Posts by Alice Yoo

July 25, 2012

The World’s Most Crowded Wave Pool

Where do you go to escape the heat? In a recent series, photojournalist Michael Yamashita shared how the Japanese are keeping cool amidst a scorching heat wave. Tokyo Summerland is a popular water park that's home to the world's most crowded wave pool. During the summer, it's been said that there's so many people jammed in there that it's hard to find water inside the pool! It's literally a sea of heads. (Don't believe us?

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July 19, 2012

The Incredible Story Behind the Epic Lava Kiss

Not since that romantic Vancouver riot's smooch, taken over a year ago, have we seen a kissing photo spread, so quickly, around the web. Honolulu, Hawaii-based Dallas Nagata White is the photographer behind the Lava Kiss, a gorgeous photo taken in front of the Kilauea lava flow in Hawaii. Not only was it raining, real lava was actually flowing in the background!

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July 16, 2012

Charles Jencks’ Mind-Bending Landscape Architecture

A concrete staircase that looks like a waterfall and represents the universe, why not? Charles Jencks is the American landscape architect and designer behind this incredible flight of stairs. Called The Universe Cascade, it has 25 landings that mark the important shifts in cosmic history. Starting at the top, in the present day, and descending down, visitors are moving through 13 billion years of cosmic evolution.

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July 5, 2012

Chuck Close’s Unbelievable Fingerpainting Portrait

While you may already know Chuck Close as that incredibly talented American artist who creates those huge photorealistic paintings, you may never have seen this mind-blowing piece. Called Fanny/Fingerpainting, it's a beautiful portrait of Close's wife's late grandmother Fanny created with fingerprints!

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