General view of the stands in the Atrium during the Big Fashion Wardrobe Spring/Summer fashion and beauty event at Westfield London shopping centre on March 29, 2011 in London, United Kingdom.

General Augusto Pinochet, the President of Chile, with the Argentinian President, Maria Estela Martinez De Peron, at a dinner given in his honour in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 22nd April 1975

General view of atmosphere of fans at the “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 An IMAX Experience” release party at AMC Loews Kips Bay 15 theater on July 14, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images)

Aerial acrobat Schindler, notorious for his foolhardy stunts, practising one of his tricks listing out of the vertical, from a Klemp plane piloted by Richard Perlia. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1927

Penitentes, or nieves penitentes (Spanish for “penitent-shaped snows”), are a snow formation found at high altitudes. They take the form of tall thin blades of hardened snow or ice, closely spaced with the blades oriented towards the general direction of the sun.

Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped example of novelty architecture, constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1881 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, two miles (3.2 km) south of Atlantic City, in an effort to sell real estate and attract tourists.

Developed for the British American Ambulance Corps, this new motorcycle ambulance is capable of speeding wounded soldiers 90 miles an hour from the front lines to field hospitals. Its springs are synchronized with the patient's heartbeat to avoid increasing fever when traveling over various Terrain. Viewing it in New York August 27, 1941, are left to right: constable Herbert Scott of England, driver; William E. Detlor, whose firm developed the vehicle; M. W. Stand, inspector-general of Civilian Defense, and Maj. Edward Riekert, also. (Photo by AP Photo)