Here’s something you don’t see everyday: a pink pearl apple. This fruit was developed in 1944 by Albert Etter, a northern California breeder of apples. They’re named for their bright, pink flesh and have a translucent yellow-green skin, along with aromatic flesh as well as a delicious sweet-tart flavor. Continue reading for more.
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When you mix glowsticks with a waterfall and long exposure photography, you get “Neon Luminance”, an amazing long-exposure photo series by Kris Abildgaard of San Francisco-based multimedia company From The Lenz. Click here to view the first image in this week’s cool stuff and funny fixes gallery. Continue reading to watch “The Glitch”, one of the coolest fan-made video game shorts ever.
llure of the Seas is a cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. Together with her sister ship, Oasis of the Seas, she holds the record for the largest passenger ship ever constructed, although Allure is 50 millimetres (2.0 in) longer than Oasis, making her technically the largest despite the fact that both ships have identical superstructures. Continue reading for a video, more pictures, and additional information.
Seth Taras, a self-taught photographer, seamlessly blends together historical events and modern day locations to take us on a journey into the past – four of them to be exact: Normandy, Berlin, Paris, and Lakenhurst, New Jersey, all of which can be viewed after the jump. Above, we see “Cherbourg, avenue de Paris, ancient Poste de Police, jardin Public” during World War 2 from a different unnamed artist. Continue reading to see them all.
Despite what’s going on now with North Korea and the US, many tour companies are still operating at full capacity, usually at a cost of $2200+ for a 7-night stay. This photographer (Reddit user defRoach84’s mother) has decided to create a visual journal for the internet to enjoy. Continue reading for a video, more pictures, and additional information.
For those who aren’t don’t keep up to date with photography contests, the winners of the Seventh Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year Contest have just been announced, and the 12 finalists definitely do not disappoint. Above, we have a brilliant and massive CME that erupted on the sun on August 31, 2012. Continue reading for more.
People seem to associate Instagram with food, but there’s one account that everyone should follow, and that’s the U.S. Department of the Interior. Their mission is: “Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future.” Continue reading to see more.
It’s not everyday that you get to photograph a lightning strike, much less one over a body water. However, this once-in-a-lifetime photo shows six simultaneous lightning strikes over Lake Michigan. Continue reading to see fourteen more awesome once-in-a-lifetime photos.
Look at this person riding on the bus from any other angle, and you probably wouldn’t notice the robot-like box near his face. However, when looked at from this angle, it appears that the robot face is actually his. Continue reading to see more images that were snapped at the perfect angle.
Light pollution is essentially excessive, misdirected, or obtrusive artificial light. It competes with starlight in the night sky for urban residents, interferes with astronomical observatories, and, like any other form of pollution, disrupts ecosystems and has adverse health effects. Continue reading to see what the city skies would look like with zero light pollution.