November 18, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
Photo: REUTERS/Mick Tsikas
From The Big Picture comes this amusing photo of a person dressed as Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sitting on the beach and waking up with water around him. The stunt was organized by Oxfam Australia on September 21, 2009 and was aimed to bring awareness to global climate change.
November 4, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
When I was younger, I had a spinning globe on a stand that I used to place on my desk. I hardly ever used it, but I kept it there because I liked how it looked on my desk (plus, it lit up). I haven’t owned a globe since then but this Orion Black Ocean illuminated world globe is sorta making me want one again. At $85, it’s no cheap desk accessory (that’s the sale price, too!), but at least that sort of money will get you a globe that will be unlike most of your friend’s globes (if they even have any). And hey, the black oceans are a nice contrast to the usual blue oceans on traditional globes.
Oh, and flip the switch and you’ll see the continents and words on the globe light up in a very nice, high-contrast look.
October 15, 2009 @ 11:34 pm
Sea bacteria like this which resembles a thick mucus membrane is becoming more and more common, and scientists fear that its spread could cause danger to sea animals and humans alike. The sea mucus can potentially carry E.Coli and is sometimes so thick that it actually suffocates fish. [via]
August 21, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
Off the shores of Hawaii in the South Pacific Ocean last week, ocean photographer Marco Queral was captured by a fellow diver playing with a 50-foot humpback whale.
I think I would be scared to death if I came across a 50-foot humpback whale while swimming in the ocean. Fascinating photo though!
August 6, 2009 @ 4:02 pm
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This amazing piece of architecture is The Universe House, a structure designed by Tatiana Bilbao and based on the Jantar Mantar Astronomical Observatory in Delhi. The Universe House is unique because it is built so that the roof of the house holds an in-ground circular swimming pool/jacuzzi. Definitely a neat little design aesthetic that I’d love as part of my own home someday. Plus, it’s nice that you can sit in that pool and still overlook the ocean. Beautiful, eh?
May 21, 2009 @ 9:44 am
Photo: Beach Love by feaverish on Flickr
Feaverish’s photostream is actually full of wonderful images like this.
