Top 10 Unbelievable Balance Stones around the world

Earth is one of the most unstable planet in our solar system. Earthquake, volcanoes, Hurricane, storm, rain, and sun change the face of our planet since thousand of years ago. 

Amazingly, above our planet activities there are some huge stones that can keep its inertial stability between the relentless force of gravity of the earth and the sky. Here`s Top 10 Unbelievable Balance Stones in the world. These stones are real. No camera trick involved.

1.Balanced Rock Colorado 

Same as the name, this rock stays at the Garden of Gods near Pike`s Peak at the Colorado springs, Colorado. The rock stands over a paved access public road and The rock is located around beautiful landscape. 

2. Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

This rock is a 30 feet high horizontal columnar basalt at the Nova Scotia, Canada. What make the balancing rock amazing, around 50% of the rock column stands over the air. If the stone is man made, can you imagine how difficult is to find the precise calculation to stand the huge rock at the edge of cliff for hundreds of years against storms,rain, and winds

3. Idol Rock, Brimham Moor, North Yorkshire, UK

Idol rock is a family of several balance rocks that scatter around 50- acre of Brimham Moor area, North York shire, UK. Idol rock is around 200 tonnes and it is only supported by a smaller pyramidal stone. It is unbelievable and outstanding. The small pyramidal stone carries huge pressure from Idol rock and balances the odd shape stone flawlessly. 

4. El Torcal de Antequera, Andalucia, Spain

El Torcal de Antequera is karst stone towers of terrace limestone rock with horizontal weathering patterns.It is tall, old and stable.Wind, rain and sun have evolved the stone become flapjack stacks that attracts many people every year. Although it is strong and balance, Climbing the rock is not recommendable.

5. Kjeragbolten, Norway

Kjeragbolten or Kjerag Boulder is a 5 square meters (roughly 15 sq ft) rock that is stuck between 2 gigantic wall of Kjerag mountain. The rock is trapped above 1,000 meters air for thousand of years. It is safe to stand above the Boulder. 

6. Peyro Clabado, Sidobre, France

Peyro Clabado or Nailed Rock is located at Languedoc, France. It is eroded granite boulders and rock formations that is left by 300 million years activity of Old mountain that formed western Europe. One of the balance rock is 780 tons weight .

7. Mushroom Rocks, Kansas, USA

The Rocks can be found in Mushroom Rock State Park, at the Smoky Hills region of Kansas. The Mushroom Rock State Park is only 5 acres and it saves old mushroom balancing rocks that are already here since the time of Dinosaurs. The size of the balancing rock is different. One of them is so big so that it looks like a hookah-smoking caterpillar in the movie Alice of the wonderland. 

8. Chiremba Balancing Rocks, Epworth, Zimbabwe

Chiremba Balancing Rocks are typical weathered boulders balancing rock same as what on Sidore-France. It was carved by winds and weather since millions of years before it looks like what we know today.

9. Mexican Hat Rock, Utah, USA

From Distance, the rock is like a sombrero cap of Mexico. Mexican Hat Rock is the only balance rock that is located outside Monument Valley of south-central San Juan County, Utah. This rock is 60-foot wide and 12-foot thick. It is a red sandstone rock that is still under construction. Soon or later, the balancing cap rock below the Mexican hat is completely eroded.

10. The Steady Hand Of Man

This balancing rocks is the creation of ,an artist, Daliel Leite. He got inspiration from the balancing stone object around the world and he tried to make his own balancing stone in a small scale. He only know small information of art of balancing rock and he applied it on this rocks.

Pictures Of Earth From Space

As Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield returns to Earth after five months onboard the International Space Station we take a look at some of the memorable photographs.

Scale of Universe - Amazingly presented!!!

THIS is fascinating - It's rather dazzling to see it presented this way.

 

I CERTAINLY THOUGHT THIS WAS ENLIGHTENING. BEYOND OUR SUN IT'S A BIG UNIVERSE. 



ANTARES IS THE 15 TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY ... 
 IT IS MORE THAN 1000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY.

