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1. KASHIF AHMED
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21 Roads to Drive Before you Die.....
There’s nothing like a road trip to really experience a country. From coastal
highways and dizzying mountain passes, to scenic routes through national
parks and bridges over great spans of water; roads are the circulatory system
that connects a country. After an extensive search online, the Sifter has
compiled a list of some of the most beautiful, challenging and unforgettable
roads in the world.
While hardly exhaustive, this list should provide great inspiration and bucket
list fodder for those planning an upcoming trip. Please feel free to share any
additional roads in the comments and perhaps a pt II will be compiled :)

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23. Paris Hilton enjoying by the Pool in Miami(Please let the pics open.
Might take some time on a slower connection.
If you can't see the pictures, right click the small Red-Cross and choose Show Picture to
view it.)

69. Mumbai tour in 30 sec.
Band Stand, Bandra

70. Bhel Puri

71. BMC Office

72. Chowpati

73. Gateway of India

75. Haji Ali

76. Flora Fountain
(Hutatma Chouk)

77. Marine Drive

80. Renaissance Hotel, Powai

82. First Masjid in INDIA

85. These are pictures of the first masjid in India, in a place called Kodangallur in Kerala.
The story about this masjid is that the king of that place, Raja Rama Kulasekhara
accepted Islam at the hands of the Sahabi of RasoolAllah (SAS), Malik Deenar (RA)
(not the Tabayi of the same name but the Sahaabi) who came here in 4 Hijri. He gave
him and his companions land to build a masjid which was built by local carpenters. It
resembles a Kerala temple in construction and has a brass lamp for lighting. Inside it
has a minbar and mihraab. Just outside the main chamber are the graves of the son of
Malik Deenar's son and his wife. Malik Deenar (RA) himself left this place and went
to Kasargod where his grave is. It is said that Raja Rama Kulasekhara then left to go
to meet RasoolAllah (SAS) but died enroute (or maybe after he met Him - are there
any hadith to this effect?) and is buried in Salala in Oman. Can someone in Oman
verify this please...? Jazakallaahu khairan. Regrettably the grave of Malik Deenar
(RA) in Kasargod has been made into a dargah with all attendant charming practices.
But the graves of his son and daughter in law in the masjid in Kodangallur seem to be
free from most such practices. The only thing I saw was that they place some green
colored cloth on the two graves which they then sell as tabarruk. But at least none of
the abominations that we see in the dargahs of most Sufis are done here.

86. This masjid also had the dubious honor of a visit by the current President of India who
predictably called it a symbol of secularism.
How a place of worship can be a symbol of godlessness is something which only a
rocket scientist can understand, it seems..
At any rate this masjid is historic proof that Islam has been in India from 629 AD (4
Hijri) for 1376 years.
Have A Nice Weekend

88. The Radar Safe Invisible Ship

89. The invisible ships for radars. At the end of 2009 it was entered into service
of the American fleet.
Powerplant - 2 gas turbines, GE LM2500,
2 diesel MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH 20V 8000 M90.
Power - Turbines 2 x 29,500 hp diesel engines 2 x 12,203 hp

90. Screws - 4 water jet: 2 Wartsila LJ160E, two Wartsila LJ150E
Speed - 45 knots (at sea up to 3 points)
Cruising Range - 3500 miles (18 knots), 1000 miles (50 knots).
Endurance - 14 days. Crew - 50 people.
Armament: Anti-aircraft - 1 SAM RIM-116 (1921 SAM)
Artillery - 1 * 1 57 mm ??. 110,
Antisubmarine - Honeywell Mk 50 Torpedo,
Aircraft - 2 SH-60 helicopters R / S Seahawks and UAV MQ-8 Fire Scout

101. Dubai Cricket Stadium

108. Wouldd u like to stay in a cave

117. Wrecked Luxury Cars of Hussein's Son
Uday Hussein, the eldest son Saddam Hussein, had a large collection of luxury vehicles
including Ferrari F40, McLaren F1, several Lamborghinis and numerous Porsches most of which
are now either lost or damaged beyond repair.

126. Sulphur Mines in Indonesia
Photographer Olivier Grunewald has recently made several
trips into the sulfur mine in the crater of the Kawah Ijen
volcano in East Java, Indonesia, bringing with him
equipment to capture surreal images lit by moonlight,
torches, and the blue flames of burning molten sulfur.
Covered last year in the Big Picture (in daylight), the
miners of the 2,600 meter tall (8,660ft) Kawah Ijen
volcano trek up to the crater, then down to the shore of a
200-meter-deep crater lake of sulfuric acid, where they

127. retrieve heavy chunks of pure sulfur to carry back to a
weighing station. Mr. Grunewald has been kind enough to
share with us the following other-worldly photos of these
men as they do their hazardous work under the light of
the moon. (30 photos total)
A sulfur miner stands inside the crater of the Kawah Ijen
volcano at night, holding a torch, looking towards a flow
of liquid sulfur which has caught fire and burns with an
eerie blue flame. (© Olivier Grunewald)

128. 2
Descending into the Kawah Ijen caldera, a one-kilometer-
wide acidic crater lake lies in the middle. On its shore, the
sulfur mining operation. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

129. 3
Steam and acidic gases emerge from fumaroles among
yellowish chunks of sulfur and burning liquid sulfur on
Kawah Ijen. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

130. Flaming molten sulfur flows inside the volcanic crater.
Sulfur will melt at just above 100 C (212 F), but the
temperatures in the crater do not get high enough for
spontaneous combustion - the fires are lit by the miner's
dripping torches. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

131. 5
A miner chips away hunks of solid sulfur to take with him
back to the mine office. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

132. 6
A sulfur deposit clings to the edge of an old barrel now
embedded in sulfur inside Kawah Ijen. (© Olivier
Grunewald) #

133. 7
Miners labor in hellish conditions to retrieve the sulfur -
Photographer Olivier Grunewald describes the smell as
overwhelming, requiring a gas mask for safety, which few
of the miners possess. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

134. 8
Miners rest near a fire, holding long crowbars they use to
pry the sulfur from the crater. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

135. 9
A formation caused by liquid sulfur flow inside the crater
of Kawah Ijen. When molten, sulfur appears nearly blood
red, as it cools, it becomes more and more yellow. (©
Olivier Grunewald) #

136. 10
Molten sulfur burns after it drips from stone and ceramic
pipes that have condensed the sulfuric gases from the
volcano into a liquid, depositing it to cool and harden for
later retrieval. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

137. 11
Lit by torches, miners chop away at the solid sulfur
deposits, retrieving chunks they can carry back out. (©
Olivier Grunewald) #

138. 12
A miner works on a block of sulfur, to fit it into the
baskets used to carry the mineral out of the volcano. (©
Olivier Grunewald) #

139. 13
Working close to condensation pipes a miner gathers
sulfur from Kawah Ijen, molten sulfur burning blue in the
background. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

140. 14
Miners carry heavy blocks of sulfur, preparing for their
return trip. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

141. 15
Molten sulfur burns atop a solid sulfur deposit. Miners will
extinguish the flames before they leave to prevent any
loss of sulfur. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

142. 16
A miner begins his return trip with his heavy load of
sulfur. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

143. 17
A masked miner walks through a thick cloud of steam and
acidic gas, carrying a torch near the blue flames of a
burning liquid sulfur flow. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

144. 18
A miner adjusts his load - each pair of full baskets can
weigh from 45 to 90kg (100 - 200 lbs). (© Olivier
Grunewald) #

145. 19
Miners begin their journey home, clouds of steam and gas
behind them lit by moonlight, torchlight, and burning
liquid sulfur. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

146. 20
A miner's hut just inside the crater of Kawah Ijen. (©
Olivier Grunewald) #

147. 21
A miner adjusts his load of sulfur blocks. (© Olivier
Grunewald) #

148. 22
Miners carrying torches climb back up the wall of Kawah
Ijen's crater, beginning their return trip with a 200 meter
climb to the crater lip. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

149. 23
Looking back down on the mining operation inside the
volcano, the burning sulfur, acidic lake and moonlit crater
walls. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

150. 24
A miner weighs his load at the local mining office. Miners
will make this trip two or three times a day, with typical
earnings of approximately $13.00 US per day. (© Olivier
Grunewald) #

151. 25
Inside the initial processing facility, the blocks of sulfur are
broken down into much smaller bits. (© Olivier
Grunewald) #

152. 26
The sulfur bits are then placed in large vessels above
wood fires to be melted once again. (© Olivier
Grunewald) #

153. 27
Molten sulfur is ladled from the melting pots into carrying
buckets. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

154. 28
Some molten sulfur is channeled into other vessels. (©
Olivier Grunewald) #

155. 29
The final step, spreading the liquid sulfur on slabs to cool
into sheets, which, once hardened, will be shipped to local
factories for use in vulcanizing rubber, bleaching sugar
and other industrial processes. (© Olivier Grunewald) #

156. 30
Photographer Olivier Grunewald kneels to get a
photograph on a small rock outcropping in the acid crater
lake of Kawah Ijen. "The feeling is like being on another
planet" he said. Grunewald lost one camera and two
lenses to the harsh conditions in the crater, and when it
was over, he threw all of his clothes in the garbage, as the
sulfuric smell was so strong and would not wash out. (©
Olivier Grunewald) #

157. Flying Bird

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