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His Cardboard Cities took nearly a years planning, design, build and shoot. From this I was drawn to the idea of the taxidermy animals. I felt they were crucial to achieving the feeling of serenity I was after."

Google has just launched anew sitethat offers visitors a glimpse into the massive data centers that power Google. Google is also building data centers in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Chile. Virtual tours of a North Carolina data center also will be available through Google’s ‘Street View’ service. it’s possible for you to read more about the history and evolution of Googles infrastructure on thisWired article. The fiber cables run along the yellow cable trays near the ceiling....

“Dito” translates to “finger in Italian. He chose a finger as a disguise because he was not keen on revealing his identity. In Italian, someone could say I wanted to hide myself behind my finger. Its a metaphor to indicate a not-very-effective hiding place, said the artist.

When Euro-Americans swept westward in the 1800s, they needed raw material for their homes and lives. Commercial logging followed the expansion of America as companies struggled to keep up with the furious pace of progress. Timber harvesting quickly became the top manufacturing industry in the west. These trees are the tallest and one of the most massive tree species on Earth. The loggers used axes, saws, and other early methods of bringing the trees down....

A 20 meter high statue of a naked pregnant women wielding a sword is being erected on the coast. The woman also carries a sword in her up stretched arm, and has scales hidden behind her back. According to Hirst, Verity is a modern-day allegory for truth and justice. Hundreds of residents wrote to the council to object, with one saying it would encourage teenage pregnancies. Another said it was demeaning to women while a third claimed it was eccentricity posturing as art....

He is optimistic about the process, and where it will lead. Speaking to theBBC, Mr Huang said: Most people thought what I was proposing was not normal. One family in Beijing had their home slated for demolition to make way for tower blocks or offices. It took between 3 and 4 months to arrange this shot. In contrast, one Mongolian family portrait took only 2 hours to prepare.

What happens to yellow school buses retired from commission in the United States? They start a new colorful life as Chicken Buses in Guatemala. When American school buses reach the age of ten years or 150,000 miles, they are sold at auction. Either way, the experience is something travellers never forget. Each bus has one or two young men called ayudante or helper. onto the roof of the busoften while in motion....

The results are remarkable. His beautiful and surprising photographs reveal how landscapes can be dramatically transformed by natural phenomena such as tides. His book Sea Change present 53 of these diptychs, arranged as a clockwise journey around Britain. He spent the whole day there taking pictures. He knew immediately what is next project will be. If you liked this photographs, youll also likeTides at The Bay of Fundy.

Forests at low altitude, however, have been converted to agricultural or urban use and have disappeared.

The Pitch Lake is located in southwest Trinidad in the village of La Brea. The liquid asphalt is black and viscous, but the surface is semisolid, and can be walked on. In some places one can put a stick through the asphalt and remove liquid tar. Although the lake appears quiescent the asphalt still moves with a natural slow “stirring” action. Sir Walter Raleigh immediately recognized the potential and began caulking his ships with the tar....

Madain Saleh is an outstanding example of the Nabataeans architectural accomplishment and hydraulic expertise. Madin Saleh reached its peak as the major staging post on the main northsouth trade route. Thus, Hegra as a center of trade began to decline, leading to its abandonment and disuse. However, Hegra did served as a station along the religious route, providing supplies and water for pilgrims. The Nabatean kingdom was not just situated at the crossroad of trade but also of culture....

The entertainment value has helped them considerably in achieving this objective by attracting an ongoing, very large draw. Photo credit The Museum of Science and Industry is the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere.

Chand Baori looks like anything but a well. Theres also a temple adjoining the well for visitors to explore. Photo credit Stepwells, also called bawdi or baori, are unique to India. These wells have steps built into the sides that can be descended to reach the water at the bottom. Stepwells are generally larger than common wells and are often of architectural significance, just like Chand Baori. The reasons behind building such an elaborate step well is not fully clear....