Animals
July 24, 2012

Breathtaking Shots of Millions of Flamingos

Where do you go to see the greatest bird spectacle on earth? The Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley. Come at the right time and you'll see the shoreline of Kenya's lakes turn bright pink as they're filled with millions of flamingos. The lesser flamingos (the smallest species of them) gather at these lakes to feed on the abundant blue-green algae which thrive in the warm alkaline waters.

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Photography
July 23, 2012

Colorful Light Art Created Using No Digital Manipulation

UK-based photographer Ian Hobson is an expert at all kinds of impressive light art photography. When you first see his images, a collection called Waving Torches at Things, you won't believe that he creates them directly from his camera without the use of any digital manipulation. But, according to his website, he says, “All images are photographs, straight from the camera. Nothing is added, the only post-processing is conversion of the digital negatives into jpegs.

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Design
July 21, 2012

A Mathematically Celestial Light Installation

Berlin-based artist Olafur Eliasson uses a mathematical approach to design his elaborate artworks. In Your Sound Galaxy, there are a series of geometric figures hanging overhead like a rotating universe of celestial black jewels. Each with its own LED light in it, the structures look like multi-surfaced lamps with an unusually thin source of light emitted only through the fine contours of each three-dimensional shape, proving to be a very complicated installation.

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Photography
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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