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Emma, a 17 year-old model wears the wedding dress with the longest tail in the world. The 2,750 meter long train broke a previous record of 2,488 meters. It is made of 4,700 meters of material using 1,857 needles, taking 100 days to made.The Guinness Book of World Records declared the item on the silk and lace gown as the longest train, beating the previous record held by a Dutch designer. The lace was imported from France, while taffeta and other fabrics were purchased from Italy, costing...

Artist Allison Cortson, from Los Angeles, California, said "Dust is the perfect material because it is actually created by the people in the paintings. She adds "I was sitting on the couch watching dust particles float around in the light coming through the window and the idea came to me". "I'm interested in the fact that the older we get, the more dust we create - it is made up of 70 per cent dead skin. I enjoy painting people and thought dust would be the perfect material to represent them...

The world's tallest treehouse, located in Crossville, Tennessee.Builder Horace Burgess took 11 years to build the tree house.Horace, who lives in the 10 story wooden house, said he begun the build in 1993.The enormous treehouse is a whopping 10,000 square feet but only cost Horace a reasonable $12,000 thanks to his thrifty use of recycled materials. There are six trees supporting the tree house and it tooks 2,68,000 nails to put everyting together.Inside there are spiral staircases, a...

European Space Agency has celebrated the anniversary with a gallery of the unforgettable imagery captured by Envisat's eight sensors.The largest civilian Earth-observing satellite has orbited the planet more than 50,000 times.With ten sophisticated optical and radar sensors, the satellite continuously observes and monitors Earth’s land, atmosphere, oceans and ice caps. Envisat’s largest instrument is the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar, which can be used day or night because it sees...

Andrey Pavlov, a Russian photographer with commendable theatrical background chose a unique way of story telling combining both the media. He devotedly studied the lives of ants, and planted histrionic props on their trails. There he photographed them live as if in a drama or movie. Except for the planned stage settings, all the rest is natural; no photo editing gimmicks involved, vouches the photographer. Come see the great moments of simple joviality, grant imagination, poignancy, and even...

A cemetery of disused war planes in the scorching Arizona desert has been given a new lease of life – as part of an art project.‘The Boneyard Project’ resurrects disused warplanes that lie in the famous Boneyard in Arizona by letting graffiti artists paint them.More than 30 of the world’s best urban artists worked on five ruined US Air Force jets. Jason Wawro, who produced the stunning imagery of the Boneyard Project, said ‘The project to me is once in a lifetime event.'It represents a...

This is the DeltaWing, a Nissan-powered race car that will run in this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans as an experiment. Its creators aren't chasing a victory so much as a validation that their ideas could make racing better. Think of it as a Batmobile for the race track.The rocket-shaped DeltaWing looks that way because it's built less like a traditional race car and more like a land-speed racer that can also turn. Built by a consortium of racing firms and suppliers headed by designer Ben Bowlby...

Photographer and art director Eric Maloberti also known as Malo, 39, imagines what the future may hold for his three-month-old daughter June when she grows up. In his project Un Jour, Mon Enfant Tu Seras (One Day, My Child, You Will Be...) he dresses June up as a boxer, a priest and a butcher, plus many other professions. "The idea behind the project is that we do not know what our children will become," said Malo. "One day my oldest son came up to me and said that he wants to be an...

Liu Bolin was born in China’s Shandong province in 1973, and he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Shandong College of Arts in 1995 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2001. His work has been exhibited in museums around the world. Also known as "The Invisible Man", Liu Bolin's most popular works are from his "Hiding in the City" series; photographic works that began as performance art in 2005. Liu belongs to the generation that came of age...

A series of amazing photos released by the Red Bull Stratos project shows a skydiver's 13-mile leap.Austrian adventurer Felix Baumgartner is hoping to make the world's highest skydive. As a practice run, he leaped from a custom built capsule at an altitude of 71,581 feet (21,818 meters), marking his personal highest-jump ever. At the edge of space, with virtually no atmosphere, the pressurised suit and oxygen are vital as he contemplates the view from the capsule attached to his 100ft helium...

Li Wei’s photographs are Quirky, gravity-defying, astonishing, unbelievable. Here is an unusual collection of self portraits in all unlikely postures and places. Rare artistic production that combines stunt, photography and acrobatics. Li Wei states that these images are not computer montages and that he works with the help of props such as mirrors, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics. He then removes the wires and scaffolding with Photoshop to create these seemingly impossible...

Former sniper Craig camouflaged himself against the green undergrowth, sharpshooter Craig Jones wait for hours until his furtive target appears.Former sniper Craig has traded his rifle for a long lens to become a wildlife photographer and is using all those skills to capture stunning wildlife shots. Dedicated Craig spent four months hidden in the foliage to snap the amazing natural shots of owls in their habitat across the UK’s marshes. Craig said: ‘I was in the army from 16 until 23 and...

Photographer Matteo Zanvettor looks like he's on top of the world as he composes his shots in the Italian Alps thanks to a combination of clever perspective and rare weather conditions.The 41-year-old photographer had to battle against 100kmph winds and driving snow to get landscape shots. Matteo ended up being the subject of some of the best pictures taken by his friend Edoardo Brotto, as frozen snow whipped up around him gave the illusion he was standing on clouds in the Alps. He said:...

The Amazing Spider-Man is an upcoming American superhero film directed by Marc Webb, based on the comic book of the same name and starring Andrew Garfield as the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It is the fourth Columbia Pictures film that portrays Spider-Man in film and is a reboot of the film series that stars the superhero. Andrew Garfield is replaced Tobey Maguire as the new Spider-Man in the next film.The cast includes Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors. The...

A Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is displayed at the car maker's booth ahead of the Geneva Motor Show. Sports cars, reputed for being energy guzzlers, are now trying to boost their green credentials as they seek to attract environmentally conscious consumers and meet new climate standards.Powered by 1200 bhp and W16 engine, Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse doess a reported 0-100 kmph 2.6 seconds. With an increase in power up to 1,200 HP, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse has entered...