SONG OF THE RAIN

The sky was gray today
When she woke up and got out of the bed
She walked out into her balcony
She saw the rain pouring down fast
It washed her tears away
And washed her sadness away
Rain I hope you will stop soon

It will make the grass grow green again
It will water the flowers in the garden
This is the song of the rain
God created the rain and the sun also
How luckyYou have heard her prayer
It finally stopped raining again

I always found peaceful the sound of the rain
The sound of the rain is music to my ears
And puts me to restAny time of the day or night
I am not frighten of the rain
I know that the rain is not going to hurt me
And I am not going to melt either
Because I am not made of ice

The song of the rain I sing
I wrote it for the rain
I had the rain on my mind today
Honestly I did
The rain washes all the mud away,
the side walk, and the street away

The song of the rain I keep singing on and on
Until I run out of voice
And tired myself out
People say the rain is for the ducks
Some say it is raining cats and dogs
Every time it rains out

Aldo Kraas

Spain wins Euro 2008 final after 44yrs

On the strength of Fernando Torres' goal in the 33rd minute, Spain claimed its first European Championship in 44 years Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Germany at Ernst Happel Stadion.
Spain found European glory for the first time since 1964, finally shedding its label as perennial underachievers.

"It is to me the most important day in Spanish football in many, many years," Torres said.

Against the highly accomplished Germans, the Spaniards weren't intimidated. They got the one goal they needed — from a slumping striker, no less — and set off chants of "ES-PANA!" and "Ole, Ole Ole!" at the final whistle.
The entire Spanish squad ran over to the huge rooting section of red and gold, exchanging hugs, while many of the spent Germans collapsed to the turf.
When Spain goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas accepted the trophy on a stage, the Spanish fans began chanting the melody to their national anthem, which has no words. Thousands of camera flashes went off as the players jumped in place, then headed onto the field to show off their prize.
The Spaniards weren't close to finished with their celebration that was so long in the making. They marched to their rooting section, hoisting the cup and saluting their flag-waving, firecracker-exploding fans.
"We have won in a brilliant way," coach Luis Aragones said. "We will be able to start saying we can win, a European championship as well as any other thing."

Death

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

We know one thing for sure that everybody will die one day. Some will go early some will go late. It's like everybody is waiting for his/her death. They/We are getting ready but we don't know that. Whenever one's bell rings he/she is ready for another world. This is a hard truth of nature.

When an older person dies it touches us but we can sometimes convince ourselves. But when an young person dies its very difficult to make the dear ones calm. When a mother dies after child birth; its so difficult. The child can never understand the love of a mother. She/He will be mother/father someday but will miss her mother as well. Again, when somebody loses her/his children/child. Its again difficult. Is is said, "It's difficult for a father to carry his child's dead body."

Rare coconut tree in Kerala

AN ARTIFICIAL RAIN !!

To remove the air pollution on the atmosphere..it is called 'CLOUD SEEDING' a latest technology to customise weather...CLOUD SEEDING, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or Ice Nuclei. The usual intent is to increase precipitation, but hail suppression is also widely practiced. SILVER IODIDE and DRY ICE are the most commonly used substances in CLOUD SEEDING. It is done by THE METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT AT THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF METEOROLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY (NCMS)

Sundarbans-Largest Mangrove Forest Of The World-Dhk, Bangladesh

The Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন Shundorbôn), is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world; lies at the mouth of the Ganges & is spread across areas of Bangladesh & West Bengal, India, forming the seaward fringe of the delta. The forest covers 10,000 sqkm of which about 6,000 are in Bangladesh. It got inscripted as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997. The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats & small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The area is known for the eponymous Royal Bengal Tiger, as well as numerous fauna including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles & snakes. It is estimated that there are now 500 Bengal tigers & about 30,000 spotted deer in the area.

The Sundarbans is inhospitable, dangerous & monotonous. Dense mangrove forests occupy 56 islands & the balance is under saline water which flows through numerous tidal channels & creeks. It is difficult to approach & even more difficult to spend time in. But for those who dare, it must be one of the most attractive & alluring places remaining on earth.

Due to the loss of its natural habitat & poaching, the national symbol of Bangladesh, the royal Bengal tiger, is in danger of extinction. It is estimated there are less than 400 royal Bengal tigers roaming the Bangladeshi Sundarbans.

The water level of the Bay of Bengal has been rising over the years. Dams and barrages that are being built north of the Sundarbans in India have decreased fresh water levels, which has killed some types of vegetation.

Illegal logging is on the increase, the mangroves are partially in the district of Khulna, which is also the site of a govt paper mill. The factory relies on nearby legal timber supplies, but with the Sundarbans so close, illegal loggers have been making forays into the inner regions of the forest, cashing in on millions of dollars worth of stolen wood. Tourism is the most recent problem for the Sundarbans, as the beauty of the area is advertised around the world, more & more travelers arrive in large tour boats.

snake of Sundarban

The Sundarbans is very rich in wildlife & also filled with Sundari trees. But this mangrove forest is under threat, & also cyclone sidr damaged a large portion of this forest. Experts fear that much of nearly 40 species of mammals, some 400 species of birds and more than 200 species of fishes fell victim to the calamity

Tsunami.... can turn the world

A tsunami is a system of ocean gravity waves formed as a result a large-scale disturbance of the sea that occurs in a relatively short duration of time. This impulsive disturbance causes vertical displacement of the water column. In the process of the sea water returning to an equilibrium position, a series of oscillations takes place, both above and below sea level, and waves, which propagate outwards from the source region, are generated.

Two days before Tsunami

This is a satellite image of the tsunami just before it hit the beach in Sri Lanka with an enlargement to show the seawater being sucked off the beach into the gathering wave.

The last picture! There are people who believe in God, there're others who don't believe, but we must understand that we're small when nature hits... This picture was taken on the banks of Sumatra Island (the height of waves was of aprox. 32m=105ft). It was found saved in a digital camera, 1 1/2 yrs after the disaster. We can't know for sure, but very likely the one who took the picture isn't alive any more (it was just a matter of sec). Today we can see the last image he/she saw before ending life on Earth!