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Mean Seal

“As any professional photographer will tell you, it can often be hard to get your subject to crack a smile. However, there was no such problem for Amos Nachoum when he encountered this 12ft leopard seal. As he bravely edged his camera close to the fearsome predator’s face, it obligingly opened its jaws and showed off a fine set of 2in razor-sharp teeth. An experienced photographer of underwater wildlife, Nachoum spotted the seal as it hunted penguin near Pleneau-Island in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean.” w/ photos

Spiderman Climbs French Tower

“Alain Robert tackles the 152-meter tall Ariane Tower in Paris with no ropes… and gets arrested. Again.”

Wooden Stair Tower

“When David Spearman bought his new house, he thought the bottom of his garden would be perfect for a vegetable patch. The only snag was that it happened to be up a sheer 50ft cliff. Undeterred, he took inspiration from the home improvement shows he loves to watch on TV and built a wooden tower with six flights of stairs to scale the chalk cliff. The $15,000, 90-step tower, which took six months to build, not only allows the IT worker and his wife Moira to reach the end of their garden, but the top also doubles as a patio with decking, a table, four benches and a superb view of the River Medway.” w/ photos

Dancing Salsa Dog

“At first it made me laugh a little, but as it went on, it really seemed to start getting a little creepy.” — CanadaPhil

Lobster Babies

“Twins? Triplets? A spiny lobster mom sends out some 700,000 larvae! Alas, only three percent will survive.”

Panorama Of Our Galaxy

“A physicist has created one of the most detailed panoramic image ever created of the Milky Way using 3,000 images. Dr Axel Mellinger spent two years and travelled 26,000 miles to different vantage points across the globe in a mammoth effort to create the super-intricate photograph. Searching for the best views in different countries and later piecing together his collection in a studio, the incredible project resulted in this spectacular view of the full night sky with our vast galaxy at the centre. Named ‘All-Sky Milky Way Panorama 2.0′, the colossal image shows as many as 25 million stars and never seen before dust lanes – smears of cosmic dust seen against the black sky at night. ‘This panorama image shows stars 1000 times fainter than the human eye can see, as well as hundreds of galaxies, star clusters and nebulae,’ said Professor Mellinger, 42, from Central Michigan University. ‘It shows our place in the galaxy. If you can imagine floating in space with the Earth and sun not there, this is what we would see. The spectacular panoramic was the result of thousands of hours of traveling and meticulous planing.” w/ photos

World’s Biggest Meatball

“A US restaurant has broken the world record for the largest meatball. Matthew Mitnitsky, the owner of Nonni’s Italian Eatery in Concord, New Hampshire, said his 222.5lb meatball had been verified by Guinness World Records. Mr Mitnitsky said he wanted “to bring the meatball back to the East Coast.” w/ photos

100 People Surf 1 Wave

“These surfers don’t mind sharing their wave.”

World’s Largest & Most Lavish Cruise

“Nautical fans got a treat today when the world’s biggest cruise ship sailed into British waters. The 20-storey, 1,180ft Oasis of the Seas dwarfed the Isle of Wight ferry as it made its way along the south coast to drop off hundreds of workers who have been making the finishing touches to its on-board luxuries. Enthusiasts flocked to the cliffs of Hampshire in the hope of catching a glimpse of the ship – not that they could miss it. It is three times the size of the QE2 – and five times as big as the Titanic.” w/ photos

Orchid Opens Up For Camera

“Woooooooooooooow!”