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Fancy Diving

(YouTube link) The Olympics begin in two weeks. This diving sequence will help get you into the mood, although it was not taken at an official meet. I would give this guy an eight for style, but his technical score would only be a two or so. -via reddit

Lightnings Over Greece

Zeus must’ve been really angry! Photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos (previously on Neatorama) took this photo sequence of 70 lightning over Ikaria Island, Greece: Fire in the sky! This is a photo sequence containing 70 lightning, [...]

Lightning Over Greece

Zeus must’ve been really angry! Photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos (previously on Neatorama) took this photo sequence of 70 lightning over Ikaria Island, Greece: Fire in the sky! This is a photo sequence containing 70 lightning, [...]

5 Questions: ‘Gris’ Is the Word

Each of this week’s 5 Questions quiz questions will contain a particular sequence of letters. Friday, ‘Gris’ Is the Word

5 Questions: A Nice, Firm ‘Grip’

Each of this week’s 5 Questions quiz questions will contain a particular sequence of letters. Thursday, get A Nice, Firm ‘Grip’

5 Questions: Earn Money Selling ‘Grit’

Each of this week’s 5 Questions quiz questions will contain a particular sequence of letters. Wednesday, Earn Money Selling ‘Grit’

5 Questions: ‘Grin’ and Bear It

Each of this week’s 5 Questions quiz questions will contain a particular sequence of letters. Tuesday, ‘Grin’ and Bear It

A Song of LEGO (Ice) and K’NEX (Fire)

The HBO series “Game of Thrones” features an exquisite opening title sequence, showing cities and settlements growing like clockwork toys from the landscape, using a slightly bizarre tilt-shift computer animation style. That title sequence is helpful in establishing a map of the roughly nine zillion core locations crucial to the story; unlike the “Song [...]

Time-Lapse View from Space

(vimeo link) Michael König edited a sequence of photographs taken from the International Space Station (ISS) between August and October into a time-lapse video of an orbit over the earth. The altitude is approximately 350 kilometers. The music is “Do Dekor” by Jan Jelinek. -Thanks özi!

How Not to Draw a Straight Line

Clement Valla created an online tool with one function: users could trace lines. Each user sees only the previous line, and is instructed to trace it as precisely as possible. Then it’s passed down a line of users, each tracing over and over. You’d be surprised how nutso this “straight line” thing gets after several [...]