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irefusetobedefined: therhumboogie: By Christian Hopkins, this...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:22 -0700

therhumboogie:

By Christian Hopkins, this very talented young photographer uses his photography as a true artistic outlet to help with his depression. The whole set of images are just stunning and really draw you in, a perfect example of how art can help a person having a difficult time to express themselves.

nevver: Total eclipse

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:30:43 -0700

Miloslav Druckmüller

Miloslav Druckmüller

nevver:

Total eclipse

imprecise: Kent Shiraishi

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:30:22 -0700

imprecise:

Kent Shiraishi

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Tue, 14 May 2013 12:30:23 -0700

odditiesoflife: The Long Abandoned City Hall Subway Station in...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:30:41 -0700

odditiesoflife:

The Long Abandoned City Hall Subway Station in New York

The City Hall station was meant to be the crown jewel in the city’s new subway system. It was opened in 1904 as the southern terminal of the Manhattan Main Line (which is now part of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line). Located beneath the public area in front of City Hall, the station has always been considered the most beautiful in the city.

Using an unusually luxurious style of architecture along with colored glass tile work, beautiful skylights and dignified brass chandeliers, the station was undoubtedly unique. Although it was the focus of the subway system groundbreaking ceremony in 1904, City Hall station eventually fell into disuse.

By 1945, only around 600 people per day were being served by the elegantly appointed station. As the trains grew longer and added doors in the middle of the cars, the City Hall platforms were no longer suitable. There were now unsafe gaps between the train cars and the platform; in other stations, the platforms were rebuilt or extended, but this wasn’t an option in the tightly-curved City Hall station.

Rather than undertaking a very costly renovation of the station which was hardly used by the public, the city decided to close it down. The station’s last day of service was December 31, 1945.

Recently, the MTA changed the rules to allow passengers to ride through the gorgeous City Hall station. Although the station is still closed to passengers, you can get a glimpse of the former glory of this interesting piece of New York history by sitting back and relaxing while the number 6 makes it loop.

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:30:35 -0700

book-of-flights: The Antikythera Shipwreck Exhibit Dated to...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:30:42 -0700

Hermes

Odysseus

Achilles

a young wrestler

book-of-flights:

The Antikythera Shipwreck Exhibit

Dated to 60-50 BC, the shipwreck was found off the coast of Antikythera. The ship carried cargo dating from 4th to 1st century BC and was sailing towards Italy carrying among other cargo bronze and marble sculptures, glassware and jewellery, and amonst these the famous “Antikythera Mechanism”. The finds reflect the new phenomenon of art trade, the first in the history of Western civilization.

These marble sculptures have been severely eroded by stone-eating organisms of the sea, and only their parts trapped safely in the mud of the seabed have remained wonderfully intact.

Scarred and deformed, the half-destroyed sculptures seem even more human, nearly demonic. No longer serving as images of idealised beauty, their artistic quality has reached a new dimension, distorted by nature’s interference. Their image haunts you long after you’ve left them behind.

I visited Japan in November 2011 for the exclusive purpose of...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:30:37 -0700

I visited Japan in November 2011 for the exclusive purpose of urban exploration on Hashima Island. The island, completely abandoned since 1974, sits in the southwest coast of Japan in the East China Sea. Only a few people have been able to access the island for the purposes of urban exploration photography. We were fortunate to be the only people to ever get 8 hours of uninterrupted access to the island.

“Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima or Gunkanshima (軍艦島; meaning Battleship Island), is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself.

The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island’s most notable features are the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall surrounding it.” ~wikipedia

by Chris Luckhardt

rhamphotheca: underthevastblueseas: Underwater Rivers? A group...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:30:31 -0700

rhamphotheca:

underthevastblueseas: Underwater Rivers?

A group of amateur cave explorers discovered a river in Mexico with banks, trees and leaves just like an ordinary river, but with an additional metric shit ton of “WTF,” because they were hovering 25 feet over it in scuba gear when they discovered it.

While underwater water doesn’t seem possible, the “river” is actually a briny mix of salt water and hydrogen sulfide. It’s much more dense than regular salt water, so it sinks to the bottom and forms a distinct separation that acts and flows like a river.

Deep sea lakes look like normal lakes, complete with sandy and rocky shores. Scientist call these lakes “cold seeps,” but they’re a hotbed for life, because apparently waterfront real estate is a hot commodity under water, too. The “rocky” shores are actually made up of hundreds of thousands of mussels. Even weirder, the lakes under the waves have waves of their own.

Photos by Anatoly Beloshchin,source,

cenophilia: Anthropomorphic tree Anthropomorphism is the...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:30:22 -0700

cenophilia:

Anthropomorphic tree

Anthropomorphism is the recognition of people-like characteristics in animals, plants or non-living things. This tree can be found in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

aquaticwonder: Shades of Turquoise Ice In the winter, for...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:30:28 -0700

aquaticwonder:

Shades of Turquoise Ice

In the winter, for about five months or from January to May, the lake freezes over but the water is so clear that, from the surface, you can see an astounding 130 feet below you. Transparent and shining in a turquoise color, these masses of broken ice look like shards of glass rising into the sky. They are caused by the slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice as well as by the unequal structure and temperature.

phaibooty: royalprat: wryer: Giant driftwood on the beach at...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:30:35 -0700

phaibooty:

royalprat:

wryer:

Giant driftwood on the beach at La Push, Washington (2010)

this made me feel really uneasy, the ocean is terrifying.

its like when cats bring home a dead bird and drop it at your feet except the ocean is like I HAVE BROUGHT YOU THIS ENORMOUS TREE FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL ENJOY

mother… fk

theartofanimation: Iammovan

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:30:26 -0700

theartofanimation:

Iammovan

bobbycaputo: Eerie underworld beneath Manhattan NEW YORK -...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:30:28 -0700

bobbycaputo:

Eerie underworld beneath Manhattan

NEW YORK - Sixteen stories below Grand Central Terminal, an army of workers is blasting through bedrock to create a new commuter rail concourse with more floor space than New Orleans’ Superdome, just one of three audacious projects going on beneath New York City’s streets to expand what’s already the nation’s biggest mass transit system.

But even with blasting and machinery grinding through the rock day and night, most New Yorkers are blithely unaware of the construction or the eerie underworld that includes a massive, eight-story cavern, miles of tunnels and watery, gravel-filled pits.

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The largest natural bridge on Earth was virtually unknown to the rest of the world, until it was observed on Google Earth. It's called the 'Fairy Bridge.'

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:13:49 -0700

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Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:30:23 -0800

theartofanimation: Bsanshuiji

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:30:43 -0800

theartofanimation:

Bsanshuiji

animelody: by 純

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:30:42 -0800

animelody:

by 純

wanting-a-hogwarts-toilet-seat: thegoddamazon: One of the...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:30:32 -0800

wanting-a-hogwarts-toilet-seat:

thegoddamazon:

One of the reasons I love deciduous forests. There’s magic in these places.

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jyk: A bright video screen shows images of blue sky on...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:30:35 -0800

jyk: A bright video screen shows images of blue sky on Tiananmen Square during a time of dangerous levels of air pollution, on January 23, 2013 in Beijing.