1938 AERIAL BOMBING OF BARCELONA, SPAIN Photograph by The Italian Air Force Aerial bombing of Barcelona in 1938 by Francisco Franco’s Nationalist Air Force. The Spanish Civil War saw some of the earliest extensive use of aerial bombardment of civilian targets, and the development of new terror bombing techniques. The Spanish Civil…
Photograph via Desktopart.org Rice Terraces are used in farming to cultivate hilly or mountainous terrain. They are quite effective for growing crops that require a lot of water, such as rice. They also help to decrease erosion and surface runoff. Oh and they are quite stunning to photograph from above! Terraced fields are used…
THE AQUADOM: WORLD’S LARGEST FREE-STANDING AQUARIUM Photograph by ERIC PANCER The AquaDom was created by Union Investment Real Estate GmbH and is the world’s biggest free-standing aquarium. It weighs 2,000 tonnes and comprises a 14 metre high cylinder filled with a million litres of water and 1,500 tropical fish. A special feature…
Image courtesy of The Smoking Gun The Smoking Gun, the Masters of obtaining documents of interest, have produced a 25-page excerpt from the Foo Fighters’ 52-page 2011 Tour Rider. The document includes a wildly entertaining ‘Field Guide to Food: Coloring Book and Activity Pages’ section along with a detailed outline of their food requirements…
GORILLAS IN THE MIST Photograph by CHRISTOPHER WHITTIER Stunning photograph by Christopher Whittier of Silverback mountain gorillas posing on the rim of a volcanic crater with a lake below in the background. via NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
THE KUHA KARUHAS CAVE PAVILLION IN THAILAND Photograph by Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images Tourists visit the stunning Kuha Karuhas pavilion located inside the Phraya Nakhon cave, in the Khao Sam Roi Yot national park, some 300 km south of Bangkok, Thailand, on December 5, 2010. The pavillon was built in 1890 on the…
Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find the 20 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse Stay…
LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS TIME Photograph by RICH LAM/Getty Images Riot police walk the street as a couple kiss on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, as the city broke out in riots, following the Vancouver Canucks loss in game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. *UPDATE* Scott Jones says he was just…
Photograph by Marc Bryan-Brown Located in the posh and exclusive town of East Hampton in Suffolk Country, New York; the Fieldview home designed by Blaze Makoid Arhcitecture is a stunning ‘C Frame’ house that seeks to take full advantage of the adjacent southern view of an agricultural reserve. Situated on a one-acre lot, this…
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