-->Big Ruddy

for decades, until profits dried up in the mid-1970s. Under state order, the company must improve Just north of Mexico in the Arizona desert, a crimson-hued pond is a reminder of past mining wealth and current pollution. Up to hundreds of yards long, with a service road jutting onto a promontory, it holds storm water that fell on mine tailings—crushed rock largely stripped of valuable metal. Oxidation causes the Technicolor effect. Phelps Dodge mined copper in Bisbeecontaminated groundwater caused by high sulfate levels in now flooded underground mines. It also hopes to restore the landscape to a normal tint by late 2010


--> Exterior Design






When it comes to the art of egg decoration, Mother Nature is the original master. The patterns and lines that adorn many eggs—like those of murres, grackles, and jacanas—are positively calligraphic. These markings, which get their pigment from bile acids and broken-down red blood cells, are applied during the tail end of the 20 hours during which the egg is in the shell-gland region of the oviduct. A shell that emerges encircled with wispy streaks (above) means the egg rotated while the inking occurred. Such surface flourishes serve two practical purposes, offering camouflage from predators and identification for colony-dwelling birds trying to spot their own. Another distinction, says wildlife ecologist Linnea Hall: No other animals on Earth mark their eggs. Now that’s original artwork.


-->Indias mission to moon chandrayaan-1

The Project was announced on the occassion of 56th indepence day of India on August 15 2003by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. India will be sending its own space craft to the Moon. Chandrayaan-1, the lunar craft would be launched using Polar Satellit lunch vehical (PSLV) weighing 1304 kg at launch and 590 kg at lunar orbit. Lunar craft would orbit around moon 100 km from moon surface.

This mission is expected to have an operational life of about 2 years.