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Impossible Over-The-Backboard Shot

“Tyreke Evans makes an impressive shot over the Raptors.”

Beautiful Flooded Meadow

“This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I have had dreams of such places.”

Ocean Liner Squeezes Through Land

“Measuring 1,040 feet in length and weighing 122,000 tonnes, the Celebrity Eclipse was always going to make an impact with her mammoth size. So the ship was forced to make an undignified squeeze through the lock as she left the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenberg, Germany, on her maiden voyage today. At one point it was such a narrow fit the 121-foot wide ocean liner had as few as two feet on either side of her as she eased through, during a rite of passage known as the conveyance.” w/ photos

Zebra Puts Head Into Hippo’s Mouth

“This inquisitive zebra diced with death when it leaned in to the gaping mouth of a hippopotamus. One of the most aggressive animals in the world, the hippo can savage its prey to death with its menacing jaw. But the zebra seems perfectly unaware of the precarious position he’s in as he teeters on the edge of the water dangerously close to the animal’s razor-sharp teeth. Despite appearing to be just seconds away from imminent death, the striped creature escaped unharmed. Much to the surprise of zoo visitors, the animal was merely cleaning the hippo’s teeth. The extraordinary spectacle was captured by photographer Jill Sonsteby at Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland.” w/ photos

World’s Biggest House Of Cards

“An American architect has broken his own Guinness World Record by building the largest house of free-standing playing cards. Bryan Berg used 218,792 cards to create a replica of the Venetian Macau, which is on display in its namesake luxury hotel and casino. Berg took 44 days and 4,051 decks of cards to complete his model inside the Venetian, which sits at the heart of Macau’s Cotai Strip, the China-ruled city’s version of Las Vegas’ neon alley.” w/ photos

Solar Corona

“Shooting a million miles or more out into the hard, cold vacuum of space, this fiery halo is one of the wonders of the universe. Whipped into gigantic swirls by the Sun’s ferocious magnetic fields, the shell of super-hot gas is as beautiful as it is dangerous. It’s called a corona and can’t normally be seen because of the brightness of the Sun, a broiling sea of hydrogen gas at 10,000c. But during a solar eclipse, the Moon blocks out the Sun and the corona is spectacularly revealed. This extraordinary image is a montage, digitally stitched together from 38 photos taken on the Marshall Islands in July 2009 by veteran eclipse hunter Miloslav Druckmuller.” w/ photos

World’s Largest Ice Maze

“Over 60 thousand people gathered in downtime Buffalo, for the Powder Keg Festival, and the chance to go through the world’s largest ice maze. Apart from all the delicious food and the fun rides, people in Buffalo were most excited about the giant ice maze built in the center of the city. The world record creation was made up of 22 hundred blocks of ice that weighed 600 thousand pounds of ice.” w/ photos

World’s Brightest Flashlight

“It’s so hot, it cooks eggs!”

Amazing Dog Beats The Odds To Walk Again!

“Hoppa the dog, who was born with just two legs, is able to walk again thanks to an Israeli artist’s incredible invention.”

Christ’s Crucifixion Nail Found?

“The four-inch long nail is thought to be one of thousands used in crucifixions across the Roman empire. Archaeologists believe it dates from either the first or second century AD. The nail was found last summer in a decorated box in a fort on the tiny isle of Ilheu de Pontinha, just off the coast of Madeira. Pontinha was thought to have been held by the Knights Templar, the religious order that was part of the Christian forces which occupied Jerusalem during the Crusades in the 12th century.” w/ photo