ONAGAWA, JAPAN SIX MONTHS LATER Photograph by REUTERS/KYODO An area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, March 16, 2011 after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and its aftermath taken September 1, 2011, taken by Kyodo and released September 7, 2011. via The Atlantic: In Focus with Alan…
Photograph by MARK RYCKAERT On the roads of Pakistan you will find moving art on every road in the form of decorated trucks and vehicles. With dazzling colours, ornate detailing and magnificent trinkets, these moving art exhibits inject your daily commute with Pakistani culture and symbolism. Please enjoy this small sample of decorated trucks…
THE CRAB NEBULA Photograph by NASA This is a mosaic image, one of the largest ever taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the Crab Nebula, a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star’s supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers recorded this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054, as did, almost…
Artwork by JAMES HOPKINS Working out of Guernsey and London, artist James Hopkins’ wonderful series, Perspective Sculptures, brings some of your favourite cartoons to 3D life. Depending on your viewing angle, different elements of the sculpture come to life. Some angles show you what’s ‘behind the curtain’, while others make the pieces look like…
WORLD’S OLDEST MARATHON RUNNER, 100 YEAR-OLD FAUJA SINGH Photograph via Reddit Fauja Singh (born April 1, 1911) is a centenarian Sikh. He is a marathon runner of Indian descent who is a world record holder in his age bracket. His current personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6 hours…
Photograph by REUTERS / SEAN ADAIR Ten years ago there was no such thing as Facebook (Feb 2004), YouTube (Feb 2005), or Twitter (March 2006); and the ubiquitous device we know as the iPhone (June 2007) was light years away. Before the morning of September 11th, 2001, the twin 110-story towers of the World…
SNOW MONKEYS LOUNGING IN HOT SPRINGS Photograph by YOSEMITE Seen here are Japanese Macaques, commonly known as Snow Monkeys, lounging in the Jigokudani Hot Spring in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Jigokudani Monkey Park is famous for its large population of wild Japanese Macaques that go to the valley during the winter, foraging elsewhere…
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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…
INSTANT VERTIGO ACROPHOBIA Photograph by VINCENT LAFORET Deke Johnson, left, and Tom Silliman work 1,385 feet (422m) above street level to repair the electrical connections of an FM antenna atop the Empire State Building. Below you can see the heads of onlookers looking up from the observation deck. Acrophobia is an extreme…
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