Located in Rozzano, Italy, the vertical garden at the Fiordaliso Shopping Center was recognized this week by the Guiness World Records as the largest vertical garden in the world. Covering a surface of 1,263 square meters (13,594 square feet) with a total of 44,000 plants, the massive vertical garden surpassed the former record-holder, a…
Photograph via Wikipedia That’s Jeanne Calment, a French citizen who has the longest confirmed human lifespan in history at 122 years and 164 days. She was born on February 21, 1875 and passed on August 4, 1997 [Source]. She’s lived through both world wars, seen humankind land on the moon and witnessed the…
THE HALL OF MIRRORS Photograph by Ed Roppo (rustyjaw on Flickr) In this fantastic capture by Ed Roppo (rustyjaw on Flickr), we see how a thin layer of water on the floor creates the perfect reflection, turning this space into a hall of mirrors. The shot was taken at an abandoned…
Andreas Preis is an illustrator and graphic designer from Berlin, Germany. In his latest series entitled Grow, Andreas creates an incredible series of animal crests using his unique style to create these wonderful works of art. Regarding the process to create these, Andreas says 95% of what you see is done by hand with…
Located in the Belgian village of Steenokkerzeel, this 30 meter (98.4 ft) water tower was originally built between 1938 and 1941. It was in service until the 1990s and was even used as a watchtower by the Nazis when they took over Belgium in World War II. In 2007, Bham Design Studio set forth…
DEATH BEGETS LIFE Photograph by Ireena Worthy on Flickr In this stunning capture by Ireena Worthy we see a small fir tree (which has become a bonsai) growing atop a dead log in the waters of Fairy Lake, which is near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Fairy…
The RX-78 Gundam is a fictional manned robot, introduced in 1979 in Yoshiyuki Tomino’s and Sunrise’s anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. In the series, it is a testbed weapon for the Earth Federation when it falls into the hands of Amuro Ray, the son of a weapons designer, who goes on to pilot it…
Back in 2010, The Big Picture did a fascinating series entitled, Human Landscapes in SW Florida. Using satellite photography from Google Maps, a variety of examples of human development were found. From artificial lakes and densely populated sprawls, to circular developments and incomplete projects (abandoned due to lack of funding), this gallery of aerial…
A TORNADO ROPING OUT IN NORTH DAKOTA Photograph by Mitch Dobrowner In this incredible photograph by Mitch Dobrowner we see a tornado in North Dakota dying out. These tornadoes are said to be “roping out”, or becoming a “rope tornado”. When they rope out, the length of their funnel increases, which…
Located in North Carolina, Furnitureland South has recently completed a king sized headboard aquarium holding about 650 gallons of seawater and filled it with a variety of fish. You can check out the awesome custom fish tank headboard at the entrance to the Sleepland Gallery at Furnitureland South’s location in High Point, NC. [via…
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