Manami Ito, a Japanese violinist who lost her arm at 20, shows that passion and determination can overcome any obstacle.
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In Italy, one of the hobbies for older men is “Umarell”.
Retired men who enjoy watching construction sites while giving unsolicited advice
A 75-year-old steam locomotive that still commands attention at modern stations.
[📹 alexbradleymaz]
After 144 years of construction, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona has reached its full height with the placement of the final piece atop its central tower.
[📹 davidcantor]
The Imām 'Alī Mosque in Najaf, Iraq, has ornate domed ceilings, large glass chandeliers, marble columns, bejeweled walls, carved doors, and beautiful rugs.
The reflections on those shiny elements give it a deeply magical appearance.
A ballistic shell fired and captured in slow motion: note the shockwave distortion around the shell
Engineering is real magic
[📹 Ryan Hansen Space]
Truck drivers on a ferry playing 4D chess with 20-ton vehicles
Phenomenal view of Artemis II from a plane
A meteor burning up in Earth's atmosphere, filmed from the International Space Station.
The Dakota fire pit burns from the top downward, drawing a steady, laminar stream of fresh air from the air hole, achieving near complete combustion with little or no seen smoke.
This is a forced ventilation version.
The rainbow colored flower field at Hinoyama Koen Park Turkish Tulip Garden in Shimonoseki city.
MotoGP rider Álex Márquez touches the surface of the corner to test if it's wet from rain.
This is a painting by the Spanish painter Sergi Cadenas. It ages from the angle you look at it.
In Nazaré, Portugal, surfer Sebastian Steudtner rode a 26.2-meter wave, setting a new world record for big wave surfing.
An unbelievable feat!
The boldest way to finish a painting
[📹 huapi67]
A selection of the multi-planet systems discovered in the Milky Way galaxy by the Kepler Space Telescope!
(Credit: Ethan Kruse/NASA Goddard)
Children are learning through a math game challenge.
Hazel Scott masterfully plays two pianos at once in 1943
Artemis II Trajectory vs. Apollo 11 and Apollo 13
[🎞️ dflores.07]