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Bill Durgin's unusual figure studies New York photographer are as beautiful as they are strange Study. From his artist statement: The gesture within each photograph is created through exploring my own physical limitations and collaborative improvisation with dancers and performers. Often I will come up with a pose and demonstrate it and then ask the model to repeat or respond to it. Each pose transmogrifies the figure towards abstraction; exaggerating or diminishing the skeletal structure until it approaches an amorphic form. I want the bodies to be recognized as bodies, but also to be detached from common perceptions of the figure. Bound within each singular view, the uncanny figures convey the body as both abject and marvelous.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Zooming in on Mars: New high-resolution pictures, photos, pics & images reveal Red Planet's stunning terrain
It has long been a planet of wonder, leaving early astronomers to speculate about advanced alien civilisations facts.
Now modern-day star-gazers can enjoy stunning new close-up images of Mars' diverse surface after they were released information by NASA today.
The photographs were taken with a telephoto lens which can focus on objects the size of a beach ball from more than 180 miles away.
They zoom in on a range of terrains – from volcanic cones and cratered planes to wind-swept dunes to crusts of ice.
It forms part of the project using the HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera which has been circulating the Red Planet for more than four years.
There are 236 dramatic new images, taken between July 8 and July 31, which show Mars almost from pole to pole.
They also capture evidence of ongoing geological processes on the planet today, such as fresh craters that may have formed between January and June.
Mars has long proved a source of wonder for stargazers until Mariner 4 made the first flyby by a spacecraft in 1965.
Until that point, it was speculated that water was present in liquid form on the planet which can be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
Since then, unmanned missions have taken geological samples which suggest the surface was once covered with water.
In 2005, radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of water ice at the poles, and at mid-latitudes and in 2008 water in ice form was sample in shallow soil.
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, and has an average distance from Earth of 78m km but can come as close as 55.7m km.
It also boasts the highest mountain in the solar system, as well as the largest canyon.
A lucky photographer captured the image of a lifetime - shooting the incredibly rare moment a waterfall turned tomato soup red.
Rochelle Coffey was stunned when she saw the normally crystal-clear water turn deep red over the course of two hours.
The mother-of-two had been visiting the impressive Cameron Falls, in Alberta, Canada, with her husband and had taken photos of the normally clear water for six years.
Red river: The naturally-occurring phenomenon was captured by Rochelle Coffey at Cameron Falls, in Alberta, Canada. The red colouring of the water was a result of heavy rainfall washing sediment into the river
Quite a sight: The river turned a colour similar to that of tomato soup after heavy rainfall
However, on her last trip she could not believe her luck as she saw the water change colour and witnessed a naturally-occurring phenomenon.
Rochelle and her husband had driven to Cameron Creek, which runs into the falls, following a heavy storm and were shocked to see it was a deep shade of red.
They hurried to the waterfall but the water had not reached it yet.
After waiting for two hours the couple were rewarded with the extraordinary sight of the red water gushing over the rocks, something never seen to that extent by locals before.
The phenomenom was caused by the high levels of rain washing a red coloured sediment called argolite from the rocks and into the water.
Special: The red water plummets down the impressive Cameron Falls
Waterton Lakes, where the falls are located, has some of the oldest sedimentary rock in the Canadian Rockies, with stone dated from 1,500 million years ago.
Rochelle said: 'Earlier in the day there was a very heavy rain fall, which isn't uncommon, but the conditions must have been just right to bring down that much sediment.
'We decided to go for a drive and see just how much damage the storm had caused.
'We make that drive hundreds of times a year and we had always seen this crystal clear water.
'But this particular evening, I was shocked to see the creek tomato soup red.
'At this time, the falls were still clear. It took a couple hours for the sediment to reach the falls, and when the falls did finally turn red, it was a lot slower a process than we had anticipated.
'Another photographer waited beside us, but had to leave before the water turned colour. He missed the shot of a lifetime.
'The ironic thing is, I don't shoot a lot of scenery, and this truly was being in the right place at the right time.'
Rochelle Coffey was stunned when she saw the normally crystal-clear water turn deep red over the course of two hours.
The mother-of-two had been visiting the impressive Cameron Falls, in Alberta, Canada, with her husband and had taken photos of the normally clear water for six years.
Red river: The naturally-occurring phenomenon was captured by Rochelle Coffey at Cameron Falls, in Alberta, Canada. The red colouring of the water was a result of heavy rainfall washing sediment into the river
Quite a sight: The river turned a colour similar to that of tomato soup after heavy rainfall
However, on her last trip she could not believe her luck as she saw the water change colour and witnessed a naturally-occurring phenomenon.
Rochelle and her husband had driven to Cameron Creek, which runs into the falls, following a heavy storm and were shocked to see it was a deep shade of red.
They hurried to the waterfall but the water had not reached it yet.
After waiting for two hours the couple were rewarded with the extraordinary sight of the red water gushing over the rocks, something never seen to that extent by locals before.
The phenomenom was caused by the high levels of rain washing a red coloured sediment called argolite from the rocks and into the water.
Special: The red water plummets down the impressive Cameron Falls
Waterton Lakes, where the falls are located, has some of the oldest sedimentary rock in the Canadian Rockies, with stone dated from 1,500 million years ago.
Rochelle said: 'Earlier in the day there was a very heavy rain fall, which isn't uncommon, but the conditions must have been just right to bring down that much sediment.
'We decided to go for a drive and see just how much damage the storm had caused.
'We make that drive hundreds of times a year and we had always seen this crystal clear water.
'But this particular evening, I was shocked to see the creek tomato soup red.
