First Ever Fossil Museum Opens in Egypt

In the desert valley of Wadi-al-Hitan, the first ever fossil museum has unveiled by Egypt. Around 150 kilometers Southwest of Cairo, it is first museum completely dedicated to an early form of whales, now died out famous as the “Walking Whale”.  And so, the beautiful centerpiece of museum is a 37 million year old and 20 meter long skeleton of a legged form of whale that testifies to how recent times whales evolved from land mammals. Hence, the sand colored, dome-shaped Fossils and Climate Change Museum was built on a grant of two billion euros from Italy, according to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Massari. Moreover, the Valley of the Whales' museum is also home to early tools used by primary humans and numerous whale fossils exhibited in glass boxes corroborating the evolutionary transition of the early whales from land to water creatures. But how did fossils of whales end up in the middle of the hottest desert? That’s because this the valley of wadi-al-Hitan was submerged in water some 40 to 50 million years ago by a sea called the “Tethys Sea” that reached far south of the existing Mediterranean.

The Valley of Whales encompasses treasured collection of fossils and bones of a now vanished, suborder of whales, called the archaeoceti. These fossils explain one of the greatest secrecies of the evolution of whales: however, the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a preceding life as a land-based animal. Henceforth, the fossils of Wadi Al-Hitan dating back to fifty million years show the youngest archaeocetes in the last stages of evolution from land animals to a marine existence. Besides they already display the typical streamlined body form of modern whales, whilst retaining definite original aspects of skull and tooth structure, as well as hind legs. Therefore, several of the whale skeletons are in good condition as they’ve been well preserved in the rock formations. Though, Semi-complete skeletons are found in the valley and in some cases, even stomach contents are preserved.

However, the Museum was opend as part of concentrated government efforts to attract much-needed tourists, driven away by recent militant attacks, and restore confidence in the safety of its attractions. But Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy cautioned against interpreting the museum's opening as a "full endorsement of the theory of evolution," which clashes with Islam. In addition, that is a completely a different matter," he said, we’re still very confident and tied to our Islamic belief system.

Niulanjiang Waterfall China

No doubt waterfalls are absolutely natural wonders on planet earth, and would be a spectacular experience to see them up close, particularly this one in China which is entirely man-made. Therefore, the largest man-made waterfall named Niulanjiang Waterfall has opened to the public in Kunming in China’s Yunnan Province. This is easily called largest man-made water in Asia as well. 

This stunning waterfall is 12.5 meters high and 400 meters wide, and was formed as part of a project designed to divert water from the Niulan River into Dianchi Lake, the biggest freshwater lake in Yunnan. Moreover the diversion will not only support shrink flooding in the Niulan River but will also help in function as a water supply for emergencies. This beneficial project took almost two years to complete at a cost of 1.1 billion yuan (approximately 170 million US dollars). 

A beautiful park was made around the waterfalls for public could come and enjoy the scenery for free. It has created a new unique water landscape of Kunming. Furthermore it is notify that there’s 60% underground water has been polluted in China, and water quality has been a big problem for China, therefore, water resource shortage and worsened water resource environment are not only the restricted condition of our drainage area economic development, but also have led to a bad influence on human’s health. Source: Charismatic Planet

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport: The Shortest Commercial Runway in the World

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is an airport on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba. The airport has the shortest commercial runway in the world, just 396 meters (1,299 ft) long, flanked on one side by high hills, with cliffs that drop into the sea at both ends. The airport (also known as Saba airport) named after the Aruban Minister Juancho Irausquin, although is closed to jet traffic, regional airline propeller aircraft are able to land there under waivers from The Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority. The most common aircraft to land there are the Twin Otter and BN-2 Islander. Some aviation experts are of having similar opinion that the airport is one of the most dangerous in the world, in spite of the fact that no major tragedies have happened at the facility.

The runway is too short, so jet aircraft are unable to land at the airport. Though, smaller airplanes and helicopters are common to land at the airport. It is well known among experienced fliers for the way in which airplanes must approach or take off from the airport. There is a small ramp and terminal on the southwest flank of the runway, and also has a designated helipad. The terminal building houses offices for Winair, immigration and security, a fire department with one fire truck and a tower. The tower is an advisory service only and does not offer air traffic control. Moreover, aviation fuel is not available on the island of Saba. 

Therefore, the local airline Winair (A government owned airline based in St. Maarten) is presently serving Yrausquin Airport, which operates daily flights to Sint Maarten aboard a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter. The largest airplane ever to manage flights to and from Saba is the DHC-7. However, the average flights to Saint Maarten last no longer than a quarter of an hour. There’s possibility that an airplane might overshoot the runway during landing or takeoff and end up in the sea or on the cliffs. 

Cave of Kelpius

People have been involved to religious cults throughout the history. However, when the 17th century ended, countless people were fleeing from Europe to avoid persecution and some headed for the new world or America as we know it nowadays. Indeed Cave of Kelpius is a mysterious cave in Philadelphia, located in the dense woods really weird connection to a secret society and even extraterrestrials. Cave of Kelpius is built by a man named Johannes Kelpius, famous as “Monk of the Ridge”.  Johannes Kelpius was born in Halwagen, Germany, near Denndorf about 1673, and he was an astronomer and a scientist, had a Ph. D degree. He has different interest, but his most liked action is to looking at the sky through a telescope for bizarre arrival. He was extremely talented and far ahead of his times in terms of his knowledge in technology which cause people thought that he was a magician.

Well, if you look cave outside closely, you’ll observer it is built with extra care with a nice rusted door hinge, however the other is broken. The cave was built in 1694 and as anticipated, it is dark inside, but had a fireplace and chimney. Kelpius use to make his experiments alone in this cave. The cave roof is arched not flat, which shows how well constructed this Cave is? The inside of cave, an earthen floor and cross on walls a popular symbol of Satan. Therefore, other strange symbols and codes painted on the walls. Thus, no other artifacts or anything, but most of belongings of Kelpius, carefully taken away and ultimately given to Benjamin Franklin who was founding father of U.S and a great astronomer as well.  

