Postmodern Gothic Excess. Minster House, London. March 2013.

By Simon Wilkes

Beverley Brook, London, England

Photography by PS兔~兔兔兔~

Earth’s Rotation Visualized in a Timelapse of the Milky Way Galaxy by Aryeh Nirenberg

The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze

Held every year in New York, the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze is a 25-night-long Halloween event featuring some 5,000 hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins arranged into dinosaurs, witches, zombies, and other spooky forms. Via Instagram:

Although only associated with Halloween as we know it today since the late 1800s, the tradition of gourd carving dates back to the 18th and 19th centuries in rural Ireland and England. People created jack o’lanterns for the old holidays of Samhain and All Souls’ Night when spirits were thought to be the most active. Grotesque faces carved into the objects were meant to frighten away any ghouls seeking to do harm.

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Art by Anthony Brault

Changing seasons of the much photographed maple tree at Portland’s Japanese Garden

Stunning Mosque Decorated In Millions Of Mirror and Glass Shards Which Reflect Light

Shah Cheragh is one of the most stunning mosques that can be found on the planet, with its sparkling glass encrusted walls. Located in Shiraz, Iran, the name translates to “King of Light”, where the opulent interior is covered in millions of intricately placed glass and mirror shards that reflect and play with light to create an awesome visual.

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