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Bow Wow Meow is a video of people around the world recreating animal sounds in their native language.

Languages featured: English, Mandarin, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Hindi, Canadian-French, Romanian, Japanese, Russian, Dutch, Bengali, Brazilian-Portuguese, Colombian-Spanish, Swahili and Mongolian.


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For the United States' 237th birthday, Daniel Stuckey from online magazine Motherboard, created this map of the world that showcases the approximate age of each country, based on its political sovereignty, using the data provided by About.com.


Interactive map

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The Joy of Tech

Listen, son. If you’re going to grow up to be a strong young flamingo and work at our famous casino and hotel in Las Vegas, you need to pay attention and do what I say!

Mama Flamingo lays down the law to her son, Frankie Flamingo. From the San Diego Zoo Tumblr. Photo by Angie B.

Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Birds

Submitter Jeanniey M. says, “This is Hopper showing us how to be Zen.”

Rather, it looks more like Hopper is deciding to take over the planet, judging from the way he’s gleefully rubbing his little power-hungry hands together.

Picture by Giovanna M.

Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Unusual Animals

  

 

 

Bhutan is a landlocked state in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. Bhutan is the only country in the world measuring its Gross National Happiness, and based on a global 2006 Business Week survey, the country was rated happiest in Asia and the eighth-happiest worldwide.

More of the beautiful landscapes, rich culture, and interesting people in Bhutan can be found in our image search.

Photos from Vittore Buzzi, bsmethers, Michael Foley Photography, Eugene Bakker, longwei66 – shadowgrahy.org, bigID, George Talusan, samthe8th, and fahim_123752.

A popular section of the Navajo Nation, Arizona, features Antelope Canyon — home to exceptionally photogenic sandstone formations. Flash floods and erosion created this stunning natural wonder of the American Southwest. Visitors enjoy strolls through its narrow passageways that are packed full of sunlight beams, sandfalls, and shapely rocks.

Do you want more pictures from this location? Visit the Antelope Canyon group.

Photos from Mike Olbinski Photography, Aerindad, Nagarajan Kanna, Rebecca Ang, gloryanlin, J Tiffan, kleemo, pup.ollie, BBB888 Photography, geekyrocketguy, Oilfighter, and Laurontario.

In 1951, the U.K. designated this scenic area of Snowdonia (827 square miles) as one of the first national parks of Wales. It’s grand landscapes provide visitors with stunning views of the conserved terrain.

Explore, and share, more photos of this destination in the Snowdonia Landscapes gallery and Snowdonia group.

Photos from Adam BStar, rockabilly_girl, yuri fisher, Kristofer Williams, ohefin, abstract_effects, Aaro Keipi, ricardobrenelli, and MattClarkPhotos.

Zev Hoover, known on Flickr as fiddleoak, has become an internet sensation with his “little folk” photo series. These miniature worlds — in which he digitally shrinks people into tiny dreamlike scenarios — involve kids sitting on acorns, rafts made of popsicle sticks and paper airplanes as viable modes of transport. His images have generated buzz not only because of his sheer talent, but the fact that Zev is only 14 years old.

“I like to take the viewer along on a magical journey of rediscovering the world,” Zev says in the accompanying video. “I like showing them that even the little things around us are really beautiful.”

Zev started taking pictures as an 8-year-old with an old cell phone camera, before moving up the ranks and getting professional cameras — which ultimately ignited his passion for photography.

“I really like cameras,” Zev says. “They’re just beautiful. Lenses are lovely things. And so the actual shooting, I love doing. Also, there’s a moment like no other when you’re done editing a picture, and you sort of sit back and look at it… it’s wonderful.”

Zev doesn’t remember where the original idea for “little folk” came from. He claims it “just sort of happened” one day back in 2011 while on a walk through the woods with his sister. He’s always loved nature and being outdoors.

“I like putting my eye near the ground,” Zev admits, “because you see a totally different world when you’re thinking from the point of view of something smaller than you. Everywhere I go, I see a perfect spot for a little person. Maybe it’s a little rock, which makes for a perfect cave for a person, or perhaps it’s a leaf that would make for a perfect boat… I see that everywhere.”

Zev is inspired by everything in his life — ranging from various Flickr photographers to his current hobbies/interests. Recently, many of his images have been inspired by flight which stems from his hobby of making remote-controlled planes. Before that he was into origami, which is why he used paper cranes in his photos. And before that, he used playing cards after becoming interested in magic.

“I always try and show what I’m interested in my ‘little folks’ series,” Zev says, “I’ve found that they can sort of adapt to anything.”

His process involves capturing the background first without any people in it — often it’s a collage of pictures or panorama. Then, he’ll go out to a location with similar lighting and take photos of people (usually himself) in various poses. Next, he takes both photos into Photoshop and manipulates them by adding shadows and correcting color so that it all matches.

Zev is extremely humbled by all the attention and success of his photography. “I consider myself incredibly lucky that people like my work, and it encourages me to do more. I think photography is universal. You can photograph whatever is in your life. And if you stick to it, you can really get a nice result.”

Visit Zev’s photostream to see more of his photography.

And, check out 18-year-old photographer Olivia Bee who has worked for the world’s most iconic brands. Watch Olivia’s story.

Do you want to be featured on The Weekly Flickr? We are looking for your photos that amaze, excite, delight and inspire. Share them with us in the The Weekly Flickr Group, or tweet us at @TheWeeklyFlickr.

