Ilamatepec
This is Ilamatepec, the Santa Ana Volcano in El Salvador which erupted at the beginning of the month. It hadn't previously erupted since 1904, and there were reports of lava rocks the size of cars, and villagers fleeing from a…
Roadrunner Lake Resort
Just outside of Scottsdale, Arizona, lies this totally bizarre little patch of buildings. Sitting isolated out in the desert, these structures are packed into perfectly regular square... and as far as I can see, for absolutely no good reason -…
Bear Lake Radio Telescope
This is the Bear Lake Radio Telescope outside of Moscow, and for such a big thing it was incredibly hard to track down any information about it. Initially I had no idea what it was called, but after some extensive…
Post-It
Well this is getting ridiculous... First we had drawing-pins, then scotch tape, and then even more scotch tape. And now? A giant post-it note in Thailand. Told you it was ridiculous. Thanks to DC.
Fame
When we started this site back and April (and were immediately overwhelmed with the huge amount of interest we received), we joked about getting boingboinged, although we never imagined that it would really happen. However, after 6 months and over…
Brazilian Supertanker
Here's a totally awesome image of an enormous supertanker speeding along just off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Only ships above 250,000 tonnes are considered true supertankers, and due to their massive size and weight, their stopping distances are…
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