Its that time of the year again in Munich, Germany where the largest trade fair, the Oktoberfest is running during late September to early October. Some six million people will be attending where everyone would be drinking and eating to their heart’s content.

Claudia Ciesla, born to a Polish father and a German mother, models for the Oktoberfest. The photoshoot taken by Kubinska and Hoffman shows the joys at the Oktoberfest festival with Claudia.

5 more pics of Oktoberfest with Claudia Ciesla after the jump.

All images copyright by Kubinska and Hoffman and more can be found at the Oktoberfest official website.

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We had a look at Youtube’s office recently and now let’s take a look at the office of popular social networking site Digg which was started out by Kevin Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky and Jay Adelson and launched on December 5, 2004. The office is located in San Francisco and looks well designed though it does not look extravagant like that of Youtube or Google.

Check out 9 more pics of Digg’s office after the jump.

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The Big Picture is a project to create the biggest photo album in the West Midlands where the people there submitted over 110,000 photos. The photos are then used to create a huge record breaking photo mosaic the size of three tennis courts which was unveiled at Birmingham’s Thinktank at Millenium Point on 23rd August 2008.

British artist Helen Marshall is the creative mind behind the project where she worked with photo mosaic specialists PollyTiles to realize the enormous image.

2 more pics of ‘The Big Picture’ photo mosaic after the jump.

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We have seen Google’s Mountain View Headquarters as well as Google’s office in Zurich. This time around let’s take a look at the office of Youtube, the popular video sharing website which was acquired for US$1.65billion in Google stock. Youtube’s office space is located in San Bruno California and even have a lovely large swimming pool. Definitely one of those offices you would love to work at.

Check out more of Youtube’s office with 10 more pics after the jump.

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If you have been to Tokyo, chances are that these fantasy images will look familar with all the building landmarks. Devoid of human inhabitation, these shows how parts of Tokyo would look like if it would ever faced the apocalypse. Nature once again takes over eeriely to claim its land but instead of a brim outlook it does seem to be awfully peaceful. Above shows Shibuya and these images are created by Tokyo Genso (Tokyo Fantasy).

Check out 5 more pics of Tokyo after the Apocalypse after the jump.

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The Beijing foodstalls have some of the most exotic foods that ranges from tiny sea horses, star fishes, scorpions and many others. Shown here is the Wangfujing tourist street food bazaar in Beijing and some of these look like delicacies that some curious tourists would love to try out. The Chinese though do not eat exotic food as a normal daily occurrence.

More of the exotic food in Beijing with 13 more pics after the jump.

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Interesting illusion of letters on the walls at the Eureka Tower Carpark in Melbourne that can be read perfectly at certain angles while looking distorted at other angles. Similar projects are the Cardiff Bay and 3D room paint optical illusions. This car park project won several international design awards.

4 more pics of the Eureka carpark illusion after the jump.

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Haw Par Villa is a Chinese Mythological theme park in Singapore and contains over 1,000 statues and 150 giant tableaux centered around Chinese folklore, legends, history and Confucian ideology. The statues and sets immortalise moral values and Chinese cultural heritage.

Originally called ‘Tiger Balm Gardens’, it was constructed in 1937 by brothers Aw BoonHaw and Aw Boon Par, who are developers of Tiger Balm. Later on it was sold to the Singapore Tourism Board and renamed as Haw Par Villa. A must see exhibit is the Ten Courts of Hell that features the ten steps of judgement before reincarnation.

Check out some of the exhibits in the Haw Par Villa with 14 more pics after the jump.

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An ancient festival in Galicia Spain, the Rapa das bestas is an old practice of ‘Taming the Beasts’ and is thought to date back to the Bronze Age. Men and women alike would wrestle the untamed horses to the ground with their hands and arms to cut their manes and tails.

It’s a noble tradition where man pits his strength against a beast without ropes or weapons and only using his bare hands and courage. This Spanish fiesta goes on for three days of which after the horses are sent up to the hillside again and it does not involve cruelty and death.

17 more pics of the Rapa Das Bestas festival after the jump.

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The Dragon Boat Festival or Longzhou jie is a Miao minority festival and commemorates the killing of a dragon whose body was divided among several Miao villages. Over the course of 3 days, dragon boat races would be held and after the race a big feast will be held.

These are photos of the Longzhou feast held in China for the Dragon Boat Festival this year held on June 8th. Preparations for 608 tables that sits 10 people must have been quite hectic.

More on the Longzhou feast of 608 tables in China with 29 more pics after the jump.

