SkyBridge – World’s Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge

The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Russia. (CEN)

The stomach-turning SkyBridge, near Sochi in south-western Russia, stretches for almost one kilometer and can take 30,000 people at a time.
And extreme sports fans who have not had enough highs for one day can speed along a zip wire more than 500ft above the valley floor.
Known as the Trollwire – riders are strapped to a zip wire horizontally side by side – it reaches speeds of 70mph as it swoops through the air.

Ropey: The massive bridge spans almost one kilometre. (CEN)

Daunting: The bridge also has a bungee jump facility built into a nearby viewing platform. (CEN)

Don’t look down: Pedestrians on the bridge cross a 500ft drop. (CEN)

Unique crossing: The bridge stretches across the Krasnaya Polyana valley in south-western Russia. (CEN)

Cute Cats In Everyday Situations By Svetlana Valyiskaya

A cat looks like he bit off more than he can chew with this turkey leg. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya)

These animals seem to have the PURR-fect life living just like their human owners. The cute critters – dogs, cats and even hamsters – have seemingly decided to try out things usually only reserved for humans.

Using her adorable style of photographer Svetlana Valyiskaya poses up common pets in everyday situations – from a hamster going to the gym to a cat ordering a meal. Her well-behaved subjects can be seen in this colorful collection of pictures she has been putting together for past six years in her native Russia.

In her spare time from her job as a commercial photographer Svetlana loves nothing more than creating these hilarious environments. Making all the costumes and designing the scenes herself, the photographers work has become a sensation in her native Russia. (Caters News)

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The good life, seafood, sunshine and nice lounge chair on a quiet afternoon. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya)

This country cat is ready for a little corn on the cob. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya)

This well dressed cat looks like he’s all ready for a birthday party with balloons. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya)

Well the World Cup is over, but for this athletic cat ready for a soccer match representing Russia. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya)

A cat taking a nap? That’s different, but with a magazine. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya)

A cat takes care of chores and hangs out the wash on the clothes line. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya) A cat taking a nap? That’s different, but with a magazine. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya)

A nice dinner while reading the newspaper for this sopficated cat. (Caters News/Svetlana Valyiskaya)

23 Years Old Boeing 737 Airliner Crashed at Kazan, Russia

Wreckage is seen at the site of a Boeing 737-500 crash at Kazan airport November 17, 2013 in this handout photograph provided by the Russian Emergencies Ministry. A Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed on landing in the Russian city of Kazan on Sunday, killing all 50 on board and highlighting the poor safety record of Russian airlines that ply internal routes across the world’s largest nation. Best quality from source. REUTERS/Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout (RUSSIA – Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A Boeing 737 airliner crashed on Sunday at Kazan, Russia killing all 50 passengers on board.

Flight U363 took off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport at 6:25 pm (1425 GMT) and crashed just over an hour later, emergency officials said.

It is said that the plane was 23 years old.

Reuters reported that, flights to and from the airport were halted until midday on Monday.

The son of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Irek, was among those killed in the crash.

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Wreckage is seen at the site of a Boeing 737-500 crash at Kazan airport November 17, 2013 in this handout photograph provided by the Russian Emergencies Ministry. A Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed on landing in the Russian city of Kazan on Sunday, killing all 50 on board and highlighting the poor safety record of Russian airlines that ply internal routes across the world’s largest nation. Best quality from source. REUTERS/Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout (RUSSIA – Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Ambulances are seen outside the main building of Kazan airport November 17, 2013. A Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed on landing in the Russian city of Kazan on Sunday, killing all 50 on board and highlighting the poor safety record of Russian airlines that ply internal routes across the world’s largest nation. The Tatarstan airlines flight from Moscow was trying to abort its landing in order to make a second approach, but it exploded on hitting the runway, killing all 44 passengers and six crew on board, emergency officials said. REUTERS/Yegor Aleev (RUSSIA – Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT)

An ambulance is seen outside the main building of Kazan airport November 17, 2013. A Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed on landing in the Russian city of Kazan on Sunday, killing all 50 on board and highlighting the poor safety record of Russian airlines that ply internal routes across the world’s largest nation. The Tatarstan airlines flight from Moscow was trying to abort its landing in order to make a second approach, but it exploded on hitting the runway, killing all 44 passengers and six crew on board, emergency officials said. (REUTERS/Yegor Aleev)

Photos: Cute Liliger Cubs At the Novosibirsk Zoo, Russia

A month old liliger cub walks in Novosivirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. (AP Photo /IInar Salakhiev).

These liliger cubs are so cute.

The cubs’ mother is a liger which is half lioness and half tiger, named Zita while their father is Sam a lion.

They live in the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia.

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A liliger cub with its mother, a liger at the Novosivirsk Zoo, Russia on June 18, 2013. (AP Photo /IInar Salakhiev).

A cute little liliger cub walks in the Novosivirsk Zoo, Russia on June 18, 2013. (AP Photo /IInar Salakhiev).

One of the cute little liligers with its mother Zita the liger at the Novosivirsk Zoo, Russia on June 18, 2013. (AP Photo /IInar Salakhiev).

Sam the lion is the liligers’ father walks in the Novosivirsk Zoo, Russia on June 18, 2013. (AP Photo /IInar Salakhiev).

Zita is licking one of her liliger cubs at the Novosivirsk Zoo, Russia on June 18, 2013. (AP Photo /IInar Salakhiev).

Zita the liger is carrying one of its liliger cubs at Novosivirsk Zoo, Russia on June 18, 2013. (AP Photo /IInar Salakhiev).

