Environmental Graffiti

The Insane Bull Riders of Tamil Nadu

Tens of thousands throng the streets in the town of Alanganallur, and the hush that falls signals something is happening. Suddenly, a path is ripped through the sea of people by the beast – the juggernaut – all have come to see. Garlanded with flowers and coloured powder (gulal), the bull charges from its human corridor into the open bent on wreaking havoc with horns sharpened to deadly points. The competitors swallow their nerves, ready to leap on the animal already scattering bodies.

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The Crab Fishermen Of Alaska

High seas beset by towering waves, swell churning up hazardous freezing waters, and heavy machinery tied to treacherous equipment. Reasons enough why Alaskan crab fishing ranks as the deadliest job in the America – if not the world. Even such descriptions do little justice to the extremity of the conditions confronted by the fishermen out on the storm-ridden Bering Sea during the cruel Arctic winter.

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No Mr Bond, We Expect You To Fly [PICS]

Bond did it. So did Boba Fett. Boosting into the sky with your own jetpack is something we’ve all dreamt of. But despite the gravity-defying cool of the early jetpack designs, there have always been a few reasons why the idea didn’t take off. One snag is that jetpacks couldn’t carry enough fuel for flights much longer 30 seconds, while sheer hazardousness has been another drawback. Until now, that is, as a new age dawns with the launch of the water-propelled jetpack.

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Cyclists Fight Back With Lasers

Riding a bicycle on busy city streets can be darned dangerous, and doubly so at night when there's no bicycle lane. Sometimes lights and reflective gear don’t cut it when you’re being hounded by motorists either blind or berserk. So we were pretty excited by a new concept that offers a smidgen more security when you get on your bike. Called LightLane, it projects an instant, virtual bike lane onto the road around cyclists wherever they go.

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