Thousands fleed their homes and flights were grounded as Chilean volcano sends plumes of ash showering down. The Chilean volcano which erupted in July 2011 has sent a towering plume of ash across South America, forcing thousands from their homes, grounding airline flights in southern Argentina and coating ski resorts …
Artist Ian Davie uses swan feathers as a canvas for his intricate paintings. Mr Davie, 44, collects the quills from a swannery near his home in Snowdonia National Park, Wales, and takes up to a week to create each work of art. After cleaning the white feathers and individually straightening …
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center. It is the fifth in a new class of warship – designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to …
A young long tailed macaque monkey has been spotted in a forest protectively nuzzling and grooming a ginger kitten and making sure no harm came to it. The extraordinary sight was captured by amateur photographer Anne Young while on holiday at the Monkey Forest Park, in the Ubud region of …
Dalton Ghetti makes sculptures out of pencils, including a tiny saw and a pencil whose center has been carved into a chain, which is framed. Many artists have used pencils to create works of art – but Dalton Ghetti creates miniature masterpieces on the tips of pencil. Dalton, who works …
Alain Robert , the French Spiderman took the tallest building in front of a crowd numbering the tens of thousands without any safety mechanisms in place. Alain Robert completed the climb in only 20 minutes. He has also climbed the Sears Tower in Chicago, Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, …
Looking at this photo pictured left you might find yourself a little bit puzzed as to what the real deal is here. The driver of this vehicle crashed through the guardrail on the right side of the culvert, where people are standing on the road, pointing. The pickup was travelling …
The FLIP research vessel (Floating Instrument Platform) is the only ship in the world having the ability to flip from a horizontal position to a vertical position while at sea. The FLIP ship is designed to study wave height, acoustic signals, water temperature and density, and for the collection of …
One of them looks like a giant mint humbug, with its clear blue, green and brown stripes. The other looks as if it has been shot through with a streak of spearmint. These stunning banded icebergs – formed over hundreds, if not thousands, of years – were pictured floating in …
Twice a year, between the months of February and March, the Atlantic Ocean waters roll up the Amazon river, in Brazil, generating the longest wave on the Earth. The phenomenon, known as the Pororoca, is caused by the tides of the Atlantic Ocean wich meet the mouth of the river. …
