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Galgau Almasului, Judetul Salaj

Zmeilor garden is a particularly spectacular natural phenomenon, unique in Europe, considered by specialists. Reservation contained in an old tourist guide as “Garden Zmeilor. Locals call it “Girl Catanii. Is situated in Mount Meses, massive forming part of the Western Carpathians, near the town gurgling Almas, county Salaj.Reprezinta a geological reserve consists of many huge rocks, placed in a high clutter (buildings, towers, poles, mushrooms , rocks and animal forms). Spectacular forms of these formations can be explained by sliding layers of conglomerates and sandstones. Water had a significant role in shaping these rocks.Due to landslides natural forms of these elements may change from year to year. Most impressive are two prismatic rocks suggestively named “Zmeu” and “Zmeoaica. Other stone blocks were suggestively named “Santa”, “Eve” and “Dorobantu. Formations here were born by separation of blocks or sections of the massive sandstones are Inchieturi hill (376 m) and slip clays their purple at the base, to wire back hair. Subsequently, erosion and wind and rain denudatie, formed the most bizarre columns, buttresses, bridges, mushrooms, etc..some with heights of over 10-12 m (Suraru, 1967). Overall, they form a cluster chaotic strange that in every point where we look at other images depict the other, the most strange and surprising. “Garden Zmeilor” occupies an area of five hectares, the first formations to the slope. About Garden Zmeilor there is a rock legend called “Catanii girl” who turned into stone sheepfold to curse his mother. A column of the formations look like a virgin with a cofita the shoulder. Currently, “Girl Catanii” no longer exists. It collapsed in the floods of 1973.Rock looks like a girl who was a soldier from her and seemed to have a basket on his shoulder. Is a particularly spectacular natural phenomenon and is situated in Mount Meses, massive forming part of the Western Carpathians. It is located near the town of Salaj Almas gurgling. Here can be reached by train halt until the line pa lime Dej – Jibou – Baia Mare, then another 4 km to the south.

The Living Fires of Lopătari, Buzău are among the most mysterious, and unusual, phenomena you may find in nature, on a hiking path, within your reach. That’s if you know where to look. Romania was blessed with a few such miracles, places that could become its landmark tourist attractions, yet few is known about them. Today, we’ll take a look at one of those attractions, that, at the time I left Romania, was neglected by the authorities, and was known only by locals and a few enthusiastic mountaineers. Things have changed in the past ten years, with news of a future Geo-park “Land of Buzău” emerging in the media, but the development may take years to complete.

56 km from the city of Buzău, the county seat of Buzău County in the historical region of Wallachia, you’ll find the commune Lopătari. In one of the villages of this commune, Terca, there are the Living Fires (in Romanian: Focurile Vii) – a natural phenomenon, unique in Europe, but not unique to Romania. You’ll find a similar one, considered even more spectacular by some travelers, at Andreiaşu, a commune in Vrancea County, in the historical region of Moldovia, north of Buzău; and one in Reghiu commune, Vrancea, in the village of Răiuţi – only 8.5 km north of Andreiaşu.

Although the Living Fires of Andreiaşu (image above) occupy the most extensive area (400 m²), the Living Fires of Buzău are more popular with tourists, as they are situated close to other interesting natural attractions in the county, including: the Muddy volcanoes, the amber from Colti, the Salt from Meledic, the petroleum springs, salty springs, and so on.

This is a closeup of the freely burning natural gas at Terca, Lopătari. On the fire, you can even cook a meal. Image courtesy, Wikipedia Romania.

The natural emanations of gas are lit at the surface, under the rays of the sun. The fires burn at night as well, when the scenery is at its most spectacular display. At times you can see a flame rising up to 1 m into the wind above the ground.

For travelers, the fires are a natural curiosity. For the locals however, they are a source of legends, mystical beliefs, and superstition. Many local traditions have been inspired by these “eternal flames,” some no longer practiced, others still leaving their mark on local pottery, costumes and so on.

 

 

If their story has triggered your interest, then take a trip to Terca. In the summer, make sure you have enough water with you, the weather in Romania tends to get very hot, and the area around the Living Fires was not developed for tourist purposes. To understand, this is one of the signs marking the way to the Fires:

A handmade sign marking the way to the Living Fires of Terca (probably by a villager, or mountaineer).

To reach the place, drive through the city of Buzău, on the route Mărăcineni–Sapoca-Manzalesti-Lopătari-Terca (the GPS coordinates are N 45.53578 E 26.54857). If you drive through Berca, it’s better to use a four-wheel-drive vehicle. In fact, it’s good to have a good car to drive from Lopătari to Terca anyway. Prepare for a hike as well: the car cannot take you to the Fires. You have to cross a handmade wooden bridge, that looks ancient and wobbly. Then the road takes you on uneven terrain up the hill, on a hike that, although not difficult, it could be pure torture after the rain (mud and all). Below, the terrain map of the area.

Note that accommodation in Terca or Lopătari is hard to find. Your best bet is to lodge in Buzău and take the trip to the Living Fires early in the morning. Alternatively, you could try to find a room in the village, but don’t expect comfort and luxury. For many foreigners, the life standard in the villages here is below the poverty line. If you like fancy sheets, warm water 24h, and a comfortable commode, this place is not for you. If you want to experience the simple joys of life, warm people, authentic cuisine, and life as it used to be years and years ago, it doesn’t get better than this. There are a few more “modern” villas in Lopătari as well, renting rooms – but don’t count on them. The Terca village, your destination, looks pretty much like this:

A random house in Terca, courtesy Wikipedia Romania.

by Mihaela Lica

Sources: Rounite

The only papyrus from Romania, discovered 53 (1959 I mean) years ago is written in old Greek. It is unique because it is whole. It dates from IV Century before Jesus. The place ? The Mangalia Resort , Statiunea balneo-climaterica Mangalia . It was transported in the Russian State of the UdSSR, in the same year for restauration and conservation . But in the summer of 2011 it was returned to the officials of The Archaeological Museum of Mangalia , Muzeul de Arheologie Callatis din Mangalia.

Callatis – the story of a city

Whether called Cerbatis or Acervatis, Callatis Pangalia, Mankalia or Mangalia, geographical position of this place always sat in the middle of history. He became the oldest known settlement in the country, while the scene of political, economic social and very important, which generated over time change of identity, without affecting the essence of place: a bit of brilliance Greek, a littlethe joy of glory, a bit of spiritual strength and a touch of deep Turkish Romanian wisdom associated with a sense of introspection. A unique rainbow sky Balkans, where each color is well individualized, but inseparable, in fact.

Callatis – the most beautiful

First settled here were Thracians, founding the settlement known as Acervatis or Cerbatis. Thracian settlements in the former, the Greeks landed here will build the city which would remain in history as the Callatis, famous for its material and spiritual prosperity, but also for famous scholars whom he sheltered from its walls.

The late fourth century BC Inteimeiata, by the people Heracleea Pontic, located on the Asian side of the Black Sea, the city was named in memory of Calesa river that surrounds land Heracleea metropolis. Predicting an oracle was the one who was in the building Callatis, the city that would become in a short time, one of the strongest in the area, but at the same time, and one of the richest.

Advantageous geographical position immediately convinced of the desirability of building on Greek settlement in this place: locked and access to a freshwater lake (now Lake Mangalia), fertile land, an advantageous military position, however confirm the vision oracle, who guided the Greeks to the ground. Unlike the other two cities, Tomis and Histria Milesian colony, mainly commercial and democratic, was the only colony Callatis Doriana, practicing agriculture and a leading oligarchic rather than democratic, where power was held only a few families. Even so, Callatis the saw in a very short time success. Cereals and maritime trade were two of the sources that provided the city a wellspring of wealth.

