Do you know POTI and the BLACK SEA
There are many seas in the world, there are reasons why they are named strange names, and the black sea is one of them. I once sailed and I wonder why such an iridescent blue sea is called the black sea. Nobody really knows - it is believed to be pretty stormy in winter, and it's thought that the name was given to it by sailors and pirates who were struck by its dark appearance when the sky turned leaden with storm clouds.Here we go a gain with the greatest design of creator- HE has made so many things different so that we can have mor efun in the world , sothat wecan nee one another and experience the true spirit of love-by attaching some one form of uniqueness to different places.
From the Rio De Laplata in Argentina,we set sail to climb up the map o f the world from Lorenzo port - cross the atlantic and finish some business in canary island, stanbul and gilbrata, sailed into black sea, and then head up to our fina destination Poti , a city in geaogia (former soviet state). Again the black is blue than bluest of the bluest . However , some say it is given such strange name because strigent regulation to sail in that body of water- the black sea is marine protected area, and because of that there are seperate regulations for discharge of bilges, ships are not allow to discharge anything in that water - this to protect marine life , and to presser a stand a lone sea, and to prevent further disastrous story of flood , that has been accounted for about this sea. to enter riperia water in the black see every ship need to pass to stop in the narow straight that open that sea.
Poti is a small city in georgia, it is really nice, -- if you love to eat a lot bread , cheese and wine -- that is where to go -they have beautiful beaches too --i enjoyed my stay Poti--- I had a beyond extraordinary time there --except that i was nearly killed..following an invuitation to visit one of the...lively beach there ....(what and why ...u ask me)----my experience at Poti ....further make me realise the beauty of the fact everywhere you go you find almost the same thing -- you find people that are good , those that are bad,,,,,,,and those that are in between ---the cities pretty look more or less the same , the small cities or subburb too everywwhere look the same..but with their specific characters and diiferent level of organization.
This Poti according to wikipedia:
Poti is a city in the Samegrelo province in the west of the Republic of Georgia. It is situated on the east coast of the Black Sea and therefore serves as one of the three Georgian ports on that sea. Nearby the city, the major river of Western Georgia, Rioni, enters the Black Sea. Poti was founded as a Greek colony in the 7th century BC and named Phasis. 42°09′N 41°40′E
Poti is also a home to a main naval base and headquarters of the Georgian navy.
The legend about the Golden Fleece (the Argonauts, Jason and Medea) is geographically set in the town of Poti and the river Rioni.
There is a Bulgarian consulate in Poti. Niko Nikoladze is considered to be a founder of the modern Poti.
A and the black sea according to wikipedia
· The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Anatolia that is actually a distant arm of the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Mediterranean by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch.
· There is a net inflow of seawater through the Bosporus, 200 km³ per year. There is an inflow of freshwater from the surrounding areas, especially central and middle-eastern Europe, totalling 320 km³ per year. The most important river entering the Black Sea is the Danube.[1] The Black Sea has an area of 436,400 km²,[2] with a maximum depth of 2200 m.[3]
· Countries bordering on the Black Sea are Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, and Georgia.[4] The Crimean peninsula is a Ukrainian autonomous republic.
· Important cities along the coast include: Istanbul, Burgas, Varna, Constanţa, Yalta, Odessa, Sevastopol, Kerch, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Sukhumi, Poti, Batumi, Trabzon, Samsun and Zonguldak.
· The steppes to the north of the Black Sea have been suggested as the original homeland (Urheimat) of the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language, (PIE) the progenitor of the Indo-European language family, by some scholars (see Kurgan; others move the heartland further east towards the Caspian Sea, yet others to Anatolia).The land at the eastern end of the Black Sea, Colchis (now Georgia), marked for the Greeks an edge of the known world.
Myth of the black sea
Every culture on Earth includes an ancient flood story. Thus, details vary, but the basic plot is the same that the Deluge kills all but few were lucky.
• The biblical account of Noah and his ark, when evil act angered God , until he decided to destroy all of creation. Only Noah others that are righteous were spared to repopulate the planet- this is wisdom that tell us that WE ARE ALL ONE.
• the Genesis of the story of Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh, which I have posted in one of my blog is another one- Gilgamesh was a king who embarked on a journey to find the secret of immortality. Warned by Enki, the water god,in the journey he met survivor of a great flood sent by the gods. Utnapishtim who built a boat and saved his family and friends, along with artisans, animals, and precious metals.
