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Okinawa Churaumi: World’s second largest Aquarium
The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium located in Okinawa, Japan, is the world’s second largest aquarium behind the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.
The main tank called the ‘Kuroshio Sea’ holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world’s second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters.
Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.
On 16 June 2007 at 10:25 PM a manta ray was born at the aquarium after a gestation of 374 days.
The aquarium is one of very few that keep whale sharks in captivity, and is currently trying to breed them.
Courtesy: Youtube/ wikipedia
Add comment July 26, 2009
मिर्गौला रोगबाट बच्न खाने सोडा खाने गरौ ।
सोडियम बाई-कार्बोनेट (खाने सोडा) को दैनिक प्रयोगले अप्रत्यासिक रुपमा मिर्गौला रोगी लाई फाईदा पुग्ने कुरा हाल सालै गरिएको एक बैज्ञानिक अनुसन्धानले देखाएको छ । हरेक बर्षा मिर्गौला दाताको अभावमा सयौको सन्ख्यामा मिर्गौला रोगीहरुको मृत्यु हुने गरेको तथ्यान्क हामीहरु सँग छ ।
कम बाइ-कार्बोनेट् (Metabolic Acidosis) स्तर भएका मिर्गौला रोगीहरुमा डाक्टरहरुले उक्त उपचार बिधी सुरु गरेका हुन । रोयल लन्डन हस्पिटल का अनुसन्धानकर्ता हरुले १३४ जना मिर्गौला रोगीहरुलाई दैनिक थोरै मात्रामा खाने सोडा लगातार १ बर्ष सम्म खुवाएर उक्त अनुसन्धान थालेका थिए ।
खाने सोडा दिइएको बिरामिहरुमा नखाने बिरामीहरुको तुलना मा मिर्गौलाले राम्रो काम गरेको निर्क्योल उक्त अध्ययन प्रतिबेदनले देखाएको छ ।
मिर्गौला रोगीहरुले मिर्गौला उपचारमा हुने उपचार पद्धती डायलासिस अनि मिर्गौला प्रत्यारोपण जस्ता अति खर्चालु उपचार बाट बच्न दैनिक सोडियम बाई-कार्बोनेट चक्की खानाले फाईदा पुर्याउने कुरा अमेरिकन सोसाइटी अफ नेफ्रोलोजी ले जनाएको छ ।
हाम्रो देशमा पनि अहिले निक्कै मिर्गौलाका रोगीहरु देखिन थालेका छन। हाम्रो जस्तो देशमा यसको उपचार पद्धती अति महँगो र सर्वसाधारणको पहुच भन्दा बाहिर भएको हुँदा किन हामी पनि प्रयोग नगर्ने ? किन ढिला गर्ने ?
खाने सोडा जो हाम्रो बजारमा त्यती महँगो पनि छैन र सजिलै जताततै उपलब्ध हुने हुँदा आजै देखी यस्को प्रयोग थालौ र केहि हद सम्म भएपनी मिर्गौला रोग बाट बचौ र बचाउन मद्दत गरौ ।
2 comments July 19, 2009
Total solar eclipse 2009 july 22
On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crosses Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean where the maximum duration of totality reaches 6 min 39 s. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon’s penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean.
The shadow of the moon is so large at this eclipse that even at sunrise the duration of totality is more than 3 minutes. Indeed this is a great eclipse. The shadow then very quickly moves across the breadth of India towards Arunachal Pradesh. The shadow spans a third of the entire path in India, 900 kilometres out of 2500 kms across entire India. The Eclipse intercept point has been planned over Taregna, a village 35 kms south of Patna. Taregna Math is the place where Aryabhatta – India’s astronomer & mathematician observed the skies and practised. Coincidently the eclipse centreline is passing right over this historical Patliputra town.
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