As the days pass by we loose interest in what we have already
experienced. So there is always an attempt to see and experience new
things. But we can’t have the likes of Thomas Alva Edison’s to invent
new things every day. However, with the developments
in technology and wild thinking added with commitments and interest to
experiment, we can atleast magnify the intensity of pleasure.
There are many wild imaginations given physical shape challenging the
invented technologies. In these lines I am presenting you a collection
of a few world class thrill generators from Cedar Point Amusement Park, Ohio, Six Flags California Theme Park, Kings Isand, Ohio, Disneyland, Florida, etc.
When it comes to thrill,
the ride lovers will agree that nothing can match roller coasters
because it cannot be explained in words but only can beexperienced .
There are people who cherish the pain as well asthrill while they ride these roller coasters and there are a few who shiver at the mention of this particular ride.
Can anything else thrill better? Afterall, there is no gain without pain.
experienced. So there is always an attempt to see and experience new
things. But we can’t have the likes of Thomas Alva Edison’s to invent
new things every day. However, with the developments
in technology and wild thinking added with commitments and interest to
experiment, we can atleast magnify the intensity of pleasure.
There are many wild imaginations given physical shape challenging the
invented technologies. In these lines I am presenting you a collection
of a few world class thrill generators from Cedar Point Amusement Park, Ohio, Six Flags California Theme Park, Kings Isand, Ohio, Disneyland, Florida, etc.
When it comes to thrill,
the ride lovers will agree that nothing can match roller coasters
because it cannot be explained in words but only can beexperienced .
There are people who cherish the pain as well asthrill while they ride these roller coasters and there are a few who shiver at the mention of this particular ride.
Can anything else thrill better? Afterall, there is no gain without pain.
10 Best Roller Coasters
Ever since the origin of rollercoasters mankind has been pushing the envelope to see how fast and hard a person can safely be hurtled down a track. The further
you venture from a soft, comfortable ride the thrillseeker gets the more fun is
to be experienced. Things have developed a whole lot since the early days of ice
slides and wooden rollercoasters. Now it is more common for a coaster to have 90
degree drops, reach speeds in excess of 100mph and throw you into corners with G
forces normally only experienced by fighter pilots. Here are ten of the best
rollercoasters in the world that are sure to leave you on a major high!
but it's bound to leave you wide eyed and twitching! Kingda Ka reigns supreme as
the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world at the Six Flags Great
Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. This ride towers high at 456ft tall with a 418
ft incline and a sickening drop at a sheer 90 degrees with a half twist. From a
completely stationary position, KingDa Ka will catapult a cart to 128 mph in
just 3.5 seconds. Crazy! But so cool.
Japanese to squeal and scream in public? Answer: the Steel Dragon 2000. You
might be used to getting on a rollercoaster and stepping off much sooner than
you hoped - scream, scream and it's all over. Not on this ride - the Steel
Dragon is quite the endurance coaster. It's so long that you might actually
deplete your ability to scream by the end of the record breaking 8,133ft long
track. The Steel Dragon 2000 has a massive 306ft drop from its tallest point of
318ft and zips along the steel frame reaching a maximum speed of 95mph.
terrifying rides that hurtle round 6,595ft of steel track for well over 2
minutes. At the tallest section you'll endure a stomach-churning 300 ft drop.
Passengers rush and plunge along the track through two separate dark tunnels and
two crazy 122 degree overbanked turns that produce a gut-wrenching G force.
