Photos of Eastern Congo by Richard Mosse

Mosse finds inspiration for his work in art and literature, citing Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” as an influence for his journey to Congo. “That novella is full of preposterous and enigmatic images.”
Mosse used Aerochrome, an obsolete technology, to create an alternative image of the complex social and political dynamics of the country.
In his Quick [...]

Contest of singing birds in Thailand

Every year in Thailand in the period from January to July, a contest of singing birds. This is a very serious competition. Cells with birds hung on high poles 3 – 6 meters, the judges listened to the song and put their estimates, respectively, tone, melody and volume. In this small [...]

Breathtaking dancing with death

This is the moment a foolhardy daredevil launched himself from a 100ft cliff in one of the most reckless tombstoning stunts caught on camera in the UK. The unnamed daredevil was pictured as he leapt head first from the top of the towering rock face near Penzance, Cornwall. With arms flailing, he spent around 2.5 [...]

Huge Weapon Testing Station trapped on sea

The testing of naval weapons station went into operation in 1939, is located 2,7 km from the coast and had long been exploited. The building is completely destroyed by her tumultuous waves of the troubled gray Caspian. Suffice it to say that the observation tower station located at a height [...]

The observation deck AlpspiX at an altitude of 1000 meters

July 4 in Bavaria opened tourist tower AlpspiX, which is installed on the mountain above Alpshpitts “hell valley” Helenntal (Höllental), extending to 1000 meters below.
The observation deck AlpspiX – the attraction is not for the faint of heart: two small platform overhanging the alpine “hell valley”, from the abyss separates [...]

Five luxury hotel in which is better sleep with open eyes

Suicide, murder and untimely deaths all set the grisly stage for macabre ghost stories that draw visitors to haunted hotels around the world. Over the years these very Haunted Hotels have grown with ghostly reputations of tales concerning that of spooky female specters, ghastly groaning gentlemen ghost…. Weird ghost photos, and of course scary things [...]

5 Reasons Why Black Sand Beaches Rock!

Although black sand beaches are generally less known than their white sand beach counterparts, if you are looking to change things up a bit from the typical tropical vacation, they can be a wonderful alternative.  Black sand beaches are volcanic in origin and are formed very differently from their white sand [...]

Seychelles Endless White Sand Beaches

The Seychelles with their endless white sand beaches, clear warm blue seas and the charming locals. Apart from the idyllic beaches and charming hotels that conjure up a somewhat lazy way of enjoying the Seychelles Islands, the surrounding land and seas offer activities galore to tempt you away from your sunbed.
Golf, [...]

Amazing places to visit in India

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay [...]

Floating man made islands on Lade Titicaca

Lake Titicaca sits on the border of Bolivia and Peru and is said to be the most highly located commercially navigable lakes in the world. It is also the largest lake present in South America. The lake gets its water supply from rainfall and the melted waters of the glaciers on the Sierras. The lake [...]

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