The purpose of Cave building in Philadelphia is interesting, when Kelpius sailed all the way from Europe in a severe weather, actually convinced by a woman from sky, would be landing in Philadelphia. Though, the prediction was not only based on his astronomical observation but also the verses in Revelation 12:14 through 12:16. It talks about a woman who had wings and gives birth to a baby son who was destined to rule the world. Therefore, Kelpius reaches at Philadelphia with 40 men; all of them were college graduates. This huge numbers of astronomers and scientists has been observing the stars and planets. They wanted to extract information of extraterrestrial landing would take place precisely, where this Cave is now situated. As they’ve settled them, Kelpius sets up the first astronomical observatory in the Province of Pennsylvania. These 40 men’s team took turns to keep looking at the sky 24 hours a day, uses sophisticated telescope, which is so special and still preserved in the American Philosophical society founded by Benjamin Franklin. He keeps Kelpius belongings and put a lot of efforts into preserving the gadgets. Benjamin Franklin was a strong believer in extraterrestrials and hoping that aliens would land on earth sooner or later.

Well, a large marble stone right next to this cave, set by a secret society named Rosicrucians. They believe Kelpius was the first Rosicrucian to come to the U.S. The most intriguing information about this stone is some kind of code only read by Rosicrucians. i.e. a word written on the TOP is “Cro Maat” means “The Truth shall be” is a Egyptian word, however, Rosicrucian society is officially called “The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis”. Although, this is entirely irrelevant, but if you reverse the order of words,  

But the most intriguing detail about this stone is that it is some kind of a code that can be read only by Rosicrucians. I'll give you an example: On the top, you can see the words "Cro Maat". If you Google Cro Maat, you'll see that it is Egyptian for the words "The Truth Shall Be". But, the Rosicrucian Society is officially called "The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis". This seems totally irrelevant, but if you reverse the order of these words, Crucis Rosae Order Mystical and Ancient the" and then take the first letter of every word, you get "Cro Maat".

Aokigahara Forest - The Suicide Forest

Well, it is easily called "the perfect place to die," the Aokigahara forest has the ill-fated distinction of the worlds second most popular place to take one's life. It is believed that the first is the Golden Gate Bridge. Aokigahara is also recognized as the Suicide Forest or Sea of Trees is a 35-square-kilometre forest that lies at Mount Fuji's northwest base in Japan. The so called suicide forest holds a number of rocky, icy caverns, a few of which are popular tourist destinations.

The forest has a historic association with demons in Japanese mythology, and it is an infamously common suicide site, and a sign at the head of the main trail urges suicidal visitors to think about their families and contact a suicide prevention association. The forest comprises of volcanic rock and really an arduous task to penetrate with hand tools like picks or shovels. One can get easily lost, if side out from official trails. Many adventure lovers’ uses plastic tape to mark their paths in order to avoid getting lost. 

Since the 1950s, Japanese businessmen have wandered in, and at least 500 of them haven't wandered out, at an increasing rate of between 10 and 30 per year. However these numbers have bigger even more, with a record 78 suicides in 2002. Therefore, Japanese spiritualists have strongly believed that the suicides committed in the forest have permeated “Aokigahara's trees”, creating paranormal activity and preventing a lot of who enter from escaping the forest's depths.

However, complicating matters further is the common experience of compasses being rendered useless by the rich deposits of magnetic iron in the area's volcanic soil. Furthermore, this is very unique forest, and barely having any wildlife, however very quiet making hides a more macabre side. 

As the forest is too vast and adventure hunters are unlikely to encounter anyone once inside the so-called "Sea of Trees," so the police have escalate signs reading "Your life is so precious gift from your parents," and " it is highly suggest to consult the police before you decide to die!" on trees throughout.

Even this statement leaving no prevention on adventure seekers, and they’re determined to commit suicide in this dense forest. Some analytical figures showing, those 70 corpses have founded by volunteers who clean the woods, and many of them lost in thick woods forever.  Therefore, Japanese authorities publishing the suicide numbers in order to prevent the peoples to visit this forest, and making this even more popular.  

The Aokigahara was a place where Japanese carried their elders to die of starvation (a practice called ubasute), hence it became extremely popular after the 1960’s when a novel by famed author Seichō Matsumoto was published. In this novel called "Tower of Waves", a couple commit suicides in the Aokigahara forest. Therefore, the author described the “Aokigahara” is the perfect place to commit suicide and even described which parts of the forests are less circulated so the bodies cannot be found later on.

The local legends have different opinions, they have easily spotted three types of visitors to the forest: trekkers interested in scenic vistas of Mount Fuji, the curious hoping for a glimpse of the macabre, and those souls who don’t plan on returning. Moreover, what those hoping to take their lives may not consider is the impact the suicides have on the locals and forest workers. A local man has expressed his words like this, “It bugs the hell out of me that the area's famous for being a suicide spot." The local police said, we've seen plethora of bodies that have been really badly decomposed, or been killed by wild animals. Hence, there's nothing beautiful about dying in there.

Furthermore, the local forest workers have it even worse than the police. The workers carry the bodies down from the forest to the local station, where the bodies are put in a special room used distinctively to house suicide corpses. They play jan-ken-pon—rock, paper, scissors—to see who has to sleep in the room with the corpse. So, they might have different superstitions, that if the corpse is left alone, it is considered bad luck for the yurei (ghost) of the suicide victims. Their spirits are said to scream through the night, and their bodies will move on their own. Source: Charismatic Planet