La terra trema , panico a Torino

clipped from www.metronews.it La terra trema , panico a Torino Una scossa di terremoto si è registrata, ieri pomeriggio alle 14.40, in Piemonte. La scossa è stata di magnitudo 3.9. L’epicentro sarebbe stato in provincia di Cuneo e in particolare nella zona di Bra, Sanfè e Pocopaglia, ma la scossa si è avvertita anche nel Torinese, in particolare nella zona del centro e alla periferia sud, dove alcune persone per paura sono scese in strada. «Ero seduta - dice un'impiegata della centralissima stazione ferroviaria di Porta Nuova - quando, all’improvviso, mi sono sentita scrollare». Una donna, nella zona del lungo Po, ha spiegato di aver sentito «vibrare violentemente le tapparelle» e di avere udito «un rumore come se qualcuno stesse cercando di entrare in casa» Decine le telefonate ai vigili del fuoco: allarmi frutto anche della psicosi dovuta al terremoto in Abruzzo.

16 Creative and Inspirational Photographs - Distil Ennui

clipped from speckyboy.com 16 Creative and Inspirational Photographs - Distil Ennui “Distil Ennui” Definition: To extract the essence and beauty of life to appease world weariness. All of the images below and on there portfolio site distilennui.com are always presented ‘as shot‘ without cropping or post production of any kind. This allows the images to flow and connect to each other with a sense of grace and simplicity. Rather than appearing precious and overly concerned with aesthetics, the images more evidently describe a life and eye made behind the camera. “Life can be described as being like a constant stream of images, they pass us by like towns on a highway. But sometimes a moment stuns us as it happens and we know this instant is more than just a fleeting image, we know that this moment every part of it will live on forever. That is the feeling they have when shooting photographs.

Autumn in Japan (14 pics)

clipped from www.darkroastedblend.com Autumn in Japan Fantastic Colors and Sublime Glory along Japanese Autumn Trails With winter fast approaching, we'd like to linger a bit more among the few available signs of autumn. As it happens, the trees are still "aglow" in Japan. "The Autumn Color" photography competition was organized among Japanese bloggers on Yahoo Japan (homepage of this contest here). During the months of October and November, they gathered thousands of pictures, of which these are only a few examples. Witness the supernatural beauty of Japanese landscape and the sublime quality of "Autumn in Japan."

Alaska's Mount Redoubt (27 pics)

clipped from www.boston.com Alaska's Mount Redoubt Beginning March 22nd, 2009, Alaska's Mount Redoubt, began a series of volcanic eruptions, and continues to be active to this date. Ash clouds produced by Redoubt have pushed 65,000 feet into the sky, disrupting air traffic, drifting across Cook Inlet, and depositing layers of gritty ash on populated areas of the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage, about 180 km (110 miles) to the northeast. Mount Redoubt has erupted at least five times since 1900, with the most recent event taking place in 1989. (27 photos total)