Housing prices in 100 big cities in China fell for a sixth consecutive month in February on a sequential basis, and analysts say prices could slip further as Beijing’s property tightening policy remains in place. Shown, residential buildings in Qingdao, Shandong province.
An aerial view shows the Les Diablerets ski region of western Switzerland, where rescuers searched for two skiers believed to have been buried in an avalanche Wednesday.
BORDERLAND This satellite image shows a pipeline fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline, which runs through the rebel-held neighbourhood of Baba Amr, had been shelled by regime troops for the previous 12 days, according to two activist groups, the Local Coordination Committees and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The state news agency, SANA, blamed “armed terrorists” for the pipeline attack. (Photo: Digital Globe / AP via the Telegraph)
Floodwater inundated cotton crops around the town of Moree, Australia, on Friday. Moree has been cut off by floods, isolating up to 10,000 people. The Mehi River is expected to swell to levels not seen since 1976 as the flooding continues in northwestern New South Wales.
NASA’s Terra Earth-observing satellite captured this image of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica on Nov. 13, 2011, after a research team discovered a huge 19-mile (30-km) -long crack running across it.
Members of the Operation IceBridge mission spotted the crack during a DC-8 flight over Pine Island Glacier (PIG) on Oct. 14, 2011. It’s estimated to be up to 260 feet (80 meters) wide and 195 feet (60 meters) deep.
Snow covered a church, pictured from an aerial view, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday. The World Economic Forum opens Wednesday in the resort area.
he Coast Guard Cutter Healy, left, broke through ice on the Bering Sea near Nome, Alaska, Sunday. The Coast Guard is trying to create a path for the Russian tanker Renda, which is loaded with 1.3 million gallons of petroleum products en route to Nome.
The North Korean military parades to celebrate the 63rd founding anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in Pyongyang on Sept. 9. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his son reviewed the parade of military hardware and thousands of goose-stepping troops, in what analysts saw as a bid to bolster loyalty to the regime.
A three-story building lay on its side in Onagawa, Japan, Friday. Though much of the debris left by the March 11 tsunami has been removed, there is little sign of rebuilding in communities across northeast Japan.
Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert? (Update 2)
This is crazy. New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. Is this a military experiment?
Update 2: readers are finding even more weird stuff.
They seem to be wide lines drawn with some white material. Or maybe the dust have been dug by machinery.
It’s located in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, north of the Shule River, which crosses the Tibetan Plateau to the west into the Kumtag Desert. It covers an area approximately one mile long by more than 3,000 feet wide.
The tracks are perfectly executed, and they seem to be designed to be seen from orbit.
Perhaps it’s some kind of targeting or calibrating grid for Chinese spy satellites? Maybe it’s a QR code for aliens? Nobody really knows.
People paddled toward food dropped by a Thai army helicopter in a village that has been isolated by flooding in Ayutthaya, Thailand, Tuesday.
Waves washed ashore on New Zealand’s Papamoa Beach Thursday. The MV Rena ran aground Oct. 5 off the coast of North Island, spilling oil. The navigator and captain have been charged with improperly operating the vessel, which officials believe may break, spilling more oil.
