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A father comforts his daughter on the steps where their cottage once stood. August 28, 2011, Nags Head, North Carolina (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Although some have claimed that the media over-hyped it, Hurricane Irene still wound up to be one of the top ten most destructive and deadly hurricanes to hit the United States since 1980. The storm killed at least 27 people, transportation was shut down all along the east coast, more than 5.8 million customers lost electricity, and flooding washed o...

This just in - new photos of objects in space! Alright, not really. If you look closely, you’ll realize that these aren’t photos of moons or far-away planets; they're actually stunning photographs of frying pans! Norwegian photographer Christopher Jonassen’s series Devour documents the normal wear and tear of these everyday kitchen objects. Photographed against a black background, the pans look mysterious and otherworldly, don't they? ...

While this photo series reminds us of Manjari Sharma's stunning shower photos, we still can't help but enjoy it. It just makes us feel all chilly inside. "I invited some friends into my kitchen to have their picture taken under a cold shower," says Nicolas Dumont. "I asked them to stare right into the camera and control their...nerves. Each session latest between 10 and 20 minutes. I guess the water temperature felt better after a while as some of the best images were captured at the beginning...

James and the Giant Peach Primarily self-taught, Karen Watson recently quit her day job as a VFX compositor for film and television in order to pursue her dream of being a childen’s book illustrator. Recently, Watson put on an art show called "Drawn from Words," where all of her works were inspired by, well, words. "My goal has been to find that special story, something enchanting and magical. So, I decided to do 15 illustrations based on the classical children's books." Watson asked everyon...

Do you remember Rob MacInnis' fantastic farm animal portraits? To help raise funds for his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Rob MacInnis is now offering a limited edition of 50 portfolios, available through Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects. Each portfolio contains 30 archival digital prints from the Farm Family Project. To view the entire portfolio, go here or you can check out some more farm animal photos right below. Love them all. ...

Has someone rewritten history? NYU graduate Matthew Buchholz has created a series of posters called Alternate Histories which are historical art prints that playfully depict a monster-filled past. Inspired by Science Fiction, these posters certainly look like scary stills from old sci-fi movies! Matthew Buchholz's etsy page...

Modern technology has caused the world to evolve at a break-neck speed and society has been forced to quickly adapt to the changes. Here's a new street sign by Jason Shelowitz (aka Jay Shells) that really shows us the brave, new world we now live in. ...

Harwin (he hates children). When English photographer Tom Robinson found out that he was going to have his very first child with his wife Verity, he knew it was going to be a life changing experience. Sharing the exciting news with their family and friends was a moment he wanted to treasure forever. So what did he do? "I decided to photograph the reactions of my friends and family when I told them my good news, 'I'm going to be a dad!,'" said Robinson. In this sweet and, often times, funny s...

Pretty aren't they? Well, what you're looking at aren't a kind of surreal rainbow coloured clams, or rainbow coloured lake, but actually a large scale sea made up of 600,000 unwanted discs to create that glittering reflected rainbow effect. Well, that's one way of recycling cds. Bruce Munro, with the help of UK press and BBC Wiltshire radio, urged readers and listeners to send in their discs to his workshop, and the response was massive, and he(with the help of 140 friends of Murno and colleag...

To get a more holistic perspective of Los Angeles, Colin Rich spent six months putting together this time-lapse video, setting up his camera at numerous points in the city. He then paired the stunning video with a melodic song by Cinematic Orchestra, and named it LA Light. "I sought out to capture the electric radiance of Los Angeles at night," says Rich. "Shooting time-lapses is a labor of love and a study in patience. "LA might be the entertainment capital of the world, but it sure is diff...