Tierra Unica

Great Britain Covered With Snow!

via rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov

NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response captured an amazing satellite photo of Great Britain covered in snow on December 7, 2009.

Tiny Animals On Fingers!

REMEMBER THE LITTLE FINGERS, for they adore the wonders of nature.  If this doesn't remind you of a little kid, then you've never been around little kids.  It's a perfect test to determine that.

 

 
 
 
 

Happy Birthday Peru! - ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Perú!

Today is the 188th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Peru from Spain!  But it has over 10,000 years of scientifically verified history.  The domestication of the potato in Peru has been verified by European and American scientists to be 8,000 years before Christ!

From Alaska, USA to Tierra de Fuego, Argentina, Peru is the oldest civilization in all the Americas.  In northern Peru, Caral has been verified by European scientists to be over 2,000 years older than the oldest Mayan civilization in Guatemala and Southern Mexico.

In Latin America, Peru has no rival when it comes its archaeological, biological, historical, religious (Catholicism) and culture influence (especially in South America).  When it comes to its historical alliance to Spain, the Viceroyalty of Peru or Viceroyalty of New Castile (el Virreinato del Peru o el Virreinato de Nuevo Castilla) was the largest, richest, and most powerful viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire from the 15th, 16th, and 17th century.  Lima, Peru was capital of practically all of South America, including Brazil!                   

In world significance, Peru's ancient civilizations are as old as Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), Egypt, China, and India.

On a global scale, Peru is by far the most biologically diverse country in the world with the most animals, fishes, incests, birds, and plant species in the Peruvian Amazon (lowland & highland jungles), tropical Andes, Andean glaciers, and coastal deserts.

Here, in high-definition (HD), is the national anthem of Peru with spectacular scenery of present day Peru.  The anthem is not well known like the U.S., French, or English one; but if you hear it to its entirety you will come to the conclusion that it has to be among the most beautiful anthems.

Listen to the instrumental version in the 1st-half and then listen in the 2nd-half to the vocal version by Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez, argumentatively the best tenor in the world today and heir to Spanish great Placido Domingo.         

Happy Birthday Peru! - ¡Feliz cumpleaños Perú!

Peruvian Anthem in HD cinemascope 2.35:1 ratio - Stereo Sound.  New comprehensive English translation subtitles.   See spectacular scenery of Machu-Picchu, the Peruvian coast, Lima and other inland places.  Peru - a large Latin American republic in the mid-west of South America on the equator and south of the equator.

Map of Peru during most of the colonial era - Virreinato/Virreynato del Perú Viceroyalty of Peru - The "Peruvian Empire" so to speak.  Quote - "If Spain is the motherland of Latin America, Peru is the motherland of South American."  Originally stated by King Juan Carlos of Spain in 2007 and later used by current President of Peru, Dr. Alan Garcia in 2008.   

Present day Peru, Central and South America.
 
Juan Diego Florez and his wife, fashion model Julia Trappe.

Look At What Oil Companies Are Doing To the Ecuadorian Rainforest - Amazon Crude!

This program was aired last month on 60 Minutes that focused on the class action lawsuit against Chevron for deliberately contaminating the Ecuadorian Amazon and causing a wave of cancer and miscarriages in the region.  Here is more info about this lawsuit at a site called ChevronToxico - The Campaign For Justice In Ecuador.

Ecuador is second only to Peru as the most biologically diverse country in the world.  

But the real "Battle for Mother Earth" is in Peru itself.  Currently, as I write this blog post, in a small region of the Peruvian Amazon there is a deadly battle for man vs nature, capitalism vs socialism, The State vs The Individual, and big international business vs small communal local business.  (Ohhh, that sounds so familiar....)

Part 1

Part 2

60 Minutes on May 7, 2009 - Amazon Crude.

Image of discarded oil waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

PS. Yeah, this sounds so familiar because we used to do this wide spread dumping of oil waste in our rivers, lakes, and oceans here in the United State 100 years ago. Just look at those archive pictures of the oil industry in Ohio and Pennsylvania during the John D. Rockefeller and Robber Barron era, 1870 - 1930.  What environmental tragedy!  

The Glory Of Mountains - La Gloria De Las Montañas - La Tierra Unica!

Here is a stunningly beautiful picture-video done by a vlogger from Argentina named Marcos (aka: IBruit). 

 

He has put spectacular images of many of the famous mountains from around the world on this video.  There are many pictures of the great mountains of the United States, Asia, and Africa.  Also, if you have traveled to South America, you will see the unbelievable images of the great mountains of the "Cordillera Blanca", the Andes Mountain range, and the "Patagonia"!

 

But what is the most stunning and beautiful thing about this video is that IBruit used the music of one of the greatest classical piano artist of all-time as a background setting - the Russian Rachmaninov! It is called Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #2.

 

If you look at this video and listen to the music, you will come to the conclusion that the Earth is Unique.  Like the name of this blogsite -"La Tierra es unica......Tierra Unica"  

 

IBruit calls his video - The Glory Of Mountains - La Gloria De Las Montañas!!!

 

Glorious Mountains to the music of Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto # 2
Pictures of the following mountains from around the world are in the video:

Above the Clouds, Mt. Shasta, California -
Aerial View, Mount McKinley, Alaska -
Alpenglow on the Slopes of Mount Hood, Oregon -
Alpine Tarn and Mount Belleview, Paradise Divide
Annapurna II (7937m) from Ghyaru Marsyangdi Valley
Autumn at Matterhorn Peak, Sawtooth Range, California
Bachsee, Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, Switzerland -
Baltoro Trek, Pakistan -
Banner Peak and Thousand Island Lake,
Banner Peak and Thousand Island Lake, Inyo National Park
Beauty Beyond Borders, Outside Aspen, Colorado -
Brand New Day, Grinnell Point, Summer Glacier National Park
Carson Peak, Sierra Nevada, California -
Chief Mountain Glacier, Montana -
Cirque of the Unclimbables, Nahanni National Park
Clouds over Mount Chiquita, Ypsilon Mountain -
Crimson Light, Patagonia, Argentina -
Crimson Rise, Zion, Utah -
Cuernos Del Paine, Andes Mountains, Chile -
Dusy Basin, Kings Canyon, California -
Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon -
Everest, Lhotse, Himalayan Peaks, Nepal -
Fall Spectrum in the Tatoosh Range, Mount Rainier
Fitzroy Peak, Andes Mountains, Argentina -
Full Bloom, San Juan Mountains, Colorado -
Golden Peaks of Rundle Mountain, Banff National Park
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming -
Great Sand Dunes National Monument -
Hallett Peak and Lake Haiyaha at Sunrise, Rocky Mountains
Haut Atlas Mountains, Morocco -
Herbert Lake and Bow Range, Canadian Rockies,
Hidden Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Hovering Above, Mount Elbert, Colorado -
Image Lake Glacier, Peak Wilderness, Washington
Kenai Mountains, Canyon Creek, Alaska -
Mammoth Peak, Yosemite National Park, California
Maroon Bells at Sunrise, Aspen, Colorado -
Maroon Bells, White River National Park
Masherbrum Peak, Baltoro Trek, Pakistan -
Matterhorn, Valais, Switzerland -
Mirror Lake, Mount Rainier, Washington -
Misty Peaks, Alps, Austria - -
Mount Adams, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon and Washington
Mount Assiniboine, Provincial Park, British Columbia
Mount Athabasca, Jasper National Park, Alberta -
Mount Baker Snoqualmie, National Forest, Washington
Mount Everest, 1983 -
Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia, Argentina -
Mount Fuji, Japan - -
Mount Hood at Sunset, Oregon -
Mount Mayon, Legazpi City, Luzon Islands, Philipines
Mount McKinley, Denali National Park, Alaska -
Mount Moran in Autumn, Wyoming -
Mount Nuptse, Himalaya Mountains, Nepal -
Mount Nuptse, Nepal -
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington -
Mount Rainier, Washington - 1600x1200 -
Mount Shuksan, North Cascades National Park, Washington
Mount Sneffels, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado

Mount Shasta, California

 

Cuernos Del Paine, Chile

Bachsee, Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, Switzerland

 

Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia, Argentina

 

Mount Fuji, Japan