The Burj Dubai

A view of the tallest building in the world:

Lehtikuva stock images

An original way to present high quality stock images by Lehtikuva.

Click to launch: Lehtikuva stock images

Basejump @ Karakorum, Pakistan

26 August 1992 – the Autralians Nic Feteris and Glenn Singleman made this highest basejump in an altitude from about 6286 meter, crazy...:

Nano picture of an ant head

A zoomable picture of an ant head. Amazing details are available, click to see:

Nano picture of an ant head

Remanence - Variance

Fascinating timelapse shot in Tokyo over the span of a year by Samuel Cockedey. Go to his homepage for more:

Jumping off the Burj Dubai

In May, a Brit and a Frenchman snuck on to the under-construction Burj Dubai and BASE jumped from it at 650 meters up. Now, there’s video available of their infiltration, jump and subsequent escape:

High-resolution Tetris

Having too much fun playing Tetris? Why not suck all the enjoyment out of it by playing it in HD?

PLAY: HD Tetris

Queensland, Australia by Geoff Charters

"Series of shots from throughout Queensland. A mix from both EX1 and Z1P Cameras.
I'd like to explain the first shot. Under this sand is the world famous Kirra point surf break and reef. Rated by many pro surfers as the best wave on the planet. Government decisions to pump sand out of a local river turned it into a desert." - Geoff Charters

Peter Naylor - Evolving Tides

A short wildlife film showing the wildlife that can be found along the North Norfolk Coast during the winter. From Seals to migrating waders, salt marshes to shingle dunes, we are able to see many species and beautiful sights in this special part of Norfolk:

Firefox High Res Wallpapers

Some really beautiful Firefox-themed wallpapers for your desktop.

Click to see more: Firefox Wallpapers

Learn To Fly

"Learn To Fly" is a short film by Christian Letruria from South Africa (2008).
The Blue Crane is the national bird of South Africa. It began a sudden population decline from around 1980 and is now classified as vulnerable:

Quiet Life - Nature Movie

Directed by LFK, Location: La Barben, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France. Click here for the HD version.

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is programmed entirely in Processing, made by Glenn Marshall. The music is by Boards of Canada again - the track ‘Corsair’ from the Geogaddi album.

Play Mercenaries 2 at 1680 x 1050 widescreen

Also had the resolution problem in Mercenaries 2? Cause with this fix 1680 x 1050, and all other resolutions will be supported. You can play Mercenaries 2 at all 16:10 resolutions that didn't work before, like 1440x900, 1920x1200 etc.

Edit Mercs2.ini in your game folder and add the resolution you want to run it at, then run this utility (first extract it in the mercenaries game folder). Leave it running during game startup or it will not work.

Download: Play Mercenaries 2 at custom resolutions.

To play more games widescreen, check out the Widescreen Gaming Forums

UPDATE: New link, with fixed Aspect Ratio! The number you have to fill in here is for example 1024/768=1,33. For 1680x1050, the AR=1,6!

Thanks to tocaedit.com for the fix!

Grandeur Nature HD Timelapse Video

This is the best time lapse production I've seen for quiet a while! Really wonderful:

Grandeur Nature 2007 timelapse movie

John Graeme Morris Timelapse Reel

Great locations, beautiful colors:
Time-lapse footage shot in NE England and Italy by John Graeme Morris:

High-res Video Enhancements

Cool technique, developed by researchers from University of Washington, to improve video quality (static scenes) by using high-res still photos. Click to read more and watch the video demonstration. How soon we will have such a technique implemented in the consumers’cams?...:

Phantom High Speed Movie Gallery

High speed photography is an engineering tool, much as is an oscilloscope or a computer. It is a photographic technique that enables us to visualize and analyze motion. Especially motions that are too fast for the human eye or conventional cameras to perceive.

Phantom High Speed Movie Gallery

Two wonderful Examples:

Snuffed Candle: Schlierne optics and a Phantom v7 at 1000 fps, 400 us exposure show the heat plum and turbulance of a candle being snuffed out.

Backyard Hummingbird: This shot was taken with a Miro 4 at 640x480 at just under 2000 fps. In "real time" the movie was taken for 1 second during which the bird flaps its wings approximately 72 times.

European Cliff Diving Championship

In the beautiful scenery of Bignasco/Cavergno in Switzerland, where the river flows among enormous stones rubbed and rounded by time, you can find the best European athletes performing breathtaking dives and perfect flying stunts. Spectacular competition for men and women, divided in different categories in an exciting program.

Enjoy this wonderfull HD video from the last championship:

Unusual Water Attraction

Small kid gets launched into the air by fat guy’s huge jump... Someone got owned:

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