Banana

Reasons why you should eat more bananas!

Bananas help overcome depression due high levels of tryptophan, which is converted into serotonin — the happy-mood brain neurotransmitter.

Eating two bananas before a strenuous workout can pack an energy punch and sustain your blood sugar.

Bananas help protect you against muscle cramps during workouts and night time leg cramps.

Bananas regulate blood sugar and relieve stress, which improves your mood and reduces PMS symptoms.

Bananas are high in vitamin B-6 which helps reduce swelling, protect against type 2 diabetes, aid weight loss, strengthen the nervous system, and assist in the production of white blood cells.

Bananas are full of iron, which helps strengthen your blood and relieve anemia.

The FDA officially recognizes bananas as being able to lower blood pressure and protect against heart attack and stroke.

Bananas aid digestion and help the body get rid of toxins and heavy metals.

Bananas stimulate the growth of healthy bacteria in the bowel as well as assist in absorbing nutrients.

Eating bananas helps prevent kidney cancer, protects the eyes against macular degeneration, and builds strong bones by increasing calcium absorption.

Simple way to keep your Banana fresh!!

 


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Red bananas, also known as Red Dacca bananas are a variety of banana with reddish-purple skin. They are smaller and plumper than the common Cavendish banana. When ripe, raw red bananas have a flesh that is cream to light pink in color. They are also softer and sweeter than the yellow Cavendish varieties, with a slight raspberry flavor. Many red bananas are imported from producers in Asia and South America. They are a favorite in Central America but are sold throughout the world.

Smallest and Fattest Country in the World

~Nauru, Smallest and Fattest Country in the World~
the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  The Republic of Nauru is both the smallest and fattest independent country in the world. This potato-shaped island nation has a total land area of 8.1 square miles. By car, one can circle the whole country in less than 20 minutes. With an estimated population of less than 10,000 in 2010, 95% are overweight and 85% of men are considered clinically obese. This is due to the fatty and processed food that was imported to the country that started when the standard of living began to take off due to mining and importing of phosphate that began in the early 1900′s.

 

 

Statue

The statue of King Decebal on the Danube Canyon by the boarder of Romania and Serbia.

Nuclear Test

Very high res pic of the world's first underwater nuclear test. See that black spot on the right side of the water column? Thats the 560 foot USS Arkansas lifted vertically out of the water.

The Grand Canyon

~Verdon Gorge: The Grand Canyon of Europe~

The Verdon Gorge, called Gorges du Verdon in French, in south-eastern France between the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the Var is a spectacular river canyon that is often considered to be one of Europe's most beautiful. The 25 kilometres long canyon is up to 700 metres deep and varies in width between 6 and 100 meters at the bottom and 200 to 1500 meters at its rim.

Butterfly

Female Queen Alexandra butterflies, from Papua and New Guinea, are the largest in the world, some with wingspans larger than 26 cm.

The Monarch butterfly is famous for its southward migration and northward return in summer from Canada to Mexico which spans the life of three to four generations of the butterfly.
 

The beautiful coppery golden Brahmin Moth . One of the most beautiful patterned insect ever.
 

MALACHITE

Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This opaque, green banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal

Watermelon

In Japan, farmers of the Zentsuji region found a way to grow cubic watermelons, by growing the fruits in glass boxes and letting them naturally assume the shape of the receptacle. The square shape is designed to make the melons easier to stack and store

Flower

The serpent gourd flower

Trichosanthes cucumerina is a tropical or subtropical vine, raised for its strikingly long fruit, used as a vegetable, medicine, and, a lesser known use, crafting didgeridoos. Common names include snake gourd (var. anguina), serpent gourd, chichinga, and padwal. It is known as chichindo in Nepali, chhachindra in Oriya, chichinga or chichinge in Bengali, purla in Sambalpuri language, potlakaaya in Telugu, pathola in Sinhala, pudalankaai in Tamil, dhunduli in Assamese, paduvalakaayi in Kannada and padavalanga in Malayalam.
 

 Giant Rafflesia - the largest flower in the world that grows to a diameter of around one meter (3 ft) and weighs up to 11 kilograms.
 

