http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/ GeenStijl's Big Picture. Omdat het kan en omdat het moet. Copyright 2012 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:49:37 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.geenstijl.nl/ http://schoorsteen.geenstijl.nl/adview.php?what=zone:142&n=a7e9e20b Built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, NASA’s Aqua satellite recently marked its 10th year on-orbit, delivering data about the Earth’s climate, water cycle and much more. Aqua is designed to help scientists understand the Earth and make more accurate weather and... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/05/eye_in_the_sky_marks_10_years_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/05/eye_in_the_sky_marks_10_years_1.html Tue, 08 May 2012 17:49:37 +0100 A collection of things everyone hates... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/05/stupid_things_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/05/stupid_things_1.html Mon, 07 May 2012 13:49:41 +0100 One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, has quickly become a prominent fixture in the New York City skyline over the past few years. In the coming days, as construction continues, it will overtake the Empire State... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/rebuilt_wtc_nears_historic_hei.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/rebuilt_wtc_nears_historic_hei.html Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:48:56 +0100 Models display creations by Belarusian designers during a lingerie fashion show in the city of Logoisk, some 30 km outside Minsk... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/lingerie_fashion_show_in_belar.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/lingerie_fashion_show_in_belar.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:11:51 +0100 Dutch people are familiar with endless fields of colorful flowers, but to Japanese tourists, the Keukenhof offers tons of Kodak moments. Which made the Keukenhof interesting again for Dutch photographer Annemarie van Ulden as well.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/japanese_people_looking_at_thi_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/japanese_people_looking_at_thi_1.html Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:37:24 +0100 Accused of amoral ghoulishness over a previous exhibition, Body Worlds, that featured a preserved foetus and a flayed horseman with a split skull, Von Hagens has now tackled the animal world. Like the humans displayed in Body Worlds, they are... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/animal_inside_out_exhibition.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/animal_inside_out_exhibition.html Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:52:57 +0100 André Kuipers snapped some amazing pictures from behind the window of the International Space Station. Here's a collection of his best ones.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/pictures_taken_by_kuipers_aboa_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/pictures_taken_by_kuipers_aboa_1.html Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:48:46 +0100 Thai Poosam is a Hindu religious festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community all over the world on the full moon in Tamil month of Thai dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Murugan. On the day of the festival, devotees shave... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/thaipusam_festival_pierced_peo_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/04/thaipusam_festival_pierced_peo_1.html Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:13:35 +0100 Spring has come and while all Dutch media print obvious and slightly lame pictures of people in the park, GigaPica traveled the world to capture people & animals licking ice cream.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/03/ice_ice_baby_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/03/ice_ice_baby_1.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:43:40 +0100 Holi (also known as Dol Jatra, Basantotsav) is the Hindu festival of colors. It is celebrated at the end of the winter season, on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna. Holi is celebrated by people throwing... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/03/the_holi_festival_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/03/the_holi_festival_1.html Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:46:05 +0100 "If black was the new silver a couple of years ago, then white is most definitely the new black", says JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive data intelligence. The Motor Show will open its gates to the public... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/03/white_is_hot_at_the_geneva_mot.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/03/white_is_hot_at_the_geneva_mot.html Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:42:39 +0100 A string of violent storms demolished small towns in Indiana and cut off rural communities in Kentucky as an early season tornado outbreak killed more than 30 people, and the death toll rose as daylight broke on Saturday's search for... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/03/tornado_season_marks_an_early.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/03/tornado_season_marks_an_early.html Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:57:05 +0100 The best samba schools of Rio de Janeiro have paraded amid Brazil's carnival festivities. Thousands of dancers and musicians showed off their colourful costumes and artistic skills to entertain the crowds that gathered to enjoy the spectacle. The venue was... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/02/carnival_in_rio_de_janeiro_201.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/02/carnival_in_rio_de_janeiro_201.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:12:29 +0100 March 11, 2012 marked the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummelled Japan, claiming more than 19,000 lives. ... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/02/tsunami_clean_up_before_and_af_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/02/tsunami_clean_up_before_and_af_1.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:01:54 +0100 Based around the Swedish town of Karlstad and covering more than 350 competitive kilometres, the 60th Rally Sweden forms the only snow rally on the 2012 calendar. This year’s edition will see the event span two countries as the crews... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/02/rally_of_sweden.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/02/rally_of_sweden.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:13:48 +0100