On July 11, 2010, after a long trek eastward across the southern Pacific Ocean, the Moon’s shadow reached landfall in South America. In a total solar eclipse close to sunset, silhouetted Moon and Sun hugged the western horizon, seen here above the Andes mountains near the continent’s southern tip. To enjoy a good vantage point, the photographer hiked to a windy spot about 400 meters above a lake, Lago Argentino, climbing into the picture after setting up his camera on a tripod. At left, the sky outside the shadow cone is still bright. Below, the lights of El Calafate, Patagonia, [ Read More ]
A reflection of the Alps mountain “Nordkette” is seen in the ski googles of Anders Bardal of Norway during the training round of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at the 60th Four Hills ski jumping tournament at Bergisel on January 3, 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria. [Source] Metro via gonzales82 on Reddit Read More from ThingsNews Media Picture of the Day 3 February: Bern Switzerland Aerial From Above Picture of the Day 5 February: Rush Hour in Chicago, 1909 Picture of the Day 30 January: The Passo dello Stelvio Picture of the Day 4 February: One Year in One [ Read More ]
Proof that traffic sucks no matter what era you’re in. At least in today’s traffic we have smartphones and the Internet! Comments suggest this is the intersection of Dearborn and Randolph in downtown Chicago. via brad153 on Reddit Read More from ThingsNews Media Picture of the Day 3 February: Bern Switzerland Aerial From Above Picture of the Day 2 February: The Praying Mantis Picture of the Day 4 February: One Year in One Image Picture of the Day 1 February: Nuns Snowball Fight Making Secure Payments in Russia
Looking out from his window, photographer Eirik Solheim snapped an image of the same spot every hour for an entire year in 2010. He then cherry picked 3,888 of the best images and stitched them (with help from his readers) from left to right in chronological order. Each line is a different image and the end result is the interesting shot you see above. For more information on the process, be sure to check out Eirik’s blog post. Eirik Solheim via PetaPixel Read More from ThingsNews Media Blake Lively had the best year ever Picture of the Day 1 February: [ Read More ]
The city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt (federal city, de facto capital) of Switzerland, and, with (as of December 2010) a population of 133,920, the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities, has a population of 349,000. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland’s cantons. The official language of Bern is German, but the main spoken language is the Alemannic dialect called Bernese German. In 1983 the historic old town in the centre [ Read More ]
When the praying mantis (Rhombodera basalis) feels threatened, she transforms herself into a dancing alien. This species, native to Malaysia, grows to be as much as 10 centimeters. When the mantis goes into her famous praying pose, she’s not paying tribute to a higher authority, but getting ready to spring on its prey. Via@ http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-49231.html Read More from ThingsNews Media Picture of the Day 29 January: Body Worlds exhibits Picture of the Day 1 February: Nuns Snowball Fight Actress Mia Farrow elegant tribute to Vaclav Havel Picture of the Day 31 January: Get Your Swerve On Windows 8 Will be [ Read More ]
Sister Rosa Elena, right, hits Sister Amanda de Jesus with a snowball after class Jan. 22 at Mount St. Michael’s Seminary in Spokane, Wash. The two nuns, visiting from Mexico, said it was the first time they had ever seen snow. via@ MSNBC Read More from ThingsNews Media Brittany Snow Police Release Video Of West View McDonald’s Fight, Attack Taylor Swift and Amanda Seyfried offered roles in ‘Les Miserables’ Video: 100 priests are fighting with brooms in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem Amanda Seyfried, a dazzling journey
The Atlantic Road was opened in 1989 and is now toll-free. Chosen as “Norway’s construction of the century” in 2005, the 8.72-kilometre (5.4 miles) long road links together small coastal communities. Photograph by Giorgio Ghezzi on Flickr Read More from ThingsNews Media Picture of the Day 30 January: The Passo dello Stelvio Picture of the Day 29 January: Body Worlds exhibits Alena Buffon Czech Republic: A man opened fire in a factory
The Passo dello Stelvio, located in Italy, at 2757 m (9045 feet) is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps. It was picked by the British automotive show Top Gear as its choice for the “greatest driving road in the world”, although their search was concentrated only in Europe. This image beautifully captures the top quarter of the pass. (source) via @ Damian Morys on Flickr Read More from ThingsNews Media Picture of the Day 29 January: Body Worlds exhibits Video: Close Call In Russia Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth on Red Carpet Gaga Out of This World [ Read More ]
That’s not coral — but a true-to life model of the human vascular system. This series of veins have been plastinated using a method developed by Dr. Gunther von Hagens, the scientist behind the often controversial Body Worlds exhibits. A liquid plastic gets injected into the blood stream. When it hardens, scientists can study the system as it is in the human body. Via @ http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-49231-5.html Read More from ThingsNews Media Video: Brandon Watts – American police knocked on blood
