100 YEARS OF HISTORY SAILS THROUGH THE TOWER BRIDGE Photograph by Paul Starkey on Flickr On July 26, the three-masted French sailing ship Belem sailed through the famous Tower Bridge in London. This is the same bridge that the Olympic rings were suspended from, and if you look closely you can…
The winners of the Sixth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year Contest were recently announced and the final round gallery is a sight to behold. Since 2006, the contest has featured the best photographs available on Wikimedia Commons. To be eligible, a photograph must first have been featured on the site in 2011.…
THE INCREDIBLE MAIN STAGE AT TOMORROWLAND Photograph via Blogamole Tomorrowland is one of the biggest music festivals in the world. Having recently completed its 8th edition at the end of July, this is a glimpse of the incredible main stage design. The stage stands at almost 150 meters long (492 ft)…
BEAUTIFUL LAKE BONDHUS IN NORWAY Photograph by Alchemist-hp In this incredible photograph, we get a view of the beautiful Lake Bondhus in Norway. In the background you can see the Bondhus Glacier (Bondhusbreen) which is an offshoot of the large Folgefonna glacier, with a length of approximately 4km and a height…
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE Photograph via moctodtidderptth on Reddit For almost two weeks, Manila, the capital city of the Philippines has been drenched by deadly rainfall with arrival of Typhoon Saola last week. For a startling gallery of the monsoon, check out this post on The Atlantic. While the weather…
Jon Rafman (1981) is an artist, filmmaker, and essayist. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Literature from McGill University and a M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His films and new media work have been exhibited internationally including at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome and the New…
ROOM WITH A VIEW Photograph by Jeremy Duguid on Flickr In this beautifully ‘framed’ photograph, we see the stunning Teton Mountain Range from the inside of Cunningham Cabin in Wyoming. Photographer Jeremy Duguid said he wasn’t even sure if he was going to post the photo to his Flickr account. It’s…
Photograph by Henrique Alex on Flickr The iconic Casa Batlló is a key feature in the architecture of modernist Barcelona. Commissioned by the textile industrialist Josep Batlló, it was built by Antoni Gaudí between 1904 and 1906. In 2002, Casa Batlló was opened to the public as a museum and cultural event space.…
Lavender is a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, southern Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, south west Asia to south east India. Many members of the genus…
Photograph by Oswaldo Rivas (via NBC News) Located just outside of León, Nicaragua is Cerro Negro (Black Mountain), a volcano in the Cordillera de los Maribios mountain range. Cerro Negro first appeared in April of 1850 and is the ‘youngest’ volcano in Central America. It is quite active and has erupted 23 times…
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