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The sport of longboarding (skateboarding’s less popular little brother) explored in slomo by motionlights.
Nifty editing and a soundtrack from StrangeZero.
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Author Archives: Niall Murphy
According to his wife, Carmen Scheifele, the legendary HR Giger – creator of the original Alien xenomorph – will work with Ridley Scott again on the upcoming Alien prequel, Paradise. There will almost certainly be two movies, set in the world of the mysterious ‘space jockey’, (bottom pic).
Inevitably, Giger’s imaginings will loom out of the screen in 3D.
Scaring the bejesus out of a whole new generation.
HR Giger Is Teaming Up With Ridlet Scott On The Alien Prequels (GeekTyrant)
By Redditor Flargenhargen.
Previously: Slide Show! Toons In Real Life
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Aaand straight into the basket. We’re done here.
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A $19 billion development in Zhengzhou, packed with blocks of empty apartments
The New District Residential Towers: all empty.
Glamorous public buildings in Zhengzhou which have never been used.
China is in the midst of a huge economic boom right now and, in the spirit of Communist nanny-statehood, the government has taken it upon itself to construct vast urban developments wherever it sees fit and – seemingly – without factoring in what the people actually want.
The result: places like Zhengzhou New District (above), home to just some of the country’s 64,000,000 vacant homes.
Wen Jiabao: a word in your ear.
And Now Presenting: Amazing Satellite Images Of The Ghost Cities Of China (Business Insider)
Believe it or not, these are all images of snow crystals under varying degrees of magnification.
Nature. Y u so stunning?
More here from the guy who took the pix.
Mike Mitchell’s Tumblr Of Amazing Things