Wednesday, May 2, 2012
You sure it wasn't a real nuke going off?
Nature's nuke: Stunning mushroom cloud storm in Texas scoops top photography prize
Snapped in the skies above the U.S. state of Texas, the awe-inspiring snap shows an incredible natural phenomenon called a supercell storm. It was taken by fine art photographer Mitch Dobrowner and was a winner at the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2012.
I would pose screaming for any artist for that amount of money
The Scream sells for a record $119.9million to mystery telephone buyer in New York
Edvard Munch's impressionist masterpiece, The Scream, was put up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City this evening. An unnamed telephone bidder bought the painting for the record price after 15 minutes of bidding. The painting was sold by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, whose father Thomas was a friend, neighbor and patron of Mr Munch, sold the 1895 icon. The auction at Sotheby's in New York is pictured.
View through the glass could certainly inhibit taking care of vital functions
The bathroom of the stunning new penthouse in Guadalajara, México, is situated on top of an unused 15-story elevator shaft. When the owners carry out simple everyday tasks, such as using the toilet or brushing their teeth, they will be able to look down through the glass floor to the bottom of the shaft.
That's a lot of debris moving our way
Astonishing satellite image reveals how 1.5million tons of debris from Japanese tsunami is being swept towards the US
The latest computer models (pictured) estimate that thousands of tonnes of detritus, which now stretches 4,000 miles across the Pacific, will start washing up this October and carry on into late 2013. Around 4.8million tonnes - including parts of houses, factories, cars and ships - were pulled into the ocean when the earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck Japan in March last year. While heavy items sank, at least 1.5million tonnes of lighter material such as buoys, oil drums and furniture were carried off by tides and the wind on a 4,500-mile journey to North America.
The charts in this story will amaze you -- worth a read
The changing face of religious America: Census reveals how number of Muslims in U.S. has DOUBLED since 9/11 - while Mormonism has spread to East Coast
A census of religions in the U.S. has revealed the numbers of Muslims jumped from 1.5 million to 2.6 million since 2000, while the number of Mormons rocketed by 45 per cent from 4.2 million to 6.1 million.
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