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Event entertainer Holly Egan poses with a guitar using an angle grinder as Kevin Jay and Nigel Cox spin burning steel wool, sending sparks flying under the A13 in Essex, UK on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Jay/Picture Exclusive)

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22 May 2024 03:29:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Polar Bear Dips

Polar Bear club swimmers take their annual swim in the sea at Coney Island in New York City on January 1, 2014. (Photo by Curtis Means/ACE/INFphoto.com)

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03 Jan 2014 10:38:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Conaster Iongimanus AKA the Icon Star or Double Star

Iconaster longimanus, the icon star or double star, is a species of starfish in the family Goniasteridae. It is found in the west and central Indo-Pacific Ocean. The genus name comes from the Greek eikon, meaning portrait or image and possibly referring to the way the marginal plates frame the disc, and aster, meaning star. The specific name comes from the Latin longus manus and refers to the long, slender arms.

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14 Jul 2014 12:50:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Aimara New Year

Local priests celebrate the “Aimara New Year”, an Andean Bolivian traditional festival that marks the winter solstice in El Alto, Bolivia, 21 June 2016. Aimara or Aymara means the Return of the Sun. (Photo by Martin Alipaz/EPA)

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22 Jun 2016 12:57:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Found on Flickr: Photos of ShmilebliK

“Throughout those last months photography has grown in me. It has become a part of my life and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Flickr is my small theater, hope you'll enjoy the show”. – ShmilebliK

Photo: Short circuit, 2012 (Photo by ShmilebliK)

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07 Jun 2012 10:29:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Textile Art by Anny Crane

“I am a fiber and process oriented artist based in Brooklyn, New York. My work utilizes influence from decisions and transitions. I am very interested in the consequences and ripple effects that are caused by choices we make. Most inspiration comes from vague &vivid memories, photographs, hand me down treasures &stories through my family, childhood stories, children’s books &illustrations, and travelling”. – Anny Crane

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24 Nov 2016 08:03:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Awesome Illustrations by Nithin Rao Kumblekar

Nithin Rao Kumblekar, a freelance illustrator and art director based in Bangalore, India, created these illustrations for an ad campaign by Ogilvy & Mather for ‘in store’ branding for Allen Solly clothing. The idea of the project was to blend each illustration in with a model(s) / photograph to express the theme “My world, My way“.

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29 Sep 2014 11:01:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Margate Sliding House Created by Artist Alex Chinneck

British designer Alex Chinneck created the installation - called From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes - by removing the facade of a detached four-storey house that had been derelict for eleven years and replacing it with a brand new frontage that leaves the crumbling top storey exposed, then curves outwards so the bottom section lies flat in front of the house.

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11 Oct 2013 10:20:00,post received 0 comments