When you see something dozens of times you do not notice it as something unusual. The same happens with most popular image in the world. I think everyone has seen at least once.
The most popular image in the world sat as wallpaper on millions of computers worldwide. It's about photography called "Bliss" by those from Microsoft.
Although it looks perfect, this place even exists, and is not - as many have thought - in Ireland, but in California, in Sonoma County.
Charles O'Rear is the photographer who captured this beautiful landscape 15 years ago, but unfortunately there do not look the same now.
Green fields are now covered with weeds and vines, but from one angle, which can be seen using Google Maps (at coordinates 38.248966, -122.410269) resembles wallpaper landscape photographed 15 years ago.
Few of those scared of the imminent end of the Earth know that there is a place on Earth where Apocalypse has no effect. Fateful date of 12/21/2012 will pass as a normal day for those who will find a legendary place.
A small French town - Bugarach - caught the attention of authorities after he was assaulted by members of sects who think this is the only place on Earth that will survive the apocalypse foretold in the Mayan calendar.
Miviludes, an organization that studies the evolution of sects, published a report according to which the French city is a center of pilgrimage for followers Mayan theories. The flood of newcomers France had economic consequences trans: land prices in that area have increased exponentially, but forecasts do not stop there: the organization fears that on or around December 21, 2012 will increase the number of fraud and scams.
"I think we must be cautious. No one should be paranoid, but when you have history of what happened at Waco in the U.S., we know that there are certain categories of people who are easily influenced by all sorts of conspiracy theories," said president of Miviludes Georges Fenech.
What happened in the city of Waco, Texas, had surrounded the world. In 1993 the place where the members met Davidiene movement was surrounded by federal agents. When their spiritual leader David Koresh ordered a massacre, and 80 people were killed in mass.
The Internet is full of legends about this magical city - it is said that the mountain is surrounded by magnetic force, which would be the center of extraterrestrial bases, even the mountain would be based on an access tunnel to another world.
Now many have considered a place of escape from the path end.
The mayor said that many spiritual leaders and sects come to town to hold conferences at hotels in the area, this thing bringing only prosperity to the city.
Craco, Italy
The picturesque medieval town was the scene of filming for several films, including Passion of Christ. Dating from the late sixth century, Craco lies on a cliff 121 meters above a river.
Residents began to leave the village since 1963, due to earthquakes. The relics include a university town, a castle, several churches and palaces.
Pripiat, Cernobil, Ucraaine
After the Chernobyl nuclear accident radioactive particles spread into the air. Winds have carried them over the whole Europe and in Pripiat 30,000 residents were evacuated a few days after the disaster. The city was built in 1970 especially for workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Residents were allowed to leave only with a hand bag. The rest was left behind. In the city, you still can find phones, books, clothing and other personal items of residents, making it look like a museum.
Kolmanskop, Namibia
After the accidental discovery in 1908 of a diamond, the small African town became a magnet for German miners. Located in the Namib Desert, the city has a German architecture. In Kolmanskop was made the first African X-rays device and train. In 1954, diamond mines have "dried up" and the city was abandoned.
Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glan is a French city, declared a memorial to remember the cruelty of Nazi occupation. The city was attacked and occupied by a division of the German army in 1944. Residents, including women and children were mercilessly shot and burnt alive. Ruins of houses without roofs still standing. In the city there is a museum dedicated to those tragic events.
Bodie, California
Bodie, recognized as a historic place for the United States, seems stunned while since the last inhabitants left half a century ago. Some houses are still full of goods. A former gold mine, the town of Bodie had a population of 10,000 people. As gold businesses fell apart, become a ghost town.
