Here’s a photo of Zhou Xiaojing, a professional Chinese rhythmic gymnast, appearing to be headless as she bends her head backward while performing her ‘clubs.’ This was her routine in the Asian Games for the women’s rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around finals held in Bangkok, Thailand.
She has been consistent in her performances across the world, including in the Olympic games, but she never got any medals. Nevertheless, this photo of her has been famous on the internet for a very long time. She might not be an Olympic medalist, but she’s renowned as the super flexible girl meme, and that’s just beautiful.
Noah’s Ark Has Been Found in Korea!
You are walking down the coastline, enjoying the scenery, and then you come across this. No, not really. As you can see, that's not a real ship; it's a hotel resort shaped like one for marketing and aesthetics purposes. It's the country's great idea of spiking tourism to their country. It's called the Sun Cruise Resort & Yacht, located in Jeongdongjin on South Korea's east coast.
They modeled the hotel before the reputed Royal Caribbean International Sovereign Class. The hotel is 165 meters long and 148 meters tall, overlooking the beach resort. They say that it is the very first hotel shaped like a cruise ship in the world.
That’s Not Snow, It’s Salt!
Contemporary art has redefined what we consider as craft, and anything that expresses someone's way, thoughts, or beliefs is a creation. Motoi Yamamoto is a pioneering Japanese contemporary artist who's famous for his ability to work with salt. His artworks are often in the form of temporary, large-scale, and intricate installations. He was able to connect to this art form at the time when he was mourning the death of his sister.
He has many fans. His most popular projects include shattered planets, entire oceans, violent typhoons, fractured staircases, mountain ranges, and vast plains of coils. All of those were made possible by using his medium of choice: Salt.
Someone Probably Beat You to It!
Will you look at that? It's the end of the rainbow, but where's the pot of gold? For those of you who don't know, it comes from the legend of the Leprechaun from Irish Folklore. It's these little-bearded fairy men who allegedly left a pot of gold at the end of rainbows. Leprechauns will also grant three wishes to anyone who is able to capture them.
In case you were wondering, this photo was taken with no filters, no eye tricks, and no iPhone or Android devices. This is pure art, taken by a human eye using just a camera and the gift of nature.
The First Photo of a Living Fetus
This photo ended up in Time magazine. Lennart Nilsson took it along with other jaw-dropping portraits across many pages inside the magazine. It triggered the debate concerning "when life begins and who will ultimately wield the control of a woman's body” in the premise of before and after birth.
Adding to Lennart's brilliant magazine cover, he took this photo when it was seemingly impossible to make a portrait inside the human body and much more of a fetus inside a woman. It was a breakthrough that sparked heated debates among political and religious figures, and a personal milestone that cemented his name in the industry.