Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked
Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that’s required to see them as they were thousands of years ago. SEE MORE HERE.
It’s almost like she wasn’t actually singing the song while they were filming the video, but that’s impossible. (via)
Some are scary some are ridiculous
At least twice… (via)
This owl’s reaction depends on the size of the threat. via
Ants create a lifeboat in the Amazon jungle – BBC wildlife
Åk kortegevägen som Victoria och Daniel åkte
Åk det kungliga bröllopets kortegeväg cirka en timme innan de nyvigda, kronprinssesan Victoria och prins Daniel, gjorde samma resa. Filmat under inspektionsturen.
Travel the royal cortège route through the streets of Stockholm. This was filmed during the inspection trip one hour before the newlywed Crown Princess Couple of Sweden travelled the route in a horse-drawn cortège.
Photo: Swedish Armed Forces/Combat Camera
Everyone on TV and in the movies reads the same newspaper
More pictures of movies with the same newspaper prop here
If you watch enough television shows and movies, then you might even start to notice that a bunch of the same props are used over and over again:
Brow Beat has learned that the prop comes from a small newspaper prop company called the Earl Hays Press in Sun Valley, Calif. Started in 1915, Earl Hays is one of the oldest newspaper prop companies, and the paper in question was first printed in the 1960s (note the top-hat ad on the lower left), then offered as a “period paper,” better suited for Mad Men (where it has not appeared) than Scrubs (where it has). The screenshots don’t actually reveal the same prop—just various printings of the same file. The front is blank and can be customized, but the inside and back page are always identical. In fact, in No Country for Old Men, when Tommy Lee Jones is reading a paper at a diner, the section in his hands is the same as the one sitting on the table, suggesting that the prop master bought two copies to make the paper look fuller, but made the mistake of leaving the stock spread facing up.
Production companies use prop newspapers instead of real ones because getting clearance from an actual publication is usually more work than it’s worth in potential fees and bureaucracy. (There are exceptions. When Tony Soprano picked up his paper each morning, it was always the Newark Star Ledger.) Rather than battle the legal department at the New York Times for that perfunctory breakfast shot, prop masters buy a stack of Earl Hays fake papers, which cost just $15 each. Sometimes if they have some left over they’ll recycle them for another job.
In case you’re curious about the headlines, here are a couple. Above the photo of the young woman with long, thick, dark hair: “She’s 3rd Brightest But Hard ‘Gal’ To See.” On the opposite page above what turns out to be a warehouse burning: “Compromised Housing Bill Sent to President for OK.” (via)
Queen Elizabeth II on the toilet.
Marilyn Monroe and JFK kissing.
Alison Jackson has photographed the Queen of England on the toilet, George Bush and Tony Blair chatting in the sauna, Paris Hilton bribing her fellow inmates and Monica Lewinsky lighting Bill Clinton’s cigar. Or has she? The likenesses are uncanny, but of course, her subjects are look-alikes.
Her photos demonstrate that while seeing is believing, the truth is another story entirely. In her work, Jackson says: “Likeness becomes real and fantasy touches on the believable. The viewer is suspended in disbelief. I try to highlight the psychological relationship between what we see and what we imagine. This is bound up in our need to look—our voyeurism—and our need to believe.” More of her works here.
The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies
Jag är inte någon feminist men det här var intressant!
What did the stars of Lost look like before the show? Check this out!
Thanks JJ!
A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.
The flight data is courtesy of flightradar24.com and covers a large fraction of Europe. There are a few gaps (most noticeably France) and no coverage over the Atlantic, but the picture is still clear.