Our large-flowered Rose 'Osiria' has a most exquisite color combination. The petals are blood-red on the inside and pure silvery-white on the outside. The impressive appearance of this rose is proof of its pedigree.

Anjeer

Health Benefits of Figs or Anjeer.
1.Prevent constipation
2.Weight loss.
3.Lower cholesterol.
4.Prevent coronary heart disease.
5.Prevent colon cancer.
6.Protection against post-menopausal breast cancer.
7.Good for diabetic patients.
8.Prevention of hypertension.
9.Sexual weakness.
10.Strengthens bones
11.Prevent macular degeneration
12.Relief for throat.
13.Relief for Earache.
Precaution: Taking too much fig can cause diarrhea. Dried figs are high in sugar and might cause tooth decay.
 

 

Natural Hot Spring

 Pamukkale, 19 km (12 miles) north of Denizli, is Turkey's foremost mineral-bath spa because of its natural beauty: hot calcium-laden waters spring from the earth and cascade over a cliff. As they cool they form dramatic travertines of hard, brilliantly white calcium that form pools.

Pamukkale has been used as a spa since the second century BC.

Natural phenomenon

Natural phenomenon: Glowing blue water washes up on a beach in Vaadhoo, one of the Raa Atoll islands in the Maldives. The result of a chemical reaction called bioluminescence, it occurs when a micro-organism in sea water is disturbed by oxygen

Although a rare sight on a shoreline, the phenomenon is more commonly seen at sea in the wake of ships that stir up the oxygen in the sea, which causes the bioluminescent bacteria to glow.
Many undersea organisms ‘glow’, especially creatures that live at depths where light from the surface is less likely to penetrate.
The night-time glow is a side-effect of blooming red algae, known as red tide, which can turn entire beaches scarlet and murky during the day.
 

 Danxia Landform

This is a unique geological phenomenon known as a Danxia landform. These phenomena can be observed in several places in China. This example is located in Zhangye, Province of Gansu. The colour is the result of an accumulation for millions of years of red sandstone and other rocks.

Tree

~Circus tree~

Axel Erlandson was a pioneer in tree shaping, or taking living trees and making them grow into artworks. He was a farmer in California and began this hobby in 1925. He opened a tourist attraction in 1947 called The Tree Circus , where he transplanted his tree sculptures. Many of his trees still exist, although Erlandson died in 1964.

 Fantastic Dark Hedges

"This group of trees known locally as ‘the dark hedges’ are thought to be around 300 years old. Capture as the first rays of the sun burst through the trees and lifted the fog to created this wonderful mood and corridor of light."

Copy Credit : Stephen Emerson

Located in the Giant Forest of the National Park in United States, this tree that is known as the German Sherman (funnily enough considering that it is in the US) is more than 250 feet tall and is like 2500 years old! The largest branch of this tree was broken in 2006 but that did not change the title of the tree as the largest tree in the world! The circumference of the base of the tree trunk is an amazing 102 feet! Seeing is believing in this case!

A Dragon’s Blood Tree!

The Dragon Blood Tree, is a Dragon Tree native to the Socotra archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is so called due to the red sap that the trees produce.

Wonderful jacaranda tree

Giant Redwood

The Coast Redwood (also known as the Giant Redwood, California Redwood or Coastal Sequoia) is the only living species in the genus Sequoia. Its scientific name is Sequoia sempervirens ('sempervirens' means 'evergreen' or 'everlasting' in Latin). The average lifespan of a coast redwood is 500 to 700 years. However, some trees are known to live for more than 2,000 years. The oldest known coast redwood is around 2,200 years old.

River

THE RIVER OF FIVE COLORS
CANO CRISTALES, COLOMBIA
The river can be found in the Serrania de la Macarena in the province of Meta. It runs to the east, flowing into the Guayabero river. It is approximately 100kmlong and no more than 20 meters wide. The phenomenon can be observed during for a special period of a few weeks from June through to November when the temperature is just right. Traveling to the river is not easy as you must fly to the small town of La Macarena and trek through unmarked trails into the national park from there.

The Heart River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 180 mi (290 km) long, in western North Dakota in the United States..