Jun 28, 2009

Spiral Cellars for Home Wine Storage

Love Wine? I am sure you want to have your own wine cellar at your home. Take a look at the Spiral Cellar, a watertight, pre-cast cylindrical system that's sunk into the ground to build a wine cellar. It can be installed anywhere from kitchen to conservatory, workshop to study. The Spiral Cellar can keep up to 1,900 bottles in perfect storage conditions and since, like a traditional cellar, it relies on the surrounding earth for its insulation, plus an ingenious air-flow system, it requires no power to maintain its constant temperature. Take a look at the pictures.

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Via: http://www.spiralcellars.co.uk

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Wood Sculptures of Livio De Marchi

Livio De Marchi is a great artist with a sense of humor. Don't believe me? Take a look at these pictures of his creations. He is the only man who drives a car in Venice. The artist's has sculpted a full size Ferrari F50 boat out of wood. It floats on water, enabling him to drive around the many canals in his home town of Venice, much to the delight of tourists and locals.

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Born in Venice, Livio De Marchi worked on ornamental sculpture in the Venetian tradition in the workshop of a crafting and in the meantime he studied art and drawing at the "Accademia di Belle Arti" in Venice. His other large works include floating hat in origami style, floating woman's show, floating jaguar 1937, house of books, floating volkswagen Beetle convertible and floating pumpkin coach with 4 horses.

Take a look at the pictures. Amazing creations. Aren't they? In the end, don't forget to watch the video!

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Also, take a watch a nice video:

via: Livio De Marchi's Website http://www.liviodemarchi.com

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Jun 27, 2009

Monkey Urinates on President!

Animals don't care about humans. Recently, a monkey in Zambia proved it once again! According to news reports, a monkey urinated on Zambian President Rupiah Banda as he spoke to journalists at a news conference Wednesday.

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But, the President took the unfortunate incident in good humor.

He softly shouted: "You (monkey) have urinated on my jacket," and paused as he looked up to see the animal playing in a tree just above his chair. "I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata," he joked, referring to opposition leader Michael Sata, who Mr Banda defeated in last year's presidential elections.

Monkeys are common visitors to the president’s compound. But they never did something like this before. The president continued his speech amid laughter from the audience of journalists and diplomats.

Watch a video here :)

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Jun 26, 2009

Massive Ice Circles (14 Photos + 1 Video)

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Take a look at the circle in the picture above. This is an ice circle, a rare natural phenomenon in which large discs of ice are formed in slow moving water in cold climates. And the interesting thing is that those ice circles rotate slowly in the water. That's why many UFO-enthusiasts claim that ice circles are actually signs left by visiting aliens!

Ice circles normally occur at bends in the river where the accelerating water creates a force called 'rotational shear', which breaks off a chunk of ice and twists it around. As the disc rotates, it grinds against surrounding ice and the result is a perfect circle that people call "Ice Circle". Another kind of ice circle are actually ice pans, or surface slabs of ice that form in the center of a lake or creek, instead of along the water's edge. They can be explained by quick shifts in temperature. As water cools, it releases heat that turns the water into frazil ice — a collection of loose, needle-shaped ice particles that can cluster together in an ice pan. Wikipedia

Ice circles have most frequently been observed in Scandinavia and North America, but was also recorded in Britain and Russia. Want to know more about ice circles? Take a look at the following photographs. Also in the end there is a video. Watch it!

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River Otten in Devon, UK (Source)

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Sheridan Creek, Rattray Marsh in Ontario, Canada (Source)

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Hemlock River located near Amasa, Michigan (Source)

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Piteälven south of Älvsbyn in northern Sweden (Source)

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Lake Baikal in Russia (Spotted by ISS astronauts)

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Lake Sannavagen at Sanna in Halsingland, Sweden (Source)

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Norwalk, Connecticut, USA (Source)

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Wescott Stream, Waldo, USA (Source)

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Råneälven in Norrbotten, Sweden (Source)

Some more pictures of ice circles spotted in different Russian locations.(Source)

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Also take a look at the ice circle video. It shows the ice circle that appeared in Rattray Marsh, Mississauga, Ontario, on December 13th, 2008.

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Tilt-Shift Video of Switzerland Trains

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Switzerland is country with some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world. To view the beauty of Switzerland from a different angle, Andi Leemann and Jeri Peier created this wonderful tilt-shift video of trains in the villages of Sisikon and Göschenen in Switzerland. Take a look.

Amazing is not it? They used two EOS 5D Mark II cameras, a Canon 90mm TS-E f/2.8 and a Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 combined with a 1.4x converter. (and polarisation filters).

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Jun 25, 2009

Door to Hell (10 Photos+1 Video)

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Take a look at the picture above. It is from a place called the "Door to Hell", which is situated in Uzbekistan, near the small town of Darvaza (or Derweze). Why it is called "Door to Hell"? Because there is a fire continuously burning since 1971! So, locals have named the cavern The Door to Hell.

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The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971 geologists accidentally found an underground cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of about 50-100 meters. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided to burn the gas. As of 2009, gas from the cavern are burning uninterrupted.

Take a look at some more pictures of the "Door to Hell". Plus a video.

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Take a look at the "Door to Hell" video:

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Snake Massage in Israel (7 Photos)

An Israeli health and beauty spa located in Northern Israel is offering a new service for its customers. The weird and odd service is nothing but massage with snake! What? Yes, Ada Barak’s spa in Talmei Elazar, Israel offer Snake Massage after she discovered the therapeutic value of snakes after letting people hold them. Ada now uses a combination of big snakes for deep massage and little ones for light massage, though all are non-venemous. Take a look at the pictures.

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