Poorly Drawn Lines

Transform your parked car in the main character from the Pixar animation Cars, with the Lightning McQueen Front Car Windshield Sun shade

Instantly customize your car, truck, van, or SUV with this brand new Disney automotive sun shade. This is an amazing brand new sunshade with a reverse design. It contains a storage strap for protection. It contains tapered edges for a more snug fit with your windscreen. Deep cutout to allow for rear view mirror.

Previously: Star Wars Millenium Falcon sunshade

Belgian illustrator Adrien Noterdaem aka ADN specializes in turning people into characters from The Simpsons. You can check out his blog Simpzonized for evidence.

His latest project is the characters from HBO's Game of Thrones.





View the rest after the jump








Check out Adrien Noterdaem on DeviantArt and on Flickr

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Photos from Ruggero Poggianella Photostream ©, Emma Gallardo Richards, United Nations Photo, Francisco Aragão, and Katarina 2353.

  

 

Our last Flickr Friday theme was #PolkaDots.

Last week was all about fashion and round circly things that jumped in front of your lens. You dressed up, decorated your faces as well as your everyday life, and staged little spots in the wild. All the above and much more can be explored in the Flickr Friday group pool for everyone to enjoy.

Once you start seeing circles, give your eyes a rest and then pick up your camera to start shooting for our new Flickr Friday theme #Yesterday. We know we cannot bend time, but we’re still sure you will come up with many great ideas, not just revolving around the Beatles song. The weekly selection of your shots will be showcased right here on Flickr Blog next Friday.

Photos from Girl With Butterfly Wings, YashPhoto, snapclicktripod, _anke_, liisatuulia, Ash if, Katja.K., and Victoria Söderström.

#FlickrFriday is a weekly photography project that challenges your creativity. For a chance to be featured on FlickrBlog, follow @flickr on Twitter & like us on Facebook and look for the weekly theme announcement every Friday. Browse the Flickr Friday category for more.

Dale Irby is a school teacher from Dallas, who has been receiving some viral attention lately for wearing the same polyester shirt and vest for his yearbook photo for all 40 years of his career.

Irby said what started off as an accident became a running joke that never got old.

A sports teacher, Irby usually wore athletic clothes suitable for exercise.

He picked the vest and shirt combination in order to look presentable for his first yearbook photo in 1973 and accidentally repeated the outfit the following year.

"I was so embarrassed when I got the school pictures back that second year and realised I had worn the very same thing as the first year,” he told the Dallas Morning News.

Irby's wife, Cathy dared him to repeat the outfit for a third year. In the spirit of one-upmanship Irby continued the joke for a further five years, after which he thought "why stop?"

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BuzzFeed illustrates the top grossing franchises in the history of cinema.


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Meanwhile, in London…

Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich has created an optical illusion using the facade of a Victorian house and an angled wall of mirrors to give passers-by the illusion of falling from the building…or climbing up it for a rescue!

The interactive exhibit is open in Dalston (east London) until August 4, 2013.

There are photos after the video, below, too.

[via Incredible Things]

From left: Mr. Tan, Mr. Squashed, Mr. Brown, Mr. White, Mr. Also White, and Mr. Passed Out Long Enough For Mr. Brown to Draw on Him With a Sharpie.

Via Shiela Sund.

Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Pups

Happened during the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, last Tuesday, when three sisters, Kayleigh, Emily and Torrie Hill, invaded the field during the game, filming themselves doing it. But only after announcing their intentions on Twitter:


The video, made by Kayleigh Hill and posted on Vine, was since deleted, but a gif reproduction of it survives:


Here's some video from the game

Fox Sports

In which Will Portman amd Natalie Ferrell each tell some things about themselves.


FaceMashups

Previously: Honah Hill and Jennifer Lawrence

WGN Morning News's Pat Tomasulo gets even with people who wave at news cameras while he is reporting.


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Redditor Digital_bacon shares a freeze frame he captured from the ending credits of an episode of BBC Three show Mongrels:

One song, 26 letters of the alphabet, 26 genres.

Warning: Video flashes rather annoyingly between 2:21 and 2:28.

We hadn’t heard of a lot of these either. Who wants to start a badass Quan Ho band?

[Andrew Huang]

22 interesting (yet useless) facts you probably don’t know about. Hit the jump (if you’re on the front page) to see the whole post.

[Via TechEblog]

I don’t think this is going to work, but I guess it’s worth a try!

[Via Reddit]

[Via Neatorama]

A wedding ceremony expressed as PHP code! Who said geeks and nerds can’t be romantic?

Available on a greeting card or postcard on Redbubble!

I really, REALLY want this $35 vinyl cleaver clutch purse from Kreepsville 666!

[via Kreepsville 666]

The Sci-Fi Currency Converter is a website where you can see the exchange rates for US Dollars, Euros, British Pounds and Star Wars, Star Trek, Fallout, Sims, Skyrim, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, Discworld, Red Dwarf and Judge Dredd money. You just pick whichever two you want to compare, enter a value, and PRESTO. There's also a brief explanation for how they valued each fictional currency so you can complain about how inaccurate they are while we all sit back and giggle at you for caring so much. Jesus, it's not like you got ripped off at the airport currency exchange flying back from Westeros. Thanks to ChaosLex, who loves chaos so much sometimes he just throws handfuls of pennies at the feet of a crowd yelling FREE GOLD FOR EVERYONE.