'At this time, the falls were still clear. It took a couple hours for the sediment to reach the falls, and when the falls did finally turn red, it was a lot slower a process than we had anticipated.
'Another photographer waited beside us, but had to leave before the water turned colour. He missed the shot of a lifetime.
'The ironic thing is, I don't shoot a lot of scenery, and this truly was being in the right place at the right time.'
Anglerfish - 'Four-legged' fish goes for a walk along ocean floor in stunning photos taken on deep sea dive Perhaps he had just got tired of swimming.
For this odd-looking fish looks like he's just decided to head out for an evening stroll along the ocean floor.
But while it looks like he has sprouted legs, this angler fish's limbs are just the fins he uses to balance himself on the sea bed.
The fish rests on the ocean floor as he prepares to make a dart for any passing prey he has lured towards him using the protrusion above his mouth.
Faye Archell, or the Centre of Applied Zoologym said: 'Many species of Angler Fish are what are known as ambush predators. Their fins have adapted as limb like structures to allow them to remain stationary on the sea bed while causing minimal disturbance to the substrate and remaining totally camouflaged.
'They then use a protrusion on their heads, just above their mouths, that they use as a lure to catch their prey'.
Most of these species live in the great depths of the oceans, but some are found in shallower, tropical environments
The stunning picture was taken by scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia.
Eşref Armağan (born 1953) is a blind painter of Turkish origin. He was born both unsighted and to an impoverished family. As a child and young adult he never received any formal schooling or training; however, he has taught himself to write and print. He draws and paints by using his hands and primarily oil paints. In this manner, Mr. Armagan has been perfecting his art for the past thirty-five years.
He needs absolute quiet when working. First, using a Braille stylus, he etches an outline of his drawing. He needs to feel that he is "inside" his painting - for example, when he is drawing a picture of the sea, he often wonders if he should wear a life jacket so as not to drown. When he is satisfied with his drawing, he starts to apply the oils with his fingers. Because he applies only one color at a time (the colors would smear otherwise), he must wait two or three days for the color to dry before applying the next color. This method of painting is entirely unique to Mr. Armagan. He receives no assistance or training from any individual. He also learned to draw perspective.
He has also developed his own methods of doing portraits. He asks a sighted person to draw around a photograph, then he turns the paper over and feeling it with his left hand, he transfers what he feels onto another sheet of paper, later adding color. He has done portraits of the former first lady of Turkey, the current president and current prime minister.
In 2008 two researchers from Harvard, Dr. Amir Amedi and Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, tried to find more about neural plasticity using Mr. Armagan as a study case. Both scientists had evidence that in cases of blindness, the "visual" cortex acts differently than how it acts with the non-blind. Pascual-Leone has found that Braille readers use this very same area for touch. Amedi, together (with Ehud Zohary) at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Israel), found that the area is also activated in verbal memory tasks. When Amedi analyzed the results, however, he found that Armagan's visual cortex lit up during the drawing task, but hardly at all for verbal recall, meaning that some unused visual areas might be used in collaboration with ones needs from the brain. Moreover in scans that were held while Armagan drew, his visual cortex signals seamed as he was seeing to the extant that a naive viewer of his scan might assume Armagan really could see.
Mr. Armagan is married with two children. He has displayed his work at more than 20 exhibitions in Turkey, Italy, China, Holland and the Czech Republic. He has appeared several times on television and in the press in Turkey and has been on programs on BBC and ZD. In 2004, he was the subject of a study of human perception, conducted by the psychologist John Kennedy of University of Toronto.
In 2009 Armağan was invited by Volvo, to paint the new model S60. As it was not meant for a TV-commercial, more of a community "PR-trick", Volvo made a series of documentaries, posted on Volvo's Facebook page, where Armağan paints the S60, as well as single parts, wished by community. The painting was for sale on Ebay, and sold for US $3,050. The Canadian non-profit charity organization World Blind Union (WBU) was the benefactor of the auction.
Source :- Acid Cow
Aurora Borealis in Wisconsin
Massive Solar Storm Causes Aurora Lights in United States and Canada As scientists have already warned us, huge solar storm hit Earth’s atmosphere today. A few of extraordinary massive eruptions of the plasma on Sun’s surface have reached Earth today and thanks to that increased solar activity, residents in some areas of North America were able to see aurora lights in the sky.
NASA has announced that there were four strong eruptions on Sun which were directed straight to Earth. Luckily, our atmosphere as well as magnetic field has played well its role and absorbed the radiation.
Scientists have been predicting for a while that solar storms like this one could cause significant damage to satellites. Scientists are predicting that increased solar activity in next few years will be followed with a number of similar solar storms.
Aurora lights over Michigan, USA
Aurora lights over Michigan, USA
Solar storm light show over Saskaton, Canada
Source :- Incredible World
Surfer Girl
What does your baby dream about while sleeping? Mila’s mother decided to figure out this by creating amazing set of photographs. She is doing her best to imagine, create and capture her child’s daydreams. All pictures are very sweet and ingenious.
Adele Enersen in Helsinki says, "This is my maternity leave hobby. While my baby is taking her nap, I try to imagine her dream and capture it."
Bookworm
The Rockstar
Imaginary Friend
Banana Kick
Candyland
Attack of the 50 foot woman's baby!
UP!
Wonderland Mushroom
Her Pinkiness is The Batbaby
Bunny Wabbit
Nirvana
Cottoncandy Park
The Little Mermaid
Oh What a Circus!
A Little Ray of Sunshine
The Elephant Rider
A Space Odyssey 2010
Butterfly
The Rain Of Roses
The Snowman
Her SuperPinkiness
"She Loves Me, She Loves Me Lots."
It's a Jungle Out There!
Source :- Mila Daydreams