5,000 Year Old Neolithic Stone Carving in Northumberland Photograph by B. KERR The image above shows an extraordinary neolithic stone carving dating back approximately 5,000 years. Located in Ketley Crag, Northumberland (North East England), the discovery was made by a team of specially trained volunteers working on a four-year English Heritage backed…
ITALY – Basil, pasta, tomatoes These delicious flags were designed for the Sydney International Food Festival by the advertising agency WHYBINTBWA. It’s a fantastic concept that creates a nation’s flag from the food associated with the country. Now many of you will likely disagree with some of the foods selected to symbolize a…
THE CLAAAAAAAAAW! Photographer Unknown With great power comes great responsibili… ohhh a red dot! For those that are unfamiliar with the reference, it’s from Toy Story. Clip below 🙂 via Imgur SEE MORE ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’
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FUN WITH FIREWIRE (STEEL WOOL) Photograph by ABURAKUASU Photographer’s Description [paraphrased from comments]: It’s 00 grade steel wool on a string aka “Firewire”. I used a Canon 60D with a Samyang 14mm lens 5 sec exposure, 400 ISO, f/5.6. Shot in a random drainage tunnel in San Dimas, California. No extra lights,…
Photograph by Sotheby’s East Side Manhattan Brokerage Located on Central Park, this stunning 19th century chapel is an official landmark in Manhattan, New York City. Listed at a cool $12.5 million, the imposing neo-French Renaissance Chateauesque style prewar condominium features: incredible vaulted ceilings, peaked chapel windows, stone columns, an arched gallery and antique French…
AWESOME DUTCH ANGLE SHOT OF ENDEAVOUR SPACE LAUNCH Photograph by NASA/Sandra Joseph and Kevin O’Connell An exhaust cloud engulfs Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida as space shuttle Endeavour lifts off into the night sky. The primary payload for the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station is…
FRANCE WORLD’S 1ST COUNTRY TO EMANCIPATE JEWS – SEPT. 28, 1791 Jewish emancipation was the external and internal process of freeing the Jewish people of Europe, including recognition of their rights as equal citizens, and the formal granting of citizenship as individuals; it occurred gradually between the late 18th century and…
STUNNING PANORAMIC ATOP MONTE CIVETTA, ITALY Photograph by FEDERICO (deeeeeeeep on Flickr) This is an incredible panoramic by Federico taken from Rifugio Tissi atop Monte Civetta in the Northern Italy province of Belluno. In the distance lies the village Alleghe, Lake Alleghe and the Civetta group between the valleys Cordevole, Val Fiorentina…