Volcano Destroyed Entire City

One fateful day a pleasant city nestled beneath a dormant volcano was completely destroyed when the volatile peak rumbled to life. Everyone knows the story of Pompeii in Italy, destroyed in AD 79 by Mount Vesuvius. But this was the city of Plymouth, Monserrat in 1995. On that fateful day, Soufriere Hills volcano which had lain dormant though out recorded history exploded in an eruption of titanic proportions that consumed Plymouth under 12 metres of mud and rendered the southern half of Montserrat uninhabitable. The eruption led more than half the population of Montserrat to flee abroad due to lack of housing and economic disruption.


In 1997, 19 people died after being overtaken by a pyroclastic flow following another eruption. Since then, the volcano's activities have been confined to venting ash into the unhabited southern region. Buried cars and houses visible on by their roofs are a common site today amid the ruins of Plymouth. Some images depicts the fateful day in AD 79 when Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii erupted. An ancient city completely destroyed, buried by more than 60 feet of ash and pumice and lost to civilisation for more than 1,500 years. Now, after its accidental discovery in 1592, Pompeii has become a world heritage site, excavated by archeologists to reveal many of the treasures of this ancient Roman city.

John Kennedy 50th Anniversary Of Assassination

Thousands of people have flocked to the spot where President John F. Kennedy was shot for a solemn commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Crowds gathered along the same route through Dallas that the president's motorcade passed when shots rang out on November 22, 1963. The event was featured brief remarks by the mayor, the tolling of church bells and readings from the president's speeches by author David McCullough. The flags in Dallas are flying at half mast today as the city holds a memorial service in honor of the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination.

World Largest Aquarium Tank - Kuroshio Sea

World's largest aquarium is located within the Ocean Expo Commemorative National Government Park in Okinawa, Japan. The main tank, called the Kuroshio Sea, holds 7,500 cubic metres (1,981,000 USgal) of water and features an acrylic glass panel measuring 8.2 by 22.5 metres (27 by 74 ft) with a thickness of 60 centimetres (24 in), the largest such panel in the world when the aquarium was opened.

Water Festival In Thai - Songkran

Thailand's massively popular Songkran Festival celebrating the Thai New Year and the official start of summer runs April 12-15. Splashing water is one of the main ways to celebrate. In this particular water fight in the Ayutthaya province, our bet's on the elephants.'

Torch Festival In Kashmir

Kashmiris hold burning torches outside the shrine of Sakhi Zain-ud-din Wali, a Sufi saint, during an annual torch festival in Aishmuqam, about 75 km south of Srinagar, April 24, 2013.

Sachin Tendulkar Celebrates His 40th Birthday

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar celebrates his 40th birthday in Kolkata on April 24, 2013. With a nation of cricket fans willing Tendulkar toward a yet another year in his prolific international career, the man they affectionately call 'the Little Master' celebrated his 40th birthday amid universal praise and reflection.

New Pope Benedict XVI

The cardinals of the Roman Catholic church on Wednesday chose as their new pope a man from almost "the end of the world". The first non-European to be elected for almost 1,300 years and the first-ever member of the Jesuit order. Jorge Bergoglio, the 76-year-old is known as a humble man who denied himself the luxuries that previous Buenos Aires cardinals enjoyed. He came close to becoming pope last time, reportedly gaining the second-highest vote total in several rounds of voting before he bowed out of the running in the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.

The new pope appeared on the balcony over the entrance to St Peter's basilica more than an hour after white smoke poured from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, signalling that the cardinals had made their choice. Dressed in his new white robes. Perhaps a little intimidated as he looked out at the sea of jubilant humanity in the square. The former Cardinal Bergoglio was not among the front-runners. But he obtained more votes than any other candidate except former pope Benedict in the 2005 conclave.

La Tomatina - Tomato Throwing Festival

La Tomatina is a Spanish festival where people throw tomatoes and friendly fight with each other. It always have been celebrated on the last Wednesday of august, during the days of festivities of Buñol. Many people came from foreign country for celebrating the the tomato throwing fight with their friends. Tons of tomatoes are use for celebrating tomatina festival carried through large trucks.

