Bird Flight Fractals

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Bird Flight Fractals

Mesmerizing curves and formations made from a flock of birds... some say that these birds exploit the atmospheric conditions preceding a tornado. But tornado, or not, if you see this happening again, can you please make a better-resolution video and send it to us?

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Today's pictures & links:

Aerial Swimming Pool

Marina Bay Sand's Skypark in Singapore. Somebody has to shoot the next James Bond movie there. It just asks for a tightrope dance with a villain.

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This swimming pool even has the "infinity edge" emptying out on the neighbouring skyscrapers. Simply awesome.

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A River Runs Through It

...it runs through the gardens at Keukenhof in the Netherlands.

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The Endless Staircase

(image credit: Philipp Klinger)

Sculpture in the yard of the KPMG building in Munich. Designed by Olafur Eliasson - see more images and info here.

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The Enormous Grid of Trees Spotted in Japan

Our reader Dave DenHerder spotted something unique in Google Maps on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan - a giant forested grid of truly stupendous proportions!

He says, "At first, I almost ignored it until I realized that this pattern was huge... and very straight and precise for something that big. So I zoomed in until I saw that the grid was made up of bands of trees. Using the scale in the corner of the screen, I estimate that each square in the grid is about 2.5 miles wide!"

(images via GoogleMaps, sent in by Dave DenHerder)

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Mixed fresh links for today:

Crazy Mushroom-Shaped City - [architecture]

To woo a mate, male bowerbirds decorate, lavishly. - [wow nature, pics]

New fantastic wall graffiti animation - [wow video]

Inspiring Science Fiction Art from the 1980s - [cool art]

Carte Geografichen - [vintage maps]

These ATMs will give you money... grudgingly - [funny]

Is Mafia Dead? (State of Mafia Families Today) - [interesting]

Concrete Aircraft Carrier in China - [weird architecture]

Plane Refueling a Ferrari! - [wow video]

An Interview With The Editor Of The Onion - [neat videos]

Short Cute Animation from Stephane Halleux - [cute video]

Unbelievable Acrobatics Performance - [wow video]

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We like Klockwerks by Roger Wood

Klockwerks. Gorgeous design pieces - one look at the catalog will make you a believer, anbd possibly, a buyer:

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Cats... The Good, and the Evil One

Note that we do not specify which one is which, exactly:

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Yarn Break

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See a lot more knitted oddities in Strange Knits and Yarn Monsters.

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This truck is too heavy for this bridge

Or rather, "was" too heavy. Somewhere in China, any additional info?

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Great Star Wars "T" - Bow Tie Tuxedo Shirt!

Among many cool t-shirt designs, this one just begs to be bought - from here. Designed by Reece Ward exclusively for Lucasfilm Ltd. (another example)