The Richat Structure – Earth’s Bull's-Eye. Imagine if you were an alien species intent on conquering the earth by force. Now, you might just appear over the various capital cities of the world and wait for your countdown to get to zero or you might, being a little timid of the explosive force that you are about to unleash, wish to do it from a safe distance. What you would need to look for, then, is a handy bull's-eye – on the bull's-eye that is the Earth itself. Look no further, alien invader. The Richat Structure in Mauritania provides the perfect target towards which you can aim your death ray, annihilation laser or whatever you call your extraterrestrial weapon of mass destruction. It’s almost as if another species, in a previous visit, had chalked in a target already and then become bored and wandered back to Betelgeuse. The Sahara Desert, in which the structure is situated, does look rather featureless from above.
Geologically speaking the Richat Structure is known as a dome. Fairy Tale Cottages. Okay here is something different. Cottages houses like what we feature today have been romanticized since the early fairy tales of Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel and have a way of infinitely reminding us of gingerbread houses, and cookies, and sugar! What makes a cottage so distinctive from other small homes is its dark thatched roof, and the way it envelops the cottage like melted cheese. (funny how cottage cheese looks nothing like this) These homes were traditionally built by a waterfront and made out of logs or other natural materials.
Also known as a cabin, they were used as a way of modest country living, but are now more popular as weekend and summer homes for city dwellers who are looking to get away. So the next time you stay in a cottage estate for your summer vacation, remember who inspired you! Amazing Right Moment Captured of Zoo World. The Wall of “I Love You”s in Paris How Olympic Athletes Party in London ???? Photo mania of Cutest Cat on The Internet by Ben Terode Lisa Kelly – A Cutest Truck Driver Amazing Right Moment Captured of Zoo World Posted on April 20, 2012 by Editorial Staff • 0 Comments It’s not just pictures of animals, it is moments of their lives. Ads by Google Filed Under: Odd Stuff ← Top 10 Offbeat Stories of the Day – April 19th 2012 Beauty of High Line Park From New York → Latest Articles Leave a reply. Rare and very interesting photos. Interesting and very rare photographs, you may never see. The first McDonald’s. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
Capital of Brazil, on the beginning. Pius XII and Hitler. The King. Rare Beatles photos. Osama bin Laden and his family. Titanic. Fall of the Berlin Wall All forms of Coca-Cola bottles. John Lennon shortly before his death. Principles. Statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Albert Einstein. Charlie Chaplin and Gandhi. First computer. Albert Einstein’s diploma. The early Beatles. The first team of Google. Pope John Paul and the man who tried to kill him. Moment when Bush heard about the attacks 11th September. Animals Illuminated by the Sun. The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment when the trailing edge of the Sun’s disk disappears below the horizon in the west. There are few things in nature as photogenic as the sky at sunset, especially animals.
The rich bright gold, pink and orange colors make unusually beautiful pictures of animals illuminated by the sun. Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source. Streetview. It's Just a Plant. Hi there, gentle reader! There’s a lot more, including a small history of prohibition and some thoughts on how the laws against marijuana might be changed. You can find a copy of the new hardcover book right here. In the meantime, I’d like to show you two simple graphs. I think they illustrate perfectly why the current model of prohibition is not working to protect our children... Portrait-Art-Nikolay-Popov-Morning.jpg (JPEG Billede, 1196x1566 pixels) - Skaléret (34.
Julia's Photo Blog: Peter Callesen - A Single Sheet of Paper. Tim Burtonesque Stories on Post-it Notes (13 pics) After you've seen the imaginative work of John Kenn, I bet you'll never see post-it notes the same way again. As his full-time job, Kenn writes and directs television shows for children. When he finds the time, he draws these dark and surreal stories of monsters, trolls and children in precarious situations. (Can't you just imagine him drawing these in a dark study, hunched over in a chair?) Kenn wonderfully calls his art "a little window into a different world. " Notice all the small lines and intricate details! Don't these pieces all have a dark yet whimsical, Tim Burtonesque feel to them? Update: After this post, My Modern Met got in touch with the artist.
John Kenn. Simen Johan. National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - In Focus. National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30. For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle. Beluga whales in the arctic having fun. This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies.
Russia, polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula. Incredible Wildlife Photography | Peachy Green. Wildlife — By Stephanie on January 11, 2010 at 10:58 am Canada goose protects her young Ever have one of those moments when you think to yourself, “Boy, I wish I had my camera?!” Well, you can enjoy the good fortune of the photographers who were not empty handed when they shot these amazing animal pictures.
These high-speed images are treasures that tell stories we rarely get to see – let alone capture – in stunning detail. Incredible wildlife photography like this takes a steady hand and sharp eye. And perhaps just a bit of luck! Bringing home the bugs.... If you oohed and ahhed over the first couple of pictures, you might have to prepare yourself for the next image…. open wide! All in one bite? The best wildlife photography is often expressed through the unexpected. Hey! What is more adorable than a curious monkey – particularly one that wonders what all the photography fuss is about?
Among cute animal photographs, you’ve gotta agree… this one tops the charts! Ready for my close-up! Yikes! This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids. This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Ar, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color.