A situation could not have flourished as not to attract neighbors envy.Throughout its history, the city was placed numerous times in the face of strong sieges. But who was to submit its Pontic allies with Macedonian domination, lasted five years, from 313 until 308 BC They became free from the death of King Lysimachus conqueror, in 281 BC A long siege was not so as not to put their mark on the settlement, but again, the city was rebuilt quickly, quickly going through the steps of material wealth and cultural.

Around 262 i.e.n. Tomis Fortress began. Frightened by the idea of ​​competition, the locals tried sabotaging construction, but experienced a resounding defeat of the Byzantine war fleet, came to help tomitanilor. Just like Phoenix, the city has returned shortly, keeping the head still for a while in the cities located on the shores of Black Sea, Pontus.

Romanian period that followed brought more prosperity to the city, now occupying the second position, after Tomis. Under the reign of Emperor Diocletian (284-305 AD) Constantine the Great (306-337 AD), then under Anastasius (491-518 AD) and Justinian (527-565 AD) , the city flourishes. I built new buildings, is created first bishop and resume trade. The two cities have full advantage of favorable business conditions from the Roman Empire created.

Cultural life in the city

Many residents of the city account free of material concerns were dedicated to the cause of spiritual ministry. At that time, the famous ancient geographer, Demetrios of Callatis developed a documented geographical work on Asia and Europe, contained in 20 books. This space inspired and playwright Istros of Callatis in writing a beautiful book about the tragedy. Another scholar originally from Callatis is Satyr, who lived in Egypt, where he wrote a book that was preserved in a fragment, “Life of Euripides.” History Laertiu Diogenes speaks in his writings about Heraclid philosopher (170-146 BC), a native of Callatis, who lived in Egypt at the court of King Ptolemy, during which he wrote six books about succession in time of philosophers about lembeutic reasoning.

The first coins minted here dates from around 300 BC, were made of silver and were represented on one side the head of Heracles, and the other, symbols of the city: quiver, bow, stand on end and ears of wheat. Later came bronze coins, which reproduce on the obverse images of the gods Dionysus, Apollo, Athena, Hermes, Demeter, and the reverse short city name, or Kala Kalla.

Mankalia

Avar invasion towards the end of the fifth century e.n. would finally put an end to one of the most beautiful and prosperous cities of Pontus Euxin. Powerful fortress settlement has become a simple port, which has kept for long look left.Mention of a map of Pisa, which dates from the twelfth century, as the settlement revive Pancalia Pangalia or equivalent in Byzantine Greek for “Callatis’ Greek classic, translated as” the beautiful “. Two centuries later, a French traveler, Walerand of Wawrin, mentions a port that you called Pangu built on the former cities Callatis. Commercial function of the port began to fade and the first mention of the settlement as the Mankalia is made in 1593 by Paolo Giorgi. Another seventeenth-century explorer, this time Turkish Evlia Celebi, speaks Mankalia as one of the largest ports in Dobrogea.

Since then, the settlement went through several transformations, but not always the most happily. In the last century, the city was preferred by Romanian artists, who went bohemian life here in little houses and picturesque, which resonate in a space of tranquility, away from the hectic world. Manuela Cernat describes in the preface of the book “Mangalia in the pages of time” by Aurelia and Stefan Lapusan a small painting of the city after the Second World War:
“Paradoxically, in full Sovietization away from the capital, looking at the border, Mangalia still breathing and living in pre-war rate. In too brief respite to tightening the bolt, here regroup quickly banished artistic cream of Balchik. Tudoran Radu Brothers and Geo Bogza pictoritele Marcela and Florica Cordescu, Cezar Petrescu and Joseph Igirosianu novelists, actors and Radu Grigore Vasiliu Birlic Beligan, directors and Marietta Sadova Sica Alexandrescu, vocalist Stroici Manole, epigramistul Pastorel Teodoreanu and a lot of beautiful women and very elegant gave shine watch the cliff walk. ”

