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Showing posts with label gravity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gravity. Show all posts

August 1, 2011

The Floating Man

Johan Lorbeer is a German street performer. He became famous in the past few years because of his “Still-Life” Performances, which took place in public areas. Several of these performances feature Lorbeer in an apparently impossible position.
With his still-life performances, this German artist seems to unhinge the laws of gravity. For hours on time, he remains, as a living work of art.
Below his latest performance in Cork, Ireland.

April 4, 2011

Earth gravitational pull

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This globe—the BBC has a spinnable version—shows you how the strength of gravitational pull differs in different places around the Earth. The yellow areas were where gravity is strongest. The blue spots is where it is weakest.