Tallest mountain "Mount Everest" #Nepal

Tallest mountain "Mount Everest"

Mount Everest is one of the tallest mountains in the world. It is part of the Himalayan Mountains. They were formed in the last few million years. After the supercontinent of Laurasia broke up millions of years ago, India moved slowly north towards Asia and then crashed into it. The seabed between the two plates (the earth's crust is divided into large areas of land called plates) was crumbled and pushed up on the northern rim of India to form mountains. These two plates of the earth's crust are still moving, so the Himalayas are being pushed up higher.
The highest mountain on the planet, Mount Everest is growing two inches taller each year. Satellite technology says the mountain is currently 29,107 feet tall. First recognized as the highest peek in 1852, it got its western name ten years later in 1862. Mount Everest was named for Sir George Everest (1790-1866), a British surveyor. Surveyors don't agree on the height of Mount Everest. The British government in the 1800's thought the height was 29,002 feet. In 1954 the Indian government said it's 29,028 feet, but a widely used unofficial figure says it is 29,141 feet! 
Mount Everest lies on Nepal  
People from the western hemisphere weren't allowed to climb Mount Everest until the early 1920's. The first known climb that made it to the top was made by a New Zealander named Edmund Hillary and a Nepalese named Tenzing Norgay. They climbed the mountain in 1953. Since then Everest has been climbed by 400 people. Access is restricted by the Nepalese to prevent too much damage to the environment.
Mount Everest is 97 degrees below freezing, talk about cold!
IT LIES IN NEPAL

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Daimler Riding Car, 1885. The World’s First Motorbike.

Gottlieb Daimler and his ingenious colleague Wilhelm Maybach moved to Cannstatt near Stuttgart in 1882. Differences between the fifty-year-old Nikolaus August Otto and Daimler, two years his junior, had led to the latter’s departure from the Gasmotorenfabrik Deutz on the outskirts of Cologne. Now a wealthy man Daimler, could afford to make himself independent.

For 75,000 Goldmarks he bought a villa in Taubenheimstrasse in Cannstatt and moved there with his wife Emma and five children in June 1882. The property was ideal for his purposes: not only was it directly next to the spa facilities Daimler regularly visited for treatment for his weak heart, but it also benefited from a large garden and spacious summer house. He had an extension added to the latter, and installed a gas and water supply – his test workshop was ready.

In early October, Maybach also arrived in Cannstatt. He moved into a nearby property and initially converted one room of his apartment into a design office. Here he kept the drawing board on which he turned Daimler’s ideas into technical drafts: Maybach was skilled at giving them a functional form – and Daimler knew the value of his technician. When the two men agreed a contract even before leaving Deutz, Maybach was guaranteed substantial remuneration.

The goal shared by the two men was to develop a small, lightweight high-speed engine that was above all suitable for powering a vehicle. They were not alone, however. All around the world others were working on the same idea.

In 1885, the so-called riding car was built in Gottlieb Daimler's workshop as a test unit to prove the suitability of Daimler's and Wilhelm Maybach's gas or petroleum engine for everyday use.

Without knowing of each other’s work, Daimler and Benz had by this time already come to a common starting point: they both opted for petrol as the fuel for their engines and they would be the first to realise their efforts. The decision to use this fuel, which had excellent combustion characteristics, was fundamental to their internal combustion engines for vehicles.

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The Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2013

    The Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2012

50. A SEAHORSE INSPECTS A DIVER’S WATCH

Photograph by Don McLeish

49. AN ILLUMINATED SNOW TUNNEL IN RUSSIA

Photograph by Michael Zelensky

48. THE HONEYBEE’S FINAL STING

Photograph by Kathy Keatley Garvey

47. EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING

Photograph by China Foto Press

46. STREET ARTIST SAINER GOES BIG IN POLAND

Photograph via Fundacja Urban Forms on Facebook

45. MOUNT RAINIER CASTING A SHADOW ON CLOUDS

Photograph by Nick Lippert (via Komo News)

