Thursday, June 16, 2011

The World's Mysterious Places

Tower of London


The Tower of London was built at the beginning of the 11th century by William the conqueror. The tower was expanded during the 13th century into the fortified complex that we know today. The Tower's most popular attraction is its famous collection of Crown Jewels.

Construction of the Tower of London was initiated in 1070 by William the Conqueror, shortly after his victory at Hastings in 1066. The Tower was built to enforce the power of the king over the newly conquered region.

The most famous tourist attraction in the Tower of London is the collection of Crown Jewels that has been on display here since the 17th century, during the reign of Charles II. Most of the jewels were created around the year 1660, when the monarchy was reinstalled. The majority of the older crown jewels were destroyed by Cromwell.
The jewels can be found in the Jewel House, part of the Waterloo Barracks just north of the White Tower. Some of the highlights of the collection are the 530 carat First Star of Africa, which is set in the Imperial State Crown Scepter of the Cross, the Imperial State Crown with more than 2800 diamonds and the famous Koh-I-Noor, a 105 carat diamond.


Area 51

Of the many research centers are internationally renowned, is Area 51, a military testing facility and the development of a highly classified (top secret), which is operated by the United States Air Force. Area 51 is located in the area of ​​training and testing in Nevada.

Location Area 51 at the Lincoln Country located 115.5 km north of Las Vegas with an area ranging from 103 square kilometers.

Area 51 was founded in 1955 that was originally intended to test the development of spy planes the United States U-2 Series is newly created.

U-2 planes can fly to an altitude of 70,000 feet. During the U-2 operations have been freely fly over the territory of the Soviet Union until the end of the U-2 plane was shot down in 1960. Finally, U-2 painted black in the 1960s. As for the fool as if the appearance of the unknown celestial body commonly called UFOs (Unditified Flying Object), some U-2 painted with a shiny silver color. Since then, Area 51 continues to evolve and be used for a variety of developing a project called Project Black (Black Project) consisting of Blackbird series aircraft, serial Stealth Fighter and Stealth series Boomber. Blackbird series is a continuation of the U-2 series that began in 1962 with a design type A-12 and SR-71. For example, type SR-71 has a cruising speed reached 3500 km / h with an effective cruising altitude of 4830 km.


In line with research of advanced fighter aircraft, also obtained data on the presence of celestial beings are headed toward Earth, which is better known as the Alien. Finally we come to a question how likely the presence of aliens in the universe. For that matter, Area 51 has been involved in the investigation of alien technology. Based on that issue and was widely believed by many experts, that a team of Area 51 have been discovered and investigated in secret UFO debris found in the Roswell area, the state of New Mexico, United States, 1947. Although there was not yet clear evidence, some outside experts have suspected that the Area 51 scientists claimed to have and maintain an alien creature in a very secret place.

Claim is reinforced by the recognition of a physicist Bob Lazar, in 1989 that he had worked at one research site located on the south Area 51 and Area 51 have claimed that the test aircraft extraordinary sophistication and also has communicated with aliens.


Granite Bunker

Granite bunker is a bunker data storage that is located in Salt Lake City, the state of Utah United States. Bunker is used as data storage by the government of the United States population. This place keep personal records of millions of people stored on microfilm. This is where the tribe of Mormons to do intensive research to trace the genealogy of their ancestors.

This bunker is a bunker arguably the safest, because it lies 200 meters under a mountain of granite, and again the door is a metal weighing 12 tons, so it is impossible to be able to steal the data on this site.


Air Force One

Air Force One is one of the most recognizable symbols of the presidency. Technically, Air Force One is the call sign of any Air Force aircraft carrying the President. In practice, however, Air Force One is used to refer to one of two highly customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft, which carry the tail codes 28000 and 29000. The Air Force designation for the aircraft is VC-25A.Capable of refueling midair, Air Force One has unlimited range and can carry the President wherever he needs to travel. The onboard electronics are hardened to protect against an electromagnetic pulse, and Air Force One is equipped with advanced secure communications equipment, allowing the aircraft to function as a mobile command center in the event of an attack on the United States.

Inside, the President and his travel companions enjoy 4,000 square feet of floor space on three levels, including an extensive suite for the President that features a large office, lavatory, and conference room. Air Force One includes a medical suite that can function as an operating room, and a doctor is permanently on board. The plane’s two food preparation galleys can feed 100 people at a time.


Fort Knox

Fort Knox is a storehouse of gold bullion which is located the United States military region of Kentucky, USA, and guarded by hundreds of soldiers.

Inside the warehouse are stored thousands of gold bullion and precious documents, one of which is a manuscript copy of the original charter magna Charta.

This warehouse is equipped with very strict security system, entry door is steel with a heavy 2o tons, while the main door of the warehouse is equipped with security systems combination of numbers where only a few people who know about it.







Sea Land

During World War II, the United Kingdom decided to establish a number of military bases, the purpose of which was to defend England against German air raids. These sea forts housed enough troops to man and maintain artillery designed to shoot down German aircraft and missiles. They were situated along the east coast of England on the edge of the English territorial waters.

One of these bases, consisting of concrete and steel construction, was the famous royal fort Roughs Tower situated slightly north of the estuary region of the Thames River. In contrast to the original plan to locate the tower within the sovereign territory of England, this fortress was situated at a distance of approximately 7 nautical miles from the coast, which is more than double the then applicable 3 mile range of territorial waters; to put it briefly, this island was situated in the international waters of the North Sea.The remoteness of the settlement plus the security of British forces (the location of Sealand in the area of ​​maritime territory of the UK) makes this location a place of storage is very safe. Even well-known data storage company entrusts Haven Co. simpananya data in this place.

Norad Central

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint organization of Canada and the United States that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for the two countries. Headquarters NORAD is located at Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado. NORAD command and control is exercised through the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, located a short distance away.

Norad is the central defense system the United States Air Force. These defense systems such as caves area of ​​18,000 m2, as deep as 600 m below the large rock. The biggest room area of ​​14 x 180 m with a height of 18 m with two metal gates weighing 25 tons as the entrance. There are still another 15 underground buildings, some of floors-3. Buildings in NORAD is protected by a 1319 steel plates each weighing 450 Kg. Thus less likely to enter the intruder.


Bold Lane Parksafe

Bold Lane storey hi-tech, with space for 440 cars, have not seen one case of theft or vandalism in six years. And parking lots that make it unique in the UK, where parking is its designer, Ken Wigley.

The entrance to the car park At the ticket barrier, drivers are advised to lock Their cars, Secure Their bay and Stow Their valuables away out of sight.
Number of spaces: 440 Daytime Prices from only £1.70 0-1 hour Evening Prices 6pm to 8am 0-2hrs £2.20 ,2-4hrs £4.20, Over 4hrs £6.50 Sundays & Bank Holidays Daily tariff applies 8am - 6pm.



Florence Prison

This place is super tight prison in Colorado the United States, the prison that holds about 400 prisoners. Prison is a place for prisoners, prisoners with serious violations, I wonder if prison security is very tight.

The prisoners confined in a 1000 steel building with remote sensing sensors. And again outside the fence around the prison had been waiting for hundreds of dogs who chase the prisoners who tried to escape.