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Tech NewsSploidForging This Beautifully Intricate Sword Is So Damn Impressive
Do you remember the Green Destiny sword from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I didn’t. But that damascus steel blade finished with jade is so damn gorgeous and stunningly detailed that after seeing the guys at Baltimore Knife and Sword make it, I don’t think I’ll ever forget it again. The whole build process is so … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidBeing Above the Clouds in New York City Is Magical
New York City is a special place. In the morning, when the city wakes up. At night, when it doesn’t sleep. On the grid, in the park, next to the water, across the boroughs, in the bars, on the corners, it all adds up to the best city in the world. Here’s a great view … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidGorgeous Sweeping Views of the Dragon Mountains
Cooped up in a city or squandered in a suburb, it’s easy to forget how damn wonderful nature can be. Here are some truly stunning views of the Drakensberg Escarpment in South Africa. I love how the shadows and light shutter over the mountains throughout the day. Drakensberg is derived from the Afrikaans word Drakensberge … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidPaddleboarding Among Icebergs
When it’s cold outside, I don’t even want to go out. But there is beauty in the winter stillness and there are people who can brave the cold and enjoy it. Here is a portrait of Karol Garrison paddleboarding Lake Michigan while ice surrounds him. It’s so peaceful out there. But so damn cold. SPLOID … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidMixing Paint Together Is Gorgeously Stimulating
Put paint and oil and milk and soap together and what do you get? A lot of pretty. Thomas Blanchard continues his series of mixing paint and shooting it up close to create worlds of emotion and beauty through color. What’s especially cool is how alive it all feels. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidA Stunning Aerial View of Salmon Migration
Here’s a lovely view of a salmon run in Lake Iliamna, Alaska. Just being able to see the rivers filled with salmon from up above is incredible, it’s just packed to the brim with fish. It’s also pretty cool to be able to track all the different areas the salmon are in, from the mouth … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis Sunset Video Makes It Seem Like the Sky Is on Fire
Sometimes there are just no words. Sometimes there is just a tree and a setting Sun and a sky that turns from a bright yellow to a deep orange. The Film Artist made this video, Be Sunset Tree, and it’s just majestic. How the Sun crosses the tree, how the tree seemingly cradles the light, … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis Drone Video That Takes You All Around the World Is Truly Gorgeous
Some days, you just need a reminder on how truly beautiful this world of ours is. Today is your lucky day. Christian Grewe’s AIRTime, filmed using a DJI Phantom 3, gives an aerial world tour that spans from Dubai to Hawaii to Hong Kong to Europe and South Asia and more. It is totally gorgeous … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch Winter Turn into Spring in These Beautiful Photos
Fall is probably the most picturesque season but there’s always something beautiful about seeing the stillness of winter give way to the color of spring. Here’s a collection of photographs from photographer Jim Brandenburg that documents the transformation from winter to spring. According to National Geographic, Brandenburg took a photo everyday in Minnesota from the … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidBeautiful Video Zooms All Over Vienna, Austria
I’ve never been to Vienna but I can tell you that it is beautiful because this video by FilmSpektakel basically takes you all over the capital of Austria through a fun zooming effect that teleports you to different landmarks. It’s sort of like traveling on a haze of drugs and booze. SPLOID is delicious brain … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis Is Very Probably the Most Beautiful Bike Ride You Could Ever Take
If only this never ending swirl of beautiful landscapes actually existed on one bike trail. It would be the best ride you could ever get on a bike. Cleverly enough though, this short film called DreamRide by Juicy Studios shows Mike Hopkins riding through Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington and it makes it look … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHere Are All 59 Beautiful US National Parks in 1 Minute
Need somewhere to escape to this year? Easy. Just pick a US National Park, any US National Park. From canyons to glaciers to valleys to lakes and everything in between, this here country has so many different textures that it’s a neat reminder in how different this here planet can be.
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Tech NewsSploidGlorious Ultra Clear Video Shows One Entire Year of the Sun
This is what the sun looks like over the course of a year. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the Sun and all of its fiery grace from January 1, 2015 to January 28, 2016. That beautiful burning orb looks unbelievable in this amount of detail. NASA Goddard writes: SDO’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) captures a … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidSeeing Lightning Strikes from Space Is Really Beautiful
In our continuing coverage of Mother Nature’s wrath on the planet Earth (also known as lightning strikes on this blue marble), here is an otherworldly view of how this world of ours gets pummeled by electricity. Being so far removed from the ground, like how British ESA astronaut Tim Peake is, the lightning strikes that … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidExploring One of the Largest River Caves in the World Is Like Exploring an Alien World
The eerie green glow of the kayak against the Xe Bang Fai river obviously enhances the spooky alien feel but the truth is, the river cave Tham Khoun Xe in Laos really looks like a completely different world. Ryan Deboodt shot his two day kayaking trip through the 4-mile long cave and showed the heights … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidSeeing One Day Pass on Earth from Space Is Beyond Stunning
This is what one day looks like on Earth from space. The footage condenses 24 hours of imagery from Japan’s Himawari-8 satellite into 12 seconds and shows us how the our beautiful blue marble peels itself from the darkness in unbelievable detail. The reveal of Earth is just beyond words. No planet is as beautiful … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThese Aerial Views of New York City Are the Best I’ve Ever Seen
It’s unfair to ask me because when I look at New York City, I see the energy and the buzz and all the memories I’ve made there. Sure, the buildings are lovely and the skyline is gorgeous but it’s the feeling I get from when I just look at the city that makes it spectacular. … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidSeeing the Migration of Thousands of Reindeers in the Winter Is Totally Majestic
Here’s absolutely gorgeous footage of a huge herd of reindeers making their way across Norway during winter from photographer Jan Helmer Olsen. Seeing all those reindeers walk through the snow in search for warmth is especially beautiful because of the aerial drone view. Their movement is almost balletic from up there. SPLOID is delicious brain … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidNew York City Is Even More Stunning When the Light Hits It
New York is one of my favorite places in the world because of so many things but in certain moments (especially during the winter) it can be a miserable place to live as you wonder if it’s worth it to be freezing and packed on top of people and question if the city is all … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidVideo: Exploring the Arctic Is Beautifully Difficult
It’s cold. It’s lonely. It’s really cold. It’s really lonely. It’s unfathomably cold. And it’s lonely. That’s what this mere glimpse of life on an Arctic expedition looks like. The visuals are jarring: the ship looks like it’s parked on land, the mustaches are frozen, the research looks difficult. But it also must be so … Continued
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