The Most Expensive Photograph in the World is Black and White

This picture is a high contrast print of the acclaimed Antelope Canyon in Arizona, USA. It's name is Phantom.

It is unconfirmed, as the purchaser seems to be 'private and unknown'. Its place as the most costly photograph on the planet is as yet the wellspring of warmed discussions.

Apparition by Peter Lik - a picture is a high contrast print of the celebrated Antelope Canyon in Arizona, USA, a standout amongst the most costly photography at any point sold.

You might be enticed to imagine that Jeff Frost crept past Australian picture taker Peter Lik by selling his picture for $6.5 Million and ten pennies. On December 9, it was announced that Peter Lik’s photograph, titled Phantom, was sold for a whopping $6.5 million, becoming the most expensive photograph ever sold.

The photo shows a subterranean cavern in Arizona’s Antelope Canyon. The news raised many eyebrows, in the art world and outside of it, for many reasons.


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Truly, the pictures are very fascinating, yet who on earth settles on these costs? Indeed, we do, and when I state us, I mean individuals.

The vast majority of these, with the exception of the main spot, were sold at sale.

This means the specialists don't think they merit this much. The general population with the profound pockets concluded that is how much the picture is worth to them.

Paann Kauri

Paan Kauriপানকৌড়ি (Panakauri) 

English name: Cormorant.

The common name of two species of birds in Panakauri Phalacrocoracidae's Phalacrocorax group of these two species are found in Bangladesh. They are commonly called small Panakauri and medium Panakauri.

Small Panakauri

English name: Little Cormorant
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax niger, Brisson, 1760.

The size of this Panakauri is very small, in size, it is called small Panakauri. These birds are found in Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Bhutan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Sri Lanka. They are usually seen on either side of any water body. They breed at home during the breeding season and lay four or five blue-green colored eggs at once.

Their size is slightly larger than the crow and the feather color is black. Their lips are big and spread like ducks. The tail is very spread. The main food fish. Length 55 cm and average weight 442.5 grams.

Big Panakauri

English name: Indian Cormorant or Indian Shag
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax fuscicollis, Stephens, 1826.

Smaller than the size of the pakoruera small. This bird is found in Indonesia, Cambodia, Bangladesh, India. They are usually seen on either side of any water body. Only 10-12 with one person can be seen together.

 20-21 inches in length Their lips are big and spread like ducks. The tail is very spread. The main food fish. They laid three-four blue-green colored eggs at once.

Omar Khayyam a Persian Mathematician, Astronomer and Poet

Who is Omar Khayyam?

Google doodling about Omar Khayyam's 971st birth aniversary today 2019.

Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the First Crusade. Wikipedia

Born: May 18, 1048, Neyshabur, Iran

Died: December 4, 1131, Neyshabur, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Parents: Ibrahim Khayyam Nayshapuri

Quotes from Omar Khayyam

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness - And Wilderness is Paradise enow.

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” 

“To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much

Just remember two main rules for the beginning:

You better starve, than eat whatever

And better be alone, than with whoever.” 

“As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don’t hurt others.” 

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” 

“Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” 

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” 

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“To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much

Just remember two main rules for the beginning:

You better starve, than eat whatever

And better be alone, than with whoever.” 

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“I sent my Soul through the Invisible, 

Some letter of that After-life to spell: 

And by and by my Soul return'd to me, 

And answer'd: 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell” 

“As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don’t hurt others.” 

“Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!

One thing at least is certain - This Life flies;

One thing is certain and the rest is Lies -

The Flower that once has blown forever dies.” 

“Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever.” 

“And do you think that unto such as you

A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew

God gave a secret, and denied it me?

Well, well—what matters it? Believe that, too!” 

“It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire,

and is deprived of the light 

of a heart ablaze.

The day on which you are

without passionate love

is the most wasted day of your life.” 

“Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.” 

“How sad, a heart that

does not know how to love, that

does not know what it is to be drunk with love.