Callatis – card

It is the oldest city in Romania;
The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, proof of being a Neolithic remains of material culture from Gumelnita;
The city is the only Doric colony on the shore of Pontus Euxin;
This papyrus was found only in Romania. Tomb of the papyrus was discovered in 1959, is dated in the fourth century BC Inside the tomb is built of cut stone blocks, being 1.5 meters below ground level. It is assumed that the buried here was a man of mind, and he was found near a papyrus written in Greek, first discovered in our country. There is controversy regarding this document, immediately after discovery disappeared. Due to very wet climate, the practice was abandoned very quickly scrolls the scribes of the time, they are replaced quickly scrolls much more resistant to moisture. Archaeologists feared what might happen to the papyrus, once uncovered, so they invited a Russian specialist to deal with taking it and decipher it, but once the document has made contact with light, shattered, and shattering the hopes of researchers decipher the message. But the scientist took the papyrus with him in Russia in an attempt to rehabilitate declared in the laboratory and to try decoding it, but then, no longer knows anything about this document. Some researchers have tried to learn something about the fate of papyrus and government through diplomatic channels, but their attempts were left unanswered. A Roman archaeologist has identified a history book printed in Russia a fragment of papyrus from Mangalia, which stated that it was saved, but has not been fully deciphered;
Both the inside walls of the fortress Callatis, and Roman ruins of the building can be seen near the coast town still Mangalia;
Former port city is currently covered by the sea. It was located in the south of the current port.
Some citizens were mercenaries royal Callatis in Egypt;
Under the arches of the basilica rang Callatis apparently Te Deum Laudamus first, composed of Nicetas Remesiana;
The city signed a peace treaty with Rome, currently considered the oldest known document in Latin in Eastern Europe;
In the first century AD, the city helped with money Callatis Rome;
The city is the first spa in our country, mesothermal sulfur baths are known since the time Burebista;
Under the Emperor Gordian (238-244), the first association worked Callatis hunters mentioned here, as is evident from an inscription on a marble slab, located at the Museum of Archeology in Constanta. Here were inscribed in Latin and Greek names of 43 members of the association amateur hunters, dated from III century BC;
Callatis originate from the famous scholars who lived in Hellenistic Egypt: Demetrios, Heracleides, Satyr, Istria, Thales;
Leontios Christian Byzantine scholar (485-542) was born in Zaldapa near Callatis.
The old Greek gymnasium in new profile sports, worked in the first century AD Callatis
Between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, was part of pashalic Mangalia Rumelia, the seat of judicial districts, called “accommodate”
Sultan Mosque is the oldest Esmahan cult Muslim Romania;
Occur in 1883, Mangalia, Triangle, Journal of masonry in Romania, with the help of Constantine M. Moroiu, Grand Master of the Grand National Lodge of Romania;
Mangalia is declared in 1899 the first sea and spa resort in Romania, after laboratory tests settled as its mineral waters are sulphurous, alkaline, slightly chlorosodic and iodine.

Mangalia their walls resting on one of the richest cultural heritage, which has a value and whose immense implications, realized, would bring added value to this settlement seems always beaten, both by the wind, waves and sun. The city rests on an archaeological treasure, but few know how to live the wonder of this place blessed by history, which was one of the first centers of civilization.

He remained famous speech recorded in history held by illustrious learned Nicolae Iorga, in honor of Mangalia city. Phrase, consisting of 120 words was read in a radio broadcast “in the dark tips”:
“It was later still, the view that shore of Dobrogea, which we know so little and not include only the illusion of silver in the picturesque Balchik and a poor Tatar-Turkish race that takes the wind today, I came to appreciate, of course not trivial and lust naval health resorts, ugly icon in our times lack of modesty, but in loneliness from Mangalia, beauty series that finished in frost easy charm of the backlight, which you looks a world away, chased by the boats lights capture fishermen who catch torches and spells the glimpse from the depths and especially the thing to remember is calling this morning, in fact even more cool day, the Luceafarul that rises vioriu sky suddenly in bed, and is an awakening to new life, you have to start the deep water for residents, as well as for those who, today, on the ruins of Hellenistic cities, leading only remnant of a civilization sad and vulgar that us until today I knew it live. ”

Epava hidroavionului e la 5 metri sub apa, ingropata in mâl.  Ceea ce da de furca scafandrilor militari care trebuie să scoată la suprafaţa rămăşitele aeronavei.

