Friday, December 31, 2010
2010 Most Incredible Stunts and Crashes
A selection of different stunts and crashes that occurred in 2010.
New Year Fireworks
01. Fireworks light up St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square in Moscow May 9, 2006. Russia marked its 61st anniversary of their victory during the World War II on Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Top 10 Prehistoric Fish Alive Today
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Hagfish
According to the fossil record, hagfish have existed for over 300 million years, which means they were already old when dinosaurs took over the world! Found in relatively deep waters, these animals are sometimes called slime eels, but they are not really eels, and actually, they may not even be fish at all,
according to some scientists. They are very bizarre animals in all
Hagfish
According to the fossil record, hagfish have existed for over 300 million years, which means they were already old when dinosaurs took over the world! Found in relatively deep waters, these animals are sometimes called slime eels, but they are not really eels, and actually, they may not even be fish at all,
according to some scientists. They are very bizarre animals in all
Monday, December 27, 2010
Top 10 Biggest Losers of Season 2010 — Before and After
01. Patrick House
Starting weight: 400 lbs.
Finale weight: 219 lbs.
Lost 181 lbs., 45.25 percent
Finale weight: 219 lbs.
Lost 181 lbs., 45.25 percent
The 28-year-old sales rep from Vicksburg, Miss., won “The Biggest Loser” and took home the $250,000 prize. This season’s “Biggest Loser” and winner of the $250,000 grand prize, Patrick,
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Afghanistan in picture (43 photos total)
Saturday, November 27th marked a milestone in Afghanistan - after that day passed, the United States and its allies have now been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet Union had been when it withdrew in 1989. Recent announcements by the U.S. appear to show that it plans to remain at least another four years. In the south, U.S. forces are increasingly encountering abandoned buildings that are heavily booby-trapped as they pursue the Taliban, leading them to systematically destroy the structures. Arghandab district governor Shah Muhammed Ahmadi said "In some villages where only a few houses were contaminated by bombs, we called the owners and got their agreement to destroy them, In some villages like Khosrow that were completely empty and full of IED's, we destroyed them without agreement because it was hard to find the people - and not just Khosrow, but many villages. We had to destroy them to make them safe." Collected here are images of the country and conflict over the past month, part of an ongoing monthly series on Afghanistan.
National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010 (24 pics) Part 2
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A Llama stands at the crest of a hill as the sun sets behind it at Chavín de Huántar, Peru. (Photo Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas part 01
01. A man dressed as Santa Claus and a woman dressed as mythical creature Krampus travel in a tram decorated with Christmas lights in the centre of Budapest December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Merry Christmas part 02
23. Competitors dressed as Santa Claus take part in the annual 5 kilometre Santa
Muharram and Ashura Part 01
01. Afghan Shi'ite Muslim men flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession in Kabul December 12, 2010. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who
Muharram and Ashura Part 02
23. A Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslim mourner performs firewalking over hot coals during Muharram in the lead up to Ashura in Khanda, west of Srinagar, December 14, 2010. Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, during
Best Pictures Of The Decade: The Noughties Part 04
91. Ukrainian woman places carnations into shields of anti-riot policemen standing outside the presidential office in Kiev. A Ukrainian woman places carnations into the shields of anti-riot policemen standing outside the presidential office in Kiev, November 24, 2004. Ukraine's authorities raised the stakes in a face-off with their liberal opposition on Wednesday as they prepared to announce results of a disputed election that are likely to infuriate
Best Pictures Of The Decade: The Noughties Part 05
121. Pope John Paul II closes the Holy Door in St. Peter's Square January 6, 2001.The 80-year-old Pope ended the 2000 Jubilee Year by closing the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica, celebrating a mass for more than 100,000 people in the square
Best Pictures Of The Decade: The Noughties Part 03
61. An Iranian woman supporting former prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi, who is a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, covers her face with his picture during a pre-election
Best Pictures Of The Decade: The Noughties Part 02
31. Riot police storm past a dead protestor, Carlo Giuliani, who has been shot and killed by
Best Pictures Of The Decade: The Noughties Part 01
01. The second tower of the World Trade Center explodes into flames after being hit by a airplane, New York September 11, 2001 with the Brooklyn bridge in the foreground. Both towers of the
Total Lunar Eclipse
01. The Moon is engulfed in the Earth's shadow as it nears the peak of a rare winter solstice total lunar eclipse as viewed through a telescope from Palm Beach Gardens December 21, 2010. REUTERS/Doug Murray
Snow: Beauty and the Beast 67 pics part 2
35. A man makes his way home with his shopping through heavy snow in the village of Cushendall
Snow: Beauty and the Beast 67 pics part 1
01. Youths throw snowballs in Stamford Bridge, northern England December 2, 2010. Heavy snow caused travel chaos across much of northern Europe on Thursday, keeping London's Gatwick
Friday, December 24, 2010
Mexico Pipeline Explosion
01. A vehicle leaves the area of an explosion of a Pemex pipeline in the village of San Martin Texmelucan near Puebla December 19, 2010. At least 10 people were killed early Sunday when the oil pipeline exploded in central Mexico, the state news agency Notimex said. The pipeline maintained by state oil monopoly
Banksy
01. Graffiti art is seen on a wall, in Camden in London December 22, 2009. British media have attributed the new work to acclaimed British street artist Banksy. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
Sunday, December 19, 2010
National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010 (23 pics) Part 1
National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest,
with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the
past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of
submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me
choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big
Picture. Collected below are 46 images from the three categories of
People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual
photographers. (46 photos total)
with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the
past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of
submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me
choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big
Picture. Collected below are 46 images from the three categories of
People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual
photographers. (46 photos total)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Tour de France 2010: The halfway stage
July 13, 2010, France: Sandy Casar of France has won the mountainous ninth stage of the Tour
caught between heaven and hell
Porto da Pedra samba school final rehearsal before the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro.
