Showing posts from November, 2011

Oradour-sur-Glane: The Village Massacred in WW2 and Preserved Since Then

Nov 29, 2011

On 10 June 1944, at around 2 PM, four days after the Allied invasion of Normandy, approximately 150 Waffen-SS soldiers entered the tranquil ...

Edward Burtynsky’s Photos of Industrial Landscapes

Nov 29, 2011

Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer and artist who has achieved international recognition for his large-format photographs of indus...

Frieke Janssens’s Controversial Photos of Smoking Kids

Nov 28, 2011

A few months ago smoking was banned in all public places in Belgium. Photographer Frieke Janssens responded with “surrealistic, melancholic...

Chimborazo: The Farthest Point From the Earth’s Center

Nov 26, 2011

Chimborazo is an inactive volcano located in the Andes mountain range in Ecuador with a peak elevation of 6,268.2 meters. What makes Chimbor...

Gorgeous Photos Taken by Google Street View Cameras

Nov 26, 2011

Google's Street View camera cars can sometimes capture unbelievable landscapes and moments, as Pittsburgh-born photographer Aaron Hobson...

Bruce Munro’s Light Installation at Holburne Museum

Nov 25, 2011

Bruce Munro is a British lighting designer and installation artist best known for large scale lighting installations such as Field of Light,...

Mass Whale Hunting in Faroe Islands Leave Sea Blood Red

Nov 24, 2011

The sea of Faroe Islands in north of Europe turned red with the blood of hundreds of whales killed by the inhabitants on November 22, as a p...

Thomas Doyle’s Apocalyptic Dioramas

Nov 24, 2011

Using ordinary materials found around the house, New York based artist Thomas Doyle creates dioramas that feature tiny hand-painted figures...

The Twist Bridge Over the Vlaardingse Vaart, Netherlands

Nov 24, 2011

Spanning roughly 42 meters, this bicycle and pedestrian bridge called ‘The Twist’ bridge for its contorted and sculptural lines, connects th...

Pedestrian Roller Coaster in Germany

Nov 24, 2011

If you are scared of the loops and dizzy heights of a roller coaster, you can try out the new roller-coaster walkway at Duisburg that lets y...

Creative Sculptures Promoting London Ink

Nov 21, 2011

London Ink is a reality show on the Discovery Channel based around a tattoo parlor run by Louis Molloy, who inked David Beckham and Kate Mos...

Parting of the Sea in Jindo

Nov 20, 2011

The story of Moses is a famous tale among Christians and Jews throughout the world. The miracle of the parting of the Red Sea when Moses and...

Strange Airport #3: Madeira International, Portugal

Nov 19, 2011

Madeira International Airport, located near Funchal, Madeira in Portugal was first opened on July 1964 with two 1,600-meter (5,249 ft) runwa...

Tunnel of Love in Klevan, Ukraine

Nov 18, 2011

This beautiful train tunnel of trees called the Tunnel of Love is located in Klevan, Ukraine. Nothing else is known about this place. Can an...

The Cloud Covered Island of Litla Dimun

Nov 18, 2011

Litla Dimun is a small island between the islands of Suouroy and Stora Dimun in the Faroe Islands. It is the smallest of the main 18 islands...

Panjin Red Beach, China

Nov 18, 2011

The Red Beach is located in the Liaohe River Delta, about 30 kilometer southwest of Panjin City in China. The beach gets its name from its a...

Annual Red Crab Migration on Christmas Island

Nov 17, 2011

Christmas Island is a small Australian island in the Indian Ocean, 2,600 kilometers northwest of the city of Perth, that is home to many spe...

The Sunken Bridge of Fort de Roovere

Nov 13, 2011

During the 17th century, a series of moats and fortresses were built over the West Brabant Water Line region of the Netherlands to provide p...

Terrifying Glass Skywalk on the Side of Tianmen Mountain

Nov 13, 2011

Jutting out from a sheer cliff 1,430 meters high, the glass skywalk in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park offers sightseers terrifying thrill...

Amazing Street Art at Sarasota Chalk Festival

Nov 12, 2011

The Sarasota Chalk Festival brings in artists from around the world to display their art on the streets of Sarasota, Florida. The festival, ...

Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Plastic Balls

Nov 10, 2011

In 2007, the Department of Water Protection in Los Angeles detected high levels of bromate, a carcinogen that forms when bromide and chlorin...

Strange Airport#2: Kansai International, Japan

Nov 9, 2011

Kansai International Airport is Japan's second most important international airport, located on an artificial island in the middle of Os...

Cricket Fighting Contests in China

Nov 9, 2011

Cricket fighting is a form of amusement popular in many areas in China. It was nurtured by Tang Dynasty emperors more than 1,000 years ago a...

Acrobatic Display of Starling Murmuration

Nov 9, 2011

Every year during autumn, thousands of starlings put on a spectacular dance show just before dusk over the sky in Scotland (and other countr...

Bosco Verticale: World’s First Vertical Forest in Milan

Nov 8, 2011

A fascinating new pair of residential tower called Bosco Verticale is being constructed at Milan, Italy. Designed by architect Stefano Boeri...

North American Wife Carrying Championship

Nov 7, 2011

The North American Wife Carrying Championship is a fun sport in which male competitors race while carrying a female teammate on their backs....

Incredible Light Paintings by Brian Matthew Hart

Nov 7, 2011

Light Painting Photography is becoming more and more popular each day. Also known as light drawing or light graffiti, light painting is a ph...

World's Largest Collection of The World's Smallest Versions of The World's Largest Things

Nov 5, 2011

The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things is a traveling roadside museum out...

UPrinting Giveaway: 3 Sets of Die Cut Business Cards

Nov 4, 2011

This weekend we are organizing a great giveaway for Amusing Planet readers. UPrinting.com has generously agreed to sponsor this event, and t...

Gibraltar, World’s Only Airport Runway Intersecting a Road

Nov 3, 2011

Gibraltar Airport or North Front Airport is a civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, a tiny peninsula wit...

Max de Esteban’s Photos of Deconstructed Gadgets

Nov 3, 2011

At first glance these images look like X-Ray’s, but they are not. Barcelona-based artist Max de Esteban meticulously took apart different ga...

Sunland Baobab - A Bar Inside a Hollowed Out Tree

Nov 2, 2011

Sunland Baobab is a well-known enormous baobab tree in South Africa. It is one of the largest baobabs in South Africa with a circumference ...

Darwin Beer Can Regatta

Nov 2, 2011

The Darwin Beer Can Regatta is an event which has been held annually since 1974 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia at Mindil Beach. Pa...

Beautiful Close-Up Pictures of Animal Eyes by Suren Manvelyan

Nov 1, 2011

Armenian photographer Suren Manvelyan surprised us with his close-up pictures of human eyes revealing unbelievable desert landscape like s...