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Lago Epecuen is like most other mountain lakes, except for one important difference. It has salt levels second only to the Dead Sea, and ten times higher than any ocean. Lago Epecuens therapeutic powers have been famous for centuries. Villa Epecuen transformed from a sleepy mountain village to a bustling tourist resort. The village soon had a railway line linking it to Buenos Aires. The towns population peaked in the 1970s with more than 5,000....

The fisherman in the picture is named Albert and the long spear his is using is known as Assegai. Albert and his clans fishing technique is unique in the world. Stephane said: I have never seen this pop in of fishing anywhere else. In New Caledonia, some prawn fisherman use Assegai. But jumping like this with that incredible precision was absolutely amazing and typical of Loyalty Island. Eventually he returned to his homeland seven years ago to re-discover his native country....

Arizona-based photographer Ernie Button creates wonderful miniature landscapes using breakfast cereal. It is apparent that cereal is not just for breakfast anymore. Cereal has evolved into pop culture objects instead of just nutritious corn pops. Also see the works ofCarl Warner,Ju DuoqiandMatthew Albanese

If you are aLord of the Ringsfan, here is another reason to visit New Zealand. The bar was reportedly opened by none other than New Zealands prime minister John Key himself.

After this they were forced to walk upright on their hands. Nkoloso failed to secure the funding from the UNESCO and his ambitious space program had to be shut down.

These warehouses are massive, with a singe building taking up 1.2 million-square-feet and containing miles of conveyor belts. Everything is tagged, placed and moved around by human hands. Even more stupefying is the fact that Amazon doesnt store items in an organized way. Everything is stored at random but their location tagged with barcodes. Essentially, a product is stored wherever there is free space. Items are organized by barcodes and shelved by code, instead....

The complex consists of a 30-storey office tower called Parks Tower and a 120-tenant shopping mall. Sources:Jerde,Wikipedia,Archdaily

The worlds largest container ship, the CMA CGM Marco Polo, is on a Trans-Pacific visit to Europe. Aboard the ship are 4,000 containers carrying goods destined for businesses and shops in time for Christmas. The ship is actually severely under-loaded. The salute is then repeated for those leaving Hamburg. Sometimes ships enter into the spirit by dipping their flag or sounding their fog horn. This was one such big occasion....

Since 2005, Swiss photographer Matthias Willi and journalist Olivier Joliat have been developing a photographic project entitled The Moment After the Show: Rockstars exposed. In the 144 page publication, the pair has persuaded about 100 bands to pose in front of their camera all sweaty and exhausted, revealing themselves in a way that regular audiences don’t generally get to witness. Some of the bands featuring in the book are: Archive, Melissa Auf der Maur, Beatsteaks, Bitch Queens, The Black Angels, Blackmail, Buckcherry, The Budos Band, Client, The Datsuns, Dead Moon, Deftones, Dendemann, dEUS, Eagles of Death Metal, Fantomas, Fucking Beautiful, Ghinzu, Gnarls Barkley, Adam Green, The Hives, Isis, The Jackets, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Juliette And The Licks, Kamikaze Queens, Karma to Burn, Kashmir, The Kooks, Kyuss, Mark Lanegan, The Lemonheads, Jamie Lidell, The Lombego Surfers, Madrugada, Mando Diao, Metallica, Mondo Generator, Muse, Navel, Peaches, Placebo, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Raveonettes, Reverend Beat-Man, Kid Rock, Sludge, Sonic Youth, Sons & Daughters, Soulwax, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Stiller Has, The Stooges, Tafs, Trail Of Dead, Triggerfinger, Two Gallants, Farin Urlaub, Vive la Fete, Wir Sind Helden, The Young Gods, Zatokrev....

The house stands no longer. The government usually approach home owners with their standard offer of 220,000 (22,000) to move out. Often this is inadequate for owners who spend several times more in building their homes. Despite this, most people accept the compensation but some refuse. The offer then went up to 260,000 yuan last week. Let us look at some of the toughest nail houses all over China. Luo Baogen house before it was demolished on December 1, 2012....

These stunning works sell between $800 to $2000 a piece. The best way to see feathers is on birds, says Chris Maynard. I just provide design and the right lighting. Most pictures here are of molted feathers. Many of these photographed feathers were borrowed from museums, zoos, and private aviaries.

Walk into the 50-acreGlacier Gardensin Alaska and youll behold a strange sight. Steve collected the felled trees, flipped them over, replanted, and turned them into natural flower pots. Photo credit The 1984 landslide that swept the trees also demolished much of the face of Thunder Mountain. A decade later, the Bowhays purchased six acres of land and began reclamation. Steve designed a hydro-electricity plant to power greenhouses and settling ponds were created to slow erosion....

Ukrainian artistSvetlana Ivanchenkomakes beautiful sand and shell mosaics using materials commonly found on beaches. Each portrait were carefully assembled by hand, and no colors were used. Svetlana was born and raised on the Black Sea in Yalta. She studied at the Art School of the famous Crimean artist Sergei Bokaeva. Later she graduated from the Pedagogical Institute Glukhovsky. She currently lives and works in Dnepropetrovsk. Her works adorn private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Germany and Israel....