Held in January each year, the International Balloon Festival attracts ballooners from around the globe. The picture of colorful balloons against the snow-capped Alpine peaks is unforgettable. Photos:http://drugoi.livejournal.com
Finland based artist,Janne Parviainencreates ‘light paintings’ featuring eerie skeletal figures glowing in the dark. Janne Parviainen explains: “Light painting photography uses different light sources during long exposure times. “The exposure times vary from a few seconds to hours, depending on the desired effect. Picture: Janne Parviainen / Rex Features [viaTelegraph]
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Haw Par Villa, originally known as the Tiger Balm Gardens, is a Chinese mythological theme park in Singapore that is home to some of the freakiest and demented statues ever. The park contains over 1,000 statues and 150 giant dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese folklore, legends, history and illustrations of various aspects of Confucianism. From a statue of a woman nursing her father-in-law, to a statue of a womans head and face attached to the body of a crab, this place has it all....
But sometimes they take a comical turn. Smart fellow serves both as a helmet and food. Pictures: Getty Images / AP / EPA / Reuters
Earlier, the Edmonton-based institution set the record when nearly 1,200 students took part in a game last February. But that record was broken in September by nearly 1,800 University of California Irvine students. This week, the Edmonton team snatched it back. The Guinness World Record for most players in a single dodge-ball game was played with over 1,000 balls. Photos: John Ulan / The Canadian Press via AP
The six day long fair is open from February 2 to February 8, 2011. Below are pictures from the Nuremberg International Toy Fair. Mattel celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Ken doll. The interactive electronic cuddle toy reacts to noises and movements of it’s surrounding. Barbie doll based soccer tables A man controls an AR.
On the east coast of Staffa are Goat Cave and Clamshell Cave. The island came to prominence in the late 18th century after a visit by Sir Joseph Banks. Photos:http://estranic.livejournal.com/Sources:1,2
Located near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, along US Route 30 lies one of USAs oddest roadside attraction. Its a cabin constructed out of fossilized dinosaur bones. The cabin was built as part of a gasoline filling station by Thomas Boylan in the early 1930s. The cabin gained attention in 1938 when it appeared in Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Boylan died in 1947, but the gas station continued until the 1960s operated by his widow....
The annual Tough Guy competition, an event which bills itself as ‘the safest most dangerous taste of mental and physical pain, fear and endurance’, took place around an eight mile course at Mr Mouse’s Farm in Perton, near Telford on January 30. The race consist of 21 obstacles aimed to test contestants fear of heights, tight spaces, fire, water and even electricity. The obstacles, set among 15 metre-high trees with swinging Tarzan ropes, include a fire leap, a dive through shoe-sucking mud, icy water swimming and includes a section called the Killing Fields....
Creel calls it deweaponizing. My main goal was to take the destructive power away from the gun. If they think guns should be banned, they see my work as an ironic protest.
Spanish artistJuan Francisco Casascreates photorealistic monochrome sketches using only a humble BIC ballpoint pen. Some of these stunning pictures measure up to 10 feet in height. Casas reproduces art from photographs he takes with his camera. He can use up to four 14p ballpoint pens for a canvas and take two weeks to complete. The only drawback is that he can’t erase any errors. He said: “Mistakes are the main problem....
Volcanic lightning is seen above Mount Shinmoedake in Japan as it erupts. It is not clear why bolts of lightning are sometimes seen within erupting volcanoes. Photos: MSNBC, Reuters