 

NOW HOW BIG ARE YOU? 
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NOW TRY TO WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS.........

 
THIS IS A 
HUBBLE TELESCOPE ULTRA DEEP FIELD INFRARED VIEW OF COUNTLESS
'ENTIRE' GALAXIES BILLIONS OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.  



BELOW IS A CLOSE-UP OF ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS OF THE 
PHOTO ABOVE.
 
 
HUMBLING, 
ISN'T IT?

 

NOW  
HOW BIG ARE YOU?  
AND HOW BIG ARE THE THINGS 
THAT UPSET YOU TODAY?

AND 
HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD?

KEEP LIFE IN 
PERSPECTIVE. 

 

And Don't Sweat The Small Stuff!

IT'S ALL UNDER CONTROL  

Good Day

World's tallest hotel opens in Dubai

The JW Marriott's Marquis Dubai formally opened Feb. 26 after gaining the title of tallest hotel from Guinness World Records. At 355 meters (1,099 feet), the hotel would tower over skylines in most cities. But in Dubai, it sits in the shadow of its more than twice-as-high neighbor, the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper at 828 meters (2,717 feet).

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Sky Habitat - A Luxury Residential Complex in Singapore

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Singapore's CapitaLand construction company in 2012 started the construction of the most expensive residential complex in Singapore Sky Habitat. The snow-white 38-story skyscraper located on lush on 506 apartments planned to be completed in 2016. Luxury condominium project to be located in the suburbs of Bichat, by the famous architect Moshe Safdie, developed for him an impressive stage structure. 

The two buildings will be connected by Sky Habitat transitions three bridges, two of which will serve as a kind of parks, and the top is a large swimming pool. 

Among the priorities of the project the green at all levels of the building, the optimal orientation to the sun, a good natural ventilation of buildings and scenic views.

Do not forget about the architect and the area adjacent to the complex, which will be located park, swimming pools, sports and play areas.

Despite the fact that Sky Habitat are just beginning to build and look at it only through computer graphics, most of the apartments are already sold out. The cost of a three-room apartment here is about 2 million Singapore dollars ($ 1.56 million)

 

 
Swimmers braving a length of this pool will need a real head for heights - seeing as it's a staggering 38 storeys high.

The infinity pool will dramatically connect Sky Habitat Singapore's two towers once the ambitious project is completed in 2016.

With 509 apartments, the Moshe Safdie-designed development in the central island suburb of Bishan will offer residents stunning vistas across the area.

Flat owners will also be able to traverse the two structures via sky bridges on the 14th and 26th floors. Wong Heang Fine, CEO of CapitaLand Residential Singapore which is developing the site, said: 'With Sky Habitat, we are creating a habitat for the future; a condominium that is also a house.

'While structurally a high-rise apartment, Sky Habitat will give residents the feeling of living in a house. This is because of the natural ventilation, lush gardens, sky bridges and open walkways that surround them.

'At the same time, they will enjoy the luxurious facilities and the connectivity and convenience of living in one of the most popular residential estates in Singapore.

Safdie is no stranger to creating swimming pools in seemingly strange places. He also played a key part in designing the £4billio Marina Bay Sands development, also in Singapore, which has a 150metre pool 55 storeys up.

Worry: Hopefully there will be more health and safety in place around the pool once it is opened, as in this impression there seems to be no barrier over the edge

The boat-shaped SkyPark is perched atop the three towers that make up the world's most expensive hotel. The open-air pools are in stark contrast to NEMO 33, which with a depth of 33metres is one of the world's deepest.

The venue, in central Brussels, Belgium, contains 2.5million litres of non-chlorinated spring water and is usually reserved for scuba drivers to train in. And it is a tad smaller than the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, where a quick dip could well turn into a marathon.

The world's largest pool cost $1billion, holds 66million gallons and is so big you can even sail boats on it.

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Man-made paradise: A computer-generated image of the San Alfonso del Mar resort shows how its semi-circular artificial beaches and filtered waters sit right next to the real thing

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