一方ロシアでは…
2008年3月14日
Where else can you find images like these?
ロシアの素晴らしい日常風景を切り取った写真。
リンク先には、さらに多数の写真あり。
素晴らしい国ですね。
放射線を利用して成長する菌類
2008年3月5日
Fungi could eat dangerous radiation to survive, an unexpected finding that could one day help feed astronauts in space — at least those willing to eat a crawling fungus.
The research began with the discovery of black fungus growing on the walls of the damaged, highly radioactive Chernobyl nuclear reactor and collected by robots.
The fungus was rich with melanin, the same pigment that gives human skin its color, protecting the skin from solar and ultraviolet radiation. Melanin is found in many, if not most, fungal species.
光を葉緑素によってエネルギーに変換するように放射線をエネルギーに変換することのできる菌が、チェルノブイリで発見されたと言うお話。
チェルノブイリはいまだ汚染から回復しておらず立ち入りできないため、採取は無人ロボットで行われたとのこと。
メルセデスを壁に埋め込んだロシア人
2008年1月23日
One Russian guy got so glued to his favorite Mercedes car that he couldn’t sell it when it became already too old for him. He ordered to cut it in pieces and mount the full length part of its body to the wall of his apartment before the renovation has started so that to implement it into the new look of his flat.
By the way this model of W140 Mercedes car was extremely popular in mid 90-s in Russia among fast-became-rich guys. It was often mentioned in the funny jokes about new arrived Russian rich guys, so maybe it was also a reason for this strange decision.
メルセデスが好きすぎたため、半分に切ったメルセデスを自分のアパートの外壁に埋めたロシア人のお話。
凍った海
2008年1月7日
Somewhere in Russia where it is so cold that some parts of the sea is frozen. The waves aren’t entirely frozen since it would literally take a huge drop in temperature while the waves are forming to create something like that.
Anyway check out 11 more pics of the frozen sea after the jump.
ロシアの凍った海岸の写真。
リンク先には、さらに多数の写真あり。
波濤の幾つかが凍っているのが見えますね。
モスクワに建設予定の巨大ビル
2007年12月28日
MOSCOW’S boomtown skyline will be dominated by the world’s biggest structure, a £2 billion “city inside a building” designed by Lord Foster.
Reaching almost 1,500ft into the sky and housing up to 30,000 residents, the Crystal Island will contain more floor space than any other structure on Earth.
Foster, whose recent British projects include the new Wembley stadium and “the Gherkin” office block in the City of London, said the tower is “the world’s most ambitious building” and symbolic of Russia’s renaissance as a world power.
However, some observers have likened the new Moscow skyscraper to a “Christmas tree” and dismissed it as “brash” and “vulgar”.
英国の建築家ノーマン・フォスターが設計したモスクワの新ランドマーク「Crystal Island」のお話。
氏の構想によれば、高さ1,500フィート(457m)、総工費20億ポンド(4,525.5億円)とのこと。
