February 16, 2008
Frog Eats Snake Eats Frog Eats Snake
"Who Eats Who" by David Maitland (United Kingdom)
I like how the frog has that snake by the neck. He ain't giving up. No, sir. He's going out fighting.
(via telegraph)
Posted by Groonk at 08:40 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals, Just Freaking Neat, Photos2, Versus
November 18, 2007
Tattoos of Science Love
A whole mess of them after this jump.
(via digg)
Posted by Groonk at 05:54 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Photos2, Research, Science
July 16, 2007
BLIND CLICK 12: Nature FTW
Posted by Groonk at 10:34 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals, Just Freaking Neat, Photos2
June 03, 2007
DID YOU KNOW: Tigers Can Strike Underwater
Son of a bitch, are you kidding me?
Six years old, and at the prime of his life, Odin lives at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoo in Vallejo, near San Francisco. He is about 10ft long from nose to tail, and is an excellent swimmer.
Odin learned to swim by diving after meat chunks. Are you seeing this? Zoologosts, hear me. We do not need fearsome, yet majestic, creatures learning new mediums in which to hunt.
(via garrett farrelly, daily mail)
Posted by Groonk at 04:35 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals, Photos2, World
April 28, 2007
Ice-Lashes are a Bit Freaky
(via reuters pictures)
Posted by Groonk at 05:55 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Research, Science
April 25, 2007
In the Bush an Ancient Evil Lurks
Last hit before a final.
(Stephen Crowley/ New York Times)
Titles that could have been:
"In a bush, watching a Bush, be a bush."
"Shubbery cannot mask hell's shadow."
"It lurks behind the sun in shade.
It writes the plays that will be played."
(via kung fu monkey)
Posted by Groonk at 12:48 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Photos2, Politics, USA, Weird
April 13, 2007
Show Me Portland
I asked Ponzu to show me Portland, OR.
Wonderful.
hello, neighbor's uncut grass
(via ponzu)
Posted by Groonk at 12:29 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
March 13, 2007
A Kiss Under Radiation is Only Deadly When You Mean It
Sex under radiation was already covered.
(via geekologie)
Posted by Groonk at 09:59 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Sex, Weird
March 11, 2007
A Meeting in the Morning
(via ponzu)
Posted by Groonk at 11:31 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Religion
November 13, 2006
LOOK: Up From the Ground
There's another after this jump.
(via warren ellis' friends of friends)
UPDATE: Geekologie's astute readers informs us that this shot is actually from the NASA/JSC WB-57 High Altitude Research aircraft.
Posted by Groonk at 08:13 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Just Freaking Neat, Photos2, Science
November 11, 2006
BEHOLD: First Photo of Earth from Space...
...or To See the World through a Grainy Lens.
On October 24, 1946, not long after the end of World War II and years before the Sputnik satellite opened the space age, a group of soldiers and scientists in the New Mexico desert saw something new and wonderful—the first pictures of Earth as seen from space.
The grainy, black-and-white photos were taken from an altitude of 65 miles by a 35-millimeter motion picture camera riding on a V-2 missile launched from the White Sands Missile Range. Snapping a new frame every second and a half, the rocket-borne camera climbed straight up, then fell back to Earth minutes later, slamming into the ground at 500 feet per second. The camera itself was smashed, but the film, protected in a steel cassette, was unharmed.
Fred Rulli was a 19-year-old enlisted man assigned to the recovery team that drove into the desert to retrieve film from those early V-2 shots. When the scientists found the cassette in good shape, he recalls, "They were ecstatic, they were jumping up and down like kids." Later, back at the launch site, "when they first projected [the photos] onto the screen, the scientists just went nuts."
Credit given to:
White Sands Missile Range/Applied Physics Laboratory
View of Earth from a camera on V-2 #13, launched October 24, 1946.
(via digg and Air and Space mag)
Posted by Groonk at 10:12 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Science, USA
September 20, 2005
Jesusland is Rotting
Back in the day, around about late 1980s, Jim Bakker had the wonderful idea of starting up a funland where christians can go and have a wholesome good time. I actually remember seeing it on the news when it opened.
Look at it now:
You know, he could have used that spacious land to open a homeless shelter or provided a place for families down on their luck to live at relatively low prices. Instead he built a theme park designed to leech money from those who had money to burn.
Hell, the land still could be used for something like that now.
But I digress.
A photographer walked into Jesusland and took tons of photos.
