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Yes, but it sure looks rational!

These cakes are the work of Highland Bakery, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The team of bakers is headed by Karen Portaleo, who was once a clay sculptor. Yeah, I can tell that. The cakes are baked in standard rectangular and round tins. I try not to take much longer than two days because the cake has to be tasty and fresh. If it’s a really complex cake then we will work through the night to keep it moist....

These monoliths are around 30 to42 meters high and jut out of a hilly plateau out of nowhere. Their height and abnormal shapes supposedly make the top of these rock giants inaccessible even to experienced rock-climbers. Higher resolutions images are available at the officialKomi Republic website.

“Nouadhibou means ‘where the jackals get fat.’ It is also where ships go to die.” When Smith attempted to venture into Mauritania in 2008, he encountered no shortage of struggle. No one believed I would travel to the remoteness of Nouadhibou to simply take pictures of rotting ships."

Jordan MattersDancers Among Usis a collection of NYC dance photographs featuring members prominent Dance Companies. This is an ongoing project that began in the spring of 2009. There were no trampolines or other devices used for these images, just thousands of hours of training!.

The following water color series was done for author Alexandra Marinina who writes detective stories.

In Cappadocias magical landscape of fairy chimneys, in the ancient village of Urgup, is a luxurious hotel carved into a mountain cliff, the Yunak Evleri. This hotel includes six cave houses, 30 rooms dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries and a 19th century Greek Mansion. Cappadocia, located at the heart of Turkey, is a popular tourist destination for its unique geological, historic and cultural features. The Cappadocia region is largely underlain by sedimentary rocks formed in lakes and streams, and ignimbrite deposits erupted from ancient volcanoes....

Sijan’s figures are incredibly lifelike, sensuous and graceful. Then, he casts the figure in a polyester resin. To achieve realistic flesh tones, Sijan applies 25 coats of paint — and adds varnish. Sijan uses oil paint in the final stages of the work. “The goal is to achieve depth, yet translucency,” he says. “It can’t be flat. The chest and throat texture is different from that of the arms, legs and stomach....

The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stageisavailable on Amazon.

Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the east by Ontario, Canada and on the west by Michigan, USA.

This news is old but worth checking out. The blue painted road features the phrase “Water is Life” written in eight-meter-high letters across it. The Blue Road is reminiscent of the waterway that used to be where the road is now. It’s a memorial to nature, but it’s also just plain awe-inspiring. There’s even a few cool tidbits along the road, like a sinking car. The project took 4000 liters of paint and cost 75,000 Euros....

When it comes to weird of the weirdest customs, rest assured, Japan is always going to deliver. This time it comes in form of the annual baby crying contest, Naki Sumo. And look who is going to scare the tiny toddlers 500 pound Sumo wrestlers. The baby which cries the loudest and longest wins the contest. The 400-year old ritual is also believed to ward off evil spirits, which is arguable too....

The following images look like an optical illusion or a Photoshop trickery. These unusualTravelersstatues were designed by French sculptorBruno Catalano.