“These incredible pictures capture the stunning moment waves roll on to a tropical beach. Photographers Nick Selway, 28, and pal CJ Kale, 35, position themselves in the magnificent Hawaiian water – and then wait for the waves to crash into their heads. Their only equipment are standard cameras – but a waterproof case means they do not need to sacrifice their cameras for their art”. (Nick Selway/CJ Kale/Carter News)
Month: June 2012
Surrealism by Oleg Shuplyak
Seeing double? Hidden inside these remarkable oil paintings by artist Oleg Shuplyak lies a second layer of mind-blowing optical illusions.
Merging portraits of famous figures from art and fiction with landscapes and images from nature, his work requires a double take – or in some cases, several minutes of staring – before the secrets of the visual illusions reveal themselves.
Fire In Zero Gravity
Explain yourself!
Basically in a normal flame you have hot combustion products which are less dense than the surrounding air so buoyancy makes them rapidly move upwards. As this is happening they are cooling down and there isn’t enough time to complete combustion so soot is formed. Blackbody radiation from the soot is the characteristic orange part of the flame that we are used to seeing.
In microgravity there is no buoyancy-induced convection so what you see is a pure diffusion flame. That means that there is a thin interface in a sphere around the vaporized fuel stream where the fuel and oxidizer is perfectly mixed to make combustion take place. the fuel burns nearly completely without being pulled away by buoyancy effects, thus you just see a sphere of perfect blue flame.
Celebrity Spotting
Youtube prankster Ed Bassmaster goes to Beverly Hills where he asks random people on the street to take pictures with him because he thinks they’re famous. It’s probably a lot more fun than actually meeting celebrities.
First tribe guy with sneakers
That is a tribe from New Guinea. They wear gourds, called koteka.
Brain Cupcakes
Perfect for Halloween parties! Vanilla cupcakes with chunks of maraschino cherries, cherry vanilla butter cream frosting and brain cupcake toppers made with Lindt white chocolate painted with cocoa butter.
Piano Recycling
Cool idea, but I’d like to see a more polished version of it. The flowers don’t really seem to match, and something about the whole landscape makes it seem dirty instead of antique or ancient, which I’m guessing is what the person who made it was trying to achieve.
World famous Usain Bolt made headlines after winning the 100 meters at the international Diamond League meet. A flower girl ran onto the track to congratulate the speed demon, but he was running so fast he couldn’t slow down, and literally dragged her along as he slammed on the brakes.
Who puts that few liquor in their drink?