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The Outskirts Of Makhachkala. Night. Santa Claus New year is near… and with it one of his main characters — the bearded man with the bag (lots of gifts). Tell strange, funny and touching stories from Dagestan Santa clauses. Athletes and Arabs Alexander Stepanov, the actor of Russian drama theatre. M. Gorkogo: Once I arrived to order. I go. And there sat the Arabs, natural, in a turban, with beard, wearing his national. “That’s not where I got that?” — ask. Scared even a little bit. “There,” I said. They have been moved from the Emirates and living in Dagestan. And Santa Claus, and there currently ordered for the New year. Worked, feeling like a character in the story, not on the stage and not the scenery. Albert Tokayev, photographer, tour guide: — I then went himself behind the wheel of their car. Traveled around the city together with the

The volcano Anak-Krakatau after the eruption has decreased four times The eruption caused a tsunami that killed more than 420 people. Indonesian volcano Anak-Krakatau, whose eruption a week ago caused a massive tsunami, fell four times in volume and lost two-thirds of the height, according to the Associated Press referring to the Indonesian scholars. The eruption and destruction of the volcano, whose name translates as “child of Krakatau” (as it appeared after the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883), 22 Dec local time led to a tsunami: waves up to five meters killed more than 420 people, 40 thousand people were forced to evacuate. The Indonesian Center of Volcanology and mitigation of geological disasters reported that the eruption of the Anak-Krakatau lost from 150 to 180 million cubic meters in volume, and now its volume is 40-70 million cubic meters. The maximum height of the crater has decreased from 338 meters

In Central London found an underground ice house In the heart of London found underground ice house built in the late XVIII century, according to a press release on the website of the London Museum of archaeology (MOLA). Here are kept reserves of ice that collected on the river (and later imported from Norway) and sold to people for household needs. Storage of ice appeared in the UK in the second half of the XVI century. Ice used for storage and transportation of products and for medical purposes. Besides, among the rich was fashionable to serve at banquets frozen desserts, and this, too, needed the ice. Before the advent of electricity the ability to freeze water artificially was not, so the ice was collected in winter on the rivers and canals and during the year kept in storage. They were usually dome-shaped, they were built of brick and most of

A month not to drink: the consequences of a voluntary prohibition Scientists conducted the study. Abstinence from alcohol for a month promotes weight loss, improve overall tone and condition of skin and further reduce the use of alcoholic beverages. To such conclusion scientists from the University of Sussex. Many Brits first year taking part in the flashmob “Dry January”. For a month they quit drinking alcohol. Researchers conducted a study with 800 participants in this flash mob. They collected data about the health, weight and food habits during the year after January 2018. According to scientists, the number of days when people have been drinking alcohol decreased from 4.3 to 3.3 in a week. The amount of alcohol consumed per day decreased from 8.6 to 7.1 standard units. The number of days when people drank, decreased on average from 3.4 to 2.1 per month. 93% of participants at the end

Looks like a Mexican town in the middle of the water (photos) It is often called the local Venice. Mexcaltitan de Uribe or just Mexcaltitan is a unique village of the island, located in the state of Nayarit in Mexico. View this post in Instagram Publication of ⓄⓢⓒⓐⓡⓇⓤⓘⓩⓍⓧ (@oscarruizxx) 2 Oct 2018 4:45 PDT During the download an error has occurred. View this post in Instagram Publication of Oscar LaVey (@oscarvillalvazo) 19 APR 2018 10:30 PDT During the download an error has occurred. This island is quite small — the length of the longest side is 400 metres away. Residents here are also a bit to about 900 people. View this post in Instagram Publication from @jessinotdead APR 8, 2018 6:27 PDT During the download an error has occurred. View this post in Instagram Publication of Nayarit_Oficial (@nayarit_oficial) 5 Oct 2018 4:58 PDT During the download an error has occurred.

Natural architecture. How to look unique column of lake Crowley Fascinating place. On the shore of lake Crowley in California there are amazing rock formations in the form of a spiral columns with a height of 6 meters, which are connected by a beautiful natural arches. The column was first discovered in 1941 when they came to the surface from under water after the construction of reservoirs in the upper reaches of the Owens river. View this post in Instagram Publication of khrystyne danica ross (@dannerramma) 22 Oct 2018 8:45 PDT During the download an error has occurred. In 2015, the geologists from UC Berkeley interested in this unusual place and decided to conduct a serious study. It turned out that, despite its apparent artificiality, these columns are of natural origin. Scientists discovered that the stone pillars with arches formed as a result of melting snow, when the cold water