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Posted on March 31, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

David Brussat's avatarArchitecture Here and There

"Versailles," by Jean-Francois Rauzier. (http://www.waterhousedodd.com) “Versailles,” by Jean-Francois Rauzier. (http://www.waterhousedodd.com)

Roy Lewis has sent two marvelous illustrations, below, that remind me of my post on the “Hyperphotography of Jean-François Rauzier,” in particular his “Versailles,” above, which I used to illustrate a number of posts a year or so ago. When I first saw a smaller version of “Versailles” I thought it was a field of wheat. Feel free, indeed feel empowered by the link offered for free on this blog, to visit the website of Jean-François Rauzier.

The use of multiple imagery replicating a single masterpiece of architecture, variously manipulated, creates a scene that performs a happy jujitsu move upon the mind’s eye. You are not at first sure what it is or whether it is real. The artist/photographer has staged a coup, two of them below, one of which adumbrates a famous Stalinist building, Moscow State University. The other is a…

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India on the Way to its Own GPS

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Rashid Faridi


India is on the way to its own GPS.The country today(28 March,2015) launched satellite IRNSS-1D from Sriharikota onboard  PSLV-C27  to pave the way for the country’s own navigation system on par with the GPS of US.

The satellite was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

IRNSS-1D is the fourth in the series of seven satellites, planned by ISRO to put in place the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).The IRNSS system will be focussed  at South Asia and is designed to provide accurate position information services to users in the country, as well as the region extending up to 1,500 km from its boundary.

IRNSS’ applications include terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, navigation help for hikers and travellers, visual and voice navigation for drivers in the region.

In this type of navigation system four satellites would be sufficient to start operations of the system, the remaining three would make it more accurate and efficient.

The previous three satellites in the IRNSS series were launched from Sriharikota on July 1, 2013, April 4 and October 16 last year.

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VIDEO: everything is everything

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

Daniel Rotsztain's avatarthe urban geographer

In August 2011, I delivered a lecture titled Everything is Everything as part of the amazing Fuller Terrace Lecture Series in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

That night’s theme was The Nature of Things, and I thought it the perfect opportunity to distill the messages of my undergraduate thesis, transforming them into more accessible and whimsical language and visuals.

Fuller Terrace Lectures recently updated their archives, including the entirety of the 2011 season. Please enjoy my lecture, and check out the others too!

Daniel Rotsztain The Nature of Things from Fuller Terrace Lecture Series on Vimeo.

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Forest in the Heart of City: Guindy National Park, Chennai(link)

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

Guindy National Park Entrance: Image Source-Wikipedia

If you are a green enthusiast and care about urban green spaces, Guindy National Park is for you.It is a protected Reserve Forest right in the heart of Chennai. The main gate of this park is in a small lane next to the popular tourist destination: Guindy Snake park and Zoo, after IIT-M and Cancer Institute campus gates (from Adyar). It is an excellent change from the concrete urban jungle around us!.But don’t go there expecting to see tigers, panthers, elephants, or giraffes roaming all around you.It is more like an urban green belt.

Like all national parks today, the Guindy Park was originally a game reserve. It was in 1958 that the area of 400 hectares was handed to the Tamil Nadu Forest Department. Today the National Park has only 270.57 hectares.

The biodiversity within the Guindy National Park is quite amazing, despite the fact that it is a very small area surrounded by houses and habitation. The vegetation is mainly of the tropical dry evergreen type, and over 350 species of plants have been found including trees, shrubs, climbers, herbs and grasses. There are large numbers of Chital and Blackbuck that graze in the open grassland on the northern end of the park. Nocturnal animals include the toddy cat, civets, jungle cat, pangolin, and hedgehog. The dense forest, grasslands and water-bodies provide an ideal habitat for a large species of birds, some not seen anywhere else in Chennai. Apart from snakes, certain species of tortoise and turtles, lizards, geckos, chameleons and the common Indian monitor lizard are also found here.

Other than the Guindy National Park, the Arignar Anna Zoological Park , popularly known as the Vandalur Zoo (spread over a lush green forest area of about 510 hectares) also acts as a lung to the city.

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