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How 10 Famous Landmarks Get Clean

After looking at these photos of courageous workers going to great, grimy heights to shine up some much-beloved landmarks, your spring cleaning won't seem like such a chore.... READ ON

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11 Unserious Photos of Albert Einstein

Even geniuses like to have a little fun once in a while, and father of modern physics Albert Einstein is no exception. In fact, the German-born Nobel Prize winner possessed a quick, sharp wit along with his enviable IQ, and his tendency to offset the very serious matter of general relativity with a little lighthearted humor is evident in this series of photos.... READ ON

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Rare Vintage Photos of Early 20th Century Paris

In 1903, with a little help from the potato, the Brothers Lumière revolutionized color photography.... READ ON

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23 Vintage Photos of People Having Fun in the Snow

Get cozy and enjoy these historical photos of snow day shenanigans. Who knows—maybe they'll inspire you to bundle up, venture out, and have some fun.... READ ON

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Snapshots of the 1917 Russian Revolution

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The Late Movies: Best Timelapses of 2012

On December 31, 2012, timelapse.org chose its top timelapse videos of the year. Below, I bring you their picks -- plus a few of my own. The Lion City Creator Keith Loutit explains: For 'The Lion City', the idea behind the extension of the tilt shift technique is for focus and distance to be something the viewer can experience. It also doubles to communicate the constant heat and humidity that hits you whenever you leave the comfort of air conditioning in Singapore. If you've never heard... READ ON

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Camera Fun - Making Crazy Art Using Christmas Lights

It's that time of year -- strings of tiny lights are everywhere, and families are wandering around, checking out those lights. If you're like me, you bring your camera along on these light-viewing jaunts. And if you're like me, you use your camera to take boring old pictures of boring old lights. But if you have a decent digital SLR camera (or have a camera phone and are willing to make some compromises on which techniques you use; see below), you can do some nutty stuff -- and it's not hard at all.... READ ON

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Christmas Past: 32 Weird and Wonderful Vintage Christmas Photos

From a few famous faces to adorable animals and kids under the tree to soldiers in wartime, here's how we've had a Merry Christmas through the... READ ON

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24 Adorable Photos of Presidents With Little Kids

Pete Souza/White House After TIME named Barack Obama its Person of the Year, it released a series of photos by Pete Souza—which included the adorable photo above, of the president pretending to get caught in Spider-Man's web (Spider-Man, in this case, was the child of a White House staff member). That inspired us to dig up other aww-inducing photos of presidents with kids. Speak softly and hug tight: Teddy Roosevelt shows us his soft side, hugging granddaughter Edith Roosevelt Derby in... READ ON

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Fall, Timelapse, Central Park

Need a dose of tranquility? Watch this three-minute timelapse video shot in New York City's Central Park. Photographer Jamie Scott selected fifteen locations in the park and returned to them twice a week for six months, from August 2011 through January 2012. And I do mean fifteen extremely specific locations -- repeating the exact same video pans on the exact same trees, water, and so on -- so you can watch the leaves change colors, then fall off the trees in timelapