Category: Interesting&Notable

Moscow Bridge in Kiev

Moscow Bridge in Kiev

admin1 | December 31, 2009 | Comments (0)

The bridge was opened for use in 1976 and still plays a crucial role in the life of the city and its infrastructure. It comprises three parts: cable bridges cross Dnepr as long as 816m (2677 feet), bridge across Desyonka river 732m (2400 feet) in length and a crossover 55m or 180 feet in length. [...]

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Cute Baby Pygmy Hippo

Cute Baby Pygmy Hippo

admin1 | December 24, 2009 | Comments (32)

10 day old Flory plays with his mom, takes a bath and has his meal in Blijdorp, Netherlands. These pictures were taken in September. Very cute

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Amazing Light Trail Photography

Amazing Light Trail Photography

admin1 | December 19, 2009 | Comments (0)

Light Trail Photography is just an amazing way to catch a moving light. Light trails occur when a Photo is taken including stationary and moving subjects including a slow shutter speed to capture the movement of the light which create some beautiful trails. Long exposures are easiest to accomplish in low-light conditions, but can be [...]

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Stunning snowflakes photos

Stunning snowflakes photos

admin1 | December 14, 2009 | Comments (6)

As water vapor starts condensing on its surface, the ice particle quickly develops facets, which form into a different shaped snowflakes depending on temperature. Stellar Plates or ‘common snowflakes’ are thin, plate-like crystals with six broad arms that form a star-like shape, forming when the temperature is near -2 C (28 F) or near -15 [...]

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Portraits made out of used joint filters

Portraits made out of used joint filters

admin1 | December 12, 2009 | Comments (36)

An artist from Pittsburgh named Cliff Maynard, that’s also a tattoo artist, is making portraits by using marijuana joint ends. The portraits are of famous people like Bob Marley, Snoop Dog and John Lennon, to mention a few.

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Photorealism

Photorealism

admin1 | December 9, 2009 | Comments (0)

Artists by Movement: Photorealism 1960′s to 1970′s Photorealism is a movement which began in the late 1960′s, in which scenes are painted in a style closely resembling photographs. The subject matter is frequently banal and without particular interest; the true subject of a photorealist work is the way in which we interpret photographs and paintings [...]

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Making friendship with bears

Making friendship with bears

admin1 | December 3, 2009 | Comments (0)

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Vintage polar bear photo

Vintage polar bear photo

admin1 | November 28, 2009 | Comments (48)

Astonishing photo taken in the late 70′s, showing a man feeding a polar bear and his cubs with milk in the north Russia border.

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Worker and Kolkhoz Woman

Worker and Kolkhoz Woman

admin1 | November 15, 2009 | Comments (1)

This monument called Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (Rabochiy i Kolkhoznitsa) was made for one of studios in VDNKH and first time displayed in Paris in 1937. There was hold a competition for the post of a chief architect and one of the famous Soviet architects at that time, V. I. Mukhina, won the contest. The [...]

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Awesome World War II Vintage Ads

Awesome World War II Vintage Ads

admin | November 6, 2009 | Comments (0)

Fascinating World War II Vintage Ads and posters.

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