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Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve is located close to the western coast of Madagascar. The Tsingy rise up to 70 meters from the ground. At these heights, the tops are bare and razor sharp. At lesser heights, one gets to see vegetations with roots tens of meters below. The wordtsingyis indigenous to the Malagasy language as a description of the karst badlands of Madagascar. The word which translates into English as where one cannot walk barefoot, aptly describes the exceptional topography....

The traditional Frog Jump festival was held on August 15, 2010, in Valley City, Ohio. More than two thousand people gather annually to partake in the fun. Frog owners often bring their slimy competitors in old coffee cans, coolers and jars. There are about 600 frogs entered into the contest by toddlers, retirees and everyone in-between. Trophies are awarded to the winners. Food, beverage and souvenirs are available as well as music and games....

One day Elmer put some of the bottles on a wooden post and created the first bottle tree. The next morning when the sun rose and shone through the colored bottles, he was strangely mesmerize. He knew what to do with the bottles. Elmer Long started the Bottle Tree Ranch in 2000, and since then has created over 200 bottle trees.

These are some of the pictures they returned with. (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal) Chairs sit unattended in Bryant Park.

The park also has 20,000 real bonsai trees. From these pictures, it is impossible to tell whether they are real or models. Take the visitors out of the picture and your sense of scale is seriously impaired. The WTC can be seen behind.

Ukrainian born mixed media artistMark Khaismanuses translucent packing tape on Plexiglas panels with a light source behind to create incredible images that have the shadow and depth of large scale paintings. Khaisman uses several layers of tape to give the pieces contrast and thinner stripes of tape to achieve smaller brush strokes and utilizes the natural crinkles to create subtle texture as needed. The artist achieves even complex features in the faces of his characters, as can be seen from this image gallery....

His collection contains beautiful nature, wildlife, animal and flower paintings.

Chinese artistJu Duoqirecreates the world-famous paintings from potatoes, onions, cabbage and other vegetables. It started in the summer of 2006 when she bought several kilograms of peas. She took a photo of herself in them, and named it Pea Beauty Pageant. That was Duoqis first work of vegetable art. Duoqi was born in Chongqing in 1973.

It’s a spectacular presentation of large scale photographs of astonishing natural landscapes. Every stunning aerial photograph tells a story about our changing planet. This is a just a small collection. you could see the more athis website. (Also See the aerial photographs byAlex MacleanandNew York from above).

The variety of reclaimed timbers sports splashes of bright colour wherever the bench wriggles, bends or dips. The bench is interspersed by two giant shelters within which bench loops and turns and bounces off the wall. It is quite a sight.

Victor Rodriguezwas born in Mexico City, 1970, Currently Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He is considered to be the leader of the new generation of hyperrealist artists working internationally today.

Photographer Francois Xavier Marit used an underwater camera to capture the European Swimming Championships in a unique way this summer in Budapest. By staying underwater with his camera, instead of using a remote trigger, he composed his frames and tripped his shutter at just the right moments. Team Ukraine competes during the synchronized swimming free combination final at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest on August 8, 2010. France’s Alain Bernard competing during the men’s 100m freestyle qualifications at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest on August 12, 2010....

The 23-year-old recently graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University where he studied illustration and animation. Lambert is a seasoned digital artist who also works on other products like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. you’re free to see more of his work and watch videos of him in action athis website.