Hidroavionul a fost ajuns pe fundul lacului Siutghiol acum mai bine de 50 de ani. Flota Aviaţiei Regale Române a avut 8 astfel de aeronave.

Nici un muzeu de specialitate din lume nu are o astfel de aeronava. Tocmai de aceea, epava descoperită în Romania poate valora o avere.

Sursa Antena 3

The Magurele laser, a project with record financing of 293 million Euro, will be ten times stronger than the most high performance laser in the world. If the project is successful, in a few decades a laser will be able to do the work of a huge particle accelerator. Traian Basescu is going to Brussels on Friday to lobby for a step up in procedures to approve the project.

What else could the laser do?  “An interesting application is being able to determine the ratio between useful and useless uranium,” says Nicolae Zamfir, head of the Horia Hulubei Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering. Such a result would have immediate economic implications. While uranium 238 is completely useless, uranium 235 is the one used in reactors for the generation of nuclear energy.

The laser could also be used to neutralize nuclear waste. In Romania, radioactive waste from the Magurele reactor is stored at Baita Bihor and part of it was transported to Russia. States like Germany, which have decided to largely give up nuclear energy, still have thousands of nuclear waste containers that need storage.

Another immediate application would be in medicine. Hospitals with big budgets are currently buying accelerators for proton therapy. The machines send a beam of accelerated protons into the tissue, accurately destroying ill cells without affecting the others. The Heidelberg University Hospital, for instance, has such a machine, which costs 100 million dollars. Laser-based technology however becomes cheaper quite fast and could be widely used, Zamfir says.

The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) project is conducted by three states: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.

The Czech part of the project is called Beam Lines, which will have applications for the study of materials and life sciences.

In Hungary, it is called Attosecond Facility, and the laser will have the purpose of generating and studying very short beams, whose duration is measured in attoseconds (an attosecond is one billion billions times shorter than a second).

The Romanian project is called ELI-NP, NP comes from Nuclear Physics, and will act on electrons and ions in a material, accelerating the particles to speeds close to the speed of light.

CEL MAI MARE PROIECT ştiinţific din România ! LASERUL de la Măgurele schimba lumea

Laserul de la Măgurele – proiect care beneficiază de o finanţare-record în valoare de 293 de milioane de euro – va fi de 10 ori mai puternic decât cel mai performant laser care există acum în lume. Dacă proiectul reuşeşte, peste câteva zeci de ani, un laser va putea face treaba unui accelerator de particule uriaş. Cel de la Geneva se află într-un tunel cu diametrul de 27 de kilometri. Laserul încape într-o clădire de câteva zeci de metri pătraţi. Traian Băsescu se duce vineri la Bruxelles şi va face lobby pentru accelerarea procedurilor de aprobare a proiectului.

Ce ar mai putea face laserul? “O aplicaţie interesantă este să reuşim determinarea reportului dintre uraniul util şi cel nefolositor”, spune Nicolae Zamfir, directorul Institutului de Fizică şi Inginerie Nucleară “Horia Hulubei”. Un astfel de rezultat ar avea implicaţii economice imediate. În timp ce uraniul 238 (un izotop al uraniului) este complet nefolositor, uraniul 235 (un alt izotop) este cel folosit în reactoare, pentru producerea de energie electrică, de exemplu.

Laserul ar putea fi folosit şi  în domeniul deşeurilor nucleare. Aceste deşeuri au un timp de neutralizare foarte îndelungat, de mii de ani chiar. De aceea, aceste deşeuri sunt ţinute în depozite uriaşe şi atent izolate. Cu laserul, cercetătorii pot transforma, prin iradiere, nucleele radioactive în nuclee cu un timp de înjumătăţire (în sensul neutralizării) mai mic.

