light graffiti

Here are some cool shots of light graffiti at a skate park in the UK, photographed by Ben Matthews (apparently he's a dentist too!). The artist had to use exposure times of up to 12 minutes, and he took some wicked cool pictures.

You can see the star trails in this one:

Images via Environmental Graffiti

"door to hell"

While drilling for gas in Turkmenistan, scientists found a huge hole with poisonous gas spewing out of it. They then lit it on fire to help it burn off in a couple of hours. They did that 35 years ago. Its STILL burning.


I think the nickname Door to Hell is obvious.

Check out some more pictures and videos here

why does nobody tell me about these things??

Stumbling around Digg today, I found a website called Google Sky. Basically, its Google Earth but 10000 times better, and it consists of detailed pictures of galaxies, nebulae, and planets. You can check it out in infrared, microwave, or even a historical map of constellations and other spacey things. Type in whatever you want to look for, or click around for a bit... Maybe one day they'll make a street view? Doubtful.

Check it out here

punch

Since the discontinuation of instant Polaroids I've been searching for something to fill the void where instant cameras used to be. Enter the Punch camera, a camera resembling that of a glasses case that takes pictures, and then allows you to punch your picture onto paper. There is also a digital gallery that allows users to connect to other people's pictures.




Via LikeCOOL

today's APOD

Today's astronomy picture of the day is absolutely gorgeous. Its from the Hubble Space Telescope's newly upgraded wide field camera, and shows the butterfly nebula, a formation of gas from a dying star that is 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit and is traveling outwards at 600,000 miles an hour. If this was the sun, it would hit the earth within 24 minutes. It can be seen in the constellation of Scorpius, and it is one of the hottest known stars in our galaxy.

the only tattoo i've ever liked

On the subject of my obsession with birds/feathers, I thought this tattoo was gorgeous. Obviously I would never get one for myself, but if I was forced to get something, I wouldn't balk at the idea of this one. Called "Birds of a Feather" on many a Google image search, this tattoo by Sheishere on Deviantart has gotten the same-named Phish song stuck in my head.

patrick runte video game photography

Here are a couple of my favorites from Patrick Runte's series of video games in real life. Very cool.
See the rest of them here... my computer at work won't load the rest

photography by one talented dad

Brickworks

Macro shot

Muskoka


Food... no surprise here


Charlevoix

Quebec City

Photography by Neil L.

My dad has been improving with his photography so much, and I thought I'd show a bit of it here. My parents are in Alaska right now so I guarantee there will be more awesome shots of whales and such to come.

Check out his website at shrink.smugmug.com