World’s Largest Cylindrical Aquarium

The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 metre tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator. It is located at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin-Mitte. The DomAquarée complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and the aquarium Sea Life Centre.

The AquaDom was opened in 2004. It cost about 12.8 million euros. The overall construction of the aquarium was designed and built by International Concept Management, Inc.. The acrylic cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company Reynolds Polymer Technology. It is now the main attraction of the Berlin Sea Life Centre.

The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece. The Aquadom is the largest acrylic cylindrical aquarium in the world, with a diameter of about 11 metres, and it is built on a 9 metre tall foundation. Filled with 1,000,000 litres of water, it contains over 1,500 fish of 50 species. The feeding of the fish and the cleaning of the fish tank is performed daily by 3-4 divers. The fish need 8 kg of fish food. 

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Playa De Gulpiyuri — A Beach Without The Sea

This amazing place is located in Spain near the small town of Llanes, in the north of the country. Its main feature is that it is surrounded on all sides by hills covered with scrub and it has no exit to the sea.

The Playa de Gulpiyuri is located in about 300 feet from the Bay of Biscay, in the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean water seeps through the huge amount of underwater labyrinth of caves. Therefore, this beach is also sensitive to the ebb and flow. While lying on the beach, you wouldn't be able to see the beautiful horizon of the ocean, but be sure that you bathe in salt water. 

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Cute Miniature Crocheted Animals by Su Ami

A family-run crocheting manufacture from Vietnam proves that size doesn’t matter! Their miniature crocheted animals are so small that they fit on a finger tip, and some of them hardly reach 1/4 of an inch. The idea for the business was inspired by the youngest (10-year-old) member of the family, who’s greatly fond of various movie characters and loves animals. Her nickname even ended up being the name of the company. A five-member company uses different crocheting techniques in their work and always goes for nice and bright colors. The miniature animals are so detailed that every member of the tiny penguin family wears a differently colored scarf, the whale actually spits water out of its back and the birds even lay teeny tiny eggs. 

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Spectacular Photorealistic Paintings by Ellery Gutierrez

Ellery Gutierrez is an Venezuelan artist born in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela. Ellery has been inspired by the Renaissance paintings of the old Italian masters in the books of art.  Ellery Gutierrez started painting when he was a young child. His fruit and flower paintings details color, light and shadow effects, creating a unique photorealistic effect.  Ellery paints both portraits and fitures. His main themes are flowers, fruits and animals. Take a look at these spectacular Photorealistic Paintings by Ellery Gutierrez from Venezuala. 

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