It quiet interesting because of throwing tomatoes on your close one's. But it have certain rules. It was derived for protect people from injuries and unnecessary wound. There will be a ambulance parked near to the event happening place for emergency. In karnataka state of India, a private organization planned to do tomatina festival but government not given permission for it.

London Olympic 2012 Opening Ceremony [Photos]

Highlights of the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony was watching as 200 copper leaf peddles on long, high stilts, were lit. They then joined together to make one, beautiful torch. The Olympic flame has now traveled 13,000 miles.It was a beautiful and emotional start to the 2012 Olympics and a ceremony that made everyone in the UK proud to be British.

Boyle has drawn from William Shakespeare, British pop culture, literature and music, and other sources of inspiration that will speak not just to Anglophiles but to people across the globe. One segment involves actor Daniel Craig's James Bond, and former Beatle Paul McCartney will lead a sing-along. A fireworks display had the crowd 'oohing' and 'ahhing' as Sir Paul McCartney sang out "Hey Jude." Everyone in the crowd joined in singing with him.

Tom Cruise Stunts in Mission Impossible

Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American action film, the fourth installment in the Mission Impossible series. It stars Tom Cruise, who reprises his role of IMF Agent Ethan Hunt. It also grossed over $693 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Mission: Impossible film, the 5th highest-grossing film of 2011. The film was released in North America by Paramount Pictures on December 16, 2011.

Special mounts had to be made for the 65-millimeter Imax cameras, special safety had to be put in place, because in a building that’s 800 meters tall, you couldn’t run the risk of anything falling. 

Valentines Day Facts And History

A day which expresses the meaning of love, A day that is most valuable for the couples around the world, A day in which even a nerd gives a shot to have a girl friend, it is nothing but the valentines day. how many of us know that why we are celebrating it? Here are some of the reasons why we are celebrating it.

First of all the day was named after a saint named valentine. The meaning of valentine is greeting cards, this is the reason why people all around the world share and express love through different forms of cards.It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD.

On the event of valentines day, your dress colour plays a major role in it. They are described as follows:

Vintage Christmas Celebration [ 100 Years Ago ]

Every year we are celebrating christmas all over the world. It's not only a christian festival, it's living things festival. We have to show our love to others on that day. Everyone knows about it, but i have to say one more time why we are celebrating christmas. It's simple, we celebrating the Christ Jesus birth as in the name of "Christmas". Let's see how the people's celebrating the christmas about 100 years ago. See the photos and celebrate your christmas in your own way.

Kim Jong Il Working As DJ In The Party [ Rare Photos ]

Kim Jong-il was the leader of north korea. He has many nicknames "Dear Leader", "our Father", "the General", and "Generalissimo", and more. He ruled the entire north korea from 1994 to 2011 until his death. He recently died in the train journey due to heart failure. In 2010, the world famous magazine Forbes was given 31st ranked list of The World's Most Powerful People. His real name is Yuri Irsenovich Kim. He was the successor of his father Kim Il-sung. Now, we are going to show some photos of kim jong in the party and act as DJ. Do you believe it. Let's see it to believe. R.I.P Kim.

70th Anniversary Of Pearl Harbor Attack [Photos]

U.S Government recently remember the pearl harbor 70th anniversary. On december7th, 1941 at the early morning 7.55 am the Japanese army troop attacked the pearl harbor. They attacked more than two hours. Within the two hours, 20 ships were sinked and 164 planes were damaged. More than 2,500 American's were died in the unannounced attack of Japanese government. It brought a way to the world war II. These are just a words but now we are going to show the pearl harbor attack photos. It was captured by the strange person, who was a American. These photo's were snap shot in the old brownie camera.

World's Biggest Cheese Weight 181 KG

A 181 kg Cheese (nearly 400 pound) was arrived at the Peter Lovis, proprietor of the Concord Cheese Shop. It is the biggest and weightest cheese in the world. It is sold for 19.99$ per kg. It was rolled to the shop and cut to sale. Many peoples arrived before the cheese arrive and shop opens. After the arrival of cheese, they started snap a photo and form a queue to buy a part of cheese. Let's say cheese to snap a photo with the cheese.

