Outdoors/Nature
Rare Color Video Of New York City In 1939
Shot by French tourist Jean Vivier is this rare color video of New York City during the summer of 1939. The 70-year-old footage was shot on 16mm Kodachrome film and features 5-cent pina colodas, kids playing in a fountain, views from the Rockefeller Center Roof Studio and more.
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Springboks Celebrate Fresh Grass By Pronking
Springbok, a medium-sized antelope/gazelle located in southwest Africa, spend a majority of time searching for fresh grass. When Springboks find fresh grass they celebrate by pronking, repeatedly leaping up to 4 meters [13 feet] into the air in a stiff-legged posture.
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Comedian Hires Skywriting Pilot To Write ‘How Do I Land?’ Over Los Angeles
Comedian Kurt Braunohler started the Kurt Braunohler’s Cloud Project on Kickstarter earlier this year with a goal to ‘hire a man in a plane to write stupid things with clouds in the sky’. In one month Braunohler was able to raise $6,820, enough money to get a professional skywriting pilot to write ‘How Do I Land?’ over downtown Los Angeles. On March 23rd, 2013 the joke was written and photographer Robyn Von Swank captured the skywriting.
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Dubai Time-Lapse
Photographer Dima Vazhnik of Minsk, Belarus recently visited Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and used Canon 7D to shoot this incredible four-minute time-lapse.
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GoPro Captures Spire Installation Atop One World Trade Center
On Friday, May 10th, 2013 the final piece of One World Trade Center was installed, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey strapped a GoPro camera to the spire and captured this incredible footage of lower Manhattan as the building’s final piece was lowered into place.
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