Sculptures Made of Old Recycled Skateboards
June 14, 2013

Japanese artist Haroshi use old Skateboard decks to create amazing sculptures !

Composite Aerial Photo Map of San Francisco in 1938
June 13, 2013

The David Rumsey Map Collection created this fascinating interactive map of San Francisco based on 164 aerial photographs of the city taken in 1938. The photos were taken by aerial photography pioneer Harrison Ryker.

the Sunset district still covered in sand dunes

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Mir Mine – Abandoned Diamond Mine in Russia
June 13, 2013

Wikipedia:
“Mir Mine, also called Mirny Mine, is a former open pit diamond mine, now inactive, located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine is 525 meters (1,722 ft) deep (4th in the world) and has a diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft), and is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of incidents in which they were sucked in by the downward air flow.”

Paintings on Books by Ekaterina Panikanova
June 13, 2013

The “Errata Corrige” series, by Russian artist / illustrator Ekaterina Panikanova:

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Early Photographs of the Rolling Stones
June 11, 2013

By Philip Townsend, from 1962-1963

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A Rotating Supercell in Timelapse
June 11, 2013

Filmed by Mike Olbinski – Booker, Texas.

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Points – Futuristic Urban Signage
June 08, 2013

“Points” is a project of futuristic urban signage, which looks like a modern version of the traditional signpost. With a dynamic, rotating LED display, but also connected to the Internet, this gadget designed by design studio Breakfast, based in Brooklyn, will be able to change its display and its directions based on user requirements, time of day, but also information received from social networks…

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Paper Architect Ingrid Siliakus
June 08, 2013

A selection of creations by the artist Ingrid Siliakus, from the Netherlands, who defined herself as a “Paper Architect“. If you like paper art, take a look at Eric Standley’s work.

Evolution of the Turtle Shell
June 05, 2013

Iceland in Black and White
June 05, 2013

By Peter Zéglis, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, a self-taught photographer and Civil Infrastructure Engineer with a background in graphic design and classical arts.