HISTORY’S GREATEST MUSTACHE Photograph by MATTHEW BRADY Photograph by MATTHEW BRADY & LEVIN CORBIN HANDY Hogan. Selleck. Chaplin. All magnificent mustaches. All pale in comparison to Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881), history’s greatest mustache. If the pictures above haven’t already made that abundantly clear, then the…
Photograph by PAULUS MAXIMUS Once a year in May, the Garden of Cosmic Speculation by Charles Jencks is open to the public. The garden is located on a private residence known as the Portrack House near the town of Dumfries in Scotland. Started in 1988 it was dedicated to Jencks’ late wife Maggie…
SUNSET ON MARS Photograph by NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell On May 19th, 2005, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view of the Sun sinking below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera (Pancam) mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover’s 489th Martian day, or sol.…
Trollface Every Halloween, hundreds of Reddit users upload photos of their awesome Halloween costumes. This year saw no shortage of funny and creative executions that surely enhanced the evenings of those around them. Enjoy this small collection of hilarious costumes spotted this past weekend. Until next year, have a Happy Halloween ya’ll! 2.…
INCREDIBLE HUAXI VILLAGE SKYSCRAPER IN CHINA Photograph via Reuters/Carlos Barria The newly inaugurated skyscraper tower of Huaxi village is seen in Huaxi village, Jiangsu province, on October 7, 2011. Huaxi, also known as China’s richest village, celebrated its 50th anniversary with the inauguration of a massive 328-meter (1,076 feet) high skyscraper that…
Photograph by DECKSTER1965 CHEETAHS: THE WORLD’S FASTEST LAND ANIMALS The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large-sized feline inhabiting most of Africa and parts of the Middle East. They are the only felid with non-retractable claws and pads that, by their scope, disallow gripping (therefore cheetahs cannot climb vertical trees, although they are…
UNCOVERING HISTORY Photograph via Reddit Moai are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the…
Photograph by NATALIE NAZANIN ABBASSI Self Study by Natalie Nazanin Abbassi, was the photographer’s final project as a student at the University of North Carolina’s Design and Visual Communication program. It’s a fascinating series of self-portraits that explores who she is as both an American and Iranian woman. In each composite image, Natalie…
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PARIS AT NIGHT Photograph by JOHN NIRAVONG Fantastic shot of the beautiful city of Paris at night by my friend John Niravong. The photograph was taken from the 56th floor observation deck of the Maine-Montparnasse Tower, a popular destination for visitors seeking unrivaled views of the majestic city below. Tour Maine-Montparnasse (Maine-Montparnasse…
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