This photo provided by NVIDIA shows a 310-foot “crop circle” in a California barley field that mystified locals this week was explained Sunday January 6, 2014: it was a publicity stunt by Nvidia Corp., a maker of chips for PCs and smartphones. The crop circle near Chualar, Calif., contained a stylized image of a computer chip and the number “192” in Braille. On Sunday, the company announced the Tegra K1, a new chip for tablets and smartphones that contains 192 computing “cores”, or mini-computers, for graphics applications. (Photo by AP Photo/NVIDIA)

An Indian Sikh Nihang, or warrior, performs Gatka martial arts skills during a procession at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on January 6, 2014, as part of birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh. The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, is marked on January 6. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)

Though these pictures might look like beautiful abstract paintings, they are actually photos of volcanic rivers in Iceland taken by Russian photographer Andrey Ermolaev. Flying over Iceland’s active volcano systems, Ermolaev captures the swirling colours, patterns and textures of the volcanic rivers below as they flow through the black sand and eventually find their way to the ocean. Ermolaev calls Iceland “wonderful… a true paradise for all the photo shooting-lovers”. (Photo by Andrey Ermolaev/Solent)

The yacht Princess 98 is carried by a truck to the fairground in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, January 6, 2014. The Princess 98 with a length of 30 meter (90ft) weighs 100 tons and will be on display at the international boat fair in Duesseldorf from Jan. 18 until Jan. 26th. The price will be around 7 million euro (9.5 million US dlrs). (Photo by Frank Augstein/AP Photo)

Staff members from a Japanese sushi chain restaurant remove a banner after creating a sushi mosaic to mark the 10th anniversary of the restaurant at a shopping mall in Hong Kong Wednesday, January 8, 2014. A total of 20,647 pieces of sushi were formed into a 37.16-square-meter (400-square-foot) space which broke the Guinness World Records of the largest sushi mosaic. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)

An Indian participant flies a train of kites at the International Kite Festival at white sand in the Rann of Kutch, a seasonal salt marsh located in the Thar Desert, in Dhordo, about 500 kilometers (311 miles) from Ahmadabad, India, Friday, January 10, 2014. The International Kite Festival has become a highly popular and successful event and is part of the Gujarat state Tourism's strategy to develop fairs and festival to showcase and promote the culture and tourism offerings of the state. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)

Fire tugs spray jets of water into the air as HMS Illustrious returns to Portsmouth Royal Navy Base almost a month later than planned after being diverted to the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan, on January 10, 2013. The 23,000-tonne helicopter carrier was operating in the Gulf, in November, expecting to be home on December 13th. Instead, Illustrious and her 650 crew spent three weeks delivering emergency aid supplies and repairing key services and broken infrastructure. After five months away the crew will enjoy a belated Christmas with their families. (Photo by Chris Ison/PA Wire)

A young Kashmiri boy slides down a snow covered wooden bridge after fresh snowfall, in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Thursday, January 9, 2014. Traffic on the 300 kilometers (186 miles) long Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been suspended due to heavy snowfall, according to news reports. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

A long exposure photo shows star trails as Mount Sinabung volcano spews hot lava as seen from Jraya village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, January 9, 2014. About 20,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for Sinabung to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on Monday. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Reuters)

A man retrieves a wooden cross from the sea during the ceremony of the blessing of the waters marking the orthodox Epiphany Day at the port of Aiegina island near Athens on January 6, 2014. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP Photo)

Members of a police SWAT team scan the horizon as they watch a sea of devotees surge towards the statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2014. Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees poured into the capital for one of the world's biggest Catholic parades honouring an ebony statue of Jesus Christ they believe has miraculous powers. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)

Palestinians drag a burning tire during clashes with Israeli soldiers at a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement Ofra outside the village of Silwad, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, January 10, 2014. (Photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo)

A bottle of vodka with handmade illustrations of Rodman with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Rodman's name in Korean sits on the roof of a car outside a Pyongyang hotel on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Rodman came to the North Korean capital with a team of USA basketball stars for an exhibition game on Jan. 8, the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo by David Guttenfelder/AP Photo)

