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30 Abstract Satellite Images of Earth
NASA’s scientists had a brilliant idea: to scan through 400,000 images taken by the Landsat 7 satellite and display only the most the most beautiful. A handful of the best were painstakingly chosen and then displayed at the Library of Congress in 2000.
Continue reading...Mark Twain’s Amazing Hoax that Deceived the World
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Environmental Graffiti reporter Thomas Davie investigates one of the most awesome 19th Century global pranks, by one of America’s greatest literary geniuses In Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Hank Morgan watches his medieval companion wallow with pigs she believes to be enchanted nobles [...]
Continue reading...The Biggest Wall of Antlers in the World
Monday, June 30, 2008
Do you get freaked out when you see a deer on the top of a car, during hunting season? Well, this museum will surely spook you since it contains the highest number of antlers per square meter than any other place in the world. It’s the Vajdahunyad [...]
Continue reading...10 Deepest Lakes on Earth
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Image via Flickr User Sniggity Have you ever swam out in a deep lake and not been able to see the bottom? All you can feel is the freezing cold water beneath your feet, all you see is darkness extending to infinity.
Continue reading...10 Deepest Caves in the World
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Image via Plamen Stoev Long ago, our ancestors were using caves as shelter from wild animals and the forces of nature. Perhaps, this base necessity however, has always been eclipsed by man’s curiosity and desire to explore the mystical and enigmatic air inside the abyss.
Continue reading...Are Food Shortages Priming The Developing World For A Revolt?
Thursday, May 1, 2008
by Spencer Kimball Image by camera_rwanda Last month witnessed a rash of political turmoil provoked by the inflating price of food.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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