Showing posts from September, 2011

Volker Steger's Photos of Squashed Bugs

Sep 29, 2011

German science photographer Volker Steger , in his book BUZZ: The Intimate Bond Between Humans and Insects , published microscopic photograp...

‘Day On The Beach’ by Kacper Kowalski

Sep 28, 2011

‘Day on the beach’ is a short but fantastic photo series by Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski documenting the bustle of activity on a sma...

Wire Sculptures by Gavin Worth

Sep 27, 2011

These amazing wire sculptures were created by self-taught artist, illustrator and designer Gavin Worth . By bending black wire into som...

Body World Exhibition in Rome

Sep 27, 2011

The Body World exhibitions are one of kind exhibitions using an extraordinary process called Plastination invented by the controversial Germ...

The Disciples: Fans of Rock Concerts by James Mollison

Sep 27, 2011

For over three years photographer James Mollison photographed fans outside different concerts. His stunning panoramic portraits of pop conc...

Lena’s Stone Forest

Sep 26, 2011

Lena's Pillars, also called Lena’s Stone Forest, is a natural rock formation about 60 km upriver from Yakutsk, in Russia. The amazing st...

Paper Role Portraits by Anant Nanvare

Sep 23, 2011

Conqueror Paper celebrated ten years of production in India with “Colours of India”, a print advertising campaign featuring faces composed o...

Iconatomy: Collage of Celebrity Icons From Two Eras

Sep 23, 2011

Swedish artist George Chamoun has made a digital collage series called Iconatomy where he has merges present day icons with their counterpa...

The Hair Raising Hairpin Bends on Trollstigen Road in Norway

Sep 23, 2011

Trollstigen is one of the most dramatic mountain roads in Norway. It is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Ã…ndalsnes in the county...

Erupting Volcanoes As Seen From Space

Sep 23, 2011

Volcanic eruptions are one of the most violent and beautiful geological phenomenon are earth, constantly reminding us of the restless planet...

The Art of Tree Shaping

Sep 21, 2011

Tree shaping is the practice of training living trees and woody plants into artistic shapes by carefully orchestrating how the tree and the ...

World's Littlest Skyscraper

Sep 19, 2011

Located at 701 LaSalle Street in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas, is the Newby-McMahon Building, a smallish structure 10 feet by 18 feet in ar...

The World’s Largest Chocolate Bar

Sep 18, 2011

The Worlds Finest Chocolate company set the Guinness World Record for the largest chocolate bar on September 13, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Lastel- The Corpse Hotel in Japan

Sep 16, 2011

At a country where the death rate is 1.6 million per year, death is a booming market in Japan, and one Yokohama businessman named Hisayoshi ...

Thousands of Love Locks on Hohenzollernbruecke Bridge, Germany

Sep 14, 2011

Thousands upon thousands of locked padlocks can be seen affixed to the fence across the unpronounceable Hohenzollernbruecke bridge in Cologn...

European Vegetable Carving Championships

Sep 14, 2011

Vegetable carvers from around the world are taking part in the first European Carving Championships being held within the GÄSTE 2011 Trade F...

Monsanto–A Village Built Among Rocks

Sep 12, 2011

Southeast of Serra da Estrela in Portugal, perched on the side of a mountain, is a lonely and enchanting village of Monsanto. The village is...

Rommerz Rabbit Hopping Competition in Germany

Sep 9, 2011

Over eighty rabbits took part in the fifth annual Rabbit Hopping competition on August 28, 2011 in Rommerz near Fulda, Germany. The rabbits ...

The Metallic Garden of Nanowires

Sep 7, 2011

Nanowires are incredibly thin structures with diameter usually ranging from 30 to 60 nanometers or less. In contrast, human hair is usually ...

Barra Airport–World’s Only Beach Airport

Sep 7, 2011

Barra Airport on the hebridean island of Barra, is the only airport in the world where scheduled flights take-off and land on a beach. That ...

Slate Sculptures by Stephen Kettle

Sep 4, 2011

Stephen Kettle , born in Castle Bromwich Birmingham in 1966, is a British sculptor who works exclusively with slate. After leaving school, S...

Beautiful Pictures of Rice Terraces

Sep 4, 2011

Terraces Cultivation, also known as Step Farming, is used to cultivate sloped land such as on hilly or mountainous terrain. Terraced fields ...

World's First Virtual Store Opens in Korea

Sep 2, 2011

A major South Korean retailer has opened what it appears to be the world's first virtual store geared to smartphone users, with shoppers...

World's First Elephant Hospital in Thailand

Sep 2, 2011

Soraida Salwala opened the World’s First Asian Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand in 1993 to treat elephants that are ill or injured as ...

Burning Man Festival 2011

Sep 1, 2011

Burning Man is a liberal arts festival that takes place in the last week of August week before Labor Day in the Black Rock Desert, in Northe...

Annual Tomatina Festival in Spain, 2011

Sep 1, 2011

La Tomatina is the craziest and the largest food fight festival organized every year in the town of Bunol in the Valencia region of Spain. A...

Beautiful Underwater Photography by Elena Kalis

Sep 1, 2011

Russian-born photographer Elena Kalis has been residing on a small island in the Bahamas, surrounded by clear ocean, for the past decade. S...