If you are not in love, how can you enjoy

the blinding light of the sun,

the soft light of the moon?” 

Philosophy and Religious views of Omar Khayyam

Khayyam considered himself intellectually to be a student of Avicenna.According to Al-Bayhaqi, he was reading the metaphysics in Avicenna's the Book of Healing before he died.There are six philosophical papers believed to have been written by Khayyam. One of them, On existence.Another paper, titled The necessity of contradiction in the world, determinism and subsistence.

A literal reading of Khayyam's quatrains leads to the interpretation of his philosophic attitude toward life as a combination of pessimism, nihilism, Epicureanism, fatalism, and agnosticism.

Visiting Dhaka Lalbagh

Lalbagh Kellah Dhaka

Founded in the center of capital Dhaka, this ancient fort is a historic monument founded in the Mughal period. The Lalbagh Fort is one of the traditional and famous monuments of old Dhaka. There are several structures throughout the huge space. In front of the main door, a small tomb was seen in front of a grave, Paribah Bibi's grave. He was the daughter of Subedar Shaista Khar of Bengal. Apart from Eli Bibi, there was another name for him, Rahmat Banu. But very few people knew him or her as the name.

Many people thought that Paribah was beautiful like her. That's why her name was named Fairy Bibi. However, this princess of Apupa is premature death. He became helpless, his elderly father Shaista Khan. The father could not cope with the premature death of the father. He thought of 'Apaya' in the rage and sadness of the Lalbagh Fort.

As a result, the construction work of the castle stopped. However, he started the construction of Lalbagh Fort, shortly before the daughter's death. Later, Eli was buried in the inside of the fort. The structure that was constructed on its final bed was one of the finest beauties of Mughal architecture in Dhaka. By building this, the architectural knowledge of father Shayta Khar is manifested.

Many people still come to see the Lalbagh fort. Many people have the desire to visit the grave of Paribah Bibi. Three structures are seen in the middle of the fort with the same straight line. The middle of it is the parade of Bibi Tomb. Shaista Khan brought black basalt stone from far away rajmahal. The white marmalade stones brought a big blade from Jaipur. They brought these tomb for the construction of the tomb. White sandalwood brought the wood and arches to build. The tombs of the tomb are laid down. The design is cut on it. Different parts of the tomb are constructed with floral designs and jars. These things have been silent on the deep pain of father-in-law for hundreds of years.

It is known that the marriage of Paribah Bibi was decided by Shahjada Azam, son of Emperor Aurangzeb. Azam came to Dhaka Subedar He was enthusiastic to create 'Aurangabad Fort' in the name of Father. But before the end of the construction of the fort, Emperor Aurangzeb sent him to Delhi to suppress the Maratha insurgency.

After the construction of a mosque and durbar hall, the construction of the fort was stopped. Subedar Shaista Khan came to Dhaka in the second period. Shahjada Azam urged him to finish the fort. Emperor Aurangzeb also gave it to Subodar to emperor Aurangzeb. Begun's construction was started by the Subbader of Bengal. But in 1684, it stopped construction. Shayesta Khan later got the brick knife

In 1704, when the governance of Bengal shifted to Murshidabad, the importance of Lalbagh as a fort was reduced. In 1844, a semi-official institution called Dhaka Committee started the development work of the fort. At this time the fort was known as Lalbagh Fort. In February 1910, Lalbagh fort wall was brought under the protection of the defenseless wall.

Finally, after almost 300 years of construction, the previous form was rediscovered by the people of Lalbagh fort in the last decade of the last century and was exposed to the visitors. At present, the Archeology Department of Bangladesh Government maintains the fort.

Apart from Saturday, this fort remains open for visitors to the rest six days of the week. There are 10 taka for Bangladeshi visitors and 100 rupees for foreign visitors.

The painful father dumped through the gold plate, the mausoleum of the daughter's tomb. But sadly, that gold plate is no longer there. At one time, when the light of the sun shines on this golden plate, it shines. The black dome that has been seen today is wrapped in copper or brass.

