A Giant Snail

Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. A Giant Snail If Chernobyl-grade mutant animals creep you out, don't watch this... url This is a giant snail, all right - an African Land Snail. They can grow nearly a foot long and live for almost a decade.... Today's pictures & links: Click to enlarge images. Great Light Painting Photography Good addition to our Painting with Light article, the work of c33h33y33 is pretty luminous and fun: (image credit: c33h33y33) ------------ This seems to be a sort of a trap: Not sure if this would work either: (original unknown) ------------ Robot Creations by Mark Ho Good addition to our Robot Art Series. See pretty neat Top 10 list of artists working in this sub-genre here. Mark Ho from Netherlands documents on his site the process of sculpting very quaint metal humanoids. This composition is probably the most profound: two robot creations examine the tool by which they were created... (image credit: Mark Ho) ------------ Toxic Nudibranchs (in cooperation with National Geographic magazine) Fantastic, alien forms and colors - perhaps the most fanciful of all sea creatures. Read the article and see the full gallery. Nembrotha kubaryana: Flabellina exoptata: Even though they are poisonous, the smile is still cute: (photos by David Doubilet, National Geographic) ------------ Mixed fresh links for today: Incredible Stop-Motion Urban Graffiti Animation - [weird] More crazy Nazi UFOs myths - [vintage tech] Infamous Top Secret Bases & Compounds - [exploring] How to make thermite - [careful with that!] Strange Origins of Velcro - [interesting] Defecation target practice for chickens - [weird sport] Graphic Novels review spotlight: every Friday - [cool site] Bay of Fundi, Nova Scotia: highest tides - [cool video] Give this thing room on a highway - [car video] ------------ Erlend Mork's new dark art Great surreal artist Erlend Mork just came up with another deeply troubling print: The Good Seed ------------ Seascapes Art by Neil Taylor Neil Taylor is exhibiting several new paintings in a group show called "Greetings From Coogee", at Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, starting from 14th May. (art by Neil Taylor) ------------ Sergei Frolov's Soviet Calculators Vintage collection, a part of a wonderful "weird collections" roundup at Neatorama: Among other strange collections there are: toilet seat art, AOL CDs and asphalt museum. And that's not the weirdest, or the most disgusting. Check out this "Weird Fortune Cookie Collection" example: The Greatest Danger could be Your Stupidity ------------ "Tough as Nails" Loving (original unknown) ------------ Russian President Facts New president D. Medvedev in his youth: ... and being morphed into the last Russian tzar Nikolas II: ------------ Great designers think alike? Steve M. pointed out an interesting coincidence (or is it?) In our article about Retro-Future Transportation we featured a picture of Soviet flying car: Amazingly, this illustration seems to be a copy of another model: Photo taken at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. This design study hasn't been displayed for some time... The display signage didn't disclose much, either -- only that the restoration had been paid for by the Studebaker Drivers Club. The flying cars are pretty much identical. ------------ Going green: Permanent Link......+StumbleUpon ...+Facebook Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks: