21 Images You Wont Believe Arent Photosphopped (Part 8) | Cracked.com - StumbleUpon This is the latest edition of our most popular feature, in which we demonstrate that the truth is stranger than Photoshop. Here are more photos that will make every poster in the comment section scream "FAKE!" but are absolutely real. In case you missed the previous episodes, here's Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, the gritty reboot that doesn't acknowledge the previous editions, Part 6 and Part 7. And now ... #21. Via Buzzhunt.co.uk This looks like a bank of escalators seconds before they were buried under a lava flow, but it's actually one of about a hundred decorated subway stations under Stockholm, Sweden, where the natural bedrock ceiling has been painted. If nothing else, it has to make it a hell of a lot easier to figure out if you're at the right stop. Via Wikimedia Commons"Hmmm ... this has less magma than I remember." #20. Via Forbes Yes, that's a satellite photo, and yes, there really is a gigantic set of connecting canals spelling "HAMAD" in Abu Dhabi. #19. Via Making Of
Beautiful Planet - Oh I so want to go to the ISS! Indian Ocean Maldives “The sunny side of life” is a catchphrase used to attract tourists to the Maldive Islands. Well it certainly looks heavenly from the ISS. Time to order a large drink, you know, one with a lot of fruit and a little umbrella, then stretch out on a hammock and just enjoy life, watching what I can only imagine a marvelous sunset. I for one am very pleased that the astronauts on the ISS (heroes in my humble opinion) keep sharing images of our beautiful planet with the rest of us. The real kick is, we’ve seen images like this before, created in special effect studios in Hollywood. [34 pictures] Hint: Use “J” and “K” keys to navigate from picture to picture. Pacific Ocean Hawaii Aloha! Aurora Australis, New Zealand I do not think I have ever seen the Aurora from inside the Aurora itself. East coast of Spain at Night Looking southward on to the east coast of Spain, at night, with the Balearic sea as a dark cloak. Image credit: NASA/ESA Image: NASA/ESA Image Credit: NASA/ESA
Beware of Artists: Revealed! | Julian Greigh Dark Passions blog Have you seen this so called ? “…Actual poster from the mid-50’s issued by Senator Joseph McCarthy” Well it is a FAKE! Submitted for your perusal, is this portrait of a meme. An idea gone viral, standing as testament to that age old warning, “Caveat Emptor”; buyer beware. The words were said—actually written—but NOT by that master of self-delusions with visions of grandeur, Senator Joseph McCarthy! The Suspects: Senator Joseph McCarthy Queen Victoria Richard Milhous Nixon Alright, he’s not a suspect, but he looks guilty of something. So who Is the Guilty Person, who said it? No. Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor, Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor) (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the King of the Belgians, and is chiefly remembered for the founding and exploitation of the Congo Free State. In a letter to Queen Victoria: The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria. 10th October 1845 My Dearest Victoria, — . . . An now you know the facts. Like this: Like Loading...
15 Amazing Animated Short films - StumbleUpon We all love short animated films, but creating short film is very hard task. Putting whole story in 5 to 10 minutes is not easy. Can you imagine? Few films produced after working hard more than 6 years! I bet you will love these short animated movies, do let us know your favorite one, also feel free to share your favorite short film if it’s not present in the list. Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Oscar-nominated film of ‘Granny O’Grimm’, directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Brown Bag Films, and written/voiced by Kathleen O’Rourke. Oktapodi (2007) In Oktapodi, these two cuties help each other escape the clutches of a tyrannical restaurant cook. This Side Up – A Short Animation by Liron Topaz A naive music-lover’s patience is tested on his quest to download music online, as his perspective on technology completely changes. Oxygen Oxygen tries to make friends on the playground. “Heavenly Appeals” a short film by David Lisbe After many millennia of being tortured in Hell, Raymond K. Alma
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Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography This wonderful work has done by a very talented Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer Ben Heine. This creative artist was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. Timeline and Inventions of the 20th Century Timeline <1000 - 1300 <1400 <1500 <1600 <1700 <1800 <1900 <2000 Technology, science, and inventions have progressed at an accelerated rate during the hundred years of the 20th century, more so than any other century. We began the 20th century with the infancy of airplanes, automobiles, and radio, when those inventions dazzled us with their novelty and wonder. We end the 20th century with spaceships, computers, cell phones, and the wireless Internet all being technologies we can take for granted. King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor. Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner. Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons. Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan. Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2. William Kellogg invents Cornflakes. Leo Baekeland invents the first synthetic plastic called Bakelite. The gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Instant coffee invented by G.
50 Geeky Street Art Pieces Brimming With Awesomeness On my list of all things cool, street art is on top, right next to playing the guitar like Jimmy Page. The fun thing about street art is that there aren’t any restrictions. You can be anybody and have anything to say yet fully express yourself in art for everybody to see. This is something geeks have taken advantage of in an awesome way. Check out the images below to see what I mean. The Real Housewives of Ancient Egypt Had 8-Foot-Long Prenups Detail from the right side of an ancient Egyptian annuity contract. (Photo: Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago) Eight feet long from edge to edge and brushed with beautiful calligraphy, the stretched-out scroll hanging on the walls of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago could easily be mistaken for a poem, or an ornate royal decree. The 2,480-year-old marital document, written in demotic script—demotic being derived from the hieratic writing system, a kind of shorthand for hieroglyphs—was made to ensure that if the union between the signers didn’t work out, the wife would be adequately provided for. "Most people have no idea that women in ancient Egypt had the same legal rights as men," says Teeter. This ancient Egyptian annuity contract was signed in 365 BCE. Such annuity contracts "were extremely advantageous to the wife," writes professor Janet H. Two rockin' ancient Egyptian women, inscribed in a rock. Another annuity contract close-up.
Mountains of Books Become Mountains I thought I’d seen every type of book carving imaginable, until I ran across these jaw dropping creations by Guy Laramee. His works are so sculptural, so movingly natural in their form, they’ve really touched me. His works are inspired by a fascination with so-called progress in society: a thinking which says the book is dead, libraries are obsolete and technology is the only way of the future. “One might say: so what? See Also INCREDIBLE 3D ILLUSTRATIONS JUMP OUT OF THE SKETCHBOOK Carving into the discarded stacks of books, he has created fantastic, romantic landscapes which remind us that though our fascinations and the value we put on different ideas have changed, we as a species have not evolved that much. “Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. See more of his beautifully meditative works at guylaramee.com. Via: etoday.ru
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