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Wow High Speed Flower Explosions by Martin Klimas

German photographer Martin Klimas, who you may remember from his exploding porcelain figure series, creates breathtaking photos of flowers exploding into a million beautiful pieces. To achieve this effect, he soaks the petals in liquid nitrogen to make them brittle and hits the flower with an air gun.

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12 Oct 2013 09:52:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Ultra-high Speed Photos of Water Droplets

Looks like 2 dancing angels. (Photo by Ronny Tertnes/TwoByTwoEditorial.co.uk)

“These stunning ultra-high speed photos of water droplets were captured by photographer, Ronny Tertnes, 48, from Bergen, Norway. They show the water’s displacement as various liquids are being dropped in. Ronny, who works full time as an IT administrator, set up his camera and flash rigs to capture the exact moment a droplet hit the surface, sometimes causing several drops to collide into each other”. – TwoByTwoEditorial.co.uk. (Photo by Ronny Tertnes/TwoByTwoEditorial.co.uk)

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27 Mar 2014 06:36:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Rescued Calf Gets New High-tech Prosthetics

Wearing his new prosthetic legs Hero gets a taste of shrubbery Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Houston. The abandoned calf rescued from a Virginia farm a year ago and brought to Texas after it nearly died is getting permanent prosthetics to replace back hooves that had to be amputated because of frostbite. (Photo by Pat Sullivan/AP Photo)

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25 May 2014 10:00:00,post received 0 comments

Touching New Glass Flooring Across Tower Bridge's High-Level

Pedestrians and traffic cross Tower Bridge as viewed through a glass viewing platform on the high-level Walkways during a preview to launch the new viewing experience at the Tower Bridge Exhibition centre in London on November 10, 2014. The new glass flooring at the Tower Bridge Exhibition 42 metres above the river Thames will allow visitors to gaze down on the bridge and river and allow them to experience the bridge opening from above. (Photo by Andrew Cowie/AFP Photo)

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11 Nov 2014 12:22:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Photographers: Andrea Hallgass. Insects Close-Up in High Resolution

Emus hirtus (Linnaeus, 1758). (Andrea Hallgass)

Emus hirtus (Linnaeus, 1758). (Photo by Andrea Hallgass)

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06 Dec 2012 11:32:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race In Alaska

Richie Diehl team charges out of the chute over trucked-in snow at the 2015 ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race in downtown Anchorage, Alaska March 7, 2015. The timed portion of the race, which typically lasts nine days or longer, begins on Monday in Fairbanks, about 300 miles (482 km) away. Traditionally held in Willow, the timed start was moved to Fairbanks this year to accommodate an alternate trail selected after race officials deemed sections of the traditional path unsafe. REUTERS/Mark Meyer (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT ANIMALS SOCIETY)

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09 Mar 2015 13:22:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Traditional Historical Ski Race in Czech Republic

A participant falls on vintage skis during a traditional historical ski race in the northern Bohemian town of Smrzovka February 21, 2015. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)

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22 Feb 2015 11:49:00,post received 0 comments

Funny DC Celebrates Mardi Gras With Annual Pancake Races

A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral February 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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22 Feb 2012 11:43:00,post received 0 comments