How great is this? Given the opportunity my son could probably cover the entire piano alone in about fifteen minutes. The installation, entitled The Obliteration Room, is part of Kusama’s Look Now, See Forever exhibition that runs through March 12. If you liked this you’ll also enjoy Roman Ondak’s Room of Heights and Karina Smigla-Bobinski’s helium-filled kinetic drawing sculpture. Amazing Mystery Photographer Comes To Fame After Her Death. Amazing Tilt-Shift Van Gogh Paintings [16 Pics] Jan 10, 2011 Serena Malyon, an illustrator in her third year at the Alberta College of Art & Design, has taken the classics works of Vincent Van Gogh and added a contemporary twist. Using Photoshop, Serena has added the ’tilt-shift’ effect to Van Gogh’s paintings, providing a fresh perspective on these masterpieces. Maybe some HDR photographs of Ansel Adams work is next? :P SOURCES - ArtCyclopedia - Serena Malyon’s Illustration Blog If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends: WHAT IS TILT-SHIFT PHOTOGRAPHY?
Neonflames. Photographer Turns his 91-Year Old Grandma into a Superhero to Cheer Her Up. A few years ago photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. So to cheer her up, and put a spark back into her life, he turned her into a superhero! He took a series of awesome photographs of her wearing costumes in unusual superhero type posses. "Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldn't stop smiling.
" Frederika isn't only a superhero in these photos, but she was a real hero during World War II. Here's her story... Frederika was born in Budapest 20 years before World War II. During the war, at the peril of her own life, she courageously saved the lives of ten people. These photos are great, and they definitely put a smile on my face. Visualizing Light at Trillion FPS, Camera Culture, MIT Media Lab. Home | News | Join Us | People | Projects | Publications | Talks | Courses Femto-Photography: Visualizing Photons in Motion at a Trillion Frames Per Second Team Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab; Project Director (raskar(at)mit.edu)Moungi G.
Bawendi, Professor, Dept of Chemistry, MITAndreas Velten, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Media Lab (velten(at)mit.edu)Everett Lawson, MIT Media LabAmy Fritz, MIT Media LabDi Wu, MIT Media Lab and Tsinghua U.Matt O'toole, MIT Media Lab and U. of TorontoDiego Gutierrez, Universidad de ZaragozaBelen Masia, MIT Media Lab and Universidad de Zaragoza Elisa Amoros, Universidad de Zaragoza Femto-Photography MembersNikhil Naik,Otkrist Gupta, Andy Bardagjy, MIT Media Lab Ashok Veeraraghavan, Rice U.
Abstract We have built an imaging solution that allows us to visualize propagation of light. The device has been developed by the MIT Media Lab’s Camera Culture group in collaboration with Bawendi Lab in the Department of Chemistry at MIT. References A. Stolen Camera Finder - find your photos, find your camera. Looks like good Zombie Portraits by Andre De Freitas. Fun Dog Expressions During Car Rides. Jun 16/11 Fun Dog Expressions During Car Rides If you have a dog you probably know how they just love to stick out their head through the window while you are driving.
You have probably spotted other dogs do that as well on the high way. The feel of the wind in their fur is just something that fascinates them I guess. Maybe they have the need for speed, who knows? Setdo on deviantART. Photopic Sky Survey. 30 Creepiest Clouds On Earth | Environmental Graffiti. Finally got a Google+ invite.
"SOUS TITRE" EXHIBITION / DURAMEN SERIAL on the Behance Network. 21 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped (Part 8) #9. If Who Framed Roger Rabbit Was Directed by Michel Gondry Via Wexas.com What looks like a Lego building cropped into a nature photograph is actually a real building that sleeps four adults. Hovering in the middle of the forest just outside of the Arctic Circle, the bafflingly named "blue cone room" is part of the Treehotel. The hotel is located in Sweden, the same country that brought us IKEA. So this is apparently what happens when the Swedish decide to take the philosophy of "simple parts, impossible to assemble" to mind-blowing levels.
It's not the Treehotel's only room that will make your brain sneeze forth from your ears. . #8. Via Metro.co.uk Even though this photo of an octopus playing with a Mr. Then you notice the shadows on the nose and body cast by the tentacle, and realize the Mr. Via Thisnext.com ... and you find out the Internet is full of the same picture from other angles. Via Paigntonpeople.co.uk #7. . #6. Via Repperpatterns.com #5. Via Travelingbastards.blogspot.com #4. . #3. It’s the sunrise at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point. Drawing on World Issues: These Make You Think. The Pepper Spraying Cop Meme. Amazing Photoshop Creation. Origine-univers-creation-big-bang-550x412.jpg (JPEG Billede, 550x412 pixels)
Dream Big by Peter Fecteau. The-Observable-Universe.jpg (JPEG Billede, 3850x1925 pixels) - Skaléret (30%) You can not imagine the immensity of the fuck I do not give. Stunning_photography_14. High Speed Liquid and Bubble Photographs by Heinz Maier. Portraits. Browsing #everything Popular posts. Shake - Images | Carli Davidson Photography.