Friday, November 18, 2011

Crop circles






Crop circles (or more accurately circles of crops) caused by center pivot irrigation in Colorado and the Sahara Desert in southeast Libya.

Crashed Ferrari table




Crashed Ferrari table by Charly Molinelli.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Ice worms

Ice Worms:
In 1887, a glacial geologist named George Frederick Wright was hiking across the Muir Glacier in southeast Alaska when something strange caught his eye. Just as the daylight began to fade, the previously uninterrupted expanse of white snow around him began to develop what appeared to be a five o’clock shadow. These wriggling “whiskers” grew rapidly end emerged from the solid ice, leaving the snow crawling with an astonishing number of small black worms. Within approximately an hour there were tens of thousands of them criss-crossing the snow as far as he could see, leaving nary a square inch unwormed. A few hours later they began to slip effortlessly back into the ice, ultimately leaving nothing but pure white snow behind for the morning sun. The ice scientist brought news of these strange ice worms back to polite civilization, yet even over a century later little is known about the intriguing organisms.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Memorial pillars in Anthem, Arizona



The Anthem Veterans Memorial was designed by Renee Palmer-Jones, and features five pillars and the seal of the United States:
At precisely 11:11 a.m., each year on 11-11, the sun will align through the elliptical holes in each of the five marble pillars (each representing a branch of the the U.S. military) in order to perfectly illuminate a round mosaic inlaid into the bricks, that of the Great Seal of the United States. The symbolism of the five pillars standing in formation in order to protect the United States and to complete the solar illumination is representative of our military personnel working together, in all regards, in the security and defense of all American citizens.
You can purchase a paver stone at the memorial here.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Ghost pelt



By Jon Klassen for Gallery 1988.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Plush chimera by Travis Lampe



Plush chimera by Travis Lampe for a show opening this weekend at Dragatomi.