Astronaut Chris Hadfield Explains How to Wash your Hands in Space....
[A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 500 people (20 had been hospitalized in serious condition), many of them hurt by broken glass. [There was panic. People had no idea what was happening. Everyone was going around to people's houses to check if they were OK], said Sergey Hametov, a resident of Chelyabinsk, about 1500 kilometres (930 miles) east of Moscow, the biggest city in the affected region]. (Photo by Alexey Bulaew/RIA Nowosti)...
Light painting photographer Michael Bosanko has been capturing light since 2004. He discovered light painting on accident, Michael says this of his moment of discovery, [the moon formed part of the scene, but the camera shake caused the moon to make a streak.
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New York-based photographer and videographer Ben Franke captures the beautiful, acrobatic movement of parkour. The photographer followed New York City free runners, known as tracers, for a few years, documenting their athletic prowess as they freely roamed about the urban streets with a zest for life. Finally, he decided to take his personal project to the next level by producing a collection of dramatically captivating portraits of these athletes for his series titled Parkour Motion....
Many rock idols back from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s are still on stage. Some have retired from music and live a peaceful life now. Of course, they all have gone through many things and changed a lot.
Here is a gallery of rock stars on which you can see how did they look on the beginning of their carrier and now. After so many years, concerts, wild life full of drugs and alcohol, their look have changed but they still young in their soul....
[Famous much?]. (Photo by Ronnie Yip). P.S. Please, click consistently two times to see the photo in an original size (this principle works everywhere at AvaxNews)....
The sculptures of Montreal-based Maskull Lasserre address structures of authority, class and value in nostalgic, allegorical and humourous ways. Oracle, an anatomically correct jaw carved into the corner of a picture frame, is a delicate yet slightly sinister imposition on an everyday object. Lasserre has exhibited throughout Canada, and at the New York Museum of Arts and Design. He completed his MFA at Concordia University....
These awesome paintings were made by Zhang Baohua, a Chinese artist who was one of the first who used palm and finger painting to create his artworks. His art style are reminiscent of traditional Chinese paintings but with the use of any brushes....
British photographer Christopher Swann captures the fascinating underwater action that takes place when sharks and dolphins prey on a school of mackerel. We rarely think about how members of the animal kingdom hunt or defend themselves, but the wildlife photographer gives some perspective on these particular creatures off the coast of Azores....
[Vicki on Potato Chip Rock]. (Photo by _JFR_)...