Limpopo Footbold Club: a bunch of grannies
Official shot for the team of grannies. (Photo: Jean-Marc Caimi/Redux/Hollandse Hoogte)
Training The Afghan National Army
Antiterrorist blitz training inside a building. (Photo: Massimo Berruti/Agence Vu /Hollandse Hoogte)
Entire city made of biscuits
Created by Chinese artist Song Dong in the basement of London Selfridges. 72,000 biscuits were used in total to construct the ‘Biscuit city’ including Chocolate Digestives, Rich Tea, HobNobs and Fruit Shortcakes. The ‘biscuit city’ is being offered to shoppers accompanied with a cup of tea for dunking.
The largest nail and toothpicks mosaic ever made
Saimir Strati (Vlora, Albania, April 11, 1966) is an Albanian artist who is regarded as one of the world’s most well known modern mosaic artists.
He is artist who hammers tens of thousands of nails and toothpicks into a wooden board to create his awesome mosaic art. It’s amazing how one has the patience to create such art and it was even reported that Saimir Strati is attempting to mount a steed chart together using 1 million toothpicks. Some of his best works include the portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci created using hammered nails and the galloping horse using toothpicks.
Saimir Strati is primarily an artist who works in mosaics. He has used materials including nails, toothpicks, corks, sea glass, eggshells, compact discs, coffee beans, porcelain and mirror glass among other materials. He is also a painter. The diversity of the artist’s subjects, material and technique distinguish Saimir Strati as being traditional and contemporary with his approach on reviving the old technique and professionalism in antiquity and the mingling of daily/ industrial material.
He is artist who hammers tens of thousands of nails and toothpicks into a wooden board to create his awesome mosaic art. It’s amazing how one has the patience to create such art and it was even reported that Saimir Strati is attempting to mount a steed chart together using 1 million toothpicks. Some of his best works include the portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci created using hammered nails and the galloping horse using toothpicks.
Saimir Strati is primarily an artist who works in mosaics. He has used materials including nails, toothpicks, corks, sea glass, eggshells, compact discs, coffee beans, porcelain and mirror glass among other materials. He is also a painter. The diversity of the artist’s subjects, material and technique distinguish Saimir Strati as being traditional and contemporary with his approach on reviving the old technique and professionalism in antiquity and the mingling of daily/ industrial material.
The whole picture is made out of nothing but nails !
Rescue of the Chilean Miners
Workers operate the T130 drill machine, which is digging a hole for trapped miners to escape from. (Photo: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
Haiti Revisited: 9 Months After The Quake
A woman walks in front of debris and garbage burning in Port-au-Prince. (Photo: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
All That Glitters Is Gold
Gold bars are displayed during a photo opportunity at the Ginza Tanaka store in Tokyo (Photo:
REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao)
REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao)
Chilean Miners: The Rescue
(Photo: REUTERS)
Breathtaking moments
As we have seen in the previous articles, most of the artists were able to bedazzle us with their awesome photo manipulations. But, what if an artist could produce breath taking results without manipulations. As anyone who watched the opening ceremony of the recent Beijing Olympics will attest, China has been enjoying a burgeoning of the performing arts in recent years. One of the most striking artists to emerge from this thriving scene is Li Wei, who has become renowned for his arresting and seemingly gravity-defying photographic work. Strangely enough, his works are not photo-shopped but are a result his awesome skills.
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