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This is one hell of a festival!

The Huashan Mountain is surrounded by five peaks that looks live five petals of a flower. The Huashan Mountain, hence, takes its name after its shape - a lotus flower with five petals. Huashan is famous for its breath-taking cliffs and the dangerous 12-kilometer-long winding path up to the top. It warns that the challenges ahead and those who are not well prepared both mentally and physically should retreat. One wrong step here is instant death....

Thousands of people throng these festivals to watch hundreds of balloons of all shapes and colors. Here are some of the spectacular balloons seen in these festivals.

“Raising the flag on Iwo Jima” - one of the most published photographs in history. The lego recreation “Behind the Gare Saint Lazare” - Henri Cartier-Bresson’s best known image. Day Times Square" Jeff Widener’s 1989 photograph of “The unknown rebel”. Martin Elliott’s 1976 photograph ‘Tennis Girl’. Diego Maradonas Hand of God goal during the quarter finals of the 1986 World cup between England and Argentina. Robert Capa’s 1944 photograph taken during the D-Day landings on Omaha beach during World War II....

Trondheim of Norway is the first and only city in the world with a lift specifically designed for cyclists. Bikes are available for rent for tourist who want to test run. After a few seconds, the user is pushed forward to the top of the hill.

I did not and so when my friend sent me these images, I was impressed. Its an interesting collection that shows 15 different ways to tie the shoe knot. Why not try one today?

Since 1993, the farmers of the Japanese village of Inakadate has been creating art on rice paddy fields. Watch how this paddy field slowly evolves into a fantastic artwork. Ripe and ready to harvest! Harvesting the crop More pictures1,2,3,

When temperatures outside raged over 40 degree centigrade, underground temperatures remained comfortable and nearly constant year-round. Even today, the town folk prefer to build their homes in underground caves. In fact, many of these homes are abandoned mine shafts dug to search opal. Coober Pedy has around 250,000 mine shafts and signs like this are common. Building a new home in Coober Pedy is much cheaper and quicker compared to conventional building methods....

There are about 1148 models in this miniature city comprising of famous buildings from all over Holland. It includes both historical monuments as well as modern buildings. The city has a miniature transport system - buses, trains, trams and ships that actually run! There is about 4000 meters of railway and tram lines on which 14 train models run. There is an airport with 32 aircrafts from different countries. Madurodam also has a huge web link of canals with exactly 27 bridges and 58 ships....

Arthur Mole initially developed this technique to create religious symbols photographing fellow church members. Arthur Mole photographed these formations from an 80-foot viewing tower using an 11 x 14-inch camera. Mole called them living photographs.

Roadsworth began painting the streets of Montreal in the fall of 2001. In 2004, Roadsworth was arrested for his nocturnal activities and charged with 53 counts of mischief. His works can be found onhis site. Here are some samples. The artist himself [viaUrban Prankster]

A 50-foot spider, dubbed “La Princess”, made its debut on Sept 2, shocking British commuters, who emerged from a railroad station to see the three-story critter clutching the side of one of Liverpool’s biggest buildings. The 37 tonne construction was made in Nantes, France out of steel and poplar wood by an arts collective called La Machinea, a team comprising of 350 people. [viaZimbio]

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