Amazing Underwater River
Cenote Angelita in Mexico has a little-known phenomenon that would appear to be a diver's delight: an underwater river! These photos, taken by Anatoly Beloshchin 30 meters deep inside the cave, reveals clear salty water and a murky "river." The river is actually a layer of hydrogen sulphide suspended harmlessly in the water.
mental_floss Blog & 11 Pencil Vs. Camera Images - StumbleUpon
986 653Share10.7K Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and now living in Belgium, Ben Heine is an amazing artist who overlaps hand-drawn works of art with photos to create stunning images. I selected eleven of his Pencil Vs.
Unbelievable Underwater Photography
Underwater photography is in some ways surreal, because beneath the waters surface of the great oceans and seas it is so foreign for most of us land creatures! So, if you’d rather forget about your curiosity of the dark blue or just never get around to taking unbelievable underwater photographs, then I hope you enjoy these photographs and maybe in the future you’ll be able to capture that magical moment, without being eaten by some of those bigger fish! Also, checkout the photographer’s portfolios by simply clicking any photograph below, I’m sure you’ll find even more inspiration! If you’d like to know more about this technique please follow this link:
True Facts #1 - StumbleUpon
Facts - interesting, provocative, well-seasoned One out of ten children in Europe are conceived on an IKEA bed. Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it. In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
Insane Underwater Movie Set
Have you ever wondered how movies shoot their underwater scenes? In one of the most elaborate sets in the world, British film production company Pinewood Studio captures breathtaking shots in a tank filled with 1.2 million liters (317,000 gallons) of water. The underwater stage, which opened in 2005, has been used for a huge number of TV commercials, music videos and films, including The Bourne Ultimatum, Atonement, Elizabeth and Casino Royale. ''It's exciting to show the story of the production through underwater pictures," said Phoebe Rudomino, a commercial diver and photographer who took all the shots. "It's interesting to take a wider shot and show what is going on behind the camera. The final image or film sequence may look very slick but the reality will often be very different.
Won Park – The Master of Origami Paper Folding
Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper. Won Park is the master of Origami. He is also called the “money folder”, a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar Bill.
The Most Humane Prison in the World - All That Is Interesting - StumbleUpon
When one thinks of prisons and prison life, thoughts often drift to depictions found in Oz or the Wire: full of hard living and sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. However, there is one prison is Norway that has been called the most humane prison in the world: Halden Prison. Halden Prison opened early in 2010 with a capacity of 252 prisoners. The prisoner cells include flat-screen televisions, which officials say are necessary so that prisoners have less room for drugs and contraband.
Wreck Diving the Mysterious Ghost Fleet of Truk Lagoon
Diver gh0stdot captured amazing underwater images in the ghostly wreckage. This is a light tank on the deck of the San Francisco Maru at about 50m depth in Truk Lagoon. Photo #1 by © gh0stdot
Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee
(click images for detail) For the better part of three decades multidisciplinary artist Guy Laramee has worked as a stage writer, director, composer, a fabricator of musical instruments, a singer, sculptor, painter and writer. Among his sculptural works are two incredible series of carved book landscapes and structures entitled Biblios and The Great Wall, where the dense pages of old books are excavated to reveal serene mountains, plateaus, and ancient structures. Of these works he says: So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes.
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Vintage police mugshots of 1920s Australian criminals that hide their sinister crimes
By Rick Dewsbury Published: 09:53 GMT, 14 April 2012 | Updated: 12:56 GMT, 14 April 2012 They could be any other well-heeled members of society. Dressed in their finest suits and ties with their top hats cocked towards the camera, these men and women seem to be posing for expensive portraits. But behind their tidy appearances are guilty eyes that hide some of the most sinister crimes policeman of the day had dealt with.
