The story of Michael Jackson is a fascinating one, and at times, quite sad. Of course, there were the child star days, then his superstardom status in the Eighties and Nineties…followed by the accusations and court cases…and eventually, his disappearance from the US to parts remote (Bahrain, I believe). It’s been suggested that much of his weirdness can be chalked up to an attempt to recapture his lost childhood. Apart from the “incidents” involving young boys, nowhere is this quest more evident than in his greatest non-musical creation, Neverland Ranch. Someone was able to get inside Neverland and take some pictures at night. The images are quite fascinating…especially the stars in the sky behind the various attractions. It’s worth the 2-3 minutes it takes to watch the slideshow:
Neverland at Night
March 29th, 2008
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How’d you like to roll out of bed each morning and walk outside to get a few lungfuls of fresh air…only to be greeted by a site like this? This little seaport in Norway is called Ålesund…and it seems that there’s almost no way to take a bad picture of this place. Simply breathtaking!
You can see more of Ålesund, up close and personal, with these three beautiful images:
Welcome to Ålesund
Ålesund with lights
Ålesund at sunset
March 16th, 2008
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A very interesting first-person account of one man’s experience underneath Niagara Falls, where he explores the remains of a 100-year-old attempt to capture the hydroelectric power of The Falls. Accompanied by spectacular pictures of the tunnel itself, even more fascinating is the writer’s description of the experience:
“Lying below a river that will relentlessly tear into the bedrock until all has been obliterated from Queenston to Erie, this tunnel thirty-three feet in diameter is imprinted into my being forever. A swirling army of red brick millions strong, the eye of a petrified hurricane leading us right into the centre of the stalled but fighting storm that is Niagara Falls. Standing in its back-blast, in a place far deeper and darker than any middling storm sewer, I breathed and drank from the fount of the universe and swam closer to its centre than I ever will again.”
Toronto Power Company Tailrace
March 5th, 2008
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