În România, deşeurile radioactive rezultate din reactorul de la Măgurele sunt depozitate la Băiţa Bihor. Combustibilul periculos a fost de asemenea transportat în Rusia. Însă, state ca Germania, care au decis să renunţe în mare parte la energia nucleară, au mii de recipiente cu deşeuri nucleare care trebuie depozitate.

O altă aplicaţie imediată ar fi în medicină. În prezent, spitalele cu mulţi bani cumpără acceleratoare pentru protonoterapie. Pe scurt, aceste maşini trimit un fascicul de protoni acceleraţi într-un ţesut, cu scopul de a distruge cu precizie o celulă bolnavă, fără a le afecat şi pe cele din jur. Astfel de acceleratoare au migrat de pe hârtie în practică, iar Siemens a construit astfel de aparate. Spitalul Universitar din Heidelberg, de exemplu, are un astfel de aparat, pentru simplul motiv că această unitate medicală din Germania şi-l permite. Costul aparatului este de 100 de milioane de dolari.

“Este un preţ pe care spitalele din multe state europene nu şi-l pot permite şi care nu va scădea semnificativ de-a lungul timpului. Gândiţi-vă: 100 de milioane de dolari pentru un singur spital. Ce să mai vorbim de România? În schimb, preţul aparatelor care folosesc laser scade foarte rapid. Un banal pointer costa zeci de mii de dolari în anii 60, acum e doi lei”, spune Zamfir. Tot în medicină, laserul ar putea facilita producerea de radioizotopi de mare importanţă în medicină. Radioizotopii (produsele radiofarmaceutice) servesc, în medicină, la diagnosticarea şi tratarea neinvazivă a unor boli grave şi des întâlnite, precum cancerul sau bolile cardiovasculare. Moleculele biologice marcate cu radioizotopi medicali se numesc şi „marcatori” pentru că, administrate în cantităţi foarte mici, ne permit să urmărim anumite procese biologice.

Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) este un proiect derulat în trei state din UE: Cehia, Ungaria şi România.

În Cehia, se va implementata proiectul (pilonul) numit Beam Lines. “Vorbim de aplicaţii ale fasciculelor secundare”, spune Nicolae Zamfir. Atunci când laserul interacţionează cu materia se produc şi raze X, de exemplu. Proiectul cehilor va avea aplicaţii în studiul materialelor şi în ştiinţelor vieţii.

În Ungaria, proiectul poartă numele de “Attosecond Facility”. Cercetătorii maghiari vor dezvolta laserul cu scopul precis de a obţine şi a studia fascicule extrem de scurte. Mai exact, vorbim de fascicule a căror durată se măsoară în atosecunde. O atosecundă reprezintă o unitate de timp de un miliard de miliarde de ori mai mică decât secunda.

Proiectul din România poartă numele de ELI-NP. NP vine de la Nuclear Physics (Fizică Nucleară). Puternicul laser va acţiona asupra electronilor şi ionilor dintr-un material, aceste particule urmând să fie accelerate cu viteze apropiate de cea a luminii.

Faţă de Cehia şi Ungaria, unde studiile se vor face exclusiv pe lumină vizibilă, în România vom avea atât lumină vizibilă, cât şi lumină invizibilă. Mai exact, vorbim de razele gamma, care sunt unde electromagnetice de frecvențe foarte mari produse de interacțiuni între particule subatomice, cum ar fi la dezintegrările radioactive sau la ciocnirea și anihilarea unei perechi electron – pozitron. Pe baza acestor raze, au fost dezvoltate metode de diagnoză în diferite afecţiuni, una dintre cele mai interesante ajutând la diagnosticarea extinderii cancerului în organism. Totuşi, razele sunt atât de puternice încât pot scinda, “sparge” molecula de ADN, în cazul expunerii îndelungate.

Sursa Bucharest Herald

Speologii romani au gasit in Pestera Coliboaia din Bihor desene care s-au dovedit a fi cele mai vechi din Europa Centrala, datand de acum aproape 35.000 de ani. Desenele, reprezentand animale din acele vremuri, bizoni, rinoceri, capete de urs, au fost bine pastrate datorita conditiilor bune de umiditate din zona pesterii unde au fost gasite. Momentan, pestera este inchisa, specialistii urmand sa continue cercetarile. In plus, accesul in zona picturilor rupestre este extreme de dificil. 

