Sacha Goldberger
Cute!
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Saltwater Panda
snorkeling and eating bamboo
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Three countries. One picture.
This is the junction of Iguazú and Paraná rivers, where three countries have their borders: Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil.
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Duplex is an amazing hybrid of bird cage and aquarium created by Constance Guisset. It favors an improbable encounter between a bird and a fish, living together in harmony.
The idea is simply genius and Duplex out-stands in design and good taste.
“A fish and a bird may indeed fall in love, but where shall they live?”
BOOM.
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It’s Sirin from Russian myths, isn’t it? At least looks similar.
Christopher Dresser, Ornament in the arabian style, intended to be painted in the centre of a ceiling,1876
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Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
In 1848 some workmen, after moving a block of stone in the woods, found a small cavity in the rocks. In this cavity, hidden away, were three earthenware jars containing over 3,000 Roman coins. No-one knows why the coins were hidden away in the cliff face nor by whom.
J. R. R. Tolkien, a frequent visitor to the Forest of Dean, may have visited Puzzlewood, and many believe Puzzlewood was the inspiration for the fabled forests of Middle-earth, such as the Old Forest, Mirkwood, Fangorn or Lothlórien contained within The Lord of the Rings. J.K Rowling is also said to have visited Puzzlewood, and it may have been this that influenced her idea of The Forbidden Forest in the Harry Potter books.
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The Middle Ages was a very exciting time in Europe.
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Mary Cassatt: lilacs in a window
Spectacular Libraries in Europe.
Here.
An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.
See how they’re made here. From Visual News
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