Plenty of potential apocalyptic horrors came out of the Cold War, but the atomic cannon is especially unsettling. The giant gun was able to fire a nuclear weapon with a range of 20 miles, detonating at once an entire enemy platoon.
Surreal Paintings Of The Human Anatomy
The highly detailed paintings of Valerio Carrubba offer an unexpected combination of styles that strangely complement each other. His scenery and figures seem to emerge from a Renaissance and Baroque tradition. Mysterious hands pull and cut at the flesh revealing each subject’s inner anatomy in a nearly cold way very similar to modern anatomy atlases. The scene as a whole, however, bears the definite influence of surrealism. Carrubba works these various styles and aesthetic sensibilities as skillfully as the oil paint. The boundaries are seamless and carefully worked. VIA: –BEAUTIFUL DECAY–
Dragonflies Take their Daily Shower
Stunning images of dragonflies and flies frozen in time as they appear to by crystalised by the morning dew. The tiny droplets of water magnify the dragonflies’ beauty and reveal the details and bright red, orange, green and blue colours of the flying insects.
Macro photography requires a decent light-source – and in this case it is the jewel-like droplets which capture the light so essential for these works of art. VIA: –PRESURFER–
A Collection of Suicide Notes Left at Golden Gate Bridge
Suicide notes left by people jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge, gathered by Marc Etkind for Or Not to Be: A Collection of Suicide Notes, 1997:
“This is where I get off.” — Harold W., the first suicide, three months after the bridge opened, 1937
“Absolutely no reason except I have a toothache.” — 49-year-old John Thomas D.
“I am sorry … I want to keep dad company.” — 24-year-old Charles G. Jr., whose father had jumped four days earlier
“Do not notify my mother. She has a heart condition.” — Steven H., the 500th person to jump
“Why do they leave this so easy for suicide? Barbed wires would save a lot of lives.” — A 72-year-old man
“I and my daughter have committed suicide.” — A man who jumped with his 5-year-old daughter
Top 7 Most Feared Japanese Monsters
Unlike the rest of the world, though, a full 50 percent of the myths from Japan exist solely to confuse and befuddle those who hear about them, because they only make sense in the way a porn star makes a good role model. In an effort to better elucidate these things, I’ll try to give them a pop culture equivalent so you have a basis of comparison. VIA: –UNIQUE DAILY–
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