TheArecibo Observatoryin Puerto Rico will soon lose its title of the largest single aperture radio telescope ever constructed. Astronomers expect FAST to uncover thousands of new galaxies and deep-sky objects up to 7 billion light years away. Artists rendering of what FAST would look like when complete.Photo credit Sources:American Scientist/Focus News. Photo courtesy:Daily Mail
So far he has created more than 1,000 scenes, and he isnt likely to stop anytime soon. Tatsuya answered by posting something daily, and realized that the project was too good for him to quit. Posting works every single day, in itself is a challenge. Eventually, Tanaka Tatsuya hopes to create an original miniature diorama doll himself. So far, he has been using ready-made dolls and rearranging them on miniature scenes....
These massive black pyramids dot the entire landscape. Most are small and irregularly shaped, but the pair at Loos-en-Gohelle are exceptional. Photo credit The once despised slag heaps are now a symbol of proud mining heritage. “Because of the mines, the people here were tough and the bonds between them were strong. Life was extremely hard. Today we are proud of that.” And nature is slowly transforming these barren heaps of soil into fertile grounds....
The restaurant is modeled after a 1950s drive-in theater, with booths resembling period convertibles. The cars have whitewall tires, and license plates are dated 1955. Each convertible seats four people who eat off formica countertops. The ceiling simulates a night sky replete with twinkling stars made from optical fibers. The upper walls of the dining room display a 360-degree panorama of Southern California as seen over a fence.
It soared 13 floors to reach a height of 144 feet. Sutyagin grew up in a two-storey flat and felt lonely all his life. So once he had acquired wealth, he started constructing this house and kept at it for fifteen years. “So I added another and it still didn’t look right so I kept going. What you see today is a happy accident.” Finally in 2008, the court ordered the house to be demolished....
This area is known as Kuthiny Baty, which means standing boats in Russian. The Kurile Lake area is a national wildlife preserve and a national monument. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
He married a Scottish nurse who had treated him and settled in Scotland. He bought the hotel at Black Barony in 1968 and became a successful hotelier in Edinburgh. An area measuring 50 meters by 40 meters lying in an oval pit was selected. Mountain summits were marked by vertical wooden rods, their height exaggerated five times to enhance the visual impact. Finally, after six consecutive summers between 1974 and 1979, the sculpture was complete....
The lower Keys were home to many wealthy shipping merchants whose fleets operated from these waters. But are those really submarine pens? If true these things are the most expensive toilet seats the Navy ever sat on. But they do make a pleasant recreational area for Keys civilians, I must say. Conchscooter poked around the internet but couldnt find any mention of a submarine based at Boca Chica. The Cuban Missile Crisis effectively killed the housing project....
The gorge takes its most spectacular form about 15 km from Tinghir. It is said that the gigantic rock walls magically change color as the day progresses. The river has since dried up and reduced to a tiny glacier stream. A well-maintained asphalt road leads all the way from Tinerhir to the gorge and beyond it. Photo credit The gorge is breathtaking and easy hike by foot with many places to stop and photograph....
His artworks have been embraced by the local communities, and the Internet loves them. His work was featured on dozens of blogs and street art websites. He was even interviewed by CNN and a public TV show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Sources:The Big Ideas/Stuff.co.nz/Bored Panda
Despite the centuries old tradition with scarecrows, most Scarecrow Festivals in Britain are less that twenty years old. These pictures are from the Heather Scarecrow Festival. Checkout more pictures from theKettlewell Scarecrow Festival.
Can eating lots of vegetables turn you into a vegetable? Not really, unless you are a sea slug. But these sea slugs werent born with chlorophyll. They acquired them during their lifetime by eating too many veggies. Now all they have to do is lie in the sun. A young elysia chlorotica is reddish or greyish in color. Once they start feeding and retaining chloroplasts in the cells, they turn bright green....
The Darth Vader sculpture did not come until the seventh try and several broken leads. Rather than find another office job, Fidai devoted himself full-time to art. His customers are from across the world.