(via boingboing)
Posted by Groonk at 04:55 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Religion
July 30, 2005
Who's Laughing Now?
In this recent series, the photographer explores a new theme in his work: the pageantry of difference. These photographs are the result of ten-day journey he undertook with a group of travelling minstrels and their entourage of animals: three hyenas, two pythons and four monkeys.
(via boingboing)
Posted by Groonk at 07:03 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals, Culture, Photos2
Old Story..Excellent Photo
Well, I lost the story while refreshing to see how old it was. Damnit.
(via yahoophotos)
Posted by Groonk at 06:25 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Science
It's Christmas Already?
Check out the lady on the far left. Stepping off into oblivion.
(via yahoophotos)
Posted by Groonk at 06:20 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Sex
July 27, 2005
All over the world
I went browsing Flickr's most popular tags. I found some interesting photostreams.
The Solo Backpacker's been all over the world. I'm extremely jealous.
Freddy lives in Portland, OR. She's 30 but already taken.
Following a London tag revealed a very evil looking Yoda on tathei's stream.
A mega city shot from Tokyo Tower drew me to Shagadelicbabe's stream.
I'm stopping this tour with notforsale's view of New Zealand. His Lights and Urban Environs set is nothing short of inspiring.
To me anyway.
Posted by Groonk at 03:23 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Culture, Photos2, World
February 02, 2005
Nature Finds a Way pt 2
Almost thirty years ago in Cambre, a small village in the northwest of Spain, some road signs were placed on trees to indicate that a taxi stand was nearby. Today those signs are almost impossible to see, because they have been almost completely swallowed by tree bark.
(via boingboing)
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December 08, 2004
Project 05
I want this bloody jeep.
via 7d
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November 29, 2004
A Christmas Card from "Harry"
Dan Radcliffe takes his first steps into organizing film crews with this Christmas card to...his fans... I guess.
The antlers and noses were added digitally. I wonder why he doesn't have a red-nose?
Posted by Groonk at 02:58 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
October 28, 2004
Look...Up in the Sky!
Flipped through Astronomy Picture of the Day's month of October. Two wicked awesome pictures were found:
Moon Lightning
Moonsets are not often quite as exciting as this one. But amateur astronomer Marc-Andre Besel was impressed by the brilliant lighting displays that joined the first quarter Moon and stars of the constellation Scorpius in western skies. On August 22, 2004, his view looked across the Gulf of Mexico from Anna Maria Island, Florida, USA, a region that would experience even more stormy weather in the coming days
Contrails
Artificial clouds made by humans may become so common they change the Earth's climate. The long thin cloud streaks that dominate the above satellite photograph of Georgia are contrails, cirrus clouds created by airplanes. The exhaust of an airplane engine can create a contrail by saturating the surrounding air with extra moisture.
Click the pics for more info on each.
Posted by Groonk at 02:18 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
July 24, 2004
Gallery of w00ks
They call themselves w00ks and they live among you.
link via the w00k known as ponzu.
Posted by Groonk at 01:39 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Photos2
July 12, 2004
Ms Crow
you still rock.
via 7d
Posted by Groonk at 07:09 AM | Comments (1) | Ministry of Photos2
July 07, 2004
Framed crazy duck
I was looking for examples of graphically framed photos and lo and behold Pentacleus drops one on my doorstep:
Two hours of research blown straight to hell. Thanks Pentacleus.
While you kids are there, look at Ian Chappell's 'Simply Red' gallery. Freaking awesome, it is.
Posted by Groonk at 03:45 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
June 23, 2004
Faked "Stealth"
Via MedicMike
Pacific Ocean (June 18, 2004) – Sailors assigned to the Air Department division aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), move a fictitious jet aircraft during recent filming of the motion picture "Stealth.” "Stealth," starring Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas and Jamie Foxx, is due to be released next summer.
Posted by Groonk at 05:56 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
Pixar loves Eisner
Not.
Posted by Groonk at 01:00 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Photos2
June 18, 2004
Riding waves at Curl Curl
Fucking beautiful photo.
A surfer rides a wave at Sydney's Curl Curl beach as the sun rises Saturday, June 5, 2004. Many surfers brave the winter seas to enjoy the still warm water temperatures and easy swells. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
I need to live on a freaking beach.
