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Glaucus atlanticus (common names sea swallow, blue glaucus, blue sea slug and blue ocean slug) is a species of small-sized blue sea slug, a pelagic aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Glaucidae. This is the only species in the genus Glaucus, but is closely related to Glaucilla marginata, which sometimes is included in Glaucus.

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12 Sep 2012 08:21:00,post received 0 comments

Educative City Built into Rock: Setenil De Las Bodegas

Setenil de las Bodegas is a town (pueblo) in the province of Cádiz, Spain, famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Rio Trejo. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 3,016 inhabitants. It has an exact antipodal city: Auckland, New Zealand.

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27 Sep 2012 10:02:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Found on Flickr in September 2012: Simply Some Photos

Interesting photos which can't be united in a certain series quite often come across to me. Therefore I publish simply a small group of separate pictures – enjoy, if it's interesting to you. Photo: “Road Trip!” (Photo by Thad Lawrence)

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05 Oct 2012 09:58:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes 2-Day Trip Through LA Streets To Its Final Destination

The space shuttle Endeavour is transported to the California Science Center in Exposition Park from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian)

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14 Oct 2012 09:18:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Found on Flickr: Photo Art by Norbert

“Wer in der Natur, der Kunst oder dem Menschen Gott nicht finden kann, der findet ihn nirgendwo” (Who cannot find God in the nature, the art or the person, that nowhere finds him). Photo: Hunstiger Hohlweg. (Photo by Norbert)

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23 Oct 2012 11:43:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Camouflage Art by Desiree Palmen

“The artist herself produces the camouflage suit. For each photo, for each environment of her choice, she designs a new suit, which again and again has to be made with the greatest precision, or the illusive effect will not work. By uniting the figure with the background, Desiree Palmen reaches a surprising visual effect that requests a special effort for the observing eye: it must disentangle what is flat and what is spatial.”

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24 Jun 2012 02:54:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Crooked House, Sopot Polond (Krzywy Domek)

The Krzywy Domek is an irregularly-shaped building in Sopot, Poland. Its name translates in to English as the Crooked House. The Krzywy Domek was built in 2004. It is approximately 4,000 square meters in size and is part of the Rezydent shopping center. It was designed by Szotyńscy & Zaleski who were inspired by the fairytale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg. It can be entered from either Monte Cassino or Morska Streets.

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29 Jun 2012 12:00:00,post received 0 comments

Fact LEGO Street Art

German graffiti artist, Martin Heuwold aka MEGX, has painted a bridge with an area of 250 square meters to look like it was made from LEGO bricks.

This realistic 3-dimensional LEGO bridge took Heuwold four weeks to complete, with the help of city officials.

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06 May 2015 08:08:00,post received 0 comments