THE OLD CITY OF SANA’A AT NIGHT   Photograph via Reddit   Sana’a, also spelled “Sanaa”, is the capital of Yemen and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. At an altitude of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft), it is also one of the highest capital cities in the world. Sana’a has [...]

  TRAVIS PASTRANA DOES A DOUBLE BACKFLIP   Photograph via NITRO CIRCUS ON FACEBOOK   This is an incredible action sequence of the mighty Travis Pastrana doing a double-backflip. It was posted on Nitro Circus’s Facebook Page on January 16th, 2012. Since then it has amassed a cool 16,222 Likes, 1,042 comments and 1,608 shares. [...]

  A PRAYER FOR THE DEAD   Photograph by HU YUANJIA/Reuters/ Asian News Photo   Photographer’s Description [Hu Yuanjia]: “I remember clearly that it was about 5 p.m. on November 25. I was just finishing an assignment photographing retired military soldiers bidding farewell to their comrades at the train station. On my way out, I [...]

  OUTDOOR JACUZZI ON THE MATTERHORN   Photograph via Iglu-Dorf.com   This outdoor jacuzzi is part of the Igloo Village, ‘Iglu-Dorf‘, in Zermatt. Guests sleep at an altitude of 2,727 meters (8.946 ft) at the Gornergrat, right next to Switzerland’s most famous mountain, the mighty Matterhorn. The Igloo village typically opens up in December with [...]

  GRAFFITI BY THE 1%   Photograph via BuzzedLikeAldrinn on Reddit   Not sure who the artist is but this cheeky piece was spotted in Brisbane, Australia. We see a nice word adjustment from Monopoly’s very own Rich Uncle Pennybags. Most definitely a fitting symbol for the 1%’ers (both the game and character). Cheers to [...]

  THE PRECIOUS BLUE MARBLE   Photograph by NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring     NASA has proclaimed this image the most amazing high definition image of Earth ever. To see the colossal-super-mega high-resolution image, click here (it’s 8000px x 8000px and 16.4mb). This ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth was taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard [...]