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Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute recorded this video of great white sharks fiercely attacking their SharkCam, an autonomous underwater vehicle with several cameras inside pointing at different directions. It shows how they attack their prey in Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
This is Rummu, an abandoned soviet prison and forced labor open mine located in Estonia. Underground waters flooded the quarry and the place oddly went from being a horrible punishment facility to become one of the most enjoyable beaches I’ve ever seen. The clearness of the water and the sunk buildings make Rummu an scuba…
These looped GIFs by artist Erdal Inci are 50 percent surreal videoart, 50 percent performance art, 100 percent awesome—sometimes beautiful, sometimes creepy. From the artist: I realized that if you clone a recorded performance contiguously it will become perpetual. So that you can see all the time phases of the same performance in a small…
The director shouts action. Time passes. Suddenly, a car crashes through a truck and, out of control, almost wipes out the entire film crew. This is what happens when you are filming a car action scene and you don’t take the appropriate safety measures.Fortunately, everyone seems to be alright. There are no details on where…
National Geographic just announced the winners of the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest for 2014. They’re all so fantastic you’d swear they aren’t real. Like the one above, which is so fantastic that it looks like a photoshop. But it is real—a stunning picture by Marc Henauer of Green Lake in Tragöss, Austria. Every spring,…
If you love filmmaking you will love this 10-minute montage of some of the best steadicam shots in cinema history. It’s definitely missing some great long takes—like the amazing 6-minute steadicam shot in True Detective—but it’s a great summary of good uses of this shot, invented by Garrett Brown in 1971. In the words of…
The US Navy sailorsin this photo are directing a landing hovercraft “into the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in the Atlantic Ocean, July 29, 2014.” The scene is so cinematic that it could have been filmed onboard the USS Sulaco. It only needs some Power Loaders. From the outside, this is…
I’m a fan of Marco D’Alfonso since hisKirby-style Akira cover. But that’s not his only great mashup. There are many more—and even better! Like the iconic Avengers #4 cover by Jack Kirby mixed with Adventure Time. There are much more and I love them all. Avengers #4 The Incredible Hulk #1 Giant-size X-Men #1 Secret…
Sploid reader trout linked to this video here: A TOW 2B Aero missile exploding over a Russian T-72 tank to deliver its penetrator charge. The second explosion is the penetrator reaching the explosives and fuel inside the tank. Trout argued that Russia’s massive tank force would have a very hard time surviving to these missiles.…
Pornburger calls this A Fish Called Hitachi Wand but I don’t care about deciphering its burgers names anymore. I just want this “lightly fried, smoked trout patty, dressed in an Old Bay, bacon potato salad, and a spicy dollop of Gordy’s Cherry Pepper Spread” going down my throat right now. SPLOID is a new blog…
A Russian T-90AM tank firing its 125mm cannon as it flies off a ramp. Even after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia still has more tanks than any other country in the world:15,500. China and the USA follow with 9,150 and 8,325 respectively. Russia is now conducting its annual world tank championship. While the…
Mohammad Reza is a self-taught photographer from Iran. The wide angle lens and the colorful Persian architecture give to his pictures a mesmerizing kaleidoscopic effect. Most of my pics are covering a very wide angle of view (showing an entire building in one picture ) and also they are high dynamic range, for me light…
The guys at Lightfarm Studios tell the classic impossible love story between a mermaid and a human in this impressive 3D composition. Everything but the model—the corals, the diver, the tail of the mermaid, the shipwreck—is made in 3D. I could spend hours watching these guys work. NSFW-ish. The video on how they made it…
Here’s a fun mashup that combines two things most people who enjoyed childhood video games and comic book movies: Nintendo characters as The Avengers. Mario is Iron Man, Pikachu is Thor, Luigi turns into the Hulk, Link as Captain America and so on. They basically re-create The Avenger movie in this video by James Farr.…
Photographer Jon Durr took this amazing time-lapse video of fans leaving Wembley Stadium on February 6, 2012, after the friendly game between England and Brazil. You are seeing about 70,000 people controlled by the police. From Mr. Durr: Here is a short time-lapse of fans leaving Wembley Stadium after Brazil played England in an international…
Today’s Earth Picture of the Day is extraordinarily beautiful and rare: Fine art and landscape photographer Fefo Boouvier captured a large population of bioluminescent noctiluca glowing against the Milky Way in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of the little town of Barra de Valizas, Uruguay. From the EPOD site: The photo above shows a…
From astronaut Reid Wiseman:“It is tough to concentrate at the gym when this is the view.” Yes, Reid, your life sucks. The astronauts should actually install the toilet in the cupola. I’m sure the best ideas in the history of humankind would be produced there. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…
Art historian Maximilian Schich put together this pretty visualization that records humanity’s cultural history over 2,600 years. The blue and red dots you see above are the birthplaces and deaths for over 120,000 people who were “notable enough” to have their births and deaths recorded. The idea is that by tracking the lives of ‘important…
Our attention spans aren’t what they used to be so 1A4Studio is basically doing God’s work when they summarize classic movies in less than 60 seconds. This time, they draw all the important parts of Jaws in one fun squealing animation sequence. We might need a bigger animation. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…
This isn’t a Cassini photo of a Saturn moon against an asteroids field or a frame from Guardians of the Galaxy. This beautiful alien landscape is right here on Earth, a microscopic world hidden inside a gemstone, photographed by Danny J. Sanchez. He told me about the process behind his work here. I’m definitely a…
