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The U.S. Office of Naval Research owns a very strange piece of oceanographic equipment. It is actually a huge specialized buoy. The most unusual thing about this ship is it really flips. When the tanks are filled with air, FLIP floats in its horizontal position. During the flip, everyone stands on the outside decks. As FLIP flips, the decks slowly become bulkheads and the bulkhead becomes the deck. Some of FLIP’s furnishings are built so they can rotate to a new position as FLIP flips....

Modern graffiti art is rare in India, but traditional hand painted street art is ubiquitous. Today, I present a very talented photographer and designerMeena Kadriwho has been following the Indian street art scene. Her photography and artwork have been exhibited in Glasgow, Delhi, Rome, Barcelona and New Zealand. She currently works as a Community Manager on OpenIDEO. FromDesign Observer It started quite innocently as most obsessions do. But soon the constant visual chatter of the Indian streetscape began to dominate my excursions....

No, these are notStarling Murmuration. The mosquitoes were so loud that even cars could not be heard. Such activity of mosquitoes is probably brought on by the weather. According to Tatiana Zhukova, director of the Naroch Biological Station, this is a natural process. The lake is home to mosquito larvae. But on quiet and sunny days, like that on Monday, they become more than apparent. Weather is known to cause weird behavior among animals and insects....

Flower festivals are celebrated all over the world and almost around the year. Here we present 10 most fascinating display of flowers in different parts of the world. Each parade has its own character, charm and theme. Zundert holds the largest flower parade in the world. The parade takes place on the first Sunday of September. The floats are large artworks made of steel wire, cardboard, papier-mache and flowers. Since 1989, a nighttime Moonlight Parade with the floats festooned in lights has been introduced....

You must have seen photos of protesters being doused with colored-water cannons by the police. Simple: to identify and arrest them later. Many water cannons on the market today come with a tank specially designed to store a semi-permanent colored dye. The headquarters, along with the historic and white-painted Old Town House, were doused with purple. In Uganda last year pink dye was employed to humiliate protesters. In Israel, Palestinian rioters were sprayed deep blue, the colour of the Israeli flag....

Grass is like photographic paper which becomes pigmented upon exposure to light. The more intense the light exposure, the more intensely pigmented the grass becomes. Grass photography wasnt invented by this duo. This technique was pioneer by photographer William Henry Fox Talbot and his photographs published in a book in 1844. Ackroyd and Harvey admit that their photography is greatly inspired by his work and ethos towards nature. The grass revealed an extraordinary sensitivity to light and the ability to print a living photograph was first realized....

Debbie has been crafting incredibly realistic looking cakes over the last two decades. she began to realize that maybe she had been denying her fate. Debbie says: “The best part of my job is being challenged by unusual requests.

The wooden pin are sparingly used yet the faces he created are instantly recognizable. A couple of months ago I came up with an idea I have had in mind for years. I just did not know what I could use it for. But then I did a test with sunglasses, and it really turned out great. So I sent an image with the test to Plaza Magazine, and a week later I started shooting....

Tel Aviv based artist Gal Weinstein (born in Ramat Gan in 1970) is one of the internationally renowned artists of his generation. Gal Weinstein is best-known for his project Huleh Valley, where he created a large-format installation covering the floor at Helena Rubinstein Pavillion for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv and wall paintings which address the famous swamp draining and land reclamation project in Huleh Valley. The government had commissioned the drainage of the 1....

Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah in the United States. Some of these hoodoos are up to 200 feet high. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. For millions of years water has carved Bryce’s rugged landscape. In summer, rainwater etches into the softer limestones and sluices through the deep runnels. In about 50 years the present rim will be cut back another foot....

Jamie Salmonis a British born, self taught contemporary sculptor, living and working in Vancouver, Canada. He started his career working as a commercial artist and sculptor for the movie effects industry. This is also why I like to play with scale in a lot of my works as well. Maybe more so than they would do if the piece were just life size.

The main room on the second floor is used by men for socializing. The houses needed to be rebuilt over the centuries. Rain and erosion have been constant threats to the buildings here. Those who can afford it limewash their houses to protect them against termites. Shibam was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 1982.

Oymyakon is a small village located in the north-eastern Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It is commonly considered the coldest populated place on Earth. Ironically, Oymyakon means “non-freezing water”, situated as it is to a nearby hot spring. Before the 1920s and 30s, Oymyakon was a seasonal stop for reindeer herders. Most homes in Oymyakon still burn coal and wood for heat and enjoy few modern conveniences. Fur is considered a luxury in the West but it is the only thing that keeps you warm....