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1 year, 4 months ago

Immigrant To Architect Of Earth, The Legacy Of Baldassare Forestiere's Underground Marvel

News 18

In 1905, a Sicilian immigrant landed in Fresno, California, and grappled with the scorching summer heat. Over four decades, his dedication turned a basic underground escape from the afternoon heat into a grand subterranean palace. As time passed, Forestiere’s commitment to his underground living concept as a solution to the valley’s sweltering summers intensified. Baldassare Forestiere, the man himself, remained …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Wombat’s burrow B&B to open for those wanting a subterranean hideaway

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The “B&Burrow”, designed to resemble a wombat’s warren, is nestled among the dramatic landscape and ancient woodlands of the Mendip …

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1 year, 10 months ago

World of Warcraft unleashes subterranean adventure in latest patch

Hindustan Times

Hold onto your dragon scales, World of Warcraft players! The patch will take players on a thrilling adventure beneath the Dragon Isles to the Zaralek Cavern, where they will face off against powerful elemental villains known as the Incarnates. World of Warcraft unleashes subterranean adventure in latest patch Game director Ion Hazzikostas describes the patch as a convergence of different …

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1 year, 10 months ago

‘Enigmatic’ catfish species that dwells in complete darkness found in India

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An “enigmatic” new catfish species that dwells deep underground in a …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Turkey's underground city of 20,000 people

BBC

Turkey's underground city of 20,000 people Danm/Getty Images More than 85m beneath the famous fairy chimneys of Cappadocia lies a massive subterranean city that was in near-constant use for thousands of years. But beneath Cappadocia's crumbling surface, a marvel of equally gargantuan proportions lay hidden away for centuries; a subterranean city that could conceal the whereabouts of up to 20,000 …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Meet the people uncovering the secrets of the caves

Live Mint

From the world’s biggest subterranean fish to a cricket that communicates through vibration—India’s caves are full of treasures waiting to be discovered. But the field is picking up slowly,” says Raghavan, who specialises in micro ecosystems and has been studying the caves and subterranean aquifers of Kerala. Within a limestone cave in a remote forested part of Jaintia Hills, the …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Amid attacks, Ukrainians seek shelter in a subterranean church

Al Jazeera

On the first day of Russia’s invasion, in an evangelical church in Mariupol, people were torn about whether to stay or flee. Mariupol, Ukraine – Andriy Voytsekhovskyy held back tears, praying for Ukraine and singing hymns with a small and emotional congregation in a subterranean church as fighting raged nearby. Just after midday on Thursday, as Andriy walked his Jack …

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3 years ago

Massage chair mogul sells Brentwood fortress for $56.55 million

LA Times

The six-acre compound includes a Mediterranean mansion with a subterranean level accessed by vault doors. Brentwood’s real estate market ended the year with a bang when businessman Matt Wollman sold his fortress-like villa in Mandeville Canyon for $56.55 million. Wollman made his fortune in the massage chair business, selling his Long Beach-based company Interactive Health for $94 million in 2003. …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Subterranean parallels: Common threads between Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak

The Hindu

For decades, the cine culture of West Bengal has shown a couple of apparently contradictory symptoms: upholding the ‘Ray-Ghatak-Sen’ triumvirate as a sort of holy pantheon within which the cinematic glory of the region is limited and, in more intellectual circuits, pitting Satyajit Ray against Ritwik Ghatak as cultural icons. When we remember Ray, Ghatak and Mrinal Sen, we remember …

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3 years, 5 months ago

£15,000 subterranean 'ground fridge' keeps food cool all year round

Daily Mail

A subterranean 'ground fridge' can naturally cool your food without needing a mains supply from your home – but it will set you back a whopping £15,000. Its interior temperature is affected by local factors such as soil type, groundwater levels, exposure to sunlight, mound vegetation and the average outside temperature The Groundfridge is apparently designed for storing wine, general …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Going underground — lessons for suburbia from subterranean Coober Pedy

ABC

It is summer in Australia and the temperature is soaring towards the 40s, so you reach for the air-conditioning remote but cringe at the thought of the energy bill come March. Key points: Residents of Coober Pedy live underground to escape the searing heat The University of South Australia's Stephen Berry says indoor conditions in underground homes are stable One …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Under-Earth comic set in subterranean Melbourne imagines post-capitalist dystopian Australia

ABC

In July 2016, while waiting for a flight home at LAX airport, Chris Gooch started devising Delforge — part exile colony, part subterranean garbage dump, in near-future Melbourne. This fictional dystopia is at the centre of Gooch's second graphic novel, Under-Earth: a three-part prison heist thriller, which he describes as following "two stories of people struggling just to do the …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Scientists discover new family of bony fish in western ghats

India TV News

Scientists from India, Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland have discovered a new family of bony fish from the Western Ghats, and named it Aenigmachannidae. A year after the discovery of the enigmatic Gollum Snakehead, Aenigmachanna gollum from the rice fields of northern Kerala, scientists have now conducted detailed studies on its skeleton and genetic assembly. Assistant Professor at the Kerala …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Du'an Subterranean River National Geopark

China Daily

Aerial view of Du'an Subterranean River National Geopark. Located in the slope zone from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Guangxi Basin and the central and western part of the exposed karst area in northwest Guangxi, Du'an Subterranean River National Geopark covers an area of 210 square kilometers. The geological relics and the Disu subterranean river system constitute a comprehensive geopark, …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Du'an Subterranean River National Geopark

China Daily

Aerial view of Du'an Subterranean River National Geopark. Located in the slope zone from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Guangxi Basin and the central and western part of the exposed karst area in northwest Guangxi, Du'an Subterranean River National Geopark covers an area of 210 square kilometers. The geological relics and the Disu subterranean river system constitute a comprehensive geopark, …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Australia’s subterranean oasis

BBC

Australia’s subterranean oasis The remote town made from opal mines Coober Pedy is at the centre of Australia’s opal mining industry. Nothing about the Australian town of Coober Pedy is for the faint of heart – it’s blisteringly hot, located in the country’s remote Outback interior and is usually covered in a thin veil of red dust from local opal …

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Immigrant To Architect Of Earth, The Legacy Of Baldassare Forestiere's Underground Marvel

Wombat’s burrow B&B to open for those wanting a subterranean hideaway

World of Warcraft unleashes subterranean adventure in latest patch

‘Enigmatic’ catfish species that dwells in complete darkness found in India

Turkey's underground city of 20,000 people

Meet the people uncovering the secrets of the caves

Amid attacks, Ukrainians seek shelter in a subterranean church

Massage chair mogul sells Brentwood fortress for $56.55 million

Subterranean parallels: Common threads between Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak

£15,000 subterranean 'ground fridge' keeps food cool all year round

Going underground — lessons for suburbia from subterranean Coober Pedy

Under-Earth comic set in subterranean Melbourne imagines post-capitalist dystopian Australia

Scientists discover new family of bony fish in western ghats

Du'an Subterranean River National Geopark

Du'an Subterranean River National Geopark

Australia’s subterranean oasis