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-THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-
Sculpture by- Orlando Basulto
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Sculpture by- Orlando Basulto
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On June 11, 1930, Gloria Hollister turned 30.
Instead of celebrating on land, she climbed into a small steel sphere called the Bathysphere.
Then she was lowered into the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda.
The Bathysphere had been designed for deep-sea exploration. It had thick steel walls, small viewing windows, oxygen tanks and a telephone connection to the surface.
Hollister's first descent reached 410 feet.
Inside the sphere, she saw animals living in a world almost completely unknown to science.
She later described seeing colorless shrimp and fish moving through the cold, dim water.
But she didn't stop there.
In 1932, Hollister descended to 1,000 feet.
In 1934, she went down to 1,208 feet.
That descent set a women's world record for underwater depth—a record that remained for roughly three decades.
Her role was not limited to diving.
During many Bathysphere descents, Hollister remained on the surface with a telephone connected to the sphere.
William Beebe would describe what he could see in the darkness.
Hollister recorded his observations in real time.
If the telephone suddenly went silent, she had no way of immediately knowing whether the problem was communication—or something far worse.
She eventually became more than a Bathysphere researcher.
She led a zoological expedition into the interior of British Guiana, studied fish anatomy, published scientific work and later became deeply involved in conservation.
Her surviving papers contain journals, photographs, scientific notes and expedition records.
Gloria Hollister died in 1988.
But one photograph captures the strange reality of her early career better than almost anything else:
A woman sitting inside a metal sphere,
surrounded by the Atlantic,
hundreds of feet below the surface—
looking through a tiny window at a world humans had barely seen.
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“Sea Witch,”
Frank Frazetta’s cover painting for EERIE #7. Warren Publishing, 1967.
Following publication Frank changed the witch significantly so the first version shown here no longer exists.
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22 October, 1965
On this day in 1965, English rock group the Rolling Stones released the single "Get Off My Cloud" in the UK.
The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as a single to follow the successful "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
Recorded in Hollywood, California, in early September 1965, the song was released in September in the United States.
Besides the UK, it also topped the charts in the US, Canada, and Germany and reached number 2 in several other countries.
Personnel: Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Brian Jones (twelve-string guitar, lead guitar, electric piano), Bill Wyman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Charlie Watts (drums).
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BRATISLAVA (Slovakia)
"ČUMIL" (Peewer)
A bronze statue of a man peeking out of a manhole cover is undoubtedly the most photographed statue in the city.
Čumil was created in 1997 by the painter Viktor Hulík.
Since then, he has become one of the symbols of Bratislava. Visitors to the city say that touching his hat brings good luck. Perhaps that's why it's visibly worn.
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"It's a good day to dive". 🤿
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Harvested from the homestead garden today.....
Upper Austria is home to one of Austria’s most impressive baroque monastery libraries: the library of Stift St. Florian 📚
Around 150,000 historic books are preserved here – some several centuries old. A place where you can easily spend hours exploring the details and atmosphere
📸 Thanks @seplb and @stiftstflorian
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Sanjulian 1941-2026
An internationally renowned illustrator he first became popular in America for his numerous covers for CREEPY, EERIE, and VAMPIRELLA in the 1970s & ‘80s.
Sincere condolences to his family and friends.
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'Headless Horseman'
by Frank Frazetta
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A rare 1937 close-up of Lincoln’s face in progress at Mount Rushmore.
Carved from solid granite, the monument took 14 years to complete, with sculptors first blasting the rock with dynamite before refining details by hand.
This unfinished stage highlights the scale and precision behind Borglum’s vision.
#MountRushmore #LincolnMonument #StoneCarving
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Portofino Lighthouse.
(Italian: Faro di Portofino) is an active lighthouse located in Portofino, Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy, on the western extremity of the peninsula in the Gulf of Tigullio.
Portofino.
Constructed 1917.
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The Great Stele of Aksum in Ethiopia
was carved from a single massive block of stone in the 4th century CE.
It measured roughly 33 meters (108 feet) long and is estimated to have weighed more than 520 tons.
Its surface was carved to resemble a multi-story building, complete with false doors and windows.
The enormous monument eventually collapsed and still lies broken at the site today.
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"After the Orgy" (1909)
Fidencio Lukano Nava. 🏛
Mexican sculptor. (1870–1938)
Marble.
National Museum of Art (MUNAL),
Mexico City.
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Monroe and Lemmon on the set of
Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic,
'Some like it hot'
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"The Hand of God"
by Lorenzo Quinn.
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