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Naval Museum, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

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The Naval Museum, a comprehensive guide to study the glory of maritime power flourished along the margins of the Indian Ocean,is located 268 km from Colombo, the museum lies within the Naval Dockyard at Trincomalee which has a total area of approximately 850 acres. It is also believed that King Parakramabahu 1(reined 1153- 1186) has used this place as a his eastern port, to launch a naval fleet to successfully invade Burma (Myanmar) in the 12 century. Thereafter in various eras this fort had being subjected to many chargers with the arrival of Europeans.                                       Trincomalee Harbour is a seaport in Trincomalee Bay or Koddiyar Bay, a large natural harbour situated on the North - east coast of Sri Lanka. It has two segments, Inner Harbour & Outer Harbour. It can be able to hide about 600 ships  within the harbour because of its natural locality.                     Besides having rich treasure of artifacts and antiques nature has endowed th

For Hair Lovers....

It is such a marvelous & superb video. I have no words to explain it..It's really amazing..😯😯😯When I see that video, I also get shocked. How nicely she handles her hair. It gives me a curious too & get the attraction towards that video. The rhythm of melody which have this video enhances the power of beauty too.❤️❤️❤️👍😊

"You raise me up"

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"You raise me up"..... It is a definitely powerful song which I have ever been heard. Actually it is a Inspirational song. When I heard this song I feel a very strong feeling within my heart & it motivates my hidden emotions too. In addition I feel flying along the melodies like a Butterfly. That sound also gives a peaceful & calm mind too. There also nice fusion of different types of childrens' voices & it blends in such a fabulous ways. It gives a strange beauty for the song.                                         When I hear this song it makes me think of the ones that are really here for me through everything I have going on  my life good or bad. According to my thoughts it reminds my parents to me. It's so awesome...❤️❤️❤️❤️

Butterfly pea

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•Scientific Classification  Kingdom : Plantae Order       : Fabales Family      : Fabaceae Genus       : Clitoria Species     : C.ternatea • English name : Butterfly pea •Local name     : Katarolu/ Nil katarodu •Botanical name : Clitoria ternatea •Hindi name      : Aparajita •Chinese name  : Hu Die Hua Dou ORIGIN - India GROWN IN - India, Madagascar, southeast Asia Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea,cordofan pea & Darwin pea, is a plant species belonging to the Fabaceae  family.  • Description  It is a perennial herbaceous plant, with elliptic, obtuseleaves. It grows as a vine or creeper, doing well in moist, neutral soil. The most striking features about this plant is the colour of its flowers, a vivid deep blue; solitary, with light yellow markings. They are about 4cm(1.6 in) long by 3cm (1.2 in) wide. Some varieties yield white flowers. The fruits are 5-7 cm (2.0

The World Terrific Tourist Destinations

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In the current world it's very easy to visit the places which are located in all over the world. Some places are important because of its terribleness & some are famous for its risky. These are a few of those types of tour destinations in the world. •Death Valley, USA Stark in appearance & haunting in name, Death Valley is a very- much- alive desert set between high, snow- capped mountains. The name doesn't do justice to the vibrancy of Death Valley- the mysteries of the life sustained in this arid & isolated landscape capture the attention of adventures. *America's lowest, hottest & driest national park, adventurous visitors enjoy Death Valley for its many extremes & mysteries, such as the sailing stones. • The Danakil Desert, Eritrea Extending from Massaua to Djibouti, the Danakil Desert is one of the most low-lying & hottest places on earth. •Mount Washington, USA Mount Washington, called Agiocochook

PAZ MISSION

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Elon Musk is the founder, CEO and lead designerat Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), where he oversees the development and manufacturing of advanced rockets and spacecraft for missions to and beyond Earth orbit. SpaceX is now targeting a Falcon 9 launch of the PAZ satellite to low - Earth orbit on Thursday, February 22 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The February 21st attempt was scrubbed due to strong upper level winds. The instantaneous launch opportunity is at 6:17 a.m PST or 14:17 UTC. The satellite will be deployed approximately eleven minutes after launch. Falcon 9's first stage for the PAZ mission previously supported the FORMOSAT-5-mission from SLC-4E in August 2017. SpaceX will not attempt to recover Falcon 9's first stage after launch. The PAZ satellite, which will be used by Hisdesat and Airbus, is equipped with advanced radar and will be orbit Earth 15 times a day over its five-and-half-year missio

The Valley Of Gems

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Sri lanka's gem industry has a very long & colourful history. Sri Lanka was known as Rathna- Dweepa which means Gem island. Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extreme old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian  age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn & calcium - rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located in the central high - grade metamorphic terrain of the Highland Complex. The gem deposits are classified as sedimentary, metamorphic & magmatic. Rathnapura contains the most gem deposits & derived its name from the gem industry. Rathnapura means "city of gems". A gemstone is the naturally occuring crystalline form of a mineral which is desirable for its beauty, valuable in its rarity, & durable enough to be enjoy for generations. There are more than 30 popular gem varieties &a

Coral World

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Corals are marine invertebrate in the class Anthozoa of Phylum Cnidaria. They typically live in compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans & secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. Scientific classification Kingdom : Animalia Phylum    : cnidaria Class        : Anthozoa Extant Subclasses & Orders Octocorallia  Alcyonacea Helioporacea Pennatulacea Hexa corallia Actiniaria Antipatharia Corallimorpharia Scleractinia Zoantharia Ceriantharia Penicillaria Spirularia Coral Anatomy Basic Types of Corals There are two main types of corals. Hard coral Soft coral HARD CORAL Hard corals are made of a rigid, calcium carbonate (limestone) & appear very much like rocks. Each polyp secretes a hard exoskeleton made up of calcium carbonate  & a chalky internal skeleton that stays in place even after they die. As each generation of