Sunday, 23 October 2011
0 Monsanto - A Village Of Rocks
Monsanto is a beautiful Portuguese village built on the side of a mountain. Local houses are squeezed between huge boulders and narrow streets are carved from the rock. This place is like a living museum. The village is located in Southeast of Serra da Estrela. With houses squeezed between gigantic boulders, it's a stunning sight.
Its appearance hasn't changed in centuries, with tiny streets carved from the rock. Some of the granite houses have Manueline doorways and the ruins of a castle that started as a Lusitanian fortified settlement, affords magnificent views stretching as far as Serra da Estrela. Next to the castle are the ruins of a Romanesque chapel, adding to the hauntingly beautiful atmosphere.
In 1938 Monsanto was voted the most Portuguese village in Portugal in a national contest, and since then building restrictions have allowed it to remain a living museum. It is not easy to reach Monsanto by public transportation, but its atmosphere and immense panorama is worth a drive from the towns nearby or Serra da Estrela.
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0 Super GIF Photos - Creative Cinemagraphs
A Cinemagraph is an image that contains within itself a living moment that allows a glimpse of time to be experienced and preserved endlessly. A cinemagraph is simply a GIF file (could also be a video) with more artistic feel that the regular GIF you see everywhere.
Typically it is a still image with a few elements slightly moving. This technique gives the Cinemagraph a bit of mystery. It's nothing impressive on technique but what makes cinemagraph unique is it brings back certain part of the photo to life, thus making the entire photo more realistic, attractive and sometimes even thought-provoking.
Here is an attractive showcase of Cinemagraphs by Beck & Burg for your inspiration. Time to bring photographs to life.
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Saturday, 22 October 2011
0 The Blue Angels - Live Cockpit Footage
Raw cockpit footage during a Blue Angels Airshow. Amazing how close these pilot fly their jet.
The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, was formed in 1946 and is currently the oldest formal flying aerobatic team. The squadron's six demonstration pilots currently fly the F/A-18 Hornet in more than 70 shows at 34 locations throughout the United States each year, where they still employ many of the same practices and techniques used in their aerial displays in 1946.
Since their inception, the Blues have flown a variety of different aircraft types for more than 427 million spectators worldwide
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0 Super Fast Chinese Cake Lady
This Chinese lady works at a bakery and works faster than the speed of light when it comes to getting cakes to her customers. The cake might be very tasty because judging from the video, there are tons of people in the line waiting for their order.
0 Syrian Strongman Pulls 100 Tonne Train
A man has successfully managed to pull a train along a railway line using nothing but his body strength. Not sure either it is part of some record breaking attempt.
Adnan Ismail al-Awad, a Syrian strongman, pulled a train packed with passengers, that he claims weighs over 100 tonnes thanks to an incline, using nothing but muscle power. The extraordinary feat was witnessed by a large number of people at Kadam train station in the capital of Syria, Damascus.
Its length is 20 meters and it weighs 2.5 tonnes. But when we pull something on an incline it becomes heavier. So it becomes more than 100 tonnes - Adnan
After getting into his harness, and positioning himself over the tracks, he began to tug the train. The wheels moved, and Awad managed to pull it along the rusty line.
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