Light drawing

Using long exposures and light sources ranging from sparklers to Christmas lights, Eric Staller has created light drawings in photographs. The coolest thing is that these were all done using ordinary film back in the 70s. No computer enhancement or modifications required.

Check out a whole gallery at Centripedal Notion: Eric Staller: Light Drawings

Ordinary guys send a camera into space

A group of guys in Alberta, Canada sent a balloon 22.27 miles up. Right to the edge of space. The balloon had a Nikon Coolpix P2 camera attached. The camera was set to take one picture a minute. Once the balloon reached the edge of the atmosphere, it burst. Coming down to a soft landing due to an attached parachute. The pictures they were able to take are amazing.

Check out their site: Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3
Via Gizmodo: Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High

It seems like lately Canada is the place to be if you are interested in fun space projects. First we had the skydive from space, and now the balloon project.

3D chalk drawings

I discovered this amazing artist, Julian Beever, who does 3d sidewalk paintings in chalk. His pictures look so real that you almost believe they are real. The coolest thing is that since the images are meant to appear in 3d, they are actually painted in a distorted way. So when looking at them from the side or the back they are completely distorted a strange looking, but when looking at them from the front they come out in full 3d. The picture above is just one of many on his site. Check it out to see some truly amazing images.

The artists site: Julian Beever's pavement drawings

The Age project

Found a very interesting site called the age project. basically, you can cycle through photos of people and try to guess their ages. Once you make a guess, the site tells you the persons real age, and the average guesses of visitors. It also shows you a one line quote from the person who's photo you are looking at. Sounds pretty simple and not all that much fun, but in actuality it is pretty interesting. And if you want, you can even upload a photo of yourself for people to guess at.

The Age Project

Pictures of Soviet Bus stops

Soviet Russia was a very strange place. Some of the things the government did were odd and really tacky. One of those things were the bus stops. From big birds, to miniature pagodas. The bus stops are just plain weird.

Polar Inertia has a bunch of pictures of some of the more bizarre ones. Check it out: Soviet Roadside Bus Stops