60+ Beautiful Butterfly Photography | ShutterSkills

60+ Beautiful Butterfly Photography | ShutterSkills


A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly’s life cycle consists of four parts, egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). All the many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths.Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts. (source wikipedia)

Manufactured totems by Alain Delorme | Recyclart

Manufactured totems by Alain Delorme | Recyclart

The new Totems series by Alain Delorme plunges us into the core of contemporary China and its complexity. Under the blue sky of a highly colored Shanghai, men carry throughout the city unbelievable piles. These precarious columns made of cardboard or chairs appear as new totems of a society in complete transformation, both a factory for the world and a new El Dorado of the market economy.

All Pics Courtesy of Magda Danysz Gallery

Optimism, Not Fear, The Theme at William McDonough's West Coast Green Lecture | California Home + Design

Optimism, Not Fear, The Theme at William McDonough's West Coast Green Lecture | California Home + Design

Lamborghini reveals the Sesto Elemento‎ at Paris Motorshow 2010

White House Chief of Staff Announcement

President Obama announces that Rahm Emanuel is stepping down as White House Chief of Staff and names Senior Advisor Pete Rouse as interim Chief of Staff

A Day of Service and Rememberance

Over 100 volunteers join First Lady Michelle Obama in service projects at a retirement home for veterans and their families in McLean, VA. The President and Vice President also participate in service events in Washington D.C. and New York.

Meet WebP, Google’s New Image Format | Epicenter | Wired.com

Meet WebP, Google’s New Image Format | Epicenter | Wired.com

The Frame: Storm inundates the northeast U.S.

The Frame: Storm inundates the northeast U.S.


Torrential downpours from a faded tropical storm inundated the Northeast on Friday, forcing evacuations, toppling trees, cutting power to thousands and washing out roads during a snarled morning commute. Water pooled so deeply in a Philadelphia suburb that a car literally floated on top of another car. Hard rain began falling in Boston early Friday afternoon as the city braced for the sustained rains that have plagued the Eastern Seaboard over the last two days. The deluge was blamed for five deaths in North Carolina on Thursday and a sixth in Pennsylvania on Friday - a woman who apparently drove her car into a rain-swollen creek before daybreak. The storm soaked a great swath of the Northeast by the Friday morning commute, including New York City and Philadelphia. Flights coming into LaGuardia Airport in New York City were delayed three hours and traffic coming into Manhattan was delayed by up to an hour under a pounding rain. (28 images)