Clouds Which Looks Like UFOs By Denis Budkov

Lenticular clouds hover of the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

I love photography and I had posted lots of photos by great photographers who took beautiful photos of animals, trees, mountains, lakes and others.

And today, I want to share something different – cool photos of clouds that looks like UFOs or Unidentified Flying Object by Russian photographer Denis Budkov.

These photos were snapped over Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the highest mountain of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

They look so cool, especially the above photo.

The Mail Online wrote that the lens-shaped formations are scientifically known as ‘altocumulus lenticularis’ and are the result of moist air that has condensed at a high altitude.

They are formed when the air temperature drops and moisture droplets are pushed up a steep slope by high winds.

This unique atmospheric condition creates the interesting lens-shaped form that defines a lenticular cloud. 

Mountains act as natural barriers forcing clouds to condense quickly as they are pushed to cooler altitudes.

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Lenticular clouds hover of the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Lenticular clouds hover of the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Lenticular clouds hover of the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Lenticular clouds hover of the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Lenticular clouds hover of the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Lenticular clouds hover of the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Videos Of Meteor Explodes Over Russia

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1. Meteor Explodes Over Russia, Nearly 1,000 Injured

2. Photos And Video: Meteorite Hits Central Russia

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Meteor Explodes Over Russia, Nearly 1,000 Injured

In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru a meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.  (AP Photo/Chelyabinsk.ru). Please click the photo for larger image.

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A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb on Friday morning.

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Russian Academy of Sciences said that the meteor which was estimated about 10 tons entered the Earth’s atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of at least 54,000 kph (33,000 mph).

It broke into pieces about 30-50 kilometers (18-32 miles) above the ground.

The Russian Interior Ministry said that almost 1000 people were injured by the incident mostly by the flying glass caused by the sonic blast.

The science academy said that the meteor released several kilotons of energy above the region.

Richard Binzel, a professor of Planetary Science at MIT predicted that it was probably about 2 meters (6 ½ feet) across, about the size of an SUV.

Some meteorite fragments fell in a reservoir outside the town of Chebarkul, the Regional Interior Ministry office said.

The crash left an eight-meter (26-foot) wide crater in the ice.

A Russian policeman works near an ice hole, said by the Interior Ministry department for Chelyabinsk region to be the point of impact of a meteor seen earlier in the Urals region, at lake Chebarkul some 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Chelyabinsk February 15, 2013. Please click the photo for larger image.

Meteroids are small pieces of space debris, usually parts of comets or asteroids, that are on a collision course with the Earth.

They become meteors when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere.

Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere, but if they survive the frictional heating and strike the surface of the Earth they are called meteorites.

In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 600 square meters (6000 square feet) of a roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk region on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Please click the photo for larger image.

Photos And Video: Meteorite Hits Central Russia

The trail of a falling object is seen above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk February 15, 2013, in this picture provided by http://www.chelyabinsk.ru. About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms. REUTERS/www.chelyabinsk.ru/Handout

Something like a bright fireball shot across the sky and exploded in Chelyabinsk, central Russia at 9.20 a.m. (12:20 a.m. ET) on Friday injuring more than 500 people.

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It left a long white trail in its wake which could be seen as far as 200 km (125 miles) away in Yekaterinburg.

According to a Reuters correspondent, people going to work in Chelyabinsk heard a loud sound like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow.

A wall was damaged at the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant, mobile phone networks were interrupted and on Chelyabinsk’s central Lenin Street, windows were shattered and some of the frames of shop fronts buckled.

The Emergencies Ministry said that it was a “meteor shower in the form of fireballs” and the Interior Ministry said that the loud explosion sound was a sonic boom caused by the meteorite explosion.

It said that the background radiation levels were normal so people should not panic.

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Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said the meteorite was travelling at a speed of 30 km (19 miles) per second and that such events were hard to predict. 

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In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, http://www.ng.kz)

REFILE – QUALITY REPEAT People look at damage to a shop following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk February 15, 2013. A powerful blast rocked the Russian region of the Urals early on Friday with bright objects, identified as possible meteorites, falling from the sky, emergency officials said. REUTERS/Andrei Kuzmin (RUSSIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT)

Broken windows and debris are seen inside a sports hall following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk February 15, 2013. REUTERS/OOO Spetszakaz

In this photo taken with a mobile phone camera, a minivan passes a zinc factory building with about 600 square meters (6000 square feet) of a roof collapsed in Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Valentin Kazakov)

The trail of a falling object is seen above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, in this view from a residential apartment February 15, 2013. About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms. REUTERS/Igor Lyapustin (RUSSIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

In this photo taken with a mobile phone camera, a meteorite contrail is seen in Chelyabinsk region on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Sergey Hametov)

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Stunning Close-Ups Starfish Photos By Alexander Semenov

The above photo of starfish by Alexander Semenov is so nice and it looks like some sea anemones.

I have never seen such photos before and I think that they are so beautiful.

Biologist Alexander Semenov uses  a macro lens to capture these stunning close-ups of vibrant starfish.

Mr. Semenov is chief of diving team at the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS), in Russia.  

He graduated from Lomonosov’s Moscow State University in the department of Zoology in 2007.

Now Mr. Semenov organises all WSBS underwater projects.

He enjoys underwater photography and I think that he is really good at it.

I hope that I could see the real thing and take the beautiful pictures by myself.

By the way, here are some more stunning starfish photos by Alexander Semenov …

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(Photo by Alexander Semenov)

(Photo by Alexander Semenov)

(Photo by Alexander Semenov)

(Photo by Alexander Semenov)

(Photo by Alexander Semenov)

(Photo by Alexander Semenov)

(Photo by Alexander Semenov)

(Photo by Alexander Semenov)