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Ducth contractor Johan Huibers built this replica of the Noah’s Ark in the Netherlands. Approximately to scale the replica is 1/2 the length and 1/3 the width of the Biblical dimensions. Life size models of giraffe, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold.

The ark was built using America cedar and Norwegian pine and visitors was amused at the large size of Noah’s ark albeit the smaller replica which was 5 times smaller. According to Genesis, Noah kept seven pairs of the most domesticated animals and one breeding pair of all other animals.

Check out 12 more pics of the Noah’s ark replica and 3 tour videoclips after the jump.

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Matt, the guy who danced around the globe is back again in his latest 2008 video that took 14 months in the making as he traveled across 42 countries. This time round, the dance got bigger as the crowds join in while Matt does his signature dance move. I can’t seem to stop replaying this as it really shows the lovely and beautiful wide variety of places and people in this world.

For more information about Matt Harding and his journey check out his official website.

1 high resolution videoclip of ‘Where The Hell Is Matt 2008′ after the jump.

The world largest pool record in Guinness World Record belongs to the vast pool beside the sea at the San Alfonso Del Mar resort in Chile where it covers more than 20 acres and clear water transparent to a depth of 35 meters and holds 66 million gallons of water.

Roughly equivalent to about 6,000 standard backyard pools, it took 5 years to build and cost nearly USD 2 billion and the annual maintenance is USD 4 million. Watch the video to feel what it’s like on the world largest pool.

Check out 5 more pics and 1 video of the world’s largest pool at San Alfonso Del Mar resort after the jump.

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These are Aurora photos taken by Ovar Atli during the winter in Iceland where he had been out at night enduring in freezing cold and often windy nights to take these fascinating shots. Auroras are also called the northern polar lights as it is only visible in the north sky from the northern hemisphere.

More of the Icelandic Aurora photos by Ovar Atli with 19 more pics after the jump.

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The Telestroscope is an artistic landmark created by artist and inventor Paul St George that allows people in London to visually see people in New York and vice versa in real time. They can be found by the Thames near the Tower Bridge and the other on Fulton Ferry Landing by the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

The website publicizing his device claims that the mechanism works via a very long tunnel running through the earth’s crust with the images bouncing back and forth which not many would believe. A more realistic explanation of how it really work would be that it must be using optical fibers to provide high resolution video using a broadband Internet connection.

Check out 7 more pics of the Telectroscope New York-London visual link after the jump.

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Artist Henk Hofstra who was inspired by his breakfast created these public art display of giant fried egg sculptures in Leeuwarden Netherlands which will remain in the city square for the next five months. His works has been a hit with the public and one commentator hoped the eggs would be picked up by Google Maps.

3 more pics of the giant fried eggs in the Netherlands after the jump.

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The Beijing Airport is one of the spectacular buildings built to cater for the Olympics and has just recently been completed. The designers, Sir Norman Foster and partners claims that it is the world’s largest and most advanced airport building.

The airport is very efficient in terms of operations, passenger comfort, sustainability and access to natural light and even have a gigantic terminal built in the shape of the traditional Chinese dragon. It is 17% bigger than London Heathrow and has a total of five floors.

Check out 9 more pics of Beijing Airport, the world’s largest airport after the jump.

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A fascinating garden found in Shanghai China with interesting sculptures that includes lion dance, jumping dolphins, abacus, hand with teapot and many others. Creative modern art installations fusing with nature that would pique the interest of garden lovers.

Check out 27 more pics of the beautiful Chinese garden in Shanghai after the jump.

An animated illustration of the Phoenix Lander arriving on Mars on May 25th. The Phoenix Lander is programmed to set down near the North Pole of Mars and over the next three months, sample alien soil and ice and look for conditions conducive for ancient microbial life.

This animation shows the arrival, deployment of parachute, jettison its heat shield, thruster fire, landing, unfurling its solar panel, deploying its instruments, scooping and analysis by the Phoenix Lander.

1 videoclip of the Mars Phoenix Lander CG animation after the jump.

Mars is the red and fourth planet in our Solar System and was named after the Roman God of War. Mankind has always taken a great interest in Mars due to its close distance and science fiction depicts us living on Mars in the future some day. There is also a popular idea in the 19th century that Mars was populated by intelligent Martians but explorations had shown that the planet looked inhabitable.

NASA’s Phoenix Spacecraft is the latest mission to explore the planet Mars which had just landed in a Martian Arctic site just days ago. It will begin a three month site examination to see whether frozen water would exist in the cold part of the planet Mars.

Meanwhile, check out photos of the Mars with 13 more pics after the jump.

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