Low-flying Aircraft Spotted at Maho Beach, Saint Martin

Famous Maho Beach located on the French Caribbean Island of Saint Martin is one of the most popular tourist attractions and perhaps the only beach in the world where aircraft can be viewed so closely thus making it an aviation geek paradise. But sometimes people standing on the edge of the beach can actually be blown into the water because of the jet blast due to its short runway length of just 7,150 feet (2180 meters).

Watching aircraft closely has become the most popular activity at Maho Beach and in spite of all the danger thrill-seeking tourists cannot stop themselves from plane spotting. Interestingly, some restaurants and bar owners displaying Schedule and Timetable of daily arrivals and departures so the tourist standing on the beach never miss a single airline passing over their heads. Below are some thrilling shots of people enjoying Plane Spotting at Maho Beach, Saint Martin. Click on the photo to view the source.

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Creative Illustrations Depicting New York City on the Surface of Other Planets

Graphic designer and Illustrator Nickolay Lamm partner up with astrobiologist Marilyn Vogel to create an interesting series of illustrations showing what New York City would look like if it were on the surfaces and atmospheres of other planets in our solar system. The images, created for StorageFront.com with the help of Marilyn Vogel, a former NASA Ames Research Center employee who provide detail description of each planet to Lamm.

According to Nickolay Lamm the idea to create these mock-up photographs depicting the Statue of Liberty and New York's skyscrapers came to his mind while looking at some awe-inspiring photos of Mount Sharp taken by NASA's Curiosity rover.

Earth

Jupiter

Mars

Mercury

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Astonishing Photo of Lightning Striking the Grand Canyon Will Leave you Breathless

This amazing moment was captured by photographer Travis Roe when a fierce lightning bolt lit up the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. This incredible photo was taken late last year and quickly became popular after Roe submitted it to the U.S. Department of the Interior as part of Share the Experience photo contest 2012.

The photo go viral all over the Internet after it was tweeted by the U.S. Department of the Interior and suddenly become one of the most viewed and liked photographs they have ever released. For detail view of the scene scroll down for video:

The Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, created at least 17 million years ago and is 18 miles wide, 277 miles long and 1 mile deep. Below you will find some stunning photographs of the Grand Canyon.

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Malissa's Incredible Tiny Hand-Built Home

Based on a 7’ x 20’ foot dual axle utility trailer, the Tiny Tack House is a wonderful example of small-space living. Located in Snohomish, Washington this bungalow-style house is completely hand built by Malissa and her husband Chris Tack - and also nominated for Apartment Therapy's Small Cool 2013 Contest! 

Malissa’s 140 square feet wood-clad house provides the comforts of a complete home. The total number of windows in the house is 11 that allow plenty of natural light to come into the house. The wood slat construction give a polished finish look to the entire house. The compact living room features a super-sized flat screen TV. Four solar panels efficiently fulfill the energy requirement of the tiny home. Wool insulation and cedar siding keep it fresh and cool.

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Beautiful Photographs of a Young Girl Posing Like Disney Princesses

Beautiful Yong Emma, the daughter of Austin photographer Jaime Moore recently turned 5 years old. So, being a photographer Moore wanting to get some cute photo shoots for her daughter to celebrate her fifth birthday. So in order to accomplish this desire she turned to the web for some creative inspiration.

While searching the internet, more than 95 percent ideas she came across were, “how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess.” So, Moore decided to dress and pose her daughter like Disney Princesses as she loves them because of their wonderful dresses, attractive hair style and gorgeous voices. Now for Jaime Moore the point was how to convey it to her 5 years old daughter. So she explains the value of great women throughout history to her daughter, best describe by her in these words:

 “My daughter wasn’t born into royalty, but she was born into a country where she can now vote, become a doctor, a pilot, an astronaut, or even President if she wants and that’s what REALLY matters. I wanted her to know the value of these amazing women who had gone against everything so she can now have everything.”

    You can find more about Moore’s project here.
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Impressive Examples of Street Art by Ladamenrouge

Ladamenrouge is a creative and intelligent French artist. Though he doesn't have any formal education in the field of art, but he has massive quantities of imagination, creativity and extraordinary talent that can be seen throughout his resident town of Saint Etienne, France. Ladamenrouge doesn’t even have any specific workplace or office rather a small garage with only 3 little boxes of spray cans and a few Stanley knives for stencils.

Let’s take a look at his creative and fantastic street art pieces below:

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Awe-inspiring Pictures of Volcano Billowing Smoke over Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo is one of the most active, dangerous and definitely the most visited volcano complex located in the eastern part of Java, Indonesia. The 2,329 meters (7,641ft) tall Mount Bromo is best known for its spectacular views with round-the-clock volcanic action. Landscape photographer Helminadia Jabur has taken some remarkable shots of Mount Bromo at sunrise and sunset. According to Helminadia Jabur, “The volcano is noted for its spectacular sunrises and majestic views all the way to Semeru volcano which is located further behind it."

Let us take a look at these awe-inspiring billowing emissions of Mount Bromo in east Java.

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Mind-blowing Photographs of Colorful Slithering Beasts by Mark Laita

Wildlife photographer Mark Laita has captured some stunning photographs of snakes. He belongs to Los Angeles. Serpentine is his new project on photography which is full of gorgeous and stunning studio photographs of various snakes. To complete his project, he visited dozens of locations including various zoos, workplaces of snake breeders, anti-venom labs and enthusiasts all around the States and Central America.

During his project, he has been bitten many times by different snakes. Serpentine has nearly 100 portraits of the slithery beasts. He used snakes as a subject to explore shape, color and movement of this amazing beast. Through his photography, he highlighted those species which has danger of extinction due to the destruction of their natural habitat. Take a look!

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