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Yellow Flowering Rapeseed in China

 Limestone hills rise up amid a sea of flowering rapeseed plants in Luoping, southern China. Situated in the eastern part of the Yunnan province, Luoping is a small city with a population of 500,000. Its vast farmland is covered in the blossoming rapeseed crops every February and March, drawing flocks of tourist and photographers. The 250,000mu (Chinese measuring system) area blanketed in rapeseed flowers give the impression of a golden ocean. Travellers refer to the area as the weirdest 'sea' in the world. Not only the base for rapeseed production, Luoping County is also the national base for raising bees and processing honey products.

 Other sites for tourists visiting Luoping include the Jiulong waterfall, the Duoyi River and the Lubuge Gorges. The area’s rapeseed flower festival has been heavily promoted in recent years by the local tourist board, so the scene is not quite as peaceful as it seems here. Out of shot are ten tour buses and some 80 amateur photographers.

The Supertrees of Singapore

  As part of Singapore’s redevelopment and new downtown area at Marina Bay, the sprawling 250-acre Gardens by the Bay is an incredible public space with gardens, bridges, skywalks, parks and plants. The green development has been proclaimed a ‘horticultural heaven’. The attractions garnering the most buzz are the two massive climate-controlled biomes called Cloud Forest and Flower Dome and of course the massive man-made supertrees which are showcased below.

 The biomes are equivalent in size to about four football fields and will become the new home for approximately 220,000 plants from ever continent on our planet. An interesting feature of the Flower Dome is that the horticultural waste will feed a massive steam turbine that in turn generates electricity that is needed to keep the biome climate-controlled. The two biomes are the only areas of the Gardens by the Bay where an admission fee will be charged.

 As for the man-made supertrees, check out the gallery below (a mix of photographs and renderings) along with a detailed overview of these fascinating structures. Gardens of the Bay is set to open to the public on June 29th.

 The Gardens by the Bay Supertrees in Singapore

• There are a total of 18 supertrees varying from 25-50 meters in height (82-164 ft).
• Bridges and skywalks (128 m/420 ft long and 22 m/72 ft high) will connect the taller supertrees, giving visitors incredible views of the Gardens by the Bay development below.
• 11 of the trees have solar photovoltaic systems to convert sunlight into energy.
• The solar energy collected during the day is used to light the structures at night.
• Each supertree feature tropical flowers and a variety of ferns that rise up the steel framework.
• The canopies serve as temperature moderators, absorbing and dispersing heat and providing shelter to those beneath.
• The trees also serve as rainwater catchers.
• The supertrees will consist of nearly 163,000 plants of over 200 species.
• Each tree has a concrete core, a steel trunk fitted with planting panels and a canopy at the top lifted by a hydraulic jack system.
• Designed by U.K. architecture firm Grant Associates.
• The public space will be open daily from 5am – 2am. [Via 1 2 3]

Photograph by Choo Yut Shing

Photograph by Darren Chin/Grant Associates (via Business Insider)

How Educated are our Bollywood Celebrities ?

 There are drop outs, there are MBA's and stars who have been educated abroad. A look.

 01. She is one of the most famous women in the world – and one of the prettiest too. But the fact remains - Aishwarya is a college dropout. Aishwarya studied at Arya Vidya Mandir High School in Mumbai, and then went to Jai Hind college for a year. She switched to Raheja college to study Architecture, but left it midway to pursue a career in modelling.

 02. Abhishek Bachchan did his schooling at Modern School in New Delhi and then went on to study at Jamnabai Narsee School and Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai. After school he attended Aiglon College in Switzerland. Abhishek dropped out from Boston University before taking up acting.

 03. Unlike Abhishek, his dad Amitabh Bachchan has degrees in Art and Science.

 04. For Anushka, it was the Army School and then Mount Carmel College in Bangalore. She was picked up by designer Wendell Rodrick to model for Fashion Week.

 05. Surprisingly Mr Perfectionist, Aamir Khan was never a good student. He was more into sports and dramatics while he was studying. He was so hooked to acting that he did not pursue studies beyond his class 12.

 06.  Bipasha did her schooling from Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir in Kolkata, she did commerce for in 12th and had plans to be a chartered accountant, but modeling happened and later Bollywood.

 07. Hrithik studied at Bombay Scottish School and then went on to graduate in Commerce from Sydenham College.

 08. Deepika did her schooling at Sophia High School and later joined Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. However she gave up studies for modelling and acting.

09. Shah Rukh Khan: SRK did his schooling at St Columbia School in New Delhi and we hear he won the 'sword of honour' for representing the 'spirit of the school'. He was an all rounder – good at academics, sports and arts. He did his honors in Economics and joined Jamia Milia Islamia for Masters in Mass Communications, and then dropped out to pursue a career in acting.

 10. Kareena Kapoor did her schooling at Jamnabai Narsee in Mumbai, then Welham in Dehradun. She read Commerce for two years in Mithibai College in Mumbai. She did a year of Law school before deciding to take up acting as a career.

 11. Karisma dropped out of school after her sixth standard and started acting at a tender age.

 12.  Imran Khan studied at Bombay Scottish School before he went off to Ootty to study. After school he was enrolled at St Xavier's where he met his wife Avantika. He has also done a course in Acting at New York.

 13. Katrina has travelled all over the world. And she started modeling at a very young age. She has not really had much of a chance to study.

 14.  Salman Khan: Bollywood's bad boy Salman Khan never finished college. He along with his brothers studied at the Scindia School in Gawlior and St. Stanislaus High School in Bandra, Mumbai

 15.  Priyanka Chopra studied at La Martiniere Girls' School in Lucknow as a young girl. She subsequently re-located to the U.S. where she studied in Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts and then in John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She returned to India and finished her high school at Army Public School in Bareilly. She registered for her college studies at Jai Hind College in Mumbai.

 16. John Abraham is not just a handsome hunk. He has He studied economics at the Bombay Scottish School, Mahim in Mumbai and got his MBA from the Mumbai Educational Trust (MET).

 17. Sonakshi Sinha completed her schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir in Mumbai and graduated in fashion designing from SNDT University.

 18. Ranbir Kapoor started his education at Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai and went Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York to learn method acting before entering Bollywood.

 19.  Vidya Balan did her schooling at St Anthony Girls' High School in Chembur, Mumbai, and later attended St Xavier's College where she majored in Sociology.

20. Sonam did her schooling at the Arya Vidya Mandir school in Juhu and then enrolled in the United World College of South East Asia to do her International Baccalaureate.

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