Chinese city of Dunhuang vanishes as it is swallowed by gigantic wall of sand hundreds of feet high

Chinese city vanishes as it is swallowed by gigantic wall of sand hundreds of feet high The ancient city of Dunhuang was engulfed by an enormous wall of sand Sunday Footage shows high rise buildings disappearing beneath the cloud of dust  Police were forced to shut down major roads and ask motorists to wait out … Read more

Gigantic kites flown by robots could harness Mars’s strong winds and power human colonies 

With NASA aiming to get humans to Mars by 2030, the idea of a long-term settlement on the Red Planet is getting closer to reality and scientists are working on innovated ways to power these habitats. Researchers in the Netherlands propose using massive kites to harness high Martian winds that would transformed into energy for … Read more

‘Gigantic’ fire erupts on a boatyard near River Thames

‘Gigantic’ fire ‘destroys two historic Grade II-listed boathouses’ on island in the Thames sending plume of smoke across southwest London Fire began at Hampton Boat Sheds on Platt’s Eyot near Hampton, London, today Locals reported hearing explosions with video showing plumes of black smoke  London Fire Brigade sent eight fire crews to battle the blaze at around … Read more

‘Gigantic’ fire erupts on a boatyard near River Thames

‘Gigantic’ fire ‘destroys two historic Grade II-listed boathouses’ on island in the Thames sending plume of smoke across southwest London Fire began at Hampton Boat Sheds on Platt’s Eyot near Hampton, London, today Locals reported hearing explosions with video showing plumes of black smoke  London Fire Brigade sent eight fire crews to battle the blaze at around … Read more

World’s highest outdoor lift: China’s gigantic elevator zips tourists up cliff that inspired Avatar

Towering more than 1,000 feet up the cliff face that inspired the landscape of the blockbuster film ‘Avatar’, the world’s highest outdoor lift whisks brave tourists to breath-taking views. The three double-decker elevators in central China’s Zhangjiajie Forest Park zip up the cliff in just 88 seconds, a speedy attraction as domestic tourism slowly recovers … Read more

World’s highest outdoor lift: China’s gigantic elevator zips tourists up cliff that inspired Avatar

Towering more than 1,000 feet up the cliff face that inspired the landscape of the blockbuster film ‘Avatar’, the world’s highest outdoor lift whisks brave tourists to breath-taking views. The three double-decker elevators in central China’s Zhangjiajie Forest Park zip up the cliff in just 88 seconds, a speedy attraction as domestic tourism slowly recovers … Read more

Gigantic 1980s Soviet vehicle MD-160 that dwarfs a Boeing 747 lies abandoned in the Caspian Sea

These jaw-dropping aerial and internal shots show a top-secret Soviet military craft bigger than a jumbo jet lying abandoned on a beach where it will be converted into a museum.   The futuristic-looking MD-160 Lun-class ekranoplan was towed by tug across the Caspian Sea last month as part of a 14-hour journey from Kaspiysk naval base to Derbent, … Read more

ISS commander celebrates ‘gigantic’ SpaceX launch as ‘step toward future’ of American space travel

International Space Station Commander Chris Cassidy has spoken out about the significance of NASA’s upcoming space flight, which will be the first launched from US soil since the space shuttle program ended. ‘It’s a gigantic deal,’ says Cassidy during a live interview from space as he spoke about the Wednesday launch that will bring astronauts Bob … Read more

ISS commander celebrates ‘gigantic’ SpaceX launch as ‘step toward future’ of American space travel

International Space Station Commander Chris Cassidy has spoken out about the significance of NASA’s upcoming space flight, which will be the first launched from US soil since the space shuttle program ended. ‘It’s a gigantic deal,’ says Cassidy during a live interview from space as he spoke about the Wednesday launch that will bring astronauts Bob … Read more