Despite hundreds of years of research, most of the universe is still unknown to us. Not much is known about its history and about what is happening outside our Solar System. Here is a series of photographs showing the scale of cosmic objects. The first part of the picture compared to the size of stars and planets of the Solar System, many of you know, but do you know the rest of it?
Mir Mine, also called Mirny Mine, is a former open pit diamond mine, now inactive, located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine is 525 meters (1,722 ft) deep (4th in the world) and has a diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft), and is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of incidents in which they were sucked in by the downward air flow.
Wadi Rum (Wadi Rum), or “Valley of the Moon” – rocky desert and National Park in Jordan. The country is a red-pink sands and bizarre rock formations, forming unique “Martian” landscape.
The Cupola is a popular module to shoot Earth photos from due to its seven large windows that offer a fantastic view of the Earth spinning below. One of the 31-inch windows found in the Cupola is the largest window ever used in space.
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.
A group of Russian photographers shots these spectacular images of Tolbachik (a volcanic complex on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia).