Seems that they weren’t creative enough, because you we weren’t be watching this bust gallery if they were. Anyway, KUDOS for trying!

 These sculptures are made ​​of ordnance, pistols, machine guns and shells, but what is really interesting is that they all cover religious topics.

For two weeks in July, a comprehensive scientific expedition of the National Park “Russkaya Arktika” and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF Russia), composed of sixty people went on research vessel “Professor Molchanov” more than four thousand nautical miles, rose above the eightieth parallel, and made ​​a landing in the national park and the federal reserve “Franz Josef Land.” The main objective of the expedition was to collect information about the state of ecosystems and the cultural and historical heritage in the Orange Islands and the Cape of Desire – this is just the National Park “Russian Arctic”.

 People throwing old tanks into the water in Thailand, making them useful again. Once they reach bottom, tanks will be used by fishes for shelter and laying eggs during the mating seasons.

Another great selection of photos taken at the right moment!

The term living statue refers to a mime artist who poses like a statue or mannequin, usually with realistic statue-like makeup, sometimes for hours at a time. Living statue performers can fool passersby and a number of hidden camera shows on television have used living statues to startle people. As with all performing arts, living statue performers may perform as buskers. Living Statues, which have roots deep in the European street theater tradition, add a sophisticated and magical twist to any event. Whatever the venue, living statues add an aura of the spectacular and the surreal. It is an all audience interactive show that gathers a crowd and draws attention. The success of the show is immediate. It stays in people’s mind as a very surprising, entertaining and classy show. The success of Living Statues around the world is simple: Placed in at a strategic place in a high traffic area, the Living Statue is definitely the most cost effective entertainment you can find.

The lake contains a microorganism Dunaliella salina, which absorbs the solar colors, highlights the pigment strawberry-milky color.

Built in 1889 as the entrance arch to the World’s Fair, the 320 meter (1,050 ft) tall Eiffel Tower, located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, is undoubtedly one of the most iconic structures in the world. For 41 years it held the title as the world’s tallest man-made structure until the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York City in 1930.

Romanian artist Mihai Marius Mihu spent seven months recreating the hellish visions of the nine circles of hell from Dante’s Divine Comedy using almost 40,000 Lego bricks.

Diorama effect or “diorama illusion” is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is made to look like a photograph of a miniature scale model. Blurring parts of the photo simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered in close-up photography, making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is; the blurring can be done either optically when the photograph is taken, or by digital postprocessing. Many diorama effect photographs are taken from a high angle to simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature.

Artist has caused quite a big splash with his photographs of water droplets. Markus Reugels, 33, drops water, milk or other liquids onto trays, egg cups or teaspoons and captures the splashes. He adds food coloring to the water and different color gels to his flashes to create varying effects.

A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that surrounds a castle, other building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices. In later periods the moat or water defences may be largely ornamental. Today, whatever their use was, moats are now here only to please the tourist’s eye.

The world’s first sand museum is being built, grain by grain, all over again. The museum will be featured in the Tottori Dune of Tottori, Japan. This year’s theme is ‘Great Britain’ , all in honor of the upcoming London Olympic Games.

Whether you like original and entertaining tip jar messages or appreciate a good comment about why someone did not receive a tip, these photos show some of the best of the two.

These blazing saddles could have easily galloped out of a Hollywood western. These spectacular scenes were caught in the small Spanish village of San Bartolome de Pinares, where hundreds turned out to celebrate St Anthony’s Day. To mark the festival of the patron saint of animals, hundreds rode their horses and along the narrow cobbled streets during the ‘Luminarias’. The steeds jump through bonfires to the sound of drums and Spanish bagpipes until midnight when the riding comes to a halt. The bonfires are then turned into huge barbecues where locals cook a feast of black pudding and chorizo sausage.

In the Belgian city of Bruges, a festival of ice sculpture named “Ice Age” is traditionally held each year. This fabulous festival lasts for six weeks, and gathers the best craftsmen from China, Canada, Sweden, USA, Holland and Belgium. Each of them received a two-ton block of ice and created its own ice-cold masterpiece. Have a look at this unique sculptures, they look like a scene from a fairytale!

Photographer Tejal Patni takes the concept of new beginnings to conceptualize a 2012 calendar for fashion brand Splash. Heavily influenced by B-movie sci-fi clichés, the calendar asks: are we destined to revisit our same life choices, or will we truly create a new beginning?

Using the most ordinary table salt and spices, photographer Kelly McCall creates an absolutely stunning scenery. The main inspiration of his twenty-three-Kelly chose the work of Vincent Van Gogh. His unusual art photographer has been doing for two years, constantly improving their skills.

Certain web-site, which brings together members of the street art movement selected the best work for the outgoing 2011. And here they are, for your delight!