It is known that Shaista Khan constructed this tomb in the form of Muslim architecture with the architectural style of the tombs of Tajmahal and Emperor Humayun. Not only Mughal architecture, this mausoleum architect Shayest Khaar is also one of the most well-known architectural monuments. But sadly, there is no care of Paribah Bibi's grave as before.

Even then, it is still in Lagbagh fort because of the Mughal heritage still exists. But not the original crafts and beauty. It's more important to care or save. For this reason, many people feel that the administration of the entire Lalbagh Fort needs to increase the surveillance of the administration.

The Beauty of Merrik

Merik Lake and the Arched Footbridge Beauty 

Merik Lake is the central attraction of Merik and this is where you are likely to spend most of your time. This 1.25km natural lake is known as Sumendu Lake. 

 Rain and spring water keep feeding the lake and it remains full all through the year. The depth of water varies from 3ft to 25ft. The western bank of the lake is surrounded by forest with tall dhupi trees having walking trails passing through it and the eastern bank of the lake has a nice garden where tourists and locals relax and enjoy the natural settings. 

The lake is at the lowest altitude in Merik (at 4,900ft). Far ahead towards north you can see the mountains, and on a clear day you can even get nice views of the Kanchenjunga snow peaks. There is a lovely 80-ft long arch footbridge bridge across the center of the lake which joins the eastern bank with the western bank. 

Pathway exists all around the lake. If you take a full circle around the lake, it will be about 3.5kms... so a good distance for a nice morning walk although for most part the trail is not paved. In some places particularly in the forest at the western bank, the trail becomes quite uneven and therefore some care must be taken while walking. 

Loads of travelers take part in fish encouraging simply outside the southern end of the lake. There is an extension that interfaces the lake zone with Krishnanagar (southern piece of Mirik). The scaffold is two minutes stroll from the lake. When you remain over the extension and look down beneath into the waters, you can see various fishes there. Vacationers and local people toss breads into the water and you can see many fishes quickly meeting. A woman there sells bread cuts for fish sustaining.

The Machranga

This Machranga or Kingfisher has normal roosts or stands from which it angles. It sits upstanding, its tail pointed downwards, abruptly dropping with a sprinkle and normally returning on the double with an its prey. 

The trip of the Machranga is fast;, the short adjusted wings buzzing until they show up a minor haze. It is normally observed flying close to the water, yet amid romance the male pursues the female through and over the trees with boisterous deafening whistles. 

The Common Machranga will skim near the water's surface looking for nourishment. The short, round wings make a humming sound as it flies, and one can see a blaze of gleaming blue down its back as he dashes away. 

Normal Machranga are helpful individuals from biological systems since they are master markers of freshwater network wellbeing. Clear, clean water gives trees and bushes on banks for roosting and following prey; the natural surroundings having the most noteworthy quality water sources additionally grant the most good perceivability and will pull in the best number of reproducing feathered creatures. 

The nearness of the Machranga in these living spaces affirms the nature of the water.

Machranga do not build a nest, as is common among most species of birds. Instead, they nest inside a tunnel, which is typically around 30-90cm in length, located next to a river bank of slow-moving water, and contains no other materials i.e. there is no lining for the tunnel.

Breeding begins in late, and it’s common for between 2 – 3 clutches to be produced, each containing 6 – 7 eggs, which are smooth, white and glossy. In length, they are approximately 23mm, and in width 20mm. Both males and females take turns at incubating the eggs, and feeding is shared.

Flowers and Bees

Relationship between Flowers and Bees

Flowers and bees - Bees and flowers have a mutualistic relationship as well. Bees get the nectar they need to make honey by traveling between flowers. The bee brings pollen from one plant to another, resulting in pollination. This is nothing but a case of pollination .

How do bees get pollen from flowers:

This is mutual interest. The plant needs to get the pollen on the flowers (in order to pollinate other flowers of the same species), the bee needs to take the pollen (in order to use it as a protein source). Obviously it’s not a matter of planning but co-evolution between the two species.