Christmas Decoration Of White House

Everyone likes to celebrate christmas festival with the decorations, carols, prayer, candies and many more. But now we going to see the decorations of white house where George Bush, Washington, Bill climton lived. White house is the official residence of president of U.S. It was constructed by the James Hoban. The construction of the white house was started in the year 1792 october 13. It completed 219 years and going on. Let's see the chritmas decorations of white house.

Construction Of Giant Ship SS Great Eastern

SS great Eastern is a huge ship before the construction of RMS Oceanic. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who was a civil engineer. The ship was builded by J. Scott Russell  at Millwall on the River Thames, London. It debuted the voyage in the year 31 January 1858. It had a capacity to carry 4,000 passengers per trip. It had 692 feet height and 32,160 tons of displacement. It worked under the power of 6.0 MW, say it's equal to 8,000 hp. It had 26 Km/hr speed. Now imagine, how it was constructed? It's enought. Now we show the construction of SS Great Eastern Ship Photos.

Earthquake 7.2 Magnitude Hits Turkey

7.2 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey, making it the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in ten years.Tens of thousands fled into the streets running, screaming or trying to reach relatives on cell phones as apartment and office buildings cracked or collapsed. As the full extent of the damage became clear, survivors dug in with shovels or even their bare hands, desperately trying to rescue the trapped and the injured.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at least 93 people were killed in Van, 45 others died in Ercis, and about 350 were injured. Several people were still trapped under rubble, he said, without citing any estimates.Up to 80 buildings collapsed in Ercis, including a dormitory, and 10 buildings collapsed in Van, the Turkish Red Crescent said. The sheer number of collapsed buildings gave rise to fears that the death toll could rise substantially.

Bhutan King Weds Jetsun [Common Women]

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 31, and his new bride, Queen Jetsun Pema, 21, were joined by thousands of royal enthusiasts, as the ceremony took place at a Himalayan monastic fortress. The ceremony, which included dance performances, baby elephants and a procession of singers, aired live on national television for Bhutan's 700,000 people.

Jetsun Pema, who is the daughter of an airline pilot, is educated just like her new husband. The young queen studied subjects including English and economics at the prestigious Lawrence School Sanawar in India before pursuing her college degree at Regents College in London, where she focused on International Relations, Psychology and Art History. The king has a degree in Foreign Service Programme and International Relations from Magdalen College at the University of Oxford.

"I am happy. I have been waiting quite some time . . . she is a wonderful human being, intelligent. Her and I share one big thing in common - love and passion for art," Wangchuck told reporters following the ceremony. "While she is young, she is warm and kind in heart and character. These qualities together with the wisdom that will come with age and experience will make her a great servant to the nation," the king said at the time.The royal couple first announced their engagement on May 20, during the opening of the seventh session of parliament.

Apple Chairman And Former CEO Steve Jobs Died [1955-2011]

Steven Paul Jobs, the co-founder and chairman of Apple, died Wednesday at the age of 56. Apple has also put up the following website in memory. They’re asking for “thoughts, memories, and condolences” to be shared by way of this email address: rememberingsteve@apple.com 

Jobs remained Chairman of the Board at the company, as well as director and an Apple employee. He recommended that company COO Tim Cook take his place as CEO. Yesterday, Cook gave his first keynote address as CEO, unveiling the new iPhone 4S.

While that device had been the focal point of Apple’s website for the past 24 hours, Apple.com is now simply dedicated to Jobs, using a famous picture of him (above) that will also grace the cover of his upcoming biography by Walter Isaacson due out next month. Jobs had battled cancer, and in 2004 had an operation related to the disease. In recent years, illness had forced him to step back from his role as CEO of Apple on separate occasions. He also had a liver transplant in 2009 during one of those medical leaves.

That performance as well has his announcement that he was stepping down as CEO of Apple for the final time, led to two of my favorite posts that I’ve ever written.

Steve Jobs was 56 years old. Rest in peace, Steve.