Photograph by Dune Newhouse Seen here are the beautiful tide pools at Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, also known as Rocky Point. The sunset capture by Dune Newhouse shows Gavin Beschen and his daughter exploring the area at this fast-growing, northern Mexico beach town. Puerto Peñasco has two distinctive beaches separated by Whale Hill. Located to…
With speed, agility and an insatiable curiosity, cats are already a force to be reckoned with. Now with video proof of their ability to open doors, they are virtually unstoppable. I, for one, welcome our new feline overlords.
Shark Week used to be educational. Now it’s filled with fake documentaries about “Megalodon” and “Submarine”. Vox explains what you need to know before you watch The Discovery Channel series. You can read the entire article on Vox, which includes interesting links to other pieces about the now maligned series.
French artist Junior Fritz Jacquet has been fascinated by paper since a young age. Inspired by the traditional art of origami, Jacquet explores and experiments with folding and crumpling techniques, developing an innovative style all his own. In a series entitled Masks, Jacquet squishes and crumples 40 different toilet paper rolls into unique and…
Since 1997, artist Gerry Judah has built the main, car-themed structure for the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex, England. Held on the grounds of the Goodwood Estate, Judah’s colossal, flying car designs are a sight to behold. Born and raised in West Bengal, India, Judah and his family moved to London, England…
Some great audition clips of well-known actors, many before they were famous or had landed their ‘breakout’ role. Ignore the video’s title as a handful of the actors were quite well-known before the particular audition shown. Some of the clips included are also of actors that many might not consider ‘famous’. As for rarity…
This could be a game changer. Engineers at Microsoft recently unveiled a method for converting first-person videos into hyperlapse videos (time-lapse videos with a smoothly moving camera). As the team explains on their research page: At high speed-up rates, simple frame sub-sampling coupled with existing video stabilization methods does not work, because the erratic…
Photograph by Uoaei1 on Wikimedia Commons Seen here is a dramatic view from Blassenstein mountain near Scheibbs (Lower Austria) to the west, with fog over Erlauf valley and Danube. The photo was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Uaei1. You can see the full size 5958 x 2979 pixel panoaramic here. via Uoaei1 on…
Using publicly available photographs taken by astronauts onboard the International Space Station, Bruce W. Berry edited this incredible timelapse sequence. All footage was color graded, denoised, deflickered, slowed down and stabilized and then complied and converted to 1080 HD at 24 frames/sec by Berry. Music: “Manhatta” composed & performed by The Cinematic Orchestra Images…
‘Lion Whisperer’ Kevin Richardson and his friend Tau make an impassioned PSA for Lion Conservancy on World Lion Day on 10 August 2014. While Tau is the star of the show, you can also find Napoleon lazing in the background.
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