44. FIRST CONTACT

Photograph by CMGW Photography on Flickr

43. THE IRISH SKY GARDEN CRATER

Photograph by Liss Ard Estate

42. MOON BRIDGE IN DAHU PARK, TAIPEI

Photograph by bbe022001 on Flickr

41. FLIGHT OF THE DEVIL RAYS

Photograph by FLORIAN SCHULTZ

40. GÁSADALUR VILLAGE IN THE FAROE ISLANDS

Photograph by GARETH CODD PHOTOGRAPHY on Flickr

39. WORLD’S EDGE
Photograph by RHYS DAVIES


38. THE CAPILANO SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN VANCOUVER
Photograph by MICHELLE LEE


37. FRACTAL PATTERNS IN DRIED OUT DESERT RIVERS
Photograph by ADRIANA FRANCO for National Geographic


36. MEDITATING MONKS AT PONGOUR FALLS
Photograph by DANG NGO – Prints Available


35. HANGING OUT ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, 1914
Photograph by Eugene de Salignac/Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives


34. A SUNSET ECLIPSE
Photograph by GIL NARTEA


33. BORA BORA FROM SPACE
Photograph by PLEIADES-HR SATELLITE


32. THE LARGEST RAFT OF CANOES AND KAYAKS IN THE WORLD
Photograph by NANCIE BATTAGLIA for National Geographic


31. ADAPTIVE ROOTS IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE

Photograph by HORST KIECHLE

30. THE HAMILTON POOL NATURE PRESERVE
Photograph by DAVE WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY


29. ABOVE THE CANOPY

Photograph by MICHAEL NICHOLS for National Geographic 

28. COLLIDING RIVERS IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Photograph via I_let_my_dog_lick_my on Reddit


27. THE STUNNING GREEN VINE SNAKE
Photograph by SUHAAS PREMKUMAR for National Geographic


26. AURORA AUSTRALIS (SOUTHERN LIGHTS) FROM SPACE
Photograph by André Kuipers / ESA / NASA


25. MOUNT KILIMANJARO FROM ABOVE
Photograph by KYLE MIJLOF 


24. THE AMAZING STRENGTH OF AN ANT
Photograph by Yu Wu for National Geographic – Your Shot


23. YARN BOMBING A BUS IN MEXICO CITY
Artwork by Magda Sayeg (Photograph by Cesar Ortega)



22. FELIX BAUMGARTNER JUMPS FROM 71,580 FEET
© Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Pool



21. THE MOST INCREDIBLE AURORA OF 2012
Photograph courtesy of Jónína Óskarsdóttir for NASA



20. THE WATERFALL ISLAND AT IGUAZU FALLS
Photograph by Andrew Murray on Flickr



19. OVERGROWN RAILROAD TRACKS IN THE FOREST
Photograph by T.-C on Flickr




18. A POD OF SLEEPING SPERM WHALES
Photograph by Wild Wonders of Europe via Business & Biodiversity Campaign

17. 7 HOURS IN ONE IMAGE
Photograph by Isil Karanfil (isilkrnfl on deviantART)

16. PIXEL PEOPLE PERFECTION

Artwork by Craig Alan via Artexpo (Eric Smith) on Flickr

15. GALACTIC MONSOON
Photograph by BRET WEBSTER

14. STRIKING ARTISTRY OF MULTIPLE TAKEOFFS AT HANNOVER AIRPORT

Photograph by HO-YEOL RYU

13. SAILING LIKE A BOSS

Photograph by ALEX THOMSON RACING

12. A SEA OF PURPLE IN THE BADLANDS OF UTAH

Photograph by GUY TAL PHOTOGRAPHY 

11. PUTTING THE SIZE OF A WHALE IN PERSPECTIVE

Photograph via timz45 on Reddit

10. MEANWHILE IN SWITZERLAND

Photograph by Reuters/Denis Balibouse

9. ONE BOAT AND 145 WATER-SKIERS

Photograph by MARK SEATON PHOTOGRAPHY

8. SALAR DE UYUNI AFTER SOME RAIN

Photograph via Paean on Reddit

7. OUTDOOR JACUZZI ON THE MATTERHORN

Photograph via Iglu-Dorf.com

6. THE PRECIOUS BLUE MARBLE

Photograph by NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

5. MAELSTROM AT KAUAI, HAWAII

Photograph by PATRICK SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY

4. CAPSIZED CRUISE SHIP COSTA CONCORDIA FROM SPACE

Photograph by DIGITALGLOBE.COM

3. Serenity Now

Photograph by ZAK NOYLE for SURFER MAGAZINE

2. BEAUTIFUL BERN FROM ABOVE

Photograph via loki010 on Reddit

1. FIRST RISING SUN OF 2012

Photograph by JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images

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