October 12, 2016

As of October 2016, The Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver is the world's second widest bridge (213ft) behind the SF-Oak Bay Bridge (258ft)

1. The Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver was the world's widest bridge from September 2012 until the opening of the new SF-Oak Bay Bridge 213ft (65m), which opened on September 2013.
Image credit: Klaus Johansson

October 9, 2016

In buddhism, a mandala represents the nature of the Enlightened mind and is expressed through the art of sandpainting

1. A mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Indian religions, representing the universe. In Buddhism, the mandala represents the nature of the Pure Land, Enlightened mind and is expressed through the art of sandpainting.
Video of construction and destruction of a sandpainting: https://youtu.be/10084L3Pqsc
Image credit (going clockwise starting top left):
-http://goo.gl/VHjv2S
-http://goo.gl/EKK2Jj
-http://goo.gl/GKXa63
-http://goo.gl/r6E0RE