Tag Archive | "flight"
The Flying Tree Snake of Southeast Asia
When pigs fly. It's an archetypal expression of disbelief. What kind of pig could possibly fly? It'd be as crazy as some other flightless creature, like a snake, taking to the air. But let's slither back just a second. A genus of snake called the flying snake does indeed exist, and while technically it's able to glide rather than fly, this resident of South and Southeast Asia can still make some serious headway as it sails through the jungle – travelling distances as far as 100 metres before landing.
Continue reading...Japanese Space Beer: Taking “Lite” To a New Level
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Image from neebong Sapporo Holdings, proud manufacturers of an essential ingredient in sake bombs, have announced that they’re making an ambitious step to grow their brewery: beer from space.
Continue reading...5 Amazing Oddball Flying Machines
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Clément Ader’s flying machine. Taken by Stephane Delbecque In honor of Yves Rossy, the Swiss man who flew over the Alps on a personal jet-powered wing Wednesday, Environmental Graffiti was inspired to search for some of the other strangest devices that have carried men aloft. Obviously we have [...]
Continue reading...Flying Penguins Discovered and Captured on Film
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
BBC camera crews discovered something absolutely incredible… They were filming a colony of Adélie penguins on King Geoerge Island, around 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands, when the weather took a turn for the worse.
Continue reading...Why Walk Up That Mountain When You Can Become a Human Projectile
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
As a kid I always wished I could fly or teleport myself to random locations. Walking can be pretty time consuming job, not to mention boring and frustrating when you have to get somewhere. Volo dell’ Angelo, (Flight of the Angels). Phillip Voiroin pictured. Image by Castelmezzano.net As it [...]
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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