Behold Burning Man’s Awesome and Totally Bizarre Architecture Burning Man takes place every August in the middle of the Black Rock Desert in northwest Nevada. It’s not a pleasant place, with triple-digit temperatures, 30-mile-an-hour winds and blinding sand storms. Yet that doesn’t stop some 70,000 burners pouring in for a good time. And erecting an entire …
Space Photos of the Week: NASA Takes Better Eclipse Photos than You Millions of people stared up at the sky on Monday for a chance to watch the first total solar eclipse in the contiguous United States since 1979. And while countless photos were taken of the event, none are quite so impressive as those captured …
South Korea Preps for Terrorist Attacks on the Streets of Seoul Passersby were likely alarmed on Wednesday when they spotted this silver Kia Optima covered in rubble in Seoul, South Korea. Fire and smoke billowed from the open windows as firefighters rushed around trying to put out the flames. It looked like a terrorist attack, but …
Want to Look Famous? Just Photoshop Yourself With Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol In real life, Silin Liu leads a fairly pedestrian life as an artist in Beijing. In her photos, she is Celine Liu, a glamorous socialite who chats with world leaders, mingles with celebrities, and hobnobs with intellectuals. With a few costumes, an iPhone, …
An Insane View of the Milky Way From the Edge of New Zealand New Zealand’s South Island spans 58,000 square miles of breathtaking, verdant terrain. But nothing on the ground surpasses what’s in the sky. The region is home to the largest dark sky observatory in the world, glittering with millions of stars and spectacular views …
Space Photos of the Week: Black Holes Drink Massive Stars’ Milkshake! From Earth, the cosmos looks like an immovable tapestry of glittering stars, but it’s constantly changing. “The universe, so far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine,” said philosopher George Santayana. “Its extent, its order, its beauty, its cruelty, makes it …