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“I was looking for people pulling ice out of the frozen Songhua River, and I walked for about five miles alone on the river before I spotted this team working the ice,” says Your Shot contributor Wesley Thomas Wong, who has been working on a project about ice workers in Harbin, China, for four years.

“I made several trips to various ice festival sites under construction in and around Harbin. I wanted to find out where these guys were getting these huge blocks of ice for construction material, and I learned that all of it came from one place—the river.”

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Pun Dog #5 (previously) [via]

The melding of music and ducks hasn’t always been taken particularly seriously, but that’s about to change. Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist of Finnish prog-metal band Nightwish, is releasing his solo debut, Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge, on April 15, and it has nothing to do with Dickens. Instead it’s a symphonic concept album based on Don Rosa’s graphic novel The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck, which traces the origin of the beloved Disney character. Rosa will also be illustrating the cover of the album. The video for the album’s lead track, “A Lifetime Of Adventure,” has already been released; says Holopainen in an interview featured on the album’s trailer, “This is not a so-called commercial album.” Do tell. The daring way in which Holopainen’s noble noncommerciality contradicts Scrooge McDuck’s inveterate capitalism is an epic question of ideology perhaps ...

A voracious predator, the bluefin tuna feeds mainly on small fish, crustaceans, and squid. But it too is pursued relentlessly as the human appetite for its flesh continues to grow.

See more pictures from the March 2014 feature story “Quicksilver.”

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The beginning of fashion week /month, is never easy, but luckily mine started in the Edition Hotel in London which has become my go-to studio/bedroom over the past year whenever I’m in London.

I’m not much of a party guy — I’m a bit lazy after 7 pm. Fortunately, the lobby and restaurant of the Edition Hotel is one of the most hopping spots of all London during fashion week. It makes my dream of  partying in my pajamas a potential reality.

In the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage area, stands of rimu trees, a type of conifer found only in New Zealand, are a signature of Gondwana, the supercontinent that fragmented into the landmasses of today’s Southern Hemisphere.

See more pictures from the March 2014 feature story “Where Greenstone Grows.”

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PARKOUR PIG

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Technology at it’s cutest — The Bipedal Cycling Robot

In 2011, robot creator Masahiko Yamaguchi demonstrated a robot which can balance, steer and correct itself while riding a fixed-gear bike.

Full video with more information here.

Hipster-Bot 5000

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So proud of Garance who is launching her very first stationery line in Paris this week!

Best possible way to announce a baby. [x]

Strange Tales II #3 (“Rogue Gets in Trouble” - Marvel Knights - February 2011)

Writer/Illustrator: Kate Beaton

"Wolves are especially hard to photograph in the wild," writes Petra Warner, a member of National Geographic Your Shot. "This picture was taken at Wolf Park in Indiana, a wildlife and research facility primarily focused on wolves but also on foxes, coyotes, and bison. Not only do they do a wonderful job with wildlife conservation, but they also increase awareness via education and photo workshops."

While attending one of the photo workshops, Warner had the opportunity to see the animals up close. "I specifically chose a winter's day so that the timber wolves would stand out against the snow, and one howl from a staff member sent this group of wolves a-howling—and thus this picture."

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