Mismatched superheroes

(via 9GAG)

Frame of mind

(via Now That's Nifty)

What's the story, Morning Glory? Mysterious clouds seen over Australia

Morning Glory clouds like the ones seen in this photo have had scientists stumped for a long time. Here's NASA's explanation:

What causes these long, strange clouds? No one is sure. A rare type of cloud known as a Morning Glory cloud can stretch 1,000 kilometers long and occur at altitudes up to two kilometers high. Although similar roll clouds have been seen at specific places across the world, the ones over Burketown, Queensland Australia occur predictably every spring. Long, horizontal, circulating tubes of air might form when flowing, moist, cooling air encounters an inversion layer, an atmospheric layer where air temperature atypically increases with height. These tubes and surrounding air could cause dangerous turbulence for airplanes when clear. Morning Glory clouds can reportedly achieve an airspeed of 60 kilometers per hour over a surface with little discernible wind. Pictured above, photographer Mick Petroff photographed some Morning Glory clouds from his airplane near the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.

Video of Bigfoot in Idaho

The Zapruder-like quality of the video makes this recent Bigfoot sighting believable...

Or maybe not.

Google Amazon View

Google has expanded its Street View feature to include the Amazon River, or at least part of it. Check it out:




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(via Google Sightseeing)

Look, Ma! No hands!

This is probably the cheapest hands-free solution for your cell phone you'll find:

(from The Daily Mail)

Face of E.T. found in tree trunk

E.Tree phone home!

Squirrel drinking a peanut smoothie through a straw

Proof that squirrels suck.

Allison Carrick, from Stubbington in Hampshire, made this peanut smoothie for the squirrels in her garden. She said: "When I first offered them the drink they just lapped it up from a dish but then I put out a sundae glass and a straw to see what they would do. To my amazement before long they were sucking away to their hearts content. It's great fun to watch them and it keeps them off the bird table."

Fashion designer makes shoes out of horses' hooves

German designer Iris Schieferstein on her bizarre creations that mix taxidermy and fashion:

"I love horses and I love shoes so I thought this would be perfect. Horses have a beautiful walk and I wanted to recreate that with my footwear.

"Creating the shoes is ugly work, taking the meat out is not nice, like any taxidermy. When I began working with dead animals I would pick them up from the street.

"But they are protected by the government in Germany, and so after ten years they tried to put me in prison. Now I use my butcher.

"Once the shoes are made I wear them to make sure they work, although they would not be suitable to wear around the house."

Are there really that many people out there wanting to look like fauns or centaurs to create a market for this?

(via Dave Barry's Blog)

Shark feeding frenzy off the Australian coast

Buddy check!