Fabulous Pictures

Etienne Dumont: Living art

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Etienne Dumont is an art & culture critic for a newspaper in Geneva who just happens to be covered head to toe in some of the most vibrant tattoos ever mande. He also has silicon implants under the skin which give the horned appearance, 2.7 inch rings in each earlobe and plexiglass piercings through the nose and under his bottom lip. And he claims to wear his tattoos like art.

Tiger Lady: Enigma's ex-wife

2009-03-19T03:48:00.001-07:00

The Tiger Lady is the stage name of the heavily modified female performance artist and tattoo artist Katzen, whose full body tattoo theme is that of a tiger. She received extensive tattooing on all parts of her body and wears tiger whiskers attached via piercings on her face. She was once married to "The Enigma". They got divorced and now she works at a tattoo shop in Austin, Texas.

Paul Lawrence: The Enigma

2009-03-19T03:47:00.001-07:00

You've probably heard about The Enigma. Paul Lawrence is the guy with blue puzzle pieces tattooed all over his body who has made a name for himself performing stunts such as sword swallowing, pushing a moving power drill up his nose and swallowing various liquids, pumping them out of his stomach and swallowing them again. The Enigma is also an accomplished musician.

Elaine Davidson: World's Most Pierced Woman

2009-03-19T03:46:00.001-07:00

Elaine Davidson is the World's Most Pierced Woman, according to the Guinness World Records. When examined by a Guinness official in May 2000, Davidson had 462 piercings, with 192 in her face alone. Performing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2005, the Guardian reported that she now had 3,950 body piercings. She has more piercings in her genitalia than in any other part of the body - 500 in all, externally and internally. The total weight of her jewelry is estimated to be about 3 kilograms. As of May 2008, Davidson's piercings total 5,920. As of Feb. 2009 her piercings total 6,005.

Lucky Diamond Rich: World's Most Tattooed Person

2009-03-19T03:45:00.001-07:00

The ultimate in multi-layered tattooing is represented by the chainsaw juggling, unicycling, sword-swallowing Lucky Diamond Rich from Australia, who has spent over 1,000 hours having his body modified by hundreds of tattoo artists. He began by having a full collection of colourful designs from around the world tattooed over his entire body. But not content with stopping there, Lucky next opted for a 100% covering of black ink, including eyelids, the delicate skin between the toes, down into the ears, and even his gums. He is now being tattooed with white designs on top of the black, and coloured designs on top of the white! He is now, officially, the world's most tattooed person, having a full body coverage.

Horace Ridler: The Zebra Man

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A professional freak and sideshow performer, Horace Ridler exhibited himself as The Great Omi or The Zebra Man. Horace was an English aristocrat who returned from the First World War to Twenties' London where he began his transformation into one of the world's greatest oddities. Tattooed from head to foot in black and white stripes, he became Omni - the Zebra Man. As the years wore on the Omi’s appearance became more and more outrageous as did his personality. He took to wearing lipstick and nail polish and signed his pitch cards, ‘the Barbaric Beauty’. Despite his appearance, “underneath it all, I’m just an ordinary man,” he insisted shortly before his death in 1969.

Eric Sprague: The Lizardman

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Born Eric Sprague in 1972, the Lizardman was one of the first people to have a split tongue and in some circles is seen to be wholly responsible for the recent popularity of this particular modification. This 37 year old man has transformed himself into a reptile via 700 hours of tattooing, five Teflon horns implanted beneath the skin of his eyebrows, filing down of his teeth into sharp fangs, bifurcation of his tongue, and stretching of his septum and earlobes.

Tom Leppard: The Leopard Man

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Formerly considered by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the world's most tattooed man, Tom Leppard, now 73 years old, fled society years ago after spending £5,500 to have his body covered in leopard-like spots. He lived in a small cabin on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Once every week, the ex-soldier travelled by canoe to buy supplies and pick up his pension. However, in 2008 he moved into a small house on Skye after a friend offered to move him by boat. "I'm getting too old for that kind of life," he said.

Julia Gnuse: The Illustrated Lady

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Julia Gnuse, also known as the illustrated lady, was born with a condition called porphyria which causes her skin to blister regularly and ultimately scar. In order to cover this up she started getting tattoos applied over the affected areas. After 10 years she was covered in the bastards and holds the Guinness Record for being the most tattooed woman in the world.

Dennis Avner: Catman

2009-03-19T03:38:00.001-07:00

Dennis Avner, also known by "Catman" or his native american name of "Stalking Cat", undergone incredible extensive surgery in order to look like his totem animal, the tiger. Modifications include extensive tattooing, transdermal implants to allow whiskers to be worn, subdermal implants to change the shape of the face and the filing and shaping of the teeth to make them look more like a tiger's.

