Being a swimmer, and encountering a four-meter-long Basking shark with a wide open mouth, must be scary as can be. This happened to a swimmer last week, during his swim off the coast of Zandvoort, The Netherlands. The second largest fish in the world is rarely observed for the Dutch coast. In 2009 washed ashore on […]

Photographer Shane Black and two of his friends quit their jobs this past summer to spend two months traveling around the country (and teach photography workshops). It was a trip filled with endless hours cooped up in a van, exploring breathtaking landscapes, sharing stories and laughs, meeting some of the nicest people, making new friends, […]

It took nineteen hours, about seven hours longer than intended, but since early this morning, the Costa Concordia is resurrected to it’s original position. This was accomplished by using a complex system of steel cables, pulleys and counterweights. A short three-minute timelapse shows the progress of the operation:

Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the southern hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, carnival celebrations, samba, Bossa Nova, balneario beaches such as Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon. Some of the most famous landmarks in addition to the beaches include the giant statue of Christ the […]

Artist/designer Daan Roosegaarde won the Danish Index: Award 2013 for his project Smart Highway. Along with construction company Heijmans from Rosmalen Roosegaarde designed a series of innovations to modernize motorways, such as Glow-in-the-dark Lines and Electric Priority Lane.