Many of the present day incidents questions on Humanity. Where is it lost?

To what extent we can go to incur wealth and maintain showbiz.

Over the past years, African elephants are diminishing due to epidemic plundering accelerated by sale of ivory tusks in black market. Among them, elephants in Kenya have been the most targeted ones. Last year, 30,000 elephants approximately were slaughtered in Africa, making it one of the brutal acts and a shame on humanity.

People benefiting from this trade include dealers, cartels, vendors and the poachers themselves. A lesser known fact about this ivory business is that around 70 percent of it is pouring into China. A data shows there has been a steep rise on the demand of ivories and people in China are extravagantly spending on it, an exalted economy has pushed the ivory price around &1,000 in the streets of Beijing. Chinese online websites selling different products of ivory cup, combs, bookmarks, chopsticks are on heavy demand and clear techniques are also found on the forums including how to smuggle. Some rock solid evidence sheds light on the fact 150 Chinese citizens were arrested across Africa, for dealing ivory. And highest number of plundering took place where These Chinese were hired for road construction.

Not only this, the urge of expanding this trade has increased so much that in Tanzania, the impoverished are killing elephants by poisoning pumpkins an rolling them into the streets . In Garamba, many Congolese soldiers have been arrested who were seen with slabs of elephant meats and tusks.

Thanks to some organizations who are taking lead to save these innocent species, this inhuman act would have been more than ever imagined if these organizations haven’t come forward to rescue them.

Last week, a baby elephant that got segregated and lost while following a herd of cows was rescued and saved by the team of Kenya based David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, who has saved many orphaned elephants who would have otherwise destroyed in these heinous acts.

This year, this charity already saved six orphaned elephants. The aerial surveillance method used by this organization helps them in pointing out the herds of elephants and save if any poacher signals to approach them. They even rescue the lost baby or adult elephant. If an elephant is found in a secluded area, they arrange an airplane to transfer the calf to the organizations’ secure place.

Once these baby elephants are transferred to rehabilitation centers, they are grouped with other elephants to get away with the trauma.

Experts have confirmed that the year’s biggest and brightest supermoon will be appearing on Sunday, August 10th. Well, technically speaking there is only one supermoon every year. A supermoon appears in the event of the moon being closest to the Earth. Other “supermoons” this year like the one on July 12th and another one coming up on September 9th weren’t genuinely supermoons since the Moon will be closest to our planet on August 10th. So Sunday’s supermoon will be quite special.

Before you get too imaginative about the size, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, research space scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland points out that the size difference in the dimmest and brightest full moon is only about 10%. So there won’t be a substantial difference between the other supermoons and this one.

”Its going to look biggest and brightest to us when it’s next to the horizon.” said Domagal-Goldman. He encouraged people to take the time out and view the greatness of the our planet’s companion this Sunday. He suggested viewing the Moon when the sky is clear, to get the clear skies, he recommended going out at Moon rise when the sky is relatively clear. He pointed out another interesting fact which many people may have noticed but never really understood the reason for. The Moon appears its biggest and brightest when its right next to the horizon and we can see it right next to known objects like trees. This vast difference in size between Earthly objects and our celestial companion is what makes it look the most majestic to our perception. While the moon will get the closest to Earth on Sunday, it should appear more or less full on Friday and Saturday. Geoff Chester, an astronomer at the US Naval Observatory is optimistic towards the possibility that the supermoon craze may spark an interest in astronomy amongst the masses.

Alexander Gerst, a German astronaut currently stationed in the International Space Station, has tweeted a picture of the current situation between Israel and Hamas. The photo, which was uploaded to Gerst’s personal twitter account, purports to show rockets and explosions throughout the region, made visible through the fact that the sun doesn’t enter the photo from any perspective.

0724-Israel-Gaza-space_full_600The photo, which Gerst has described as his saddest one yet, comes after the death toll in the conflict currently waging in the area has risen to over 700 people. Gerst also noted in his tweet that, from the International Space Station, him and the other astronauts aboard can see the explosions as they occur.

Currently, the International Space Station orbits at approximately two hundred and twenty miles above the surface of the earth.

This is far from the first time that astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been able to capture historical and newsworthy events while still orbiting. Back in 2001, Frank Culbertson, who was aboard the International Space Station at the time, managed to capture a massive plume of smoke escalating from the twin towers after terrorists hijacked two planes and flew them straight into the buildings.

Speaking in a video released on the tenth anniversary of the attack, Culbertson said:

“I didn’t know exactly what was happening, but I knew it was really bad because there was a big cloud of debris covering Manhattan. That’s when it really became painful because it was like seeing a wound in the side of your country, of your family, your friends.”

Gerst has taken may photos from the International Space Station since his arrival in May; many of these include places that he has been on holiday, including the Great Salt Lake in Utah, as well as photographing the river Nile and the pyramids.

Alexander Gerst, a German astronaut currently stationed in the International Space Station, has tweeted a picture of the current situation between Israel and Hamas. The photo, which was uploaded to Gerst’s personal twitter account, purports to show rockets and explosions throughout the region, made visible through the fact that the sun doesn’t enter the photo from any perspective.

The photo, which Gerst has described as his saddest one yet, comes after the death toll in the conflict currently waging in the area has risen to over 700 people.  Gerst also noted in his tweet that, from the International Space Station, him and the other astronauts aboard can see the explosions as they occur.

Currently, the International Space Station orbits at approximately two hundred and twenty miles above the surface of the earth.

This is far from the first time that astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been able to capture historical and newsworthy events while still orbiting. Back in 2001, Frank Culbertson, who was aboard the International Space Station at the time, managed to capture a massive plume of smoke escalating from the twin towers after terrorists hijacked two planes and flew them straight into the buildings.

Speaking in a video released on the tenth anniversary of the attack, Culbertson said:

“I didn’t know exactly what was happening, but I knew it was really bad because there was a big cloud of debris covering Manhattan. That’s when it really became painful because it was like seeing a wound in the side of your country, of your family, your friends.”

Gerst has taken may photos from the International Space Station since his arrival in May; many of these include places that he has been on holiday, including the Great Salt Lake in Utah, as well as photographing the river Nile and the pyramids.