VOL.01
This breathtaking pool of glistening turquoise water under creamy ecclesiastical stone vaulting is the underground water reservoir tank of Mountsouris, a hidden treasure in the south of the Paris. Sitting undisturbed beneath the feet of unknowing Parisians, the original entrance is unfortunately closed to the public. The photograph above was taken by urban explorer photographer [...]
A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater hotel has become a bit of an institution with local fish who have been checking in since the 1960s. At 30 meters below sea level near a lighthouse called La Fourmigue, off the Cap d’Antibes, lies the remains [...]
What would you do if you had founded the largest online retailer in the world? Well, you would go hunting in the dark depths of the Atlantic ocean for NASA rocket engines that powered the Apollo moon missions of the 60s and 70s in your spare time– that’s what! On July 16, 1969, five particular F-1 engines [...]
No, this isn’t the rescue mission of a shipwrecked Porsche 911, this is a picture of a 911 being delivered in 1982, to its new owner living on Norfolk island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. A little bit about Norfolk Island from Wikipedia: The island is [...]
(c) Bettmann/Corbis. The New Yorker magazine put together a slideshow of historical exercise photos. The bizarre line-up includes this underwater ping pong match (being observed by a sand shark at the marine studios in Orlando, Florida, 1947), playing golf in medieval armour and making the bed on one leg. See the full slideshow here. ::: YOU MIGHT ALSO [...]
These women are the last of their kind. In their floral wetsuits, they fill their lungs with air and dive for long periods of time deep into the Pacific ocean, with nothing more than a mask and flippers. They are known as Ama and make a living hunting for abalone, a sea snail that produces pearls. [...]
This is Villa Epecuen, an old tourist town south of Buenos Aires that spent a quarter of a century underwater. Established in the 1920s on the banks of a salt lake, the town was home to over 5,000 residents and a holiday destination to thousands more vacationers from the Argentinian capital. In 1985, a dam [...]
They could be the work of a talented scuba diver using precise tools and measurements, but they’re not. Japanese underwater photographer Yoji Ookata, discovered these mysterious circles after almost 50 years of exploring our underwater world. Eighty feet below sea-level and approximately 6.5ft in diameter, Yoji, nor anyone else, had ever seen anything like it. So who [...]
“Seeing these massive mechanisms being tossed into the ocean like a toy in the bathtub is a ping in my heart.” Award-winning photographer Stephen Mallon captured these incredible pictures over three years as he documented the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s recycling program retire the remains of obsolete New York subway cars into the Atlantic ocean. Over [...]
Some cities have a litter problem, some suffer from high crime rates and others might have a lack
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What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take you
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This breathtaking pool of glistening turquoise water under creamy ecclesiastical stone vaulting is
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A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater
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“It’s not a symbol of harassment. It’s a symbol of a woman having an absolutely
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When was the last time you felt like complaining to your landlord? It seems there’s always
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Just hours after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, 1945, former fashion model and Vogue
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Beachfront properties custom-built for movie stars and the Hollywood elite, panoramic views from
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What would you do if you had founded the largest online retailer in the world? Well, you would go
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No, this isn’t the rescue mission of a shipwrecked Porsche 911, this is a picture of a 911
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More abandoned p0rn to tie you over this Monday afternoon, this time, Victorian and Art Deco
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