North Korean accordion students take on A-ha
A bizarre cover version of 1980s pop hit 'Take On Me', performed by North Korean accordion players, has surfaced on video sharing site, YouTube.
Dirty Bus Seat
Are you using public transportation? Be careful where you sit. This was filmed in Bialystok in Poland. I'm sure this doesn't happen everywhere because most tranportation companies have car cleaners.
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The Dead Cities Of Syria
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Syria continues to be in the news as its government persists in its use of violence to crack down on protests inspired by the Arab Spring. It is the latest of many upheavals the country has been through since its formation as a state. In the country are reminders of past turmoil and upheaval. Over 700 abandoned settlements bear the collective name The Dead Cities of Syria.
These abandoned municipalities scatter the landscape and contain the remains of a confident, vibrant and sophisticated culture - one which effectively disappeared over fifteen hundred years ago. (...)
The Alps At Night
Timelapse sequence of the nightsky in Meribel, France, during the week of January 2nd 2012.
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(thanks Cora)
Examples Of Brilliant Tilt-Shift Photography
Tilt-shift photography refers to the use of camera movements on small and medium format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene. Sometimes the term is used when the shallow depth of field is simulated with digital post processing; the name may derive from the tilt-shift lens normally required when the effect is produced optically.
Here are more than 100 examples of brilliant tilt-shift photography.
The Fractal Patterns Of Landscapes Devastated By Drought
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The beauty of nature works in mysterious ways. It can sometimes present itself in the harshest of landscapes, for example. Drought is a killer of animals, crops and people, yet there is an undeniable aesthetic appeal to the images of parched terrains. The effect of drought on the land, with the cracked and fractal patterns it leaves in its wake, can be almost hypnotic.
Britain’s eccentric welcome for the Olympic torch: shin kicking, wool sack racing and guerrilla gardening
‘Beijing medal’ building causes consternation in China
George Clooney lookalike winner looks nothing like George Clooney
A man has won a trip to the Oscars in a George Clooney lookalike competition - but fans of the A-lister may have to look hard at the winner's photograph to see any similarity.
42 St. Bernard Dogs
Out for a walk with 42 Saint Bernards from Lasquite's Saint Bernards on Lasqueti Island, Canada.
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(thanks Miss Rare)
Newsmap
Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. Google News automatically groups news tories with similar content and places them based on algorithmic results into clusters. In Newsmap, the size of each cell is determined by the amount of related articles that exist inside each news cluster that the Google News Aggregator presents.
In that way users can quickly identify which news stories have been given the most coverage, viewing the map by region, topic or time. Newsmap also allows to compare the news landscape among several countries, making it possible to differentiate which countries give more coverage to, for example, more national news than international or sports rather than business. (...)
14 Floating Restaurants Around The World
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From Chinese restaurants to cute little BBQ tables for ten, these 14 floating restaurants make smart use of available space and turn the dining experience into something of an adventure on the sea.
(thanks Cora)
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