welcome you are in Africa! People busying in a yellow-red dust: welcome you are in Africa! People happy even in the misery: welcome you are in Africa! People with kalashnikov or machetes or anything that would kill, crowds of kids running and laughing, misery, deserts, forests and wildlife: welcome you are in Africa! There is no Africa.

There is no Africa. There are clichés of a fantasized Africa. Stereotypes. A westernized trope of the Heart of Darkness, a mental Heart of Darkness. There are places with names and history. There are people in those places making history. These are kids from Gambella, they were going on a Friday evening to wash, bath, play, chat on the Baro River: See where this picture was taken. [?] The Gambella stories are going on.

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!!!!Changed Soundtrack 2010!!!!!! Now you call it Hakuna Matata and yes it is soon available for everyone !!!!!!!! Gameplay infos: You are a photographer in an open free world with your camera or your RC-cameratruck shooting photos from all kind of animals you are able to find in Africas wildlife. The photos you made are saved like a lexicon where you can find all data about this animal and real taken documentations. This game is developed for people who want to see Africa and the vegetation but can’t travel there in their live. It’s like an big animallexicon about Africas vegetation! Your FiveUp89 you want to download: www.mediafire.com music by Alexander Perls Copyright Track One Recordings

Video Rating: 4 / 5

Toto – Africa with lyrics

Video Rating: 4 / 5

Colours of South Africa

Image by *Kicki*

St. James, South Africa

Reposting the music video for the wonderful song “Africa” by Rose Laurens. This is the english version. I’m not sure there exists a video of the french version but maybe someone else knows more regarding this. Any info is appreciated! Produced by Jean-Pierre Goussaud. The video is pretty hilarious though as there is no Tigers in Africa …

South Africa reflections

Image by laurenz

I saw this on a bird-watching trip near Cape Town (South Africa).

more pictures from South Africa at my website Travel Photo Net.

Amidst the mayhem of Kenya’s post-election ethnic violence, one group of ethnically-mixed aspiring young journalists from Nairobi’s Mathare slum decided to take up cameras instead of knives. Slum TV aimed to project some hope back into their scarred community. Africa Uncovered follows the team at Slum TV as they count down to a public screening and revisits some of the characters they filmed during the violence.

A few nice Australia images I found:

Australia – Rottnest Island

Image by vtveen

Western Australia – Rottnest Island, harbour and main jetty of Thomson Bay.

See for more info: members.virtualtourist.com/m/7c27b/1ca108/

G20 Protests, Melbourne, Australia

Image by Rusty Stewart

MELBOURNE, Nov 18 2006 – Protests against a summit of the world’s financial leaders in Melbourne turned violent on Saturday when activists clashed with police.

Police locked down several blocks of Australia’s second biggest city to stop protesters reaching the meeting of the Group of 20 economic powers, after violent anti-globalisation protests marred a World Economic Forum in Melbourne in 2000.

A hard core group of protesters dressed in white overalls and hoods, their faces covered, moved from one barricaded street to to another, violently confronting police.

High Court of Australia

Image by Sam Ilić

I’m slowly starting to run out of things to post, so I’m digging the archives today. I’ve been super-busy so my weekends are too preoccupied, leaving no time to myself. I need to get out there and get some fresh pictures.

To make things worse, I’ve been struck with a cold (or flu) and this whole week has been really $hit. Anyway, I’ll stop my winging now, go take some night-time medicine, and pass out.

Hope you guys are doing better than me.

The shot above has been taken inside the High Court of Australia.

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A few nice Australia images I found:

Lifeguards at Bondi Beach Australia

Image by PB-PSBear

Lifeguards at Bondi Beach Australia

Father and Daughter, Sunset at Centennial Park Sydney Australia

Image by Alex E. Proimos

View On Black

"A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart"

Aviatrix Jean Batten being interviewed after her flight from England to Australia

Image by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Location: Archerfield, Brisbane, Australia

Date: May 1934

Description: Miss Batten is pictured in the centre, holding her black kitten mascot. She is wearing her aviator helmet, goggles, overalls and jacket. Mrs W. E. Gardner standing on the left, is wearing an aviator helmet and goggles plus a full-length fur coat. Mrs H. B. Bonney, standing to the right, is wearing aviator helmet and goggles with a leather jacket and overalls. A gentleman from Radio 4BC stands behind Miss Batten holding a microphone. The QANTAS sign can be seen on the shed in the background.

About this photograph

Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au/

Check out these Australia images:

Melbourne, Australia by night

Image by Linh_rOm

Melbourne, Australia. This is only one part of the city. The other half I can only capture in another shot as I didnt have my tripod with me.

Beautiful city, on the other half you can see the old church buildings right next to the modern architecture. Simply, Amazing….

Explore: Aug 10, 2008 #486

Sydney, Australia

Image by 350.org

Lantern walkers in Sydney, Australia
Photo credit: Peter Solness

This was one of over 5,200 events happening around the world for the International Day of Climate Action. More at 350.org.