Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch and Luke Evansjoining join the cast of The Hobbit

Sir Peter Jackson has added a new entry to his official Facebook page confirming the casting of two actors and announcing the addition of two more. To sum, he confirms the casting of Luke Evans as Bard and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock in the BBC TV series Sherlock) as Smaug (but not the Necromancer). As for the new additions, Lost's Evangeline Lilly has joined as Tauriel a Woodland Elf (not a character in the book) while Barry Humphries (Finding Nemo) will do the motion capture and voice for the CGI Goblin King.

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Wind Tunnel Skydiving

Indoor skydiving* wind tunnel in Skydive Arena in Prague,  Czech Republic.



4 way Routine with Havard (Skywalkers), Raph and Ju (Team4Speed) and Alberto (Volare) at Skydive Arena (Praha)


*Indoor Skydiving (or outdoor "Vertical Wind Tunnel Skydiving") is a unique way to experience the fun of real skydiving without jumping out of an airplane! Wind tunnels, similar to those normally used to test race cars and other vehicles, make a jet of heavy air powerful enough to support the human body and lift it as much as 90 feet above the ground.

windtunnelskydiving 

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Jamie Beck’s Cinemagraphy

45 amazing animated GIFs created by New York City-based fashion photographer Jamie Beck, in collaboration with Kevin Burg, a web designer with a background in video and motion graphics. 

These photographs are more than a photo, but not quite a video. Jamie Beck calls her work “cinemagraphs”. She says:

We feel there are many exciting applications for this type of moving image. There's movement in everything and by capturing that plus the great things about a still photograph you get to experience what a video has to offer without the time commitment a video requires.

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Nightsurf Video

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What an Astronaut's Camera Sees (HQ Video)

A magnificent tour of Earth's impressive landscapes... as captured by astronauts with their digital cameras. Dr. Justin Wilkinson from NASA's astronaut team describes the special places that spacemen focus on. 





This video once again reminds us the famous quote by Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space:

Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!
~ Yuri Gagarin

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Daybreak Photography

Photographs from around the world capturing the beauty of dawn.

Rangitoto @ Dawn by Chris Gin

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Weather Survivors Macro Photography

Lily of the Valley and snails in the rain. Photographic series by Suren Manvelyan

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Explorer of Lilac Macro Photography

Beautiful macro photography of a snail exploring lilac flowers.
Photographer: Suren Manvelyan

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T-Mobile Angry Birds Live

via youtube.com

People use a simple smartphone to play a life-size version of the cult Angry Birds game. Complete with real shooting birds and exploding pigs!

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