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Linda - who has written 175 posts on Environmental Graffiti.
Linda is a writer and editor, currently based in London. Growing up in N Ireland, she craved sunnier climes so set off around the world, forever chasing the sun. On her travels she discovered she was much more passionate about the environment than she realised – although never quite got the whole tree-hugging thing – and has always had a penchant for the unconventional and creative side of life, so working at Environmental Graffiti suits her just fine.
Massive 10ft Spinning Ice Circle Discovered in the UK
It’s no secret that people in the UK are forever complaining about the weather, but it seems this week they were well within their rights. For the first time ever a rare phenomenon usually only seen in extremely cold countries was spotted on the River Otten in Devon.
Continue reading...The Floating Villages of Lake Titicaca
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Waking up to see the world floating past your window would fill most people with a deep foreboding and have them running outside to see what catastrophe had just occurred – was it shock flooding or a nightmarish storm that carried your house away, or could it be just another plain ordinary day on a buoyant bed of reeds in Lake Titicaca.
Continue reading...10 Highest Lakes on Earth [PICS]
Monday, January 12, 2009
When people talk about three quarters of the world’s surface being covered in water, you don’t generally think of it being 20,000 ft above sea level. Yet, some of the highest lakes in the world can be found hidden in the cracks and crevasses of mountain valleys, among some of the highest peaks in the world, making for spectacular imagery.
Continue reading...These Are The Kind of Insects You Want in Your Kitchen
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Finding your kitchen infested with insects would ordinarily put most people off their food and have them straight on to pest control, but not if they’ve been let loose by designer Sayaka Yamamoto. One of the design duo BCXSY, Yamamoto created the useful metal bugs to resemble everyday kitchen utensils as part of a project called Little Wonders.
Continue reading...Man Trapped in Labyrinth of Garbage Tunnels Dies
Thursday, January 8, 2009
This week, an eccentric British man, named Gordon Stewart, was found dead within a labyrinth of tunnels in his own home. It’s not that he lived in a mansion and therefore needed the tunnel system to get from room to room, far from it. He lived in a normal two-storey house, with mountains, and mountains, and mountains of garbage he’d collected over a 10 year period.
Continue reading...The Seventh Circle of Hell
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Few people venture into the heart of the Kara-kum desert, but those who do are drawn by an eerie bright light that illuminates the night sky for miles around. From afar a glowing red light seems to float on the horizon, enticing onlookers ever closer to peer into what seems like Dante’s Inferno.
Continue reading...Blue Fugates: Real Life Smurfs
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
If a good friend of usually normal intelligence suddenly insisted they saw little blue men, you’d be inclined to think they had lost all their faculties and would carefully hide all alcohol from sight, that or they’ve been watching too many reruns of the Smurfs. But until only recently the chance of seeing not only blue men but blue women was a very high likelihood, especially if you frequented the Appalachian Hills of Kentucky.
Continue reading...Underwater Forest Vs. Underwater Chainsaw
Monday, January 5, 2009
It may seem like a pipe dream for someone to come up with a viable solution to stop the endless logging in many parts of the world. Logging that is driven by people’s materialistic needs, usually the very same people who bemoan the loss of our rainforests and the effects of global warming. Yet one company, Triton, who have been in business for a number of years, discovered perfectly adequate resolution quite a while ago.
Continue reading...10 Masterpieces of High-Speed Water Photography
Monday, January 5, 2009
Since the iconic images of a were revealed in 1887 by English photographer Eadweard Muybridge, high-speed photography has come on in leaps and bounds. Multiple cameras are no longer needed to capture motion, just one, usually hideously expensive, camera is required (and some fancy equipment).
Continue reading...Funny Animal Pictures
Monday, January 5, 2009
It’s the first day back at work for many people so to break you into the daily grind as gently as possible we thought we’d offer you something that isn’t too taxing. Well, we figured you wouldn't want to have to think too much. And for those poor people feeling already overwhelmed, give yourself a five minute break and get a load of these.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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