Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama jokes with his nasal spray after being asked his opinion on swine flu during a press conference at the Malley ice stadium near Lausanne, Switzerland on August 4, 2009

AFP picked by kakana 4 months ago

View of Big Rig Jig at Burning Man 2007 and just below it, a remarkable photo of a rare double rainbow captured after a sudden storm in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

A visual guide of the additional prices we all pay if we fly somewhere, on top of our tickets, for airfare. picked by iamamaniac 4 months ago

A competitor crosses the Start/Finish line during the Northern Ireland Bog Snorkeling Championships in Peatlands Park, Dungannon, County Tyrone July 26, 2009.

REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton picked by kakana 4 months ago

Monkey Beach is located in Yong Kasem Bay on the Phi Phi Don Island. It is a beautiful beach with white sand where jungle clad limestone cliffs tower above. Every day macaques come to the beach to be fed with fruit within reaching length from visitors.

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The above picture might look like a rendering done by some Maya expert but it is actually Tokyo's underground sewer system. No wonder in spite of heavy rains Tokyo never gets flooded.

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Resistance is futile. picked by maven 4 months ago

Edogawa-ku fireworks festival

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The limb of the Earth, seen from the ISS when it was high above Arkansas on May 21,2009. picked by mutil8or 4 months ago

Nautilus Shell House was build for a Mexico City couple by Senosiain Arquitectos. The house is put together using a frame of steel-reinforced chicken wire with a concrete spread over it, resulting an earthquake proof structure.

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These beautiful high-voltage towers in Istra, Russia, near Moscow are the Experimental Grounds for High-Voltage Generation. They still light up and fire streaks of lightning into the night. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

A replica of the Prince Willem vessel has been destroyed by a fire in the historical museum harbour at Willemsoord in Den Helder, The Netherlands

Picture: EPA picked by kakana 4 months ago

Military photographers Jon Husman and Elliott Fabrizio capture lightning over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis while on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean

Picture: Rex features picked by kakana 4 months ago

The German branch of ad agency BBDO thinks it's so gangster, it's ripping off a Blood hand sign. picked by suebe 4 months ago

Over the last 15 years, students' unmet financial need has increased much faster than the maximum amount of money they can borrow through subsidized federal loan programs. As a result a multi-billion dollar private student loan market sprang into existence to fill the gap. picked by iamamaniac 4 months ago

At the Miss Mud compeition, contestants cover themselves in sea mud and partake in various activities including wrestling and skating.

*Mud wrestling?

Picture: BARCROFT MEDIA picked by kakana 4 months ago

A pair of newborn panda twins are seen at the Research Base of the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China

Picture: AP picked by kakana 4 months ago

A tiny hedgehog, just over an inch and a half long, after it was rescued by St Tiggywinkles Wildlife hospital in Bucks at just one day old

Picture: JEFF MOORE picked by kakana 4 months ago

Because of the rapid growth of the population and the frequent fires, during the 18th century, the green areas of Edo were diminishing rapidly. The Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune (1716-1745) solved the problem by ordering its subordinates to plant sakura in several areas in Edo (Asukayama, the banks of the Sumida River, Shinagawa Gotenyama, Koganei and the banks of the Tamagawa water system). Click th... read full post picked by kakana 4 months ago

World's Most Impressive Rock Formations picked by Bingo 4 months ago

It's Ploo!!, Live from New York City! picked by Ploo 4 months ago

Stronger Than You Will Ever Be picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Some 25,000 American tombs scattered around Verdun were then brought together at Romagne where, after almost half the bodies were repatriated to American soil, 14,246 soldiers have lain ever since. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

The Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta , Canada . These oil deposits make up the largest reservoir of crude bitumen in the world, and as recently as 2006, produced over 1 million barrels of crude oil per day.
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New York, New York - click the photo for many, many (many!) more. picked by suckersklub 4 months ago