TIL: Volcanic eruption sometimes create lightning. The Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting in early January. Magma bubbles so hot they glow and shoot away as liquid rock bursts through the Earth’s surface from below. Photographer Martin Rietze . [Cheers laughingsquid]
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‘The Blue Dragon’ in Portugal
Located in Portugal (Corte Pequena, Faro, Portugal), this little beauty is known as the Odeleite River to locals, the river’s forbidding twists make it easy to understand why it’s often called ‘the Blue Dragon.’ For those of you who think its ‘shopped’, take a look at what Google maps has to say….ALIENS!
This Vending Machine will turn your Face into a Ninja
Why can’t we have vending machines like this in America? If you have ever wanted to be a tiny ninja figurine, a cat or maybe even Godzilla our friends in Japan have you covered…and it looks pretty freakin’ awesome! For about $5 and the airfare to the top of the Tokyo Metropolitan Building in Shinjuku,
Artist Draws Self Portrait, gets it Approved as Drivers License Picture
Rather than go about the normal ‘getting a photograph taken’ for your drivers license picture, Swedish artist Fredrik Saker hand painted his mug and had it approved by the Swedish Transport Board. Before you go out and try it yourself, keep in mind drawing a little stick figure probably won’t work. Unlike most countries, Sweden
An Amazing Photo of a Galactic Pinwheel
This is simply an amazing picture of a galaxy called Hoag’s Object. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures this nearly perfect ring of hot, blue stars pinwheels surrounding the yellow nucleuswhich is about 120,000 light-years wide and only 600 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. Even more interesting is an object that bears an uncanny
Facebook takes down risqué Picture – Uhm those are Elbows
I am personally more of a knee man, there truly isn’t anything more sexier than a nice set of knees. Some guys like boobs, others like legs… this is the case of the naked elbow and the Facebook censor team. The photo was posted on Theories of the Deep Understanding of Things to test how
How to Shut Down your Local Supermarket – Photo Goes Viral On Twitter
How the f&*k do you not notice a giant rat eating cheese while its tail is dipped in a case of your finest olives, right in the front of a display case? A Paraguayan supermarket learned the hard way that a live rodent, apparently doped up on poison, is a NO, NO. If kind of
Leonardo DiCaprio found in a 1960’s Yearbook
Leonardo DiCaprio is actually a woman named Judy Zipper… This makes Inception even harder to understand. [Cheers tosh]
Who knew Iceland was this Beautiful
After looking at these amazing photos, I am marking Iceland as a place to visit before I die. The contrast of fire and ice is simply mind boggling… Glaciers, volcanoes, geysers. During winter you can marvel at the amazing, undulating green, blue, yellow and pink lights of the aurora in the night sky. Photographer Jim
What People think Photographers do
Just a small list of different perceptions as to what photographers actually do… I think the first one pretty much sums it up. [Cheers petapixel]
