The average metro train doesn’t go beyond a few stories underground. But sometimes the geology and the geography of the region, such as the presence of rivers and swamps, forces engineers to go deep underground. Continue reading
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The Checkerboard Forest
If you pull up Google Maps and look at the forested areas of Western United States, you’ll notice strange checkerboard patterns, like the one below.A digitally enhanced screengrab from Google Maps. Coordinates: 48.4170389,-116.8918616 Continue reading
Crows on Snow
One evening last week, C.S.I. Walker Berg of the Portland Oregon Police Bureau looked out a window on the 12th floor of the Justice Center to discover an incredible sight Continue reading
32 Years Google Earth Timelapse
Google Timelapse lets you see how places on Earth has changed in 32 years.
Google just released their largest update to Timelapse, with four additional years of imagery, petabytes of new data, and a sharper view of the Earth from 1984 to 2016. Continue reading
8 Sound Sculptures That Lets Nature Be The Musician
While most sculptures are intended to be viewed, there are some that strive to stimulate our other senses as well. These eight large scale sculptures are installed at various locations around the world, and interact with natural forces like the wind and the rain to create soothing music. Let’s hear them.
Singing Ringing Tree, Burnley
The Singing Ringing Tree in Burnley, in Lancashire, England, is 3-meter tall and comprises of galvanised steel pipes of differing lengths and with holes punctured into the underside. When the wind blows, the sculptures produces an eerie sound in several octaves. Completed in 2006, the Singing Ringing Tree is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network (ELEAN). Continue reading