Mannequin parts are seen at a factory of Koray Vitrin Mankenleri in Ankara January 8, 2014. Fikret Gundogdu, 54, is the owner of Koray Vitrin Mankenleri, the sole mannequin-producing company in Ankara. The company makes some 100 units per month and exports to mostly Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia. Some customers request mannequins without heads, adhering to Islamic rules. Koray Vitrin Mankenleri also produces mannequins with headscarves, but there is a limited demand for them, Gundogdu said. There are 80 different mannequin models, priced between $200 to $500, according to the company. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)

Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island in Northumberland, the morning after a disappointing night for star gazers as they were unable to see the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, from this location, on January 10, 2014. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

A Filipino Catholic devotee is carried to safer grounds as she collapses while joining an annual procession of the Black Nazarene to celebrate its feast day Thursday January 9, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of thousands of Filipino Catholics began a raucous religious procession in Manila Thursday to honor a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ in an annual event that organizers say was being held partly to pray for the victims of a monster typhoon that devastated the central Philippines last year. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

Men dance in the icy waters of the Tundzha river during a celebration for Epiphany Day in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria, on January 6, 2014. It is believed that the ritual will bring health throughout the new year. (Photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)

Uruguayan tatoo artist Victor Hugo Peralta (R) and his wife, Argentinian tatoo artist Gabriela Peralta pose for a picture during the Tattoo Week Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 5, 2014. Peralta and his wife Gabriela are registetered on the Guinnes World Records as the married couple with most body modifications. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

A waitress arranges ice cups on an ice counter during a photo opportunity at the Ice Palace in Shangri-La Hotel in Harbin, on January 5, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Paramilitary policemen and police officers “arrest” a man acting as an attacker with a knife during an anti-terrorism drill in Rugao, on January 6, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Official driver Lucas di Grassi demonstrates Formula E’s new fully-electric race car, the Spark-Renault SRT_01E, entertaining crowds with a high-speed display around the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino during the 2014 International CES on January 6, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formula E’s new fully-electric race car, the Spark-Renault SRT_01E, capable of speeds in excess of 150mph, gave invited guests, media and onlookers their first chance to see and hear the cars that will compete in the new FIA Formula E Championship – the world’s first fully-electric racing series beginning in September. (Photo by Joe Klamar/AFP Photo)

This picture taken on January 6, 2014 shows a worker making a soft toy of Fuleco the Armadillo, the official mascot of the 2014 World Cup football tournament, at a factory in Tianchang, east China's Anhui province. (Photo by AFP Photo)

A model presents a creation from the Bobby Abley MAN Autumn/Winter 2014 collection during “London Collections: Men” in London. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)

Toyota shows their future mobility concept Toyota FV2 during the 2014 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Joe Klamar/AFP Photo)

Indian soldiers take part in a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi, on January 7, 2014. India celebrates its annual Republic Day on January 26. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A participant runs with a large tiger-shaped kite as he prepares to fly it at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Kite-flyers from different countries participated in the day-long festival. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Dark clouds and a heavy rain approach Montevideo from the Rio de la Plata, on January 7, 2014. (Photo by Mariana Suarez/AFP Photo)

A man man stands on a snowy bank of the Yenisei River, outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on January 9, 2014. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Sikh devotees show their skill in martial arts during “Nagar Kirtan” carried out as part of “Prakash Utsav”, which is the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh on January 4, 2014 in Jammu, India. Sikhs celebrated the 347th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last guru of Sikhs. (Photo by Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

An ash covered a motorcyclist as drives on a road covered with ash following a further eruption of the Mount Sinabung on January 4, 2014 in Karo District, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The number of displaced persons has increased to 20,000 in Western Indonesia as Mount Sinabung continues to spew ash and smoke after several eruptions since September. Eleven deaths have now been recorded as a result of the eruptions with hundreds more falling ill. Officials expect the number of evacuees to rise as volcanic activity remains high. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Frozen water clings to the Grand Haven South Pier in Grand Haven, Mich., on January 9, 2014. Cold weather lingered Thursday in the state as many students returned to school for the first time this year. (Photo by Natalie Kolb/The Muskegon Chronicle)