           

   

Pestera cu Oase din Valea Minisului

Este locul unde a poposit cel mai „vechi” om din Europa

In sistemul carstic al Vaii Minisului, in apropiere de Anina, judetul Caras Severin, se afla o pestera al carei nume a facut inconjurul lumii in urma cu aproape un deceniu. Pestera cu Oase este locul unde au fost gasite cele mai vechi ramasite din Europa ale omului modern. Fosilele, provenind de la trei indivizi, au fost datate la o vechime de 35.000 de ani, sau 40.500 folosind date calibrate.

Cel mai vechi papirus intreg din Europa

 

 

Exploatarea de caolin de la Aghires a strapuns stratul impermeabil de argila si a intepat panza de apa freatica sau un izvor subteran. Apa a navalit si a inundat toata cariera.  Lacul astfel format este supranumit Laguna Albastra, datorita culorii apei incarcate cu praf de argila.

Ciudat este faptul ca apa lacului imprumuta culoarea cerului. Este gri in zilele mohorate si albastra in cele senine, ca sufletul omului. 

    

        

La Zaplaz, porti catre alta dimensiune

Urcand de la Refugiul Spirlea pe traseul La Lanturi, din Piatra Craiului, gasesti sparturile in stanca si nu te poti opri sa nu te intrebi “cum a fost posibil?”

Aceste inaltimi, au fost candva fund de mare. Iar marturie stau gramezile de cochilii pietrificate, pe care daca sunteti cautatori cu ochi atent, le puteti zari la tot pasul. 

Ce mana a putut avea atata rabdare si forta?! Ei bine, mana timpului cu ucenici ca apa, vantul, vremurile… 

    

Rezervatia Gradina Zmeilor 

Gradina Zmeilor este o rezervatie geologica si morfologica impresionanta. (judetul Salaj,La 10 km de Jibou se gaseste satul Galgaul Almasului).

Blocuri de stanca de toate formele si marimile stau aruncate intr-o mare dezordine, aidoma jucariilor unor copii. Turnuri, tancuri, pilieri, hornuri, fisuri, cuburi, ciuperci – toate formele de relief de eroziune din atlas sunt cuprinse aici in Rezervatia Gradina Zmeilor.

 

   

Focul viu

Focul Viu este localizat in judetul Buzau, pe Valea Slanicului, intr-un deal din apropierea satului Terca, comuna Lopatari. Si reprezinta, de fapt, un fenomen firesc, ce are la baza emanatiile de gaze naturale din scoarta terestra, care, sub actiunea razelor solare, se transforma intr-un foc cu trimiteri infernale.  Flacarile sale pot ajunge la jumatate de metru si chiar un metru inaltime.   Considerat monument natural, este inscris in baza de date a ariilor protejate din lume.

     

Groapa Ruginoasa, un fenomen unic in Europa

 

Balta vrajitoarelor

Faimosul Sfinx din Bucegi are un frate mai mic in Cheile Tatarului, din Muntii Gutai. Denumit Sfinxul Maramuresului, seamana mai degraba cu un cap de dac, fiind compus din roci de andezit dur, roca greu erodabila”. Sfinxul Maramuresului  va fi acoperit de apele barajului Runcu – Firiza, imediat ce acesta va fi pus in functiune. 

         

 In judetul Buzau , exista un alt monument al naturii, mai putin cunoscut, care seamana cu un chip uman. Este vorba despre Sfinxul din masivul Breazau, situat pe raza localitatii Bustea, comuna Manzalesti (50 km de orasul Buzau , pe Valea Slanicului).

Two doctors from Bacau invented a machine that saves crushed bones. With their invention, Romania opened the most important external bone fixation congress in Barcelona. The device invented by Dr. Filipescu saves crushed bones without a scalpel, without screws or metal rods, according to Jurnalul National.