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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.
Continue reading...La Tomatina 2009: Pictures from the World’s Largest Tomato Fight!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The official website of La Tomatina says it all: tomatofight.es. That what it’s all about, a tomato fight that involves many tourists and the whole city of Buñol in the province of Valencia in eastern Spain. Held every last Wednesday in August, it’s tremendous fun for young and old. But there are rules and it’s okay even from an environmental standpoint. Find out why.
Continue reading...Incredibly Realistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings by Juan Francisco Casas
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
What is blue, about 10 feet tall and takes several ballpoint pens to make? One of Juan Francisco Casas’ drawings, created from a photograph and only with a blue pen. The 32-year old Spanish artist submitted his first realist ballpoint-pen drawing at a national competition in 2004 – and won second prize! The rest is history and Casas hasn’t really looked at traditional painting methods again.
Continue reading...The Enthralling Symmetry of Beach Umbrellas
Friday, July 3, 2009
A day at the beach: people, beach towels, chairs, sand, the smell of sun tan lotion, sea, sun and beach umbrellas. What seems like random beach activity is actually quite an organised environment, from colours to chairs to those saviours of the pale – the beach umbrellas whose arrangements structure life at the beach. See for yourself how the whole beach experience has become less haphazard and more picturesque.
Continue reading...The Town Devoured By Rock
Monday, April 27, 2009
The 3,000-odd inhabitants of Setenil de las Bodegas, a city in Spain’s beautiful Andalucia region, seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. When they enter their houses, they see rock face; when they stroll through their city, they walk on rocks. Has the city been hit by a meteor and if not what caused its unusual construction?
Continue reading...Walking Along the Scariest Path in The World
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
image via Wikipedia The area of El Chorro situated in the south of Spain is renowned amongst travelers and mountain hikers for its stunning scenery and climbs, yet this is not the main attraction on offer, El Chorro is host to one of the most dangerous walkways in [...]
Continue reading...$500M in Sunken Treasure, and Other Great Discoveries Undersea
Friday, May 2, 2008
Image from slava The news broke yesterday that the richest shipwreck of all time had been discovered– over 500 Million USD worth of gold and silver coin–had been found in an “undisclosed location in the Atlantic Ocean.” This is hardly the first time a private enterprise has gone [...]
Continue reading...Human Ketchup: The World’s Largest Tomato Fight
Saturday, March 29, 2008
‘Here in Buñol we have never liked bulls. A bull’s horns can hurt you, but a tomato never does you any harm,”- anonymous Image by Aaron Corey Every summer the Spanish town of Buñol witnesses lumpy red carnage in the format of a massive drunken food fight, where approximately [...]
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Friday, November 13, 2009
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