The Ames Room
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 Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. The Ames Room This is a classic optical illusion: url Here is the room's layout: the walls, floor and ceiling are all angled to create a "forced perspective":  Today's pictures & links: Click to enlarge images. Additional Awesome LEGO (to go with the recent article) Tentacles, Sea Monsters, Cable bugs - serious (almost) anime zoo, created by Danny Rice:   The Ohm creature, from Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaa" animation:  (images credit: Danny Rice) ------------ Prepare for Launch Russian payload, time-lapse photography:  Adequate security:  (originals unknown) ------------ Symbols... symbols, everywhere  (image credit: Accuracy & Aesthetics) ------------ Cool Shot of the Day (in cooperation with National Geographic magazine)  (photo of Siauliai, Lithuania - by Gianni Oliva) ------------ Mixed fresh links for today: Frozen in Time: Abandoned huts in Antarctica - [fascinating] The web is closed for spring cleaning! - [funny] Fish with a creepy-looking face - [nature] Cotard delusion of being dead and missing organs - [weird] - via Strange sound recordings - [article] Personal Space Invaders - [hilarious] Here is how a small Tokyo house can feel larger - [cool video] Don't try this: Avalanche Surfing - [wow video] Hummer can do this? - [car video] Over-excitable airport trucks - [video ad] ------------ Snow-white Cuteness   (original unknown) ------------ Great hotel inside Cappadocia Caves, Turkey More info at this site. Seems to be pretty cool location (assuming it's not haunted by specters of the past). We also wrote about Cappadocia Caves at the end of this article.      ------------ Awesome Bird Characters   (image credit: E. J. Peiker) ------------ Weird Tree Formation This must be some kind of Photoshop:   (original unknown) ------------ Suicide Teddy Goes with our "Suicidal Gadgets" article  (image credit: Robert Redman) ------------ Knitting, v2.0  Permanent Link...  ...+StumbleUpon  ...+Facebook  Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks: |
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Broken link for the Antarctic huts.
fixed, thank you!
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