Monday, October 16, 2006

Orion Deep Field

Orion Deep Field View

An Orion Deep Field image taken by Robert Gendler, can be seen at NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day site. Check out more cool images here.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Creative Advertising

Don't Smoke
Check out this post on Hemmy.net -- some creative advertising from around the world. Pretty cool, innovative and smart.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

What if Humankind Disappeared

No HumansClick on the picture to see what would happen if we all disappeared from the planet.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Newsweek Covers

NewsweekWhat America sees from their media is different from what the world sees ... why? Can't Americans handle the truth? Or is this just more evidence of the dumbing down of America?

Saturday, October 07, 2006

City in 2 Hours

Check out these cool shots of downtown Toronto, taken over two hours.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Monday, October 02, 2006

Russia and America: No More Cold War

US F-15C Eagle & Russian Tu-95 Bear BomberPhotograph of a US F-15C Eagle from the 12th Fighter Squadron based at the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, flying next to a Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber of the Russian 137th Air Army. The F-15C Eagle was in the air as part of NORAD's response to a Russian training mission on the west coast of Alaska. [Source: NORAD]

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Centre of the Galaxy

Center of GalaxyCheck out this high resolution image from NASA's JPL of the centre of the galaxy. Stunning.

Coke's Fellatio

Coke's FellatioCoke eventually pulled this advertisement their flagship product after retailers complained about the hidden image of a woman and a penis in the ice cubes.

Schizophrenia

SchizophreniaThese paintings were painted by Louis Wain, who had a thing for cats, over a period of time in which he developed schizophrenia. You can see how his perception of reality changed over time as the illness took hold. [Source: The Huxley Institute.]

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Unreal CG

CG ImageClick the thumbnail to see the larger image. This is not a photograph. It's computer generated. For more, visit the CG Society.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Miniature Earth


The statistics are from the 1990s, taken from the UN and NGOs operating around the world. If anything, the numbers have probably gotten worse. Pause for a moment, click on play on the clip above. If you remain unmoved, you're a person the world needs less of.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Russian Anti-American Propaganda Posters

Wasn't the cold war a whole lot more fun than fighting terrorists?

Monday, September 18, 2006

Atlantis Docking to ISS

Atlantis ISS Docking
Here's a really cool image of the space shuttle Atlantis docking to ISS recently. The Sun is the background. Look at the image full-size -- the specks -- look closely. Cool!

Monday, September 11, 2006

Images of the Middle East

Check out this site for some photographs from the Middle East before the second world war.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Astronomical Scale

Astronomical scale
Astronomical scale
Astronomical scale
Astronomical scale
Astronomical scale

Getting too big for your britches ... click on the images above to get back to reality. [These were stolen from Tim Iacono's site.]

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Cool Picture of the Moon

Click for larger image of the MoonCheck out this absolutely amazing picture of the Moon. The image was made by a gent going under the moniker, NoelC, over at Broadband Reports. This image is a composition of shots of the Moon and background stars, with the Moon hypersaturated to bring out the colours.

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Palm Island



This is Palm Island, an engineering masterpiece, captured from space by the IKONOS satellite. This is one of three large artificial islands being built off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. This one is almost completed. The purpose? To make this the biggest tourism attraction in the world. Hmm ... tourism .. in the Middle East.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Space Imaging



This high resolution image of Venice was taken by the IKONOS satellite -- the world's first high-resolution, commercial earth imaging satellite. Check out the Space Imaging site for more, absolutely cool photos, from space.