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Comic strips are the pride of Belgium. Nowhere else in this world are comics so strongly rooted in reality and in people’s imagination. During this period, Belgium saw the creation of many youth magazines likeZonnelandandPetits Belges. The success of this initiative inspired other publishers to publish periodicals with American series. When World War II started, it became impossible to import American comics. This created an opportunity for many young artists to start working in the comics and animation business....

Discoverer’s Alliance is a whimsical series by paper artistOwen Gildersleeveand photographer Benedict Morgan. Owen and Benedict created a series of nine images that explore this society’s offices and archives. Each set took hours to create and photograph. The entire series took almost a year to complete. The pair met whilst working together on a job forEsquireand struck up a friendship. Over the following months more ideas emerged and they finally decided to tie everything up into a secret society....

A giant net covering the box kept the balloons together. It was an incredible sight, but only for a while. Then the weather started to play havoc. The balloons covering the lake surface made it impossible to find the head of any floating person. Their dead bodies later washed ashore, and of the wives sued United Way. The drifting spheres also caused the Burke Lakefront Airport runway to close off for 30 minutes....

These roundabouts range from a simple expanse of grass to magnificent landscaped beauties. Some feature works of art or are wildlife havens, others are sources of local history. There are 10,000 roundabouts in the UK. Redditch alone has over forty. Beresford chose roundabouts and sent a graphic design student with a camera to shoot the best roundabouts in town. The Magic Roundabout in Swindon. Photo credit: Roundabout Appreciation Society Never before has anyone written so poetically about the traffic rotary....

For thousands of years the natives of North America hunted the bison. These people became entirely dependent on the animal for their livelihood using as much of the carcass as possible. Hides would be used for clothing, shelter, and bedding. The hair and tail could be used to make rope and fly brushes. to make it feed, clothe, and shelter a community, mass hunting was necessary. A single jump could provide an entire village with food and clothing for months to come....

Gary wants to create ten sculptures. So far, he has completed seven and the eighth one is reportedly in progress. It was Garys idea to rename the road the Enchanted Highway. Gary is helped by volunteers and local farmers who know about metal works and welding. Local boy scout troops and shop class have helped with some of the signs and picnic tables. But Gary does most of the work and all the maintenance....

The polluted sediments settled to the bottom of Ketelmeer in a thick layer of contaminated sludge. The IJsselmeer also offers a number of opportunities for recreational activities such as yacht sailing. Photo credit In the 1994 a decision was made to remove the polluted sediments from the lakebed. There was, however, the problem of disposal. IJsseloog was constructed between 1996 and 1999. The pit is surrounded by a ten-meter-high embankment....

On the surface, the place looks pretty deserted. But thats only half the town. Within a few years hundreds of prospectors were tearing up the turf. But people who flocked here to mine the previous stones soon discovered life above ground was pretty tough. In the summer, the temperature often exceeds 40 degrees Celsius. One of the most famous signs of Coober Pedy. The early Coober Pedy houses were built in the holes that had already been dug in search for opal....

This chicken breed is endemic to the Dong Tao commune in Khoai Chau district, about 30km from Hanoi. The legs themselves are a delicacy. The Dong Tao chicken has an imposing figure, a healthy body and stout legs covered with reddish scales. The hens are generally white, while the cocks have colorful feathers. Photo credit The bird is in high demand but also in short supply, which explains its high price....

Work on the cave began in 2010, and completed early this year. It was official opened for visitors on 1st June 2015. There is even a small chapel where couples can get married. The attraction is expected to stay open all throughout the year. Sources:Into The Glacier/Ice News. Photo credit: Roman Gerasymenko for Into the Glacier

The Sphere Within Sphere, also known as Sfera con Sfera, is a series of sculptures created by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro depicting an enormous metal sphere with a cracked surface revealing an intricate interior with another cracked sphere inside. Pomodoro originally created it for the Vatican Church in the 1960s, but later began building them for other organizations and can now be found in prime locations all over the world such as the Headquarters of the UN in New York, Trinity College in Dublin, The Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, USA, The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus and the Tel Aviv University in Israel, to name a few....

Even the elusive British street artist Banksy got into the act. The site is noted in foreign guidebooks as the hippest tourist attraction in Queens. Photo credit 5Pointz doesnt exist anymore. For the next two decades, the five-storey warehouse developed into a world wide art tourism destination. Jonathan Cohen came into the scene in 2002. After 40 years of abandonment, the Wolkoff family decided to develop the 5Pointz site into a thousand-unit condominium....

She was used as a light vessel as well as a weather ship and pilot station. During World War II, she was renamedFlensburgand began to serve the German Navy. Her middle mast was taken out to improve stability, and an anti-aircraft gun was fitted. The ship was renamedNoorderlicht,and since then she has been functioning as an adventure cruise vessel. The ship has 10 cabins that provide accommodation for up to 20 passengers....