• Ancient Greeks and Romans also grew up with the story of Deucalion and Pyhrra, who saved their children and a collection of animals by boarding a vessel shaped like a giant box.
• Irish legends talk about Queen Cesair and her court, who sailed for seven years to avoid drowning when the oceans overwhelmed Ireland.
• European explorers in the Americas were startled by Indian legends that sounded similar to the story of Noah. Some Spanish priests feared the devil had planted such stories in the Indians’ minds to confuse them.
The Black Sea is very deep (1,271m at the centre) but it's less salty than most oceans.The sea is unique in having two layers, an oxygenated upper layer, about 200m deep, teeming with life, and a `dead' lower layer, where until recently nothing was thought to be able to survive. The lower layer may have formed when the Mediterranean salt-water flooded in. Denser than the fresh lake water it displaced, it would have plunged straight to the bottom, leaving a diluted mix of fresh and salt water at the top. Over thousands of years great rivers like the Danube and the Dnipro poured organic material into the new sea. Due to a lack of vertical currents, the inrush of organic matter was too much for the bacteria that would normally have decomposed it aerobically, and the result was a loss of oxygen in favour of hydrogen sulphide. This means that the lower layer, 87% of the Black Sea's volume, is an almost sterile zone of water impregnated with hydrogen sulphide.
Another peculiarity of the Black Sea is the bi-directional current where it flows through the Bosporus straits on its way to the Mediterranean. The surface current flows estwards through the straits into the Sea of Marmaris, but there is a deep current which flows simultaneously in the opposite direction, back into the Black Sea.
Following this, in 1997, Columbia University geologists William Ryan and Walter Pitman wondered what could explain the preponderance of flood legends. Their theory: As the Ice Age ended and glaciers melted, a wall of seawater surged from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea. They claimed that:
• During the Ice Age, Ryan and Pitman argue, the Black Sea was an isolated freshwater lake surrounded by farmland.
• About 12,000 years ago, toward the end of the Ice Age, Earth began growing warmer. Vast sheets of ice that sprawled over the Northern Hemisphere began to melt. Oceans and seas grew deeper as a result.
• About 7,000 years ago the Mediterranean Sea swelled. Seawater pushed northward, slicing through what is now Turkey.
• Funneled through the narrow Bosporus, the water hit the Black Sea with 200 times the force of Niagara Falls. Each day the Black Sea rose about six inches (15 centimeters), and coastal farms were flooded.
• Seared into the memories of terrified survivors, the tale of the flood was passed down through the generations and eventually became the Noah story.
Marine life
Playwright Anton Chekhov's dacha at Gursuf looks out over a small bay where he used to watch the dolphins. Apart from Bottlenose and other species of dolphin, the sea has about 180 species of fish, including tuna, anchovy, herring, grey mullet, mackerel, and the famous white sturgeon, which you will find on the menu of most good Crimean restaurants.
There are also some seals in the Black Sea, but their numbers are declining rapidly. Bottlenose dolphins are in demand from amusement parks and dolphinaria because of their playful acrobatics and receptivity to training, and about 120 live Black Sea dolphins were traded internationally between 1990 and 2001. Black Sea dolphins are genetically distinct from those found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic and an attempt was made by Georgia in 2002 to use the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species to outlaw all further trade in the bottlenose to prevent it from being wiped out. The proposal for an outright ban was rejected but Georgia later succeeded in getting the Black Sea dolphins placed on a list that restricts trade through annual quotas - and in this case the quota is zero.
If you swim in the Black Sea at night, especially in August, you may notice that the waves have a strange luminous quality . This is phosphorescence of the sea, caused by plankton interacting in the water.
Methane-eating life form Recently, German scientists have discovered corals made by micro-organisms processing methane and sulphates in total darkness at the bottom of the Black Sea. These corals are now believed to be the world's oldest life form. Traditional views of early life on earth have centred on plants which began converting carbon dioxide into oxygen some three billion years ago. The newly discovered organisms live on methane and are thought to have originated four billion years ago. The German scientists believe they could prove useful in ridding the earth of excess methane, the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide.
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lately because of nasty issues going onin the world , in many places they are building war ships that can only stay at sea including ships that carry nuclear warheads, also there is rize in submarine and military activities on the ocean -- to facilitate deployment for attacks- do the world really need this ? considering states of environment and the planet -this ocean is so nice -- it is one thing that is supporting our universe--base onthis please cast your vote.
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