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13. November 2009

The World In Lego

To rebuild buildings, places and objects in Lego has become so commonplace that it takes a unifying theme to put a method to the brick madness. For us at Environmental Graffiti, what could be better than to highlight the beauty of selected UNESCO World Heritage Sites? We’ve picked ten incredible Lego equivalents.

13. November 2009

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Stunning Marbled Ice Growlers

Ice growlers have nothing to do with people who stayed too long in Antarctica, snarling at anyone getting too close. No, ice growlers are the smallest type of polar icebergs, classified to fall under 1 m (3.3 ft) in height and 5 m (16 ft) in length. These baby icebergs are actually the oldest or last part of any given iceberg – which makes us grateful for photography, enabling us to capture these beauties before they melt away.

11. November 2009

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The View from the Seven Highest Mountain Passes on Earth

Dizzying heights, rarefied air and brutally cold temperatures. That’s the Himalayas and surrounds for you – home to the highest peaks on earth; the highest mountain passes too. We’ve compiled seven of the highest that are accessible – passes only the toughest would traverse on foot and only the boldest of drivers dare navigate. High in these mountainous regions of India, China and Tibet, the views are spectacular but the drops often abrupt.

11. November 2009

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The Great War in Colour

On this day, ninety-one years ago, the guns that raged over the battlefields of Europe for more than four years fell silent. Never before had slaughter on such an industrial scale been conceived of, and never again would the lives of those who survived be the same again. Environmental Graffiti has compiled a collection of rare colour photographs, illuminating in grim detail the horrors of a war that set a precedent for bloody conflict in the twentieth-century.

10. November 2009

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Mobula Ray Bursts from the Waves

Off the coast of Mexico’s Baja peninsula, a Mobula Ray bursts from the swell with breathtaking beauty, catching air as its whip-like tail trails behind. The expression 'like a fish out of water' is used to convey the sense of feeling uncomfortable in a situation, but one look at the Mobula Ray soaring almost seven feet above the waves and discomfort is the last thing to enter the mind. Effortlessness is more like it.

10. November 2009

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Hawaii’s Beautiful Yet Strangely Coloured Beaches

Black, green, yellow, red – not the colours of a traffic signal but the amazing variety of Hawaiian beaches. Yes, in certain areas of the islands, you will find beaches with sand in all these colours... and we got incredible pictures to prove it. Yes, the Haiwaiian islands, formed through volcanic eruptions from a magma source at the sea floor, show an amazing geological variety, including their many amazing-coloured beaches.

10. November 2009

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Starling Formations Paint Incredible Pictures in the Sky

Messages in nature? Living art created by avian multitudes? Or just an example of the human mind perceiving forms greater than the sum of their parts? The superstitious might lean towards the former interpretations, but either way it’s clear birds are capable of making some phenomenal shapes. Flocks of Starlings have got to be the standard bearers when it comes painting complex patterns in the sky, yet Flamingos too can form some awe-inspiring figures.

9. November 2009

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Sri Lanka’s Giant Magma Plug Fortress

Built as a 'palace in the sky' for a God-king, the mountain fortress of Sigirya boasts beautiful images that actually chronicle his more base instincts. It towers above the surrounding plains of the Matale district in the heart of the country and was carved from the hardened magma of what was once a volcano. Today, it stands as a reminder of the various ancient cultures that helped shape Sri Lanka down through the centuries.

9. November 2009

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28 Balls

When art dabbles with science, the results don't always chime. Not so in the case of Pascual Sisto’s 28 Years in the Implicate Order. Mesmerising, hypnotic, spellbinding – this video loop of multiple balls bouncing in sync with one another is these descriptions and more. It’s also puzzling, begging the question: How is it possible? How can so many balls be captured like this without trace of a human hand?

7. November 2009

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Sao Paulo’s Incredible Storm Drain Graffiti

Where there is concrete, let there be colour; where there is asphalt, let there be kickass graffiti. The world’s metropolises are grey enough places without a hard line stance against good graffiti. Take Sao Paulo, whose sprawling mass is home to almost 20 million people. When street art duo 6EMEIA started painting storm drains in the Barra Funda neighbourhood of Brazil’s largest city, their plan was to transform everyday life in the way only a smile can.