Himeji Castle(姫路城Himeji-jō) is a hilltop Japanese castle complex located in Himeji, in Hyōgo Prefecture,Japan. The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 buildings with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period.
Back in the year 2000, an incredible meteorite weighing 2,211 pounds was discovered near Fukang, a city located in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, China. Named the Funkang meteorite, it was identified as a pallasite, a type of stony–iron meteorite. With4.5 billion years in the making, its golden olivine mixed with silvery nickel-iron to create a stunningly beautiful mosaic effect.
Pallasites are extremely rare even among meteorites (only about 1% of all meteorites are this type) and Fukang has been hailed as one of the greatest meteorite discoveries of the 21st century.
It has since been divided into slices which give the effect of stained glass when the sun shines through them. It is so valuable that even tiny chunks sell in the region for $40 to $60 a gram. An anonymous collector holds the largest portion, which weighs 925 pounds..
Alexey Nikishin is a Russian professional photographer born in 1976 in Moscow. In 2000, he left his job in advertising to devote himself to photography. He tried different sorts of styles, but he found in the portraits a way that allows him to develop more depth and ambiguity. Multi awards-winning and exhibitions worldwide, he offers a very personal vision of photography and his portraits are uniques with a psychological tendency. Admire his work in this article and more on his portfolio.
