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If you’ve had the unique privilege of witnessing bioluminescent plankton while diving at night, you know firsthand how beautiful the underwater light show can be. For those of us who haven’t experienced it, this unique phenomenon. So what makes this beautiful show possible? In a recent post at online scuba site AquaViews they share some insight we thought you all would find interesting.

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04 Jun 2013 10:55:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Cross Sections of Bullets by Sabine Pearlman

Sabine Pearlman‘s photographs find beauty in the destructive engineering of ammunition with this series of cross-sections of bullets cartridges from a Swiss bunker. They reveal the complexity inside each case. This series, which consists of 900 specimens, was photographed inside a WWII bunker in Switzerland. Pearlman says that she is intrigued by the beautiful complexity of the ammo set against its destructive purpose, at once showing off humanity’s ability to create and destroy.

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27 Jun 2013 12:42:00,post received 0 comments

Sad Chinese Cats Saved from the Cooking Pot

A truck filled with 500 cats thought to be destined for restaurants was intercepted on Wednesday in Xuzhou, eastern China’s Jiangsu Province. Officer Sun Hai said he and a colleague pulled the vehicle over during a routine traffic check. The officer commented, “The driver said it was a full load of rabbit, but after we instructed him to uncover the load we were shocked to find a full load of living cats.

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13 Mar 2014 14:01:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Fabian Ciraolo by Illustrations

The end is near

Fabian Ciraolo‘s Illustrations are so impressive that they could be described in many of the same ways, but we like them because they’re so f’ing cool. Where else are you going to find psychedelic space backgrounds decked out with Skeletor in a suit, Captain Planet playing guitar or Dorothy in an Empire of the Sun shirt in one place?

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10 Jun 2012 10:39:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Landscape by Graham Gercken

Here you will find paintings by Award winning Australian Landscape artist Graham Gercken. The online gallery includes landscape paintings for sale, created by Graham in both Plein air and larger in Studio. The themes of these paintings include the Rugged Cliffs of the Blue Mountains Canyons , dry deserts of Central Australia & American Southwest , the drama of Autumn Colours to magnificent Coastal Beaches and Dunes.

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10 Jul 2012 10:09:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Happy New Year!

A New Year, New Hope
or, abandon all hope, ye who enter here? Intrigue!

But that's okay, we'll soon find out. Happy New Year! And now disco.

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31 Dec 2021 06:11:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Modelling Academy in Caracas

A girl walks down the runway during a class at a modelling academy in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 20, 2014. Venezuela's famed models and aspiring beauty queens are struggling to doll themselves up. In a country that glorifies voluptuous women and opulent beauty pageants, even basics like deodorant are now at times tricky to find as strict currency controls have led to a scarcity of dollars for imported goods. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
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26 Sep 2014 13:49:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Portraits of Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

Typhoon Haiyan survivor Mariena Delacueva stands amongst the ruins of her families home on November 6, 2014 in San Antonio, Samar, Philippines. Mariena's looks after the property after her parents moved to Manila to find work so they can save enough money to rebuild the house. Residents of Leyte and surrounds are preparing for the 1-year anniversary since Super Typhoon Yolanda struck the coast on November 8, 2013, leaving more than 6000 dead and many more homeless. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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11 Nov 2014 11:59:00,post received 0 comments