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Chen Wenling’s
sculpture shows a bull, meant to represent Wall Street, seen ramming
the biggest con man of all time, Bernie Madoff, into a wall. The huge
cloud coming out of the bull’s rear not only refers to the end of a
greedy era, but also symbolizes the danger of virtual bubbles in
international financial markets.
Emergence
Sayaka Kajita Ganz
created these wild horse sculptures from trash-picked objects like
plastic utensils, toys, and metals. She says, “By building these
sculptures I try to understand the human relationships that surround me.
It is a way for me to contemplate and remind myself that even if there
is conflict right now, there is a way for all the pieces to fit
together.”
A six-foot tall baby giraffe was born at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk. This is how they weighed her:
The Dutch village of Giethoorn has no roads. Its buildings are connected entirely by canals, footbridges and trails.
Here is another post by Sixpenceee about the natural rock pools in Pamukkale, Turkey.
Roll Clouds
Roll clouds are truly a sight to behold! Some have described these clouds as looking like toppled tornadoes. These types of arcus clouds are typically associated with thunderstorms.
Not to be confused with the similar shelf cloud, these rarities of nature occur when air temperatures invert and cause the warm air to be on top of the cool air. Wind then changes speed and direction and causes a rolling effect of these cylinder-type clouds.
Roll clouds need just the right amount of moisture to occur. The storm winds actually push the clouds into a tubular shape, which moves them ahead of the storm. They look like a giant rolling pin across the sky!
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Sieur Freminet: Rebreathing Device (1772)
In 1772, Frenchman Sieur Freminet tried to invent a rebreathing device for scuba diving that recycled the exhaled air from inside of the barrel. This was the first self-contained air device. Unfortunately, Freminet’s invention was a poor one, and the inventor died from lack of oxygen after being in his own device for twenty minutes. (Source)
Karel Soucek: Shock-Absorbent Barrel (1985)
Karel Soucek was a Canadian professional stuntman who is famous for inventing “the capsule” and riding it down Niagara Falls. On that occasion he survived, although he suffered some injuries.
On January 19, 1985, Soucek convinced a company to finance a barrel drop fromthe top of the Houston Astrodome in Texas. A special waterfall was created fromthe top of the 180 ft. structure, with a plunge pit at the bottom. However, instead of landing in the center of the tank of water, the barrel hit the rim, causing the capsule to splinter and severely injure him. Soucek died the next day. (Source)
