These Musical Instruments Are All Made of Ice | Travel | Smithsonian

Chill out at Norway’s Ice Music Festival this February

Source: These Musical Instruments Are All Made of Ice | Travel | Smithsonian

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Review: ‘Birdboy,’ a Disturbing Animated Feature from Spain – The New York Times

The movie has talking animals, but it’s not necessarily for kids.

Newly Discovered Swimming Dinosaur Is Delightfully Bizarre | Smart News | Smithsonian

The cartoonish creature blends characteristics of velociraptors, penguins, swans, and ducks

Source: Newly Discovered Swimming Dinosaur Is Delightfully Bizarre | Smart News | Smithsonian

The Altar Bar

The Altar Bar was a church converted to a bar and concert hall in Pittsburgh, PA. The lighting changed color. It is converting back to a church.

Phantom of the Bowling Alley

A ghostly Wildwolf haunts Johnson’s Duckpin Lanes in Hamden, CT in a spirited one-piece werewolf ensemble.

Wildwolf shows that if you’re going to be an apparition, you can do better than manifesting in a plain sheet. Unless you’re Mr. Boo. He can look good in any linen.

Birds Beware: The Praying Mantis Wants Your Brain – The New York Times

Yes, that mantis is wearing 3D glasses.

Abstract 5:0

For FlickrFriday’s “Numbers” and Macro Mondays’ “Member’s Choice: Abstract Macro” challenges on Flickr.

I set the zoom to max on an LCD digital display for granularity and turned it on its side to twist the viewpoint. It looks a lot better and more abstract full size than in the thumbnail, with an interesting mix of red, green, and blue.