"Over the Rainbow" from the MGM motion picture "The Wizard of Oz". An arrangement I have from Laurindo Almeida that I re-arranged a littl...
This is "Over the Rainbow," which most people recognize as a song, i.e. with lyrics, from the movie "The Wizard of Oz," with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. The melody, however, is especially beautiful, particularly on a tenor guitar (in my opinion). The guitar, in this case, is tuned DGDG.
A decent piece done by Modern Marvels on the DeLorean DMC-12
Chinese sturgeons are seasoned travelers, undertaking a round-trip journey of some 2,000 miles (3,500 kilometers) every year from the East China Sea to their spawning grounds in the Yangtze River. But in recent years this ancient cycle has been blocked by the Gezhouba Dam, built in the 1980s. Since that time subsequent dams have placed new, possibly insurmountable, hurdles in the sturgeons' upstream path and thrown the future of the species into serious doubt. Heavy shipping traffic, overfishing, and water pollution have also plagued Yangtze River waters and taken a heavy toll on these aquatic behemoths. Some scientists think fewer than a thousand individuals may remain. Chinese sturgeons can grow to enormous proportions, with large specimens topping 16 feet (5 meters) and 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms). These prehistoric-looking giants have a sharklike form, with large pectoral fins, a rounded snout, and rows of pronounced ridges running the length of their spine and flanks. Chinese officials have made efforts to safeguard the sturgeon, including curtailed fishing and the creation of a conservation area below the Gezhouba Dam to serve as an alternative spawning ground. They've also attempted to replenish the fish's dwindling numbers by breeding millions of fry in captivity and releasing them into their native rivers. So far such efforts have met with little success. Sturgeons may face long odds, but the fish has survival in its genes. Sturgeons have lived in the Yangtze for perhaps 140 million years, and this relic of the dinosaur era is sometimes dubbed a "living fossil." Some reports suggest the sturgeon may already be adapting to its changing environment. Studies suggest its diet is shifting from less abundant bottom dwellers, like clams, to more plentiful earthworms.
see http://www.CorkCoast.com for more info including the full down loadable 9 minute video. *** UPDATE *** Channel 4 aired program on this whale on July 6th - see the Corkcoast.com for a link to the program "Inside Nature's Giants" on channel 4's site. This youTube clip shows part of the fin whale's gross post mortem with intestines being cut out. The post mortem was led by Joy Reidenberg, Associate Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She flew over from the USA that morning. Her research focuses on upper respiratory tract anatomy in a wide range of mammals with particular emphasis on whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Others also working on the gross post mortem were members of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (including Simon Berrow and Padraig Whooley), UCC. Cork County Council were present and the civil defence. More info on irish whales and dolphins, including details of this stranding, see http://www.IWDG.ie
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MP: Mongolian Horses of World's Biggest Empire - Marco Polo's Account
http://www.1000pictures.tv/ MARCO POLO: THE CHINA MYSTERY REVEALED Did Marco Polo Really Make the Journey to China? Was he the Worlds Greatest Overland Explorer or the Biggest Liar? Perhaps no land journey in human history is more famous than Marco Polos legendary 24-year trek across Asia. But was it all just a big lie? As described in his 1299 book, The Description of the World, the peripatetic Venetian merchant encountered such wonders as the singing sand dunes of Dunhuang, China, mountains of salt in present-day Afghanistan, and the glories of the Mongol court of Kublai Khan. Generations of Europeans were spellbound by Polos account, yet in recent years some scholars have questioned its authenticity. For an extensive three part series in National Geographic, veteran photographer Michael Yamashita put the famed Venetians reputation to the ultimate test using Polos own book as his travel guide for a journey in the celebrated explorers footsteps. Yamashita retraced Polos route across ten ...
I found this video and realized I never want to head to the jungles of South America.
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COPYRIGHT: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. July 1, 2002, Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, registration RA-85816, was a Tupolev 154M passenger jet en route from Moscow, Russia to Barcelona, Spain. DHL Flight 611, registration A9C-DHL, was a Boeing 757-200 cargo jet flying from Bergamo, Italy to Brussels, Belgium. The two aircraft collided in mid-air on at 21:35 (UTC) over Überlingen, Germany (near Lake Constance), killing all 71 aboard both aircraft. German investigators determined that the accident had been caused by problems within the air traffic control system[1]; and the controller who was on duty at the time, Peter Nielsen, was later stabbed to death by an architect who lost his wife and both of his children in the accident.
The Northern Lights are one of nature's most spectacular visual phenomena, and in this time lapse video they provide a breathtaking display of light, shape, and color over the course of a single night in Norway. See All National Geographic Videos http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/?source=4001
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