Huge Avalanche near Mars's North Pole

A Nasa spacecraft has captured an avalanche of fine ice and dust thundering over a cliff near Mars's north pole.

It's not the first avalanche captured by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Nasa first detected the phenomenon in 2008, believed to be caused by a thin 'crust' of frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice) which forms during the Martian winter.

The HiRISE high resolution camera took the amazing photograph at 85 degrees north on the planet.
The HiRISE camera is one of several hi-tech instruments on board Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It's the largest camera ever carried into deep space.
Nasa's ground team says that the events are detectable by a cloud of fine material that erupts when avalanches collapse down slopes on the planet.

Some avalanches on Mars are caused by meteorite impacts, but others are thought to be the result of 'seasons' on the planet, which has winters, just like Earth.
Planetary scientist Ingrid Daubar Spitale of the University of Arizona, who first noticed the avalanches in photos taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter said, 'It's great to see something so dynamic on Mars. A lot of what we see there hasn't changed for millions of years.'

Amazing Water Drop Reflection Photography

Anyone can call himself a photographer in this age of hi-tech DSLR cameras with all those sophisticated shot-modes and lenses. But there remains some fields of photography that requires a huge amount of work on part of the person apart from camera. Once such field is taking shots of water droplets while capturing the scene behind them in them. It’s one of the most difficult arts to master in photography but those of you who want to enter into Water Drop Reflection Photography, here’s an easy and quick starter’s guide.

20 Inspiring 2012 Calendar Designs

The days of the typical calendars with hotrod cars and scantily clad women are over, well, at least for some of us they are. I remember the Daisy Duke and Pamela Anderson calendars from years ago. Today, designers take more chances, and each year, they come up with even more creative calendar designs than the year before. I hope you enjoy this collection of 20 creative calendars.

Beautiful Waterfalls Restaurant

Lunch is served on bamboo dining tables set in a few inches of crystalline running water from the falls. The experience of dining on delicious local dishes with the sparkling waterfalls as a backdrop with clear spring water running over your feet is a truly singular and memorable experience only Villa Escudero can offer.

Their waterfall restaurant sits at the foot of the Labasin Falls where guests can enjoy local cuisine at handmade bamboo tables while clear spring water runs over their feet. The falls are so people friendly, guests can even lie against the rushing water covered wall for quick massage or post-lunch rinse off. This is one resort where no shirt and no shoes are no problem.