Posted by Groonk at 05:15 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
Transit of Venus
I missed the live show but at least there are always pictures:
A bird flies during a transit of Venus, lower left, observed in Wakkanai, a town at the northernmost tip of Japan on Tuesday, June 8, 2004. A transit takes place when Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun. (AP Photo/ Kyodo)
Posted by Groonk at 05:04 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
Bulgarian Bodyart
Her booby eyes captivate me.
Bodyart in Bulgaria : Bulgarian model poses during the bodyart and graffiti festival Aerogressia 2004 in Sofia. (AFP/Valentina Petrova)
Posted by Groonk at 04:57 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
Baby jumping!
A man, called El Colacho, jumps over babies during the El Salto Del Colacho festival in Castrillo de Murcia, near Burgos, Spain, Sunday June 13, 2004. The Colacho, who represents the devil, is supposed to rid the babies of original sin, according to the age-old tradition. (AP Photo/Israel Lopez Murillo)
Posted by Groonk at 04:48 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
Going on patrol
I have no idea who he is. Just thought the photo was neat.
REUTERS/ Nikola Solic
U.S Marine Corporal, Jose Garza, 24, from Sebastian, Texas wears colorful sunglasses during a hot sunny day at the headquarters of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Marine Division, as he prepares himself for a patrol in Bahria Camp, near the western city of Falluja, June 13
Posted by Groonk at 04:43 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Research, War
June 08, 2004
Photographic excellence
Pentacleus is in the market for a Canon 10D. A camera that I wouldn't mind getting me grimey little hands on.
Well he's on a Canon rampage, and he's inundated me with other peoples excellent 10D photos. Here be links to my favorites:
Dave Sperling
Albie
Dia de los Muertos
Pics around Ireland
Red-assed ewes
The local pub
My future home
Breakers
Fuckin' beautiful photo
Posted by Groonk at 02:27 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Photos2
June 07, 2004
Replacement theory
Posted by Groonk at 04:37 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
May 26, 2004
Bygone Photos
An excellent collectionof photos "The way it was 100 years ago"
via MedicMike
Posted by Groonk at 01:33 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, History, Photos2, War
May 12, 2004
Hubble sees 'planet' around star
via DPH
The "planet", 5-10 times the mass of Jupiter, is orbiting a small white dwarf star about 100 light-years away.
Astronomers are being cautious, saying they require more data to be sure it really is a planet and not a background object caught in the same field of view.
Confirmation will come if follow-up observations can show the planet and the star moving together through space.
Over the past 10 years, scientists have discovered more than 120 so-called exoplanets. However, all have been found by indirect methods - none was photographed directly.
Posted by Groonk at 10:45 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
May 06, 2004
Man Survive nail gun mishap
via 7d
A construction worker had six nails driven into his head in an accident with a high-powered nail gun, but doctors said Wednesday they expect him to make a full recovery.[...]
Mejia, 39, was building a home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun on the second floor, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.
The two men tried to grab each to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.
"They're extremely powerful," Newlands said. "They've got to drive through three-quarter-inch (two centimeter) plywood."
Three nails penetrated Mejia's brain, and one entered his spine below the base of his skull. Doctors said the nails barely missed his brain stem and spinal cord, preventing paralysis or death.
"We did not have too much hope that he would survive, but we did it and he survived," Quinonez said.
Five nails were removed the same day and the sixth, in Mejia's face, was removed April 23 after swelling went down, the hospital said.
Doctors expect him to fully recover after undergoing rehabilitation therapy.
Authorities cleared the co-worker of any wrongdoing.
Posted by Groonk at 12:40 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Weird
May 03, 2004
2005 Lotus Elise
It's even the right color:
via 7d
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April 30, 2004
The Joker lives!
via 7d
Posted by Groonk at 01:35 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
April 23, 2004
Left Behind
via 7d
An X-ray showing a 17centimeter (6.7 inches) pair of surgical scissors in the abdomen of 69-year-old Pat Skinner in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, April 20, 2004. Mrs Skinner had an operation at St.George hospital in Sydney's south in May 2001, but continued to suffer intense pain and it was only when she insisted on an x-ray 18 months later that she discovered the scissors inside. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Posted by Groonk at 02:22 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Weird
April 21, 2004
Dirty Fingers
And it's all work safe. Only needs marginal explanation...if your boss walks in on your non-working surfing.
Posted by Groonk at 01:52 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2
March 31, 2004
Just in time for Easter
Posted by Groonk at 02:44 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Photos2
