THE TEA FIELDS OF BOSEON, KOREA Photograph by Flash Parker on Flickr Located on the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula in the southwestern province of Jeollanam-do, Boseong is a land of rolling hills covered in verdant green tea fields. Boseong-gun is the largest tea-growing county in Korea. It is known in…
Photograph by PA (via designboom) At a recent event to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and raise money for the York Minster Fund, 900 guests were invited to the famous York Minster Cathedral for dinner and entertainment. The event’s hook was the installation of 1,500 square meters (16,000 sq ft) of real grass…
Photograph by Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters (via hungeree.com) An art installation on Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil shows three gigantic fishes made from discarded plastic bottles. The slogan on a sign beside the installation loosely translates to, “recycle your attitude”. The sculptures were created to raise awareness for the recently completed…
“SEE YOU LATER” SAID THE ALLIGATOR Photograph by Marina Scarr In this incredible photograph by Marina Scarr, we see an American Alligator about to chow down on an unlucky Florida gar. The photo was posted yesterday to National Geographic’s Facebook page where it has quickly amassed 95,000 ‘Likes’ and 33,000 shares! The…
Orsos Islands is a luxury floating island that has the ability to be moved and re-anchored. While it has the vague resemblance of a boat, it’s more of a fancy platform than anything. Orsos Islands is the brainchild of Gabor Orsos and his Austrian-based company has begun manufacture of the prototype in Germany and…
Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 25 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles typically originate from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from a variety of sources. Any suggestions? Send a note to…
AN ILLUMINATED SNOW TUNNEL IN RUSSIA Photograph by Michael Zelensky In this incredible photograph by Michael Zelensky, we see the entrance to an amazing snow tunnel that’s almost a kilometer long. Michael says the tunnel is located under snow fields in the deep ravines at the end of the summer thaw (translated…
1. Inspired Artwork by El Mac (background by Kofie) Background by Kofie. Painted at Mid-City Arts for the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Street Cred” exhibition. Los Angeles, 2011 2. Manuel Lee Chang – El Coreana (Seres Queridos) Artwork by El Mac Painted with spraypaint & fatcaps for…
As part of Singapore’s redevelopment and new downtown area at Marina Bay, the sprawling 250-acre Gardens by the Bay is an incredible public space with gardens, bridges, skywalks, parks and plants. The green development has been proclaimed a ‘horticultural heaven’. The attractions garnering the most buzz are the two massive climate-controlled biomes called…
AMAZING MUSHROOM STORM CLOUD OVER BEIJING Photograph by Imaginechina / Rex Features Spotted last Thursday over Beijing was this incredible mushroom-like cumulonimbus storm cloud as a plane flies past, giving us a great indication of how massive this cloud really is. Apparently this gigantic cloud took over 70 minutes to form and…
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