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Seeing Famous Places From Above Is Surreal

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MARCH 24, 2014 These birds eye views are seriously incredible. It reminds us of how beautiful the Earth truly is. 1. Niagara Falls 2. Barcelona 3. Central Park NYC 4. Dubai Islands 5. Maze at Longleat, England 6. Mexico City 7. Venice 8. Amsterdam 9. Namib Desert 10. Chicago 11. Tulip Fields, The Netherlands 12. Bern, Switzerland 13. Dubrovnik, Croatia 14. Paris 15. Meskendir Valley, Turkey 16. Shanghai 17. Capetown, South Africa 18. Moscow 19. Athens 20. Vancouver 21. Male, Maldives 22. Seattle, USA 23. Giza Pyramids 24. Bac Son Valley, Vietnam 25. Marina Bay, Dubai 26. Rio de Janeiro 27. Terrace Rice Fields, China 28. Vatican City 29. Lake in Pomerania, Poland 30. San Francisco, USA

The Gravity of Illusion: Dyson’s Mysterious Garden Fountain

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Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest_share Share on google_plusone_share Share on stumbleupon Share on reddit Share on email More Sharing Services A simple water feature can take an ordinary deck and turn it into something magnificent. But a water feature fashioned by celebrated industrial designer James Dyson (of Dyson vacuums fame) is bound to be the most unforgettable water feature ever. This fountain, part of an overall garden design dubbed “ The Wrong Garden ,” was created by Dyson for the Royal Horticultural Society’s 2003 Chelsea Flower Show. Like everything else designed by Dyson, it accomplishes a seemingly impossible task with highly astonishing style: in this case, it makes water flow uphill. Dyson’s inspiration for the highly unusual outdoor fountain was M.C. Escher’s “Waterfall,” an illustration in which a stream of water seemingly breaks the laws of physics. Likewise, Dyson’s fountain looks like it somehow exists in a loo