Animal world
Birds do not follow common kinetic rules
The plane speed has long been limited by simple dynamics laws, related to altitude, wingspan ... But recent research shows that birds seem to have broken those rules.
Altitude
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Environment
High-altitude fire hoses of nearly 600m sweep through the American town
The forest fire and heat created perfect conditions for fire cannons to flare up and move along the crowded town in California, USA.
Environment
Rainbow waterfall flows along the cliff at an altitude of over 400 meters
The rainbow colors converging on Yosemite waterfall are 440 meters high, creating an extremely rare natural wonder.
Environment
Phenomenon 'The ghost sun' is rare in the sky of Sweden
The halo appears when sunlight refracts through the cirrus clouds at an altitude of nearly 6,100 meters above the ground.
Environment
The factors that make Everest the dead end of the climbers
With harsh natural conditions, dangerous terrain and deadly altitudes, Mount Everest fully converges elements that threaten to rob the lives of any climber.
Environment
Explain the amazing characteristics of luminous clouds
A plasma physicist from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) finally found the answer to the strange characteristics of noctilucent clouds, ending decades of…
Environment
The valley in Nepal is 80 cm tall after the earthquake
The elevation of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley compared to the sea level increased by 80 cm after the devastating earthquake on April 25.
Environment
The world's coolest volcano
Ol Doinyo Lengai, active volcano in Arusha, Tanzania, is located at an altitude of 2,890m, with lava eruptions with temperatures lower than half normal.
Environment
Heaven is getting closer to the land
The American Terra satellite has been tracking clouds above the earth for the past decade. Roger Davies, a researcher at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and h…
Environment
Ozone holes appear in the North Pole
According to scientists, ozone holes have recently appeared in the Arctic region. At an altitude of about 20km from the ground, ozone concentrations decreased by 80%.
Environment
It is cold in the northern mountains due to storms
The north is affected by the continental cold edge of the southwestern edge of the high altitude combined with the far edge of the western circulation of the storm No. 6…
Environment
Ozone causes pollution when on the ground
Natural Ozone (O3) is present at high altitudes to protect us against toxic ultraviolet rays, but when this gas is on the ground (also called tropospheric ozone or bad o…
Funny corner
Breaking the record for standing tallest in the world
Hezi Dean, an Israeli stuntman, has set a world record when standing on a 9-story pole, within 35 hours.
Photo library
Photos: High-altitude railway train
On the morning of August 9, after only 15 minutes of rolling, the soaring green railway train flew on many roads of Hanoi capital, making many people excited.
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Huge gold mine in the highest place in the world
La Rinconada in Peru used to be a gold mine in the Andes range at an altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level.