Showing posts from January, 2011

Wave Rock at Hyden, Australia

Jan 30, 2011

Wave Rock is an interesting natural rock formation located east of the small town of Hyden in Western Australia. It derives its name from th...

Photorealistic Ball Point Pen Drawings by Juan Francisco Casas

Jan 30, 2011

Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas creates photorealistic monochrome sketches using only a humble BIC ballpoint pen. Some of these stunnin...

Africa’s First Elephant Underpass

Jan 30, 2011

How did the elephants cross the road? They went underneath it. Elephants this month began crossing through Africa's first dedicated ele...

Eruption of Shinmoedake Volcano

Jan 29, 2011

Mount Shinmoedake, part of the Kirishima range, has dramatically erupted on the island of Kyūshū in southern Japan, after a gap of 52 years....

Atmosphere Plays Light Tricks As Rocket Launches Over Russia

Jan 27, 2011

Sometimes when the weather, the time and the light is just about right, rocket launches can leave spectacular trails over the sky. It’s call...

Insects Made From Matchsticks

Jan 27, 2011

Brighton UK based sculptor and model maker Kyle Bean created these impressive insects by carefully gluing together pieces of matchsticks ....

UK Cold Water Swimming Championships 2011

Jan 25, 2011

The water temperature was 3 degree Celsius, but that didn’t stop swimmers from stepping into the pool at the 5th Cold Water Swimming Champio...

Abandoned World War II Bunkers by Jonathan Andrew

Jan 25, 2011

Dutch photographer Jonathan Andrew , who lives in Amsterdam, produced a remarkable series of night shots of abandoned Word War 2 bunkers aro...

Spectacular Pictures of Laser Guide Star System

Jan 23, 2011

Imaging stars and other heavenly bodies from earth based telescope is difficult because of the atmosphere that envelops the earth. The atmos...

Hoba Meteorite is the Largest Meteorite on Earth

Jan 23, 2011

The Hoba Meteorite lies on the farm "Hoba West", not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It was uncovere...

The Mushroom Tunnel at Mittagong

Jan 23, 2011

Buried underneath the hillside, alongside Mt Gibraltar between Mittagong and Bowral in New South Wales, Australia, lies a disused railway tu...

The Dark Side of Barbie

Jan 22, 2011

Photographer Mariel Clayton explorers the evil and hitherto unknown side of the famous doll character. When asked why she did it, Clayton e...

Israel Holds Miss Fat and Beautiful Pageant 2011

Jan 22, 2011

Miss Fat and Beautiful is a beauty contest for plus sized women held annually in a cultural center in the southern desert city of Beersheva,...

A Place Called Earth

Jan 22, 2011

Earth is a small town in Lamb County, West Texas, United States and is possibly the only place on planet Earth that is named Earth. Earth ...

Tottori Sand Dunes: A Mini Desert in Japan

Jan 21, 2011

Who would have thought there is a desert in Japan? Well, not quite a desert but a huge sand dune that looks nearly a desert to me. It’s the ...

Chocolate Sculptures at Exhibition in Hong Kong

Jan 20, 2011

A shopping mall in Hong Kong is playing host to a 'Chocolate World Heritage' exhibition from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20. As a part of the ex...

Adrienne Antonson Makes Insects Out of Human Hair

Jan 19, 2011

Seattle-based artist Adrienne Antonson creates realistic looking insects using only human hair and glue. On the question of why she chose ...

The Ice Road to Tuktoyaktuk

Jan 18, 2011

The Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road is an ice road that connects the Northwest Territories communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk in Canada. It is op...

China Builds World’s Longest Sea Bridge: The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge

Jan 16, 2011

At 42.5 kilometers, the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, connecting the city of Qingdao in Eastern China's Shandong province with the suburban Hua...

Devil's Tower at Wyoming, USA

Jan 15, 2011

One of the most spectacular natural creation, the Devils Tower (also called Mato Tipila, which means “Bear Lodge”), is a monolithic igneous ...