There are different ways in which the bee may “communicate” with the flower to trigger the flower to release pollen, these vary between species (of flowers and bees). On some cases, it is the frequency of the bees’ wings flapping that could trigger that release (thus only working for certain species of bees), on others, it’s a small electrostatic charge exchange as the bee approaches the flower. The exact mechanism varies, and frankly, I think not all of it is fully known to us yet.

The bee then directs the pollen to its pollen baskets - the area of its rear legs. If you watch a foraging hive for a while, you can look at the returning bees with full pollen baskets. The bees carry the pollen wherever they need it - the hive for social bees, the place where the eggs are laid for solitary bees.

For honeybees, the pollen is stored in cells in the hive, typically close to the brood chamber (so the nursing bees can consume nectar and pollen in order to feed the larvae and the queen without traveling too far from the brood chamber to get those).

How do bees choose which flowers to collect the pollen from

Bees would typically forage on the flowers they can find. Each bee tends to develop the “taste” for a specific species of flowers, that type of loyalty makes the pollination more efficient (and in turn, encourages the plant to attract and reward pollinators, thus encouraging the co-evolution). How bees find the flowers in the first place is a fascinating and complicated process, involving color, scent, pheromones left by previous bees on the flower (either as “come here to feed” or “I was already here and took what this flower has to offer, go elsewhere” type of message).

For honeybees, those returning to the hive use the famous bee-dance to inform the other bees where to go (as in “fly 30 degrees right of the Sun for 900 meters”). The bees that follow the dance catch the scent of the flowers from the dancing bees and look for that scent once they arrive at the described location.

Monkey in Forest GiM

Fig-Monkey in GiM

Darjeeling lies in the foothills of far northern India, a cool climate and breathtaking scenery make the perfect spot for outdoor adventurers with wild monkey around Darjeeling Forest.

Historical and modern terminology about Monkey

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word "monkey" may originate in a German version of the Reynard the Fox fable, published circa 1580. In this version of the fable, a character named Moneke is the son of Martin the Ape. 

In English, no very clear distinction was originally made between "ape" and "monkey"; thus the 1910 Encyclopædia Britannica entry for "ape" notes that it is either a synonym for "monkey" or is used to mean a tailless humanlike primate. Colloquially, the terms "monkey" and "ape" are widely used interchangeably. Also, a few monkey species have the word "ape" in their common name, such as the Barbary ape.

Later in the first half of the 20th century, the idea developed that there were trends in primate evolution and that the living members of the order could be arranged in a series, leading through "monkeys" and "apes" to humans. Monkeys thus constituted a "grade" on the path to humans and were distinguished from "apes".

Scientific classifications are now more often based on monophyletic groups, that is groups consisting of all the descendants of a common ancestor. The New World monkeys and the Old World monkeys are each monophyletic groups, but their combination was not, since it excluded hominoids (apes and humans). 

Thus the term "monkey" no longer referred to a recognized scientific taxon. The smallest accepted taxon which contains all the monkeys is the infraorder Simiiformes, or simians. 

However this also contains the hominoids (apes and humans), so that monkeys are, in terms of currently recognized taxa, non-hominoid simians. Colloquially and pop-culturally, the term is ambiguous and sometimes monkey includes non-human hominoids. 

In addition, frequent arguments are made for a monophyletic usage of the word "monkey" from the perspective that usage should reflect cladistics.

A group of monkeys may be commonly referred to as a tribe or a troop.

Two separate groups of primates are referred to as "monkeys": New World monkeys (platyrrhines) from South and Central America and Old World monkeys (catarrhines in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea) from Africa and Asia. 

Apes (hominoids)—consisting of gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans—are also catarrhines but were classically distinguished from monkeys. Tailless monkeys may be called "apes", incorrectly according to modern usage; thus the tailless Barbary macaque is sometimes called the "Barbary ape".