Earth Hour is a worldwide event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and held towards the end of March annually, encouraging households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. The event, conceived by WWF and Leo Burnett, first took place in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights.
Following Sydney’s lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008. Earth Hour 2013 was held on March 23, 2013 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. during participants’ local time.
They look like giant flying saucers on top of mountains, but clouds are stationary lens-shaped. The lenticular clouds formed aligning perpendicularly to the direction of the wind at height. This occurs when stable moist air passes over the mountain or mountain range, creating a series of standing waves. Then if the temperature at the top of the waves fall near or below the dew point temperature, the air humidity condenses and thus produce the lenticular clouds, which disappear when the air moves back into the wave. It is not difficult to confuse somebody with … UFO and put legs! But in a second time will be left to enjoy the stunning scenery in the sky!
One of the best known symbols of spring in Japan are the magnificent pink Japanese cherry trees, also called sakura. Starting in mid-March, the Internet is flooded with amazing pictures of all varieties of pink, blooming in parks and streets of different cities of Japan. The earliest city to blossom is Tokyo – this year its sakura trees are expected to be in full bloom by the end of March. Depending on a city, Japanese cherry trees may bloom even through May.
As the official Japanese school year starts in April, the first day back at school or work after the holidays usually coincides with the blooming of the sakuras. You will always see many locals picnicking under the cherries every season – the tradition is called hanami, and dates back to the 8th century!
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Spring, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Spring, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Spring, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Because the cherries blossom in bunches of flowers, they are symbolically associated with clouds, and stand for ephemeral nature of life in Japanese culture, that’s highly influenced by Buddhism. Sakura’s are often featured in Japanese art, movies, anime and manga. Curiously, the delicate cherry trees were once even used as part of the propaganda, in order to inspire the “Japanese spirit” before the wake of the World War II.
Even though sakura is the unofficial national flower of Japan, today they have spread to many other countries as well, mostly due to the Japanese diaspora. The blooming of the sakuras is definitely one of the most beautiful sights every spring, wherever you find them!
From the top, the view is undoubtedly the best of what there is to admire someone whether urban or natural landscape. Skyscrapers offer undoubtedly the best pictures skyline and major monuments are the ideal porch … the city where they are located.
And not only that! The best view can be found in a park, on the roof of a church still in the depths of an ocean or in the sky!
Whatever you choose to see, however, wherever you focus your eyes or your head are 10 best of places in the world where the view is breathtaking …
The artist and author Ron Miller decided to answer the question that torments him: “How was it the night sky if the position of the moon took other planets in our solar system?”. With the help of computer technology and the Ron replaced the moon with seven known planets, creating stunning images and an unusual result.
Especially the replacement of the moon to Jupiter, which is 40 times larger in size impresses …
Great Atmosphere. 