Can we live without it?
Water is the most abundant liquid on Earth. It covers more than 70% of the earth’s surface. Including the clouds (which are, of course, also water), it makes our entire planet look blue and white from space.
The earth’s supply of water is constantly being recycled. It is evaporated from the oceans by the sun and is given off by the forests. The vapor condenses into clouds, which rain out onto the land. The land water runs off into the lakes and rivers, which then run back to the seas, and the cycle is complete. The total amount of water on Earth, in the form of oceans, lakes, rivers, clouds, polar ice, etc. is 1.5 × 1018 (one-and-a-half billion) tons, occupying a total volume of 8.7 million cubic miles.
It is impossible to overstate the importance of water to almost every process on Earth, from the life processes of the lowest bacteria to the shaping of continents. Water is the most familiar of all chemical
compounds known to humans. It is essential to all living things, plant and animal. We drink it, we wash with it, we play in it and we cook in it. In fact, we ourselves are more than half water.
We never see absolutely pure water because it dissolves so many substances. If we want pure water we have to prepare it laboriously by such means as distillation, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis. Moving water even dissolves rock slightly, to form caves and to wear away mountains. All of the water on Earth, therefore, is in the form of solutions. The dissolved substances change the properties of water from what they would be in absolutely pure water. They affect its freezing point and its boiling point, among many other physical and chemical properties. The dissolved or suspended substances in water can be in the form of ions, molecules, or larger particles. For drinking water, bacteria must also be killed.
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Well, here they are doing a tag of war, or so it seems. The ‘Gucci’ team are the devils…
While the ‘Chanel’ team are the good doers, the humans.
These photos were taken September 12, 2008 at Suvarnabhumi Airport while my husband and I were killing some extra time. We were on our way back to The Netherlands, our vacation has just ended.
*sigh* I wanna go back there again!
What a unfortunate photo opportunity that was. How I wish I had a Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM or a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM . Any of the 2 will do, as long as it’s a wide angle lens.
Perhaps Santa will hear my wish this Christmas?
Few months ago I was at the Southern part of Thailand and visited (for the nth time) the local market. I love going to this market to buy stuff that I can never find here in Holland. Simply cheaper, authentic and fresher.
This was a stolen shot of two vendors engrossed in their chat.
Dried seafood section Huahin Thailand.
Minabuti kong bitbitin ang aking camera kaninang umaga, halos 11 am ng kinailangan kong magpunta sa grocery at mamili ng aming mga kailangan sa panaghalian. Dahil ang tumambad sa akin ay tila makapal na usok pagbukas pa lamang ng pinto.
Walang kahangin-hangin sa labas kaya’t ang mist o fog ay napakakapal. Animo’y papagabi na at dahil iniiwasan ito ng mga nagmamaneho, ay tahimik rin sa lansangan.
Dito ako dumadaan papunta ng tindahan. Kahit ang mga ibon at pato ay ubod ng tahimik. Halos walang umiimik!
Ni hindi ko maaninag ang araw …
at kinailangan ko pang mag zoom in para lang makita ito.
Madalas ito mangyari dito sa bansang Holland. Hay naku pag hindi ka pa naman na-depress sa ganitong tanawin, ewan ko na lang! Pero ika nga, survival lang naman, kalabanin ang depression na dala ng paparating na winter sa ganitong panahon. Kalabanin ang mahabang oras ng dilim!
Happy LP dear friends!
These photos were meant for last week’s Weekend Snapshot as I even went outside just to shoot, but due to my hectic schedule I wasn’t able to join. Anyway, I’d just let the photos speak for themselves.
The only thing about autumn that I like is the changing of green leaves into red, that’s pretty! But the rain and below temperature that come along with it, no thank you.
Do join us at Weekend Snapshot!
Ilaw na pinalilubutan ng sapot. Ganunpaman ito ay nagbibigay liwanag sa gitna ng kadiliman. Nakikita nyo yung ‘orb’?
Dito nagbibigay ng liwanag ang ilaw na ito. Sa isang madilim na bahagi ng Fuerza De Santiago. Kuha po ang mga ito nuong EB ng Litratong Pinoy (Aug.9, 2008)
Ako po si Thess na bumabati ng magandang Huwebes sa inyong lahat!
Fort Santiago according to Wikipedia:
Fort Santiago (Spanish: Fuerza de Santiago) is a defense fortress built for Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi. The fort is part of the structures of the walled city of Intramuros, in Manila, Philippines.
The location of Fort Santiago was once the site of the palace and kingdom of Rajah Sulayman, a Muslim chieftain of pre-hispanic Manila. It was destroyed by the conquistadors upon arriving in 1570, encountering several battles with the Islamic natives. The Spaniards destroyed the native settlements and erected Fuerza de Santiago in 1571.
The first fort was made out of log structures and earth. Most of it was destroyed in the Spanish-Chinese War of (1574-1575), by invaders of Chinese pirates who besieged the area. The Spaniards fought a fierce conflict and eventually drove the pirates out. In 1589 the fort was constructed with hard stone and finished in 1592. It became the main fort for travels and spice trade to the Americas and Europe for 333 years. The famous Manila Galleon trade to Acapulco, Mexico started sailing from Fuerza de Santiago.
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Entertainment provided by a Thai Jazz band one afternon.
Pool area. Sofitel Centara, Hua Hin Thailand.
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