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…
JUPITER ECLIPSING THE SUN Photograph by M. Belton (NOAO), J. Burns (Cornell) et al., Galileo Project, JPL, NASA In this incredible photograph taken from the Galileo Spacecraft we can see an eclipse of the sun by the planet Jupiter. What’s equally remarkable about this shot is that the reflected sunlight also shows…
GLASS BOTTOMED CANTILEVER POOL IN SHANGHAI Located at the Holiday Inn in Shanghai, China (Pudong Kangquiao), this dramatic swimming pool 24 floors up has a glass bottom that overlooks the street below. The cantilever pool is 30 meters long (98.5 ft) with a comfortable section of the pool that remains inside…
THE LARGEST WATERFALL IN EUROPE Photograph by Tim Bekaert Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajokull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the most powerful waterfall in Europe [Source]. It is situated on the Jokulsa a Fjollum river, which flows from the Vatnajokull glacier and collects water from a…
THE HONEYBEE’S FINAL STING Photograph by Kathy Keatley Garvey If you’ve ever wondered why honeybees tend to die after stinging someone this picture says it all. In an incredible capture by Kathy Keatley Garvey, a UC Davis Communications Specialist in the Department of Enomology, we see a bee stinging a person’s arm…
JAPANESE TEA PLANTATION NEAR MOUNT FUJI Photograph via 94svtcobra on Reddit Unfortunately I am short on information about this lovely picture that shows a tea plantation in Shizuoka, Japan as Mount Fuji looms in the background. I tried a reverse image search on Google and Tineye but it did not lead to…
Giant Pyramid of Captured German Helmets from WWI Grand Central Terminal, New York, 1918 Photograph by New York Central Railroad Pyramid of German helmets near Grand Central Terminal: black-and-white photoprint, ca. 1918: View of the employees of the New York Central Railroad, assembled in Victory Way, showing the pyramid of captured German…
EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING Photograph by China Foto Press On June 9, a grand martial arts performance was staged to celebrate China’s seventh Cultural Heritage Day in Tagou Wushu School in central China’s Henan Province. In 2005, the Chinese government established a national ‘Cultural Heritage Day’ to be celebrated annually on…
BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD HOME THEATRE Photograph via Home Designing on Facebook How sweet would it be to watch a movie with friends in this backyard home theatre setup? Posted earlier today to Home Designing’s Facebook page, this looks all kinds of wonderful (so long as no rain is in the forecast!). Now the…
OLD PIANO TURNED INTO OUTDOOR FOUNTAIN Built and Designed by Bill Metzgar Rather then let this old grand piano go to waste, a creative soul has repurposed this beautiful instrument into an outdoor water fountain. A reverse image search on Google and Tineye did not reveal an original source so details are…
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