Photograph by Clément Belleudy The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges of either type in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet…
A quadcopter captures a pod of bottlenose dolphins playing in the waves along the Esperance coastline in Western Australia. Amazing to see them leap out of the water like that!
Every February the Takhini Hot Pools in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada host a Hair Freezing Contest. Visitors dunk their hair in the hot water (usually 40° Celsius/104° Fahrenheit) and then let it freeze in the chilly air above (temperatures in Feb. can easily dip below -30° Celsius/-22° Fahrenheit). Contestants are free to mold and style…
“Brothers Grimm’s Wanderings” by Kilian Schönberger is the second part of a photo project that started with Brothers Grimm’s Homeland. On Behance, Schönberger adds: “The photos are inspired by the old fairtytales written by the Brothers Grimm. Therefore I’m searching places throughout Central Europe that echo the mood of those old stories. I think…
Photograph by the_pride_of_VPI on reddit Reddit user the_pride_of_VPI on reddit captured this perfectly timed photo of a cardinal jumping and it looks as if the bird is floating or levitating above the rail. In the comments the photographer says he took the photo in Virginia with a Nikon D7000. Cardinals, in the family Cardinalidae,…
“Young Hearts” is a short film about three couples—Hans (79) & Edith (76), Ellen (84) & Horst (77), Ralf & Kristin (both 73)—that have two things in common: after being together for 3, 16, and 51 years they are all still heavily in love. And every Monday, they attend DJ Michael Borge’s seniors disco…
“A Taste of Austria” is the culmination of 2 years of extensive filming (2013-2015) of the Austrian cities and landscapes. Thomas Pöcksteiner and Peter Jablonowski of Film Spektakel shot over 600 time-lapses from over 5 TB of footage to create the mesmerizing hyperlapse above. Equipment used: + Dynamic Perception Stage One + Emotimo TB3…
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a duo of characters from the Looney Tunes. The characters were created by Warner Bros., animation director Chuck Jones and they made their first appearance on September 17, 1949. To date, 48 cartoons have been made featuring these characters (including the three CGI shorts), the majority…