Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Airport Suvarnabhumi Bangkok

Airport baru Bangkok dinamakan Suvarnabhumi Airport. Mula  beroperasi secara rasmi pada 15 Sept 2006 untuk penerbangan domestik dan 28 Sep 2006 bagi penerbangan antarabangsa. Kod yang diguna pakai adalah BKK. Apakah maksud perkata Suvarnabhumi? Petikan menyebut (link):

Suvarnabhumi Airport. The name Suvarnabhumi was chosen by HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej which means “The Golden Land”, specifically referring to the continental Indochina. “Golden Peninsula” or “Golden Land” is a traditional name for the Thailand-Cambodia-Laos-Burma region.

How is it pronounced - “su-wan-na-poom”. Jauh lari dari sebutan ejaannya.

 Suvanabhumi Airport

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Infrastruktur Menarik Untuk Tujuan Saintifik

 

Selain observatori terdapat beberapa infrastruktur yang dibina untuk tujuan saintifik. Antara kompleks yang menarik yang dibina untuk tujuan saintifik adalah;

Kamioka Observatory, ICCR - Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Uni of Tokyo (located at Kamioka, Japan, 250km from Tokyo).

Inside the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector during work on the detectors.

Credit: Kamioka Observatory, ICRR, Univ. Tokyo

Skydome Kamioka (center) and KamiokaLab (the domed building on the left).

Source: nippon 2021 (link)

Baca "Sixteen Massive Scientific Facilities at the Cutting Edge of Research". popular mechanics - link.

"KamiokaLab: Not Your Average Highway Stop". nippon dot com - link.

"Visiting Kamiokone detector". swiss academy of science - link.

Baca juga nature 2020 (link).

"The most beautiful science labs in the world". source - link.

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Saturday, April 16, 2022

Observatory Menarik Merata


Binaan observatori memang agak unik senibinanya. Ada banyak observatory yang dikelaskan sebagai astrotourism. Bermaksud ia dibuka kepada orang ramai untuk berkunjung. Antara yang tersenarai sebagai lokasi astrotourism adalah;

Sydney Observatory; Yerkes Observatory, Chicago Uni; Paranal Observatory, Chile; Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, Canary Islands, Spain; Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona; Mauna Kea, Hawaaii; La Silla Observatory, Chile; South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town. 

 

South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town

Baca "Astrotourism: Best public observatories in the world". newinterest (link).

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Monday, April 11, 2022

Menara Jam Tercantik


Sebuah laman memberi info mengenai sepuluh menara jam tercantik. Yang tersenarai adalah:

1 Philadelphia City Hall

2 The Old Town Astronomical Clock, Prague

3 Ferry Building Marketplace, San Francisco

4 Old Port Clock Tower, Montreal

5 Zytglogge Tower, Bern

6 Spasskaya Tower, Moscow

7 Munich Glockenspiel Munich

8 Menara Jam SAS Kuala Lumpur

9 Chiang Rai Clock Tower, Thailand

10 Big Ben, London

Source: antique watch (link).

Philadelphia City Hall Clock Tower

The Philadelphia City Hall clock is a special marvel that has a strong presence in Philadelphia, standing 167 meters tall. It was created by chief architect John McArthur and the tower was completed in 1901, after being started in 1871. The plan for the tower was to be the tallest structure in the world but the Eiffel Tower beat the tower to the punch, measuring in at 301 meters; however, the City Hall maintained the title of tallest occupied building until 1908.

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Friday, April 8, 2022

Kembara Muslim Sepanyol Dan Gibraltar


Sepanyol (khususnya Andalusia) dan Gibraltar meninggalkan berbagai legasi dan sejarah Islam. Bagi yang berpeluang ke sana pasti telah melihat tinggalan keunggulan kerajan Islam Andaluis lampau. Bagi yang tidak berpeluang kita masih boleh membaca catatan pengunjung yang pernah ke sana. Salah satu catatan menarik adalah perkongsian dalam islamicportal. Catatan tersebut mengenai "one week in spain and gibraltar" - link

Baca juga "reviving muslims of granada". muslim matters - link.

lihat sama interesting facts about gibraltar. banyak foto menarik - mmm

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Monday, April 4, 2022

Ramadan 1443

 

Ramadan 1443 bermula pada 3 April. Ramai yang berkongsi foto suasana tarawih masjid negara pada 2020, 2021 dan 2022.

Tarawih 2020

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Tarawih 2021

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Tarawih 2022

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