Rick: The Zombie Boy

2009-03-19T03:36:00.000-07:00

Meet Rick. He's turning himself into a zombie. So far, more than 24 hours of tattoos --costing over $4,075 Canadian dollars-- have got him halfway there and made him a minor celebrity on the internet, where people can’t decide if he’s a body modification visionary or mentally ill

Deildartunguhver: highest flow hot spring in Europe

2009-03-19T02:18:00.000-07:00

This hotspring in Reykholtsdalur, Iceland, is characterized by a very high flow rate for a hot spring (180 liters/second) and water emerges at 97 °C, the highest flow hot spring in Europe. Some of the water is used for heating, being piped 34 kilometers to Borgarnes and 64 kilometers to Akranes. (Photo: Johann Dreo)

Jigokudani Hot Springs: home to the japanese Snow Monkeys

2009-03-19T02:17:00.000-07:00

The Jigokudani Hot Springs in Nagano Prefecture, Japan is most famous for its so called “snow monkeys” — wild Japanese monkeys enjoying the naturally hot waters alongside the human visitors. More than one hundred Macaques --Japan's indigenous monkeys-- live in the Jigokudani Monkey Park, located in a valley called the "Hell Valley" for the volcanic activities observed there. (Photos: Duchamp and Tim Kelf)

Glenwood Springs: world’s largest natural hot springs swimming pool

2009-03-19T02:16:00.001-07:00

Glenwood Springs in Colorado, USA, has the world’s largest natural hot springs swimming pool with a flow rate of 143 liters/second. You can soak in the therapy pool full of salty minerals at 104°F (40°C), or swim in the huge 98°F (36°C) swimming pool. (Photos: christoph.schrey and fishingfoolcool)

Blue Lagoon: Iceland's geothermal spa

2009-03-19T02:14:00.000-07:00

The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is one of the largest attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation, and a large swimming pool is heated with the run-off water from a nearby geothermal power plant. Superheated water is vented from the ground near a lava flow and used to run turbines that generate electricity. After passing through the turbines the steam and hot water passes through a heat exchanger to provide heat for a municipal hot water heating system. The water is then fed into the lagoon for users to bathe in. The warm waters are rich in minerals such as silica and sulfur. Bathing in the Blue Lagoon for therapeutic purposes is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis. The water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 40°C (104°F). The spa is located in a lava field in Grindavík on the Reykjanes Peninsula, southwestern Iceland. It’s situated about 24 miles (39 kilometers) from the capital city of Reykjavík. (Photos: Diamanx and Sandro Mancuso)

Blood Pond Hot Spring: welcome to hell

2009-03-19T02:13:00.001-07:00

Blood Pond Hot Spring is one of the "hells" (jigoku) of Beppu, Japan, nine spectacular natural hot springs that are more for viewing rather than bathing. The “blood pond hell” features a pond of hot, red water, colored as such by iron in the waters. It’s allegedly the most photogenic of the nine hells. (Photos: L Plater and phototravel)

Mammoth Hot Springs: largest carbonate-depositing spring in the world

2009-03-19T02:11:00.000-07:00

Also at Yellowstone, the Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. The most famous feature at the springs is the Minerva Terrace — a series of travertine terraces which have been created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate. Over 2 tons flows into Mammoth each day in a solution. (Photos: Mila Zinkova, C Amalia and Thegreenj)

The Grand Prismatic Spring: America's largest

2009-03-19T02:06:00.000-07:00

America's largest hot spring and third largest in the world, the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is about 250 by 300 feet (75 by 91 meters) in size and 160 feet (49 meters) deep, discharging an estimated 560 gallons (2000 liters) of 160°F (71°C) water/minute. The vivid colors in the spring ranging from green to brilliant red and orange are the result of algae and pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich water, the amount of color dependant on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids produced by the organisms. The center of the pool is sterile due to extreme heat. (Photos: Magadelic Rock and Bonnie Sue)

WWF

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WWF: Tree Toilet roll

Skateboarding Lessong

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Skateboarding Lessong

Wash Your Hands

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Wash Your Hands: "92% of guys say they washed. 34% were lying."

Mini Cooper

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Mini Cooper: "Test your handling skills"

Axe

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Axe: "Turn nice girls naughty". The stickers were placed in the main discotheques' bathrooms of Montevideo (Uruguay).

Natan Jewelry Shop

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Natan Jewelry Shop (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

ESPN:

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ESPN: "Soccer is good everywhere, but it is much better on ESPN channels."

Paper Towel Holder

2009-03-19T01:29:00.000-07:00

This paper towel holder was used for the Save the Trees awareness campaign (Shanghai). They changed the covers on these holders every other day to show the damage begin done to trees by using paper towels.

Schizophrenia Awareness

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Schizophrenia awareness: "Schizophrenia can be treated. Seek help."

Ski Jump Toilets

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Ski Jump Toilets for Georgia Max Coffee (Japan), allows everyone to feel like a ski jumper at the top of the ramp

Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais , Michigan )

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Container City ( London , UK )

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The Hole House ( Texas , United States )

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Shoe House ( Pennsylvania , United States )

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Ripley's Building ( Ontario , Canada )

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The Crooked House ( Sopot , Poland )

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Nord LB building ( Hannover , Germany )

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Mammy's Cupboard ( Natchez , MS , United States )

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Dancing Building ( Prague , Czech Republic )

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Kansas City Public Library ( Missouri , United States )

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Fuji television building ( Tokyo , Japan )

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Calakmul building a.k.a La Lavadora a.k.a The Washing Mashine ( Mexico , Mexico )

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Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace ( France )

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Stone House ( Guimares , Portugal )

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Kettle House ( Texas , United States )

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Cubic Houses ( Rotterdam , Netherlands )

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Forest Spiral - Hundertwasser Building ( Darmstadt , Germany )

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Bah' House of Worship a.k.a Lotus Temple ( Delhi , India )

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Guggenheim Museum ( Bilbao , Spain )

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The Torre Galatea Figueres ( Spain )

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Hang Nga Guesthouse a.k.a Crazy House ( Vietnam )

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Erwin Wurm: House Attack ( Viena , Austria )

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The Basket Building ( Ohio , United States )

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