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August 21, 2012 at 6:23 pm

Picture of the Day: What Lightning Looks Like From Space

Picture of the Day: What Lightning Looks Like From Space

WHAT LIGHTNING LOOKS LIKE FROM SPACE Photograph by NASA In Focus just published an awesome gallery of lightning strikes that’s definitely worth checking out. Worldwide, lightning strikes around 50 times every second (that’s more than 4 million a day!). In the photograph above, we see an elusive “red sprite” flash (just…

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August 21, 2012 at 4:18 pm

Beaches Around the World Seen from Above

Beaches Around the World Seen from Above

Dallas native Gray Malin graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 2007, majoring in photography and marketing. While he has had his work displayed in the Dallas Museum of Art, David Streets Gallery in Beverly Hills, and in the Julia Dean Gallery in Venice, he is currently working independently with online curators and art…

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August 21, 2012 at 9:21 am

23 Buildings with Unintentionally Funny Faces

23 Buildings with Unintentionally Funny Faces

Have you ever walked by a building and thought the windows and doors kind of resembled a face? Well these photographers took that feeling one step further and captured it on film for the world to see. Below you will find 23 unintentional faces in building façades. Depending on the shape of the windows…

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August 20, 2012 at 7:06 pm

Picture of the Day: This Frog is Fabulous

Picture of the Day: This Frog is Fabulous

THIS FROG IS FABULOUS Photograph by Shikhei Goh (via National Geographic on Facebook) In this fantastic closeup by Shikhei Goh we see a beautifully coloured frog wrapping himself around the tip of a plant. You may have seen Shikhei’s stunning macro photography before. His photo of a dragonfly won the grand…

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August 19, 2012 at 11:51 am

Creative Alternate Movie Posters by Adam Rabalais

Creative Alternate Movie Posters by Adam Rabalais

Adam Rabalais in an artist based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In his ongoing series of alternate movie posters, Rabalais explores a variety of styles and treatments; from textured and grungy to simple and clean. You can find a complete gallery of his work on deviantART. You can also head over to his store on…

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August 18, 2012 at 5:27 pm

Picture of the Day: Just a Pinch

Picture of the Day: Just a Pinch

JUST A PINCH Photograph by mmarsupilami on Flickr This wonderful outdoor art sculpture by Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal shows a giant clothespin pinching the grass. It was built for the Festival of the Five Seasons in Chaudfontaine Park, located on the outskirts of Liege, Belgium. Uysal is a professor of…

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August 18, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Artists Use Giant Coin to Make Big Objects Look Small

Artists Use Giant Coin to Make Big Objects Look Small

Artist duo Skrekkøgle (Theo Tveterås and Lars Marcus Vedeler) created a 20:1 replica of the 50-cent Euro coin to make other thinks look small when photographed next to it. The coin was actually milled, sanded, lacquered and smudged to maintain authenticity. Then they went out finding various objects around the city to miniaturize. To…

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August 17, 2012 at 3:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Morning View from Washburn Point, Yosemite

Picture of the Day: Morning View from Washburn Point, Yosemite

Morning View from Washburn Point, Yosemite Photograph by Jesse L. Summers | Prints Available Redditor Jesse L. Summers shared this incredible shot of Yosemite National Park in California as seen from Washburn Point, at an elevation of about 7000 ft. The shot was was taken in the early morning, just down the…

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August 17, 2012 at 12:46 pm

Pictures from the 80s of Malls Across America

Pictures from the 80s of Malls Across America

In 1989, following in the footsteps of Robert Frank’s The Americans, Michael Galinksy of Rumur.com drove across the country and documented malls across America. Armed with a cheap Nikon FG-20 and an even cheaper lens. Galinsky shot about 30 rolls of slide film in malls from Long Island to North Dakota to Seattle. The…

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August 16, 2012 at 5:08 pm

Picture of the Day: Avenue of the Baobabs

Picture of the Day: Avenue of the Baobabs

AVENUE OF THE BAOBABS Photograph by Walther Georges @ Panoramio.com The Avenue or Alley of the Baobabs is a prominent group of baobab trees lining the dirt road between Morondava and Belon’i Tsiribihina in the Menabe region in western Madagascar. Its striking landscape draws travelers from around the world, making it…

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