Ice floes fill the Hudson River as the New Jersey waterfront is seen during sunset, on January 9, 2014. The recent cold spell, caused by a polar vortex descending from the Arctic, caused the floes to form in the Hudson. (Photo by Afton Almaraz/Getty Images)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) watches a basketball game between former U.S. NBA basketball players and North Korean players of the Hwaebul team of the DPRK with Dennis Rodman (R) at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang January 9, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/KCNA)

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) poses for a picture with members of a children's choir during his visit to the Mariinsky Theatre in St.Petersburg January 7, 2014. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/Reuters/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)

A mother holds her son as they watch the eruption of Mount Sinabung at Berastepu village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, January 10, 2014. More than 22,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for Sinabung to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on Friday. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)

Attendees watch a demonstration of the Toyota i Road three-wheel electric vehicle at the Toyota booth at the 2014 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/AFP Photo)

Circus of Horrors performer Anastasia IV pulls a four tonne vehicle along the seafront in Eastbourne, Sussex, as the circus prepare to perform a series of shows across the region later this month, on January 7, 2014. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach as temperatures dipped well below zero on January 6, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago hit a record low of -16 degree Fahrenheit this morning as a polar air mass brought the coldest temperatures in about two decades into the city. (Photo by Scott Olson/AFP Photo)

A woman (R) confronts Turkish riot policemen as they spray tear gas on demonstrators trying to march on January 9, 2014, in Istanbul, to the French consulate demanding justice for three female Kurdish rebels killed a year ago in Paris. Between 500 to 600 Kurdish protesters had gathered in front of Istanbul's Galatasaray High School, shouting “We want justice” for the three victims. As the protesters marched towards the French consulate, they were met with tear gas and plastic bullets fired by security forces seeking to disperse the crowd. (Photo by Ozan Kose/AFP Photo)

Ann Arbor firefighters work to put out a fire that engulfed Happy's Pizza in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Firefighters worked for several hours in temperatures that dipped to 15 degrees below zero to extinguish a blaze at the pizza shop. No injuries were reported following the fire. (Photo by Melanie Maxwell/AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket with a commercial satellite aboard lights up the sky during a successful launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as people line the boardwalk, Monday, January 6, 2014, along the seashore in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Photo by Craig Rubadoux/AP Photo/Florida Today)

Lightning streaks across the sky of Montevideo, over the Legislative Palace – seat of the Uruguayan Government – during a thunderstorm early on January 10, 2014. (Photo by Mariana Suarez/AFP Photo)

A man fishing braves the wind and rough sea at Cleveleys, Lancashire as stormy weather continues across parts of the country, on January 5, 2014. (Photo by Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire)

A surfer rides a wave at Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo, on January 6, 2014. (Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Wire)

A rickshaw puller baths by the roadside on a winter morning in Kolkata January 7, 2014. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, on January 6, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Smoke from a chimney is silhouetted against the rising sun in Harbin, China, on January 6, 2014. The fireworks display that had been held every year of the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival on its opening night was cancelled this year, with organizers citing Harbin's bad air as a reason. In November of last year, alarming levels of smog caused Harbin, a city of 11 million people, to effectively shut down with schools suspending classes and the local airport temporarily closing. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

People rub into the water as they take their first bath in the North Sea to celebrate the arrival of the new year, in Ostende, Belgium, on January 4, 2014. About a thousand people took part in this annual tradition that takes place on the first Saturday of the new year. (Photo by Laurent Dubrule/Reuters)

Ice climber Howie Mievogel uses ice tools and crampons to ascend a frozen waterfall on the cliffs in Riegelsville, Pennsylvania, near the Delaware River, on January 4, 2014. (Photo by Steve Klaver/Associated Press)

A man dressed to look like Superman plays in the water as people take their first bath in the North Sea to celebrate the arrival of the new year, in Ostende, Belgium, on January 4, 2014. (Photo by Laurent Dubrule/Reuters)

A child holds his boots in a camp for the internally displaced on the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 6, 2014. Mazar-e Sharif has been experiencing snow and below freezing weather. (Photo by Mustafa Najafizada/Associated Press)

People burn dried oak branches, which symbolize the Yule log, on Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of the St. Sava temple in Belgrade, on January 6, 2014. Serbian Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the Julian calendar. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)