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Tyger, Burning Bright

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Tyger, Burning Bright

Could this be the essence of magical realism? Dreamy, mesmerizing, brilliant… Produced by Guilherme Marcondes, of “Trattoria”, Brazil; based on a well-known William Blake’s poem:

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Today’s pictures & links:

Walk Like a Dinosaur

Spotted on the way to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota:

(image credit: Matthew Franklin Jenkins)

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Jungle Tree Island

Tomás Sánchez is one of the most important and celebrated living Cuban artists. Some of his work is marvelous surrealism:

(art by Tomas Sanchez)

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Snub-Nosed Monkeys

A golden snub-nosed monkey is nicely “dressed” in heavy fur, helping it to endure chilly winters of China’s highland forests (photo taken in Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve, see more here):

(photo by Cyril Ruoso National Goegraphic)

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Mixed fresh links for today:

China develops train that can go faster than an airplane – [wow tech]
Pictures of Brisbane Flood, Before and After – [extreme weather]
Those Fearless Cleaners… – [wow pics]
Synaesthesia: Seeing Colors Created by Music – [interesting]
The Eggventures of Eggbert – [funny art]
Yellowstone just took a deep “breath” – [supervolcano]
What will go off first: Yellowstone, or this supernova? – [ot both at once]
Recycled masterpieces: scrabble tiles, USB drives – [design]
Blobitecture! – [bulbous forms, pics]
Japanese Secret stash Furniture – [cool design, video]
World’s Smallest Tank? – [wow video]
Bus Driving Over the Waterfall – [wow video]
Very well done: 1965 “premake” of UP! – [fun video]
Car Parts City – [cool video ad]
How to Turn Your Closet Into an Office – [design]

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Power to the Happy!

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