Kurumba Maldives celebrates 45 years since the foundation of the resort

This year, one of the most beautiful and impressive resorts in the Maldives celebrates its anniversary. The first-born of Maldivian tourism, the Kurumba Maldives Hotel is 45 years old. Its history began in 1972 with the development of a small island in the Indian Ocean by a group of Italian fishing enthusiasts. 45 years ago, the Maldives was an unknown country whose islands were not mapped on the world map. ...
  • A woman bought an old camera and found in it a photo of the eruption of St. Helena in 1980

    Old cameras are a special fetish, and Katie Dimoff, a photographer from Portland (Oregon, USA), is well aware of this. She searches for such cameras in special stores to find lost and forgotten treasures left on film inside. Not so long ago, she was especially lucky when in one of the cameras she bought, she found photos of the chaotic eruption of St. Helena volcano in May 1980. ...
  • Manatees - the closest relatives of elephants

    In the waters of the Amazon, not only piranhas and anacondas live, but also stunning aquatic mammals - manatees. These are large and slow animals, whose ancestors preferred to leave the land and settle in warm water, rich in all kinds of vegetation. Despite the fact that this happened many millions of years ago, manatees still retain some common features with their land relatives - elephants. ...
  • 10 cool photos of animals from around the world that look like rock stars

    The Grammy Awards ceremony took place a couple of weeks ago, and these funny animals look like they decided to be among the nominees next year. They do not just pose for the photographer, but make it as if the picture will adorn the cover of a rock album. The animals are so hilarious that these frames have already collected thousands of likes around the world. ...
  • The hypersonic future of passenger aircraft

    Since the Concord supersonic aircraft made its last flight in 2003, the leading world companies in the field of aircraft construction have not abandoned attempts to create a new model of a passenger aircraft that would overcome the sound barrier. And so, Boeing introduced its concept of the aircraft of the future. ...
  • Sun Aqua Iru Veli Maldives hotel bright representative of Sun Aqua opens in November

    The brand has already been represented by two hotels: Sun Aqua Pasikudah on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka and reopened in 2015 after a major reconstruction of The Sun Aqua Vilu Reef in the Maldives. The third pearl that adorned the Sun Aqua crown is the exquisite Sun Aqua Iru Veli, which will start hosting guests from the first days of November 2018. ...
  • Kimberlite pipes - diamond custodians

    Diamond is one of the most beautiful and valuable minerals on our planet. Along with these advantages, it has the highest hardness compared to other minerals and the highest thermal conductivity among solids. This exquisite stone is a special form of carbon and in its chemical composition is no different from ordinary graphite. ...
  • Opening of LUX * Grand Gaube after renovation marks the beginning of a new era

    The LUX * Grand Gaube hotel in Mauritius was reopened this month, and its first guests enthusiastically discuss its exclusivity. Walk into the spacious lobby: there you will find a stunning view of the sparkling ocean and the photogenic Flat Island on the horizon. The suite room will captivate you with its delightful and sophisticated design, as well as thought-out comfort with inspiring tropical touches. ...
  • Over Arizona, managed to capture an incredible thunderous micropore!

    A few days ago, an American photographer named Jerry Ferguson was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and capture a unique natural phenomenon called a microburst on the camera. Witnesses of this stunning spectacle were the inhabitants of Phoenix (Arizona, USA). Ferguson was flying in a helicopter, taking pictures for a local television station when he noticed a huge mushroom cloud above the city. ...
  • 10 photos of how the UK is experiencing heat waves

    A few days ago, summer literally boiled in Western Europe, where the heat last week broke all historical records. A post appeared on Twitter of the UK weather services that a temperature of 36.9 ° C was recorded in the famous Heathrow Air Harbor, which is unthinkable for this place. And in English Cambridge, the thermometer showed 38 ° C. ...
  • Gorillas began to pose for a selfie with a ranger who saves their lives.

    Despite all the external power and perfection of many wild animals, they often turn out to be completely helpless in the face of man. Alas, people have invented a huge number of ways to destroy the environment and everything living in it. However, do not forget about those who devote their lives to the protection of nature. ...
  • 10 photos of female recruits of the Israeli army, from which it is impossible to break away

    Famous artist and photographer, a native of Israel, Mayan Toledano made a series of beautiful portraits of young girls who joined the Israeli army. The aim of this project was to arouse in the audience a persistent aversion to militarism. We cannot judge whether Toledano succeeded or not, but we know one thing for sure - the pictures were amazing, the girls are stunning, and the Israeli army can only be envied! ...
  • Book of records: who is Guinness, and why the book was originally created

    Probably, everyone without exception knows about the Guinness Book of Records, where information about outstanding people, animals, objects and phenomena is entered. But here is who Arthur Guinness was, whose name is the book of records, and what unusual function she originally performed, we will tell in our review. Arthur Guinness (1725-1803) was not a scientist or writer, collecting interesting information about everything in the world, but a famous brewer who owned a large brewery in Dublin and was a successful businessman. ...
  • How a 10-year-old girl lived in Russia 100 years ago

    Do you think that you have a bad day, because the courier is slowly delivering pizza, someone stepped on the subway again or accidentally dropped coffee on your favorite dress or suit, and your work colleague rudely answered your tactful remark made to him? Well, thank your lucky star that you were not born in Russia in the village a hundred years ago. ...
  • One for two: through the fault of China, the Amur River has turned into an environmental disaster zone

    In the upper and lower reaches, the Amur River, flowing in the Far East of Russia, serves as the state border between our country and China. The border position, as well as the fact that river tributaries are located on the territory of a neighboring state, caused a disastrous ecological state of the largest river in our country. ...
  • Residential modules, roads and a spaceport: on the moon everything will be built from local soil

    The leading space powers of the world intend to settle on the moon in the next decade. To conquer our satellite and the successful functioning of the lunar base, it is necessary not only to land there, but also to survive in lunar conditions. It is not very practical to deliver building material for the construction of residential modules and related infrastructure facilities from the Earth, so many experts are developing technologies for the production of building materials from lunar soil. ...
  • 14 delicious department stores, shopping in which will be remembered for a lifetime

    Someone travels for a new style and shopping, and someone for history and architecture. Why not combine these things? Regardless of whether you like shopping or not, there are several glamorous old department stores in the world that are so famous that they themselves have become tourist attractions. ...