| The Road to Fairy Meadows Posted: 13 Jul 2011 05:06 PM PDT 
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The Road to Fairy Meadows
Pakistan's Fairy Meadows must be really worth the trip... and a few heart-stopping moments along the way.
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Here's another video, going from the other direction - click here.
Today's pictures & links:
Stunning!
Created by Stanislav Odyagailo from Ukraine, this is a pure joy to behold:
("To Catch a Wind", art by Stanislav Odyagailo)
See the color version here. Here is another piece, "Leaving Doubts":
(image credit: Stanislav Odyagailo)
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A Rose Made from Galaxies
Something mind-blowingly immense and beautiful - courtesy Hubble telescope:
(image via HubbleSite)
These are Arp 273 and UGC 1810 galaxies. See the high-resolution image here.
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What is this? Why is she wearing this?
UPDATE: Apparently, this is a smog helmet, featured in the Popular Science issue from 1949 - see here
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Hanging On (More Extreme Sports)
Continuing our Extreme Sports theme, we need to mention the running series on National Geographic Extreme Photos of the Week. Here is one of them - "no rope", free daredevil climbing at Yosemite... see more here:
(image credit: Dean Potter)
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Mixed fresh links for today:
Longest Sentence in English, Longest Novel - [cool info]
Really Beautiful Interior of the Berliner Dom - [wow photo]
Impressive Abandoned Soviet-style Monuments - [gallery]
Tallest Mountain to Deepest Ocean Trench - [infographic]
Awesome Concept Skyscrapers in China - [architecture]
Steampunk USB Drive Done Right - [gadgets]
Recycled! Star Wars Vehicles, Alien Blobs - [wow design]
This Machine is for... Wait for it! - [wow video]
Bohemian Rhapsody Sung by: Robots, Four Finnish Guys - [fun video]
Luckiest Squirrel Ever - [wow video]
Trolling Saruman - [fun video]
Fantastic Animation by Pierre Bertrand - [cool videos]
Find Your Perfect Patio - [summer fun]
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The Giant Destroyer of the Future
Back from the pages of Popular Science (December, 1916) is this intimidating humongous machine. See our "Strange Tanks" series for more such mechanical atrocities:
(images credit: Popular Science, December 1916)
According to our readers, this machine is similar to Tzar-Tank of Lebedenko (Russia, 1916) - see here.
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Prairie Surrealism
This is perhaps one occasion when Photoshopping a whole planet, or two, into a landscape seems appropriate... Prairie skies are immense enough to warrant an extra planet hidden in the sunset:
(image via, original unknown)
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Index typewriter "GUNDKA", Germany 1924
Remember we ran the article about Weird Antique Typewriters? Well, we seem to have missed this kind:
(image via)
More info about this fascinating product can be found here.
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North Korea Finally Finishes its Grandiose Skyscraper
The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, was long a favorite of urban explorers: a haunted, abandoned skyscraper, full of apocalyptic interiors and zombie-like exterior... well, no more. North Korea has finished the project and even clad the exterior in shiny glass. Futuristic? Certainly!
(image credit: Mark)
See more recent photographs from North Korea here, some of them are still pretty other-worldly.
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Renault "Frendzy" Concept Car
Finally a concept car that promises to be practical, flexible (combining mobile office and a family van) and really... different looking? - more info & video
(images via)
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Motherhood
Emperor Tamarin: Mother & Child -
(image via)
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All Aboard!
Another surreal beauty created by Tebe Interesno artist from Russia (scroll down):
(image via Tebe Interesno, see larger)
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Anyone wants a rocket?
(original unknown)
...only you will have to transport it (push it) yourself:
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