No Pants Subway Ride 2011

Jan 13, 2011

A section of New Yorkers took the NYC subway system in their undies to celebrate the No Pants Ride also called the No Pants Subway Ride, an...

Pencil Drawings of Winter Scenes by Guram Dolenjashvili

Jan 12, 2011

Guram Dolenjashvili is a Georgian painter who often works in monochrome using ink and pencil. Many of his works are landscapes made in blac...

Sand Sculpture Exhibition In Melbourne

Jan 11, 2011

International sand sculpture artists from around the world teamed up with their Australian counterparts at the annual Sandsculpting Exhibiti...

Faces In The Wind

Jan 11, 2011

Russian artist Vladislav Novikov-Barkovsky’s polyester resin/acrylic sculptures entitled “Wind Dance” looks like creepy ghosts floating in ...

American Look Alikes By Emil Hartvig

Jan 9, 2011

Danish photographer Emil Hartvig has created a series called “American look alike”, that contains portraits of people who resemble famous A...

Mermaid Bar at Sacramento

Jan 9, 2011

A mermaid bar is set to open at Sacramento, California, later this month. The bar - named Dive Bar - houses a 40-foot-long, 7,500-gallon aqu...

The Train Graveyard in Bolivia

Jan 9, 2011

Located some 3 km outside the trading town of Uyuni, in southwest Bolivia, lies an antique train cemetery.  In the past, Uyuni was an import...

The Wartime Sound Mirrors at Denge

Jan 7, 2011

During the first World War, the Royal Air Force built gigantic acoustic mirrors, known colloquially as 'listening ears', that served...

The Kalashnikov Museum in Izhevsk

Jan 6, 2011

AK-47, the notorious assault rifle, has a museum in its honor - the Kalashnikov Museum also called the AK-47 museum. The museum was opened o...

Levitation by Franck Bohbot

Jan 6, 2011

French photographer Franck Bohbot traveled to Paris, Madrid, New York and Barcelona to create a series called “Levitation” where he made hi...

More Adorable Paper Sculptures From People Too

Jan 6, 2011

The colorful paper sculptures by Russian artist duo Alexei Lyapunov and Lena Ehrlich, who work under the title “People Too”, have a distinct...

Pasadena Rose Parade 2011

Jan 5, 2011

The 122nd Tournament of Roses Parade, with the theme “Building Dreams, Friendships & Memories”, took place on January 1, 2011 in Pasaden...

World's Biggest Burlesque Dance in London

Jan 4, 2011

Dancers donning lacy corsets, slinky fishnets and stiletto heels descended upon London's Trafalgar Square this morning in an attempt to ...

Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in 2010

Jan 3, 2011

Last month Archaeology Magazine released their list of the top ten discoveries in 2010. Among the findings is a room under the El Diablo py...

Peculiar 3D Glass Paintings by Xia Xiaowan

Jan 3, 2011

Chinese artist Xia Xiaowan employs multiple layers of tinted glass and colorful pencils to transform 2D paintings into 3D images which he ca...

New Year Celebration Pictures From Around The World

Jan 3, 2011

Let us look at how the world celebrated the new year’s eve – from New York to Bishkek, from Sydney to Beijing. A view from the balcony of ...

Brush-Less Portraits by David Walker

Jan 1, 2011

Artist David Walker doesn't use brushes because he wants the pieces to raise questions about graffiti and traditional painting. "P...

Pictures of Children Frightened By Santa Claus

Jan 1, 2011

He's huge and hairy and hulking. He dresses in strange furry clothing. He sneaks into people's homes at night. ...

Disturbingly Beautiful Macro Photos of Eyes by Suren Manvelyan

Jan 1, 2011

Physics teacher Suren Manvelyan took these portraits of eyes using his friends, colleagues and pupils as models. For the first time these i...

Son Doong, The World’s Largest Cave

Jan 1, 2011

Hang Son Doong cave, sometimes called simply Son Doong, is a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam, that is believed to be the la...