miercuri, 29 august 2012

Damn Cool Pics

Damn Cool Pics


Jump Man - 5 Year Daily Photo Project

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:33 PM PDT



Mike has spent the past five years taking at least one photo of himself a day to create his ongoing video project Jump Man. He snapped his first photo on August 25, 2007 and published the first five years, which he refers to as his first phase, on August 25, 2012. Mike plans to complete his Jump Man project by the end of 2013. Say cheese, Mike!


30 Funniest Wedding Photobombs

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:51 AM PDT

There's nothing like a photo of Uncle Lester lurking in the background while the bride and groom share a passionate first kiss, right? Presented below is a collection of 30 best Big Day photobombs around.





























































Skywatching with a Homemade Telescope

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:47 AM PDT

One guy built his own telescope and takes pictures with it, here are a few of them.

Telescope


Telescope


Observatory


Looking in the door


Horsehead Nebula in Orion


Cone Nebula in Monoceros


Dumbbell nebula in Vulpecula


Globular Cluster M-3 in Canes Venatici


Great Globular Cluster in Hercules


Galaxy M-81 and M-82 in Ursa Major


Great Nebula in Orion


Pleiades cluster in Taurus


Galaxy NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis


Albireo in Cygni (The Swan)

Via Reddit


Mugshots of Criminals from the 1930s

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:10 AM PDT

Mugshots of the criminals from 1930's.































































Is College Getting Easier? [Infographic]

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:42 AM PDT

With college students spending less time hitting the books than their '60s counterparts, but earning higher grades, the question begs to be asked whether a college education is getting easier, the standards are getting lower or technology is increasing the efficiency of today's students?

Click on Image to Enlarge.


Via: OnlineColleges.net


Clever Bird Goes Fishing

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:09 PM PDT



Give a bird some bread and he'll eat for a day, teach a bird to fish and he'll end up on youtube. This Green Heron shows some real learning behavior. It actually feeds bread to fish to catch it. The method succeeds, a true testimony to bird cognition. The most amazing is, it seems to be hungry but does not eat the bread like the surrounding Ibises do.


Internet's Reaction to the Botched "Ecce Homo" Painting

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:50 PM PDT

The internet had some fun with Botched Ecce Homo Painting, the meme that has sprung up in light of an elderly Spanish woman's un-commissioned painting restoration attempt.

The orginal photo:










































Side Effects of Hot Summer

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:23 PM PDT

It has been quite a hot summer, I think..