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POPSGallery: Nano Photos Rival Modern Art "Every six months, the Materials Research Society celebrates the most eye-catching images found in the course of their researchers' studies -- celebrating the serendipitous convergence of science and art. Materials researchers may struggle for years with stubborn instruments, fragile crystals or difficult chemical reactions before obtaining a bit of precious data from the exotic substances they study. Now, the scrutiny of samples not only yields potentially important data, but also artistic inspiration. Take a look at the latest finalists."
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POPSChina from Above with rare photo of snow-covered Great Wall Incredible photography by George Steinmetz for National Geographic http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/aerials/steinmetz-photography 1. The terraced farms of the Lisu people, one one of China's minority groups, create a patchwork on mountains near Weixi in Yunnan Province. 2. The Great Wall of China 3. In Guangxi, limestone pinnacles line the Li River. 4. Blooming fields of rapeseed plants weave around hills near Luoping in Yunnan Province. 5. sand dunes in the Kumtag Desert located in the Xinjiang region 6. Taklimakan oil field in the Xinjiang region 7. Guandong Province toulou, the traditional dwellings of the Hakka minority group 8. a new suburban development in Shenyang (thanks, openthink)
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POPSview from my private property! imagine a place like this...where you have the Sun, the sky, the large body of water, you and an old old chair that comes with a private property authority...somehow like this pic