| Ancient Rainforest Revealed in Coal Mine | | Scientists exploring a mine have uncovered a natural Sistine chapel showing not Religious Paintings, but incredibly well preserved images of sprawling tree trunks and fallen leaves that once breathed life into an ancient rainforest. Replete with a diverse mix of extinct plants, the 300-million-year-old fossilized forest is revealing clues about the ecology of Earth’s first rainforests . The discovery and details of the forest are published in the May issue of the journal Geology. The largest ever found, the fossil forest covers an area of about 40 square miles, or nearly the size of San Francisco. This ancient assemblage of flora is thought to be one of the first rainforests on Earth, emerging during the Upper Carboniferous, or Pennsylvanian, time period that extended from about 310 million to 290 million years ago.
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| | Jan 23 2007-Knowledge~~~Bravery together!!!!! | | Today, Jan 23 2007: is an unique day.
Today is Saraswati Puja, also known as Shree Panchami, or Basant Panchami, a Hindu festival of India. It signifies the beginning of Basant Ritu (spring season). It is celebrated on the 5th day of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of Magha. It falls on different dates of the English calendar. On this day Goddess Saraswati is worshipped as the Goddess of Learning, the deity of Gayatri, the fountain of fine arts and science, and the symbol of supreme vedantic knowledge. Religious paintings depict each goddess alighted on a vehicle that symbolizes their special power. She alights a ‘white swan’, which is the symbol of ‘purity and discrimination’. She has four hands and plays Beena", an Indian string musical instrument. Basant Panchami is also known as Saraswati Day and commemorates the birth of goddess Saraswati. Hindu temples throng with people and the festival is celebrared with prayers and rituals.
To day is also Netaji Jayanti, the birthday of the Great Freedom fighter, Subash Chandra Bose. He was born in Cuttack, on Jan 23 1897, a city of my state, Orissa of India. He completed his education from Cambridge University, but joined... | |
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