Artist Michael Neff goes around outlining shadows in chalk. I love art that makes you look more carefully at the world around you.

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1. chalk shadows « Picdit
2. michaelneff.com - Fine Art Photography
3. Video of Neff at work

Link: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008...

A beautiful collection of pictures of the sun. Turn your monitor brightness down before viewing or you might damage your eyes. See some recent images of the Sun in more active times.

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SCIENCE BUZZ: XDRTB is an extremely drug-resistant form of TB, for which there is no reliable cure, and it’s spreading. The site showcases the work of photographer James Nachtwey, who’s been traveling around the world documenting the rise of XDRTB. Scary fact: one in three people in the world carry the dormant TB germ.

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1. Spread the story. Stop the Disease.

CULTURE BUZZ: A site that interviews defendants on their way out of court. Freelance photographer Steven Hirsch set up in front of the Manhattan Criminal Court to interview and photograph willing subjects who just had their day in court. They’re just regular folk, who’ve been charged with everything from assault to theft to disorderly conduct to peeing in public.

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1. Courthouse Confessions — People Talk About Why They’re In Court
2. The Most Awesome Blog EVER
3. Steven Hirsch Captures Defendants in Word and Image
4. My Personal Favorite: Thomas Re. “It means king in Italian.”

CULTURE BUZZ: A photo project showing what $5 gets you around the world. In our neighborhood, $5 can get you a Vietnamese sandwich and a Coke, with change left over, or a whole mess of cheap dumplings.

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1. Exploring The Relative Value of Five Dollars
2. Expect A Lot Of Images Of Subway Footlongs
3. Why is Nokia Behind This Project? We Don’t Know Either.
4. Flickr: The The Five Dollar Comparison Pool

See the slideshow of albino animals. Wow, that peacock looks like that creepy snow witch from the Chronicles of Narnia.

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1. View the Slideshow Here
2. Another Photoset of Albino Animals, Including Albino Turtles!
3. Albino Animals on Flickr
4. Tons of Albino Animals and Birds!
5. Albino Animals Gallery

A collection of photographs that happened to be taken at the very crux of either a hilarious or painful moment. Photo #32 will give you an irrational fear of diving boards.

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1. View the Photos Here
2. From the Beautiful to the Horrid

FOOD BUZZ: A site that asks users to submit photos of their fridge. What’s remarkable is not the differences but how similar all fridges tend to look — a few bottled items, some produce, something in a container, a few jars. Where are the avant garde fridges out there?

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1. Fridgewatcher - A Project Where People Open Their Fridges to Others

CULTURE BUZZ: Roundups of very impressively detailed and large-scale sand sculptures. Going to the beach this weekend? Here’s some inspo in case you’re feeling creative.

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1. An Awesome Photo Gallery of Extreme Sand Sculpting
2. Top 10 Sand-Castle Contests
3. Trujillo & Mancora: Very Elaborate Sand Decorations
4. Sand Sculpture Transforms Love Park in New Jersey, Nicknamed “Chateau Springsteen”
5. PETA India Sculpts a Giant Shoe Killing a Polar Bear to Make a Statement
6. More Sand Castle Photos
7. YouTube - Amazing Giant Sand Castle Sculpture on Beach of “3 little pigs”
8. YouTube - The World’s Largest Sand Castle in Myrtle Beach SC
9. YouTube - Amazing Sand Sculptures - Winning entries of National Compet