‘World’ Archives
Snow and gifts for Polar Bears
In these photos provided by the San Francisco Zoo, a snowblower shoots snow into the polar bear exhibit, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco. Approximately 10 tons of ice was turned in snow and shot into the polar bear exhibit to celebrate the first day of winter and to create a fun playground for two of the Zoo's polar [...]
Acoustic Radars in Second World War
Acoustic location was used from mid-WW1 to the early years of WW2 for the passive detection of aircraft by picking up the noise of the engines. It was rendered obsolete before and during WW2 by the introduction of radar, which was far more effective. (more...)
Strollers in military style
Shi jinsong's work is currently part of 'china - contemporary revival', an exhibition at the palazzo reale, milan, italy. on display is a selection of more than 180 art works including paintings, sculptures, installations and videos by 50 contemporary chinese artists. on show from december 11, 2009 to february 7, 2010. (more...)
Stalker 2 in real life
Photos of Russian guys playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game for real. They had a lot of cool hardware like AK-47 guns and Soviet style gas masks. For those who doesn’t know the game it’s game play takes place in Chernobyl, at the powerplant blow up site and so do those guys - they play this game right in Chernobyl where the ground and some metal [...]
Chronicles of life in the Republic of Congo
Chronicles of life in the Republic of Congo in pics. Chronicles of life in the Republic of Congo (more...)