Frequently heard phrases from the 10 million people who have been on the ride
include: "Ahhhhhhhh", "Ohhhh noooo", "S&%t!" and "We're gonna die".
marginally shorter, slower version of its arch rival - the Kingda Ka. Now, when
I say marginally inferior I mean the drop is only 18ft shorter and rattles along
8mph slower - both rides have the same short and intense duration and I doubt
you'll feel much of a difference. The Top Thrill Dragster snorts and revs like a
real dragster and for some added fear can sometime stall at the top and roll
back down in reverse ... which is apparently normal on both this ride and the
Kingda Ka.
the world - so there won't be much time to admire nearby Mt. Fuji. Take a ride
on Dodonpa and you'll reach 107 mph in less than 2 seconds, that's faster than
any supercar on earth! Dodonpa messes with your mind fromt he start as
passengers are forced to wait anxiously in a darkened tunnel before the
countdown to an insanely fast acceleration out of the tunnel, screaming down the
track and then getting fired up and over two humps which have 90 degree drops on
each side. At the time of writing Dodonpa still holds the record for the fastest
launch acceleration.
City, is an excellent coaster and it deserves extra kudos for a unique design
around the building in central Tokyo. The Thunder Dolphin starts off with a
dizzying 218 foot lunge at a steep 80 degree angle. You then race around the
track at speeds in excess of 80 mph making this impressive 3,500-foot long,
26-story tall a mental joyride. If you are ever in Tokyo, definitely do not miss
out on the Thunder Dolphin coaster!
namesake this ride was a world beater when it was revealed in Feb 2000, but was
subsequently overtaken by leaner, stronger and faster opposition. The layout of
the ride follows an out and back form into a twister for the second half. Riders
on Goliath experience intense G forces of 4.5 Gs for over six seconds straight!
As you would expect with a name like Goliath, the coaster towers at a monstrous
255 feet above the ground and the 3 minute long rides reach speeds of up to 85
mph covering over 4,500 feet of steel track.
story behind it: the evil Prince Hu of Beijing has been brought back to life in
the body of this rollercoaster and his fury is dealt out each time a human dares
to climb atop his back. Whether you get into the story or not, Dragon Khan's
4,165 feet of tangled, red steel track is so full-on that it will have your
heart in your mouth for an entire minute! Dragon Khan starts off with a 161ft
drop with top speeds of up to 65mph as you hurtle through its 8 inversions. The
ride is remarkably smooth and held the world record for the most inversions for
many years.
bone-jarring joyride of twists and turns. The impressive layout includes a
negative G camelback turn and a double helix turn that produces 6 full seconds
of sickening G force of up to 4.5 G. The Titan has a massive drop, 255ft at the
tallest section, and reaches speeds of 85mph during a 5,280ft long ride lasting
for 3 and a half rather thrilling minutes.
Nemesis: Alton Towers' leading ride is the aptly named
Nemesis, a gut-wrenching thrillseeker's inverted coaster waiting to
take its retribution out on youthrough a sequence of crazy plunges and mind-numbing turns! Experience up to 4
G's as you are propelled at 50mph through 4 inversions. The ride corkscrews and
loops along the 2,349 ft track for one and a half minutes of sheer excitement.
Nemesis, a gut-wrenching thrillseeker's inverted coaster waiting to
take its retribution out on youthrough a sequence of crazy plunges and mind-numbing turns! Experience up to 4
G's as you are propelled at 50mph through 4 inversions. The ride corkscrews and
loops along the 2,349 ft track for one and a half minutes of sheer excitement.
Wouldn't it be scary, if a lion jumped on the bonnet of your car, just several centimeters away of you?
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This is the Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia and only the bonnet of the car is inside the glass cage with lions.
The rest of the car is on the outside. Very interesting way of interacting with the lions. Interesting ???
Petermann - the largest floating glacier in the Northern Hemisphere, located in
north-western Greenland. Petermann - glacier, forming icebergs. Glacier joins
the Greenland ice sheet with the Arctic Ocean. Floating ice tongue has a width
of 15 km and 70 km long, whose thickness varies from about 600 m at the base and
about 30-80 meters on the edge. More images after the break...
Supposedly, according to rough estimates, approximately 80% of the mass of the
glacier are melted water.
Expedition Greenpeace found that as soon as glaciers have lost up to 100 square
meters. kilometers of iceThis amount is sufficient, to 10 years to supply water,
a city like Sydney, which has a population estimated in 2006 was approximately
4.28 million
