This is a fantastic video from National Geographic in which Brian Skerry is able to describe an incredible underwater experience he and his cameraman had. Imagine what it would be like to have a 40 foot whale float down and check you out… In Pure Spirit What’s your view? Would you have liked to be […]
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Buy the decapitated head of Saint Vitalis of Assisi
Saint Vitalis of Assisi is an interesting patron saint. As a young man Vitalis was a sinner; he was especially fond of sex. However, he found an alternative path by going on pilgrimages across Europe, becoming a Benedictine monk and living as a hermit without money. Saint Vitalis of Assisi is the patron saint of […]
Beautiful “Canary Sky” time lapse video
This collection of fantastic time-lapse photographs was taken in Tenerife at some 2,000 meters above sea level. It took more than a year to film all the footage. Rather unusually for time-lapse, the camera was also set on horizontal rails, sometimes a dolly vertical and spindles with horizontal and vertical movements. These allow the camera […]
Giant snake spotted escaping Mississippi floods
The American army have opened flood gates in Louisiana to try and protect large cities along the Mississippi River. The move means some 3,000 square miles of land will be flooded, some 25,000 people and 11,000 buildings may be effected. Boing Boing have unearthed a photo that suggests some rather interesting animals have also been […]
Ghosts made with body parts
You’re probably aware of some of the fantastic art talented peopel can create with long exposure photography and sources of light. It’s known as light painting and the internet is full of simply superb examples of it. For example, we have this thought provoking example from Rafoto. Hats off to Croix Cagnon and Frank Schott […]
10 stunning pictures for Earth Day
Today is Earth Day. The theme this year is A billion acts of green as the internet and activisits mobilse to try and protect the planet. The following ten pictures have been shared via Reddit, Digg and picture communities on LiveJournal. The photographers are unknown but please suggest photo credits in the comments below. They’re […]
Experience Human Flight
This video is an advert for a sky diving centre in Melbourne Australia. One of the last things I noticed in the video was that this was for an Australian company – up there, in the sky, the concepts of countries seem far less important. Even big ol’ Australia. Instead we’ve the sky and the […]
Is this spider cute or creepy?
Without a doubt there are many people who’ll always say “Creepy!” when presented with a spider. There will also be those people who run away in fear. Nevertheless there are some people out there who rather like spiders. Let’s introduce the peacock spider. It’s very small and likes to jump around. Jurgen Otto may have […]
Beautiful time-lapse video from El Teide
El Teide is Spain’s highest mountain and home to the Teide Observatories – which many people consider to be one of the very best observatories on Earth. Norwegian photographer Terje Sorgjerd suffered an exhausting trip, hardly any sleep and a heavyweight of equipment in order to put this time-lapse video together. In Pure Spirit What […]
Kitten-puppy: Cat gives birth to dog
A cat in China has given birth to a rather strange looking kitten. In fact, Zhou Yun is suggesting that her cat has given birth to a puppy. Here’s the picture. What do you think? Zhou does have a pet dog that likes to sleep, er, beside the cat. However, it’s biologically impossible for a […]
