Tag: Travel
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Spooky Indonesian church shaped like a chicken
There is a bizarre-looking church in the Indonesian jungle that’s shaped like a giant chicken. Located in the forests of Magelang, Central Java (here it is on Google Maps, Gereja Ayam or “Chicken Church” was built in 1992 by Daniel Alamsjah. He foresaw the structure in the late 80s when he received a spiritual message […]
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Take an amazing “bird’s eye” view above Scotland’s Orkney’s cliffs
Ever wondered what Earth might look like from a bird’s perspective, soaring through the sky? Elite Falconry, a falconry center based in Scotland, put a 2 oz camera rig on of its White Tail Sea Eagles to record flying over the beautiful cliffs of Orkney, Scotland. Writes the company on its Facebook page: Over the […]
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Venice, Italy from space before and after coronavirus lockdown
Once the epicenter of the Coronavirus, Italy has seen its popular cities like Venice deserted. Check out these before and after photos of Venice from space prior to the lockdown caused by the pandemic. The people’s pollution? Human absence is having an environmental impact on the city. Dolphins are purportedly swimming through the city’s canals […]
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The musical road in the Netherlands that sings Frisian national anthem
There’s a road in the Netherlands that starts to sing the Frisian Folk Song when cars hit the right speed of 60 kph/40 mph limit. The musical road resides in the village of Jelsum in the north part of Holland. The structure of the strategically laid “rumble strips” was built in 2018 to celebrate the […]
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Everything you need to know about Yosemite’s stunning ‘firefall’ phenomenon
In what looks like a scene from a fantasy movie, the ‘firefall’ phenomenon in Yosemite is spewing lava-like water again. Called Horsetail Fall, the fiery waterfall makes an annual appearance for two weeks around February. The fiery orange glow of the waterfall emerges from the illumination of the setting sun over the 1500 foot flowing […]
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A navigational nightmare: Watch a time-lapse of Port of Amsterdam
The Port of Amsterdam in the Netherlands is the 4th busiest port by metric tons of cargo in Europe. As you can see in the time-lapse of traffic patterns, navigation looks nearly impossible to control on a daily basis. So we did some digging to find out if this sort of nautical chaos was normal. […]
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Photographs of the aerotropolis, post-modern cities built around airports
Should the airport be the hub of the city? According to photographer Giulio Di Sturco, the post-modern city is one of the aerotropolis, where the city, business, entertainment, and nature activities are all centered around the airport. Di Sturco’s ongoing project Aerotropolis, The Way We Will Live Next explores the emergence of globalized architecture and […]
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Australia is building car-less neighborhoods
Melbourne, often ranked as one of the world’s most livable cities, is looking to construct neighborhoods where people will never have to use a car. The city is creating “20-minute neighborhoods” that make going from home to the office, school, grocery, or doctor’s office no more than 20 minutes away. Whether on foot, bike, or […]
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A timelapse of the Pas-de-Calais region
The Pas-de-Calais department hired a creative agency to promote travel to Northern France. After taking 350,000 photos, the result is a beautiful look in both timelapse and hyperlapse formats at the diversity of the Pas-de-Calais region’s environment with an emphasis on architecture, landscape, and sport. This video project was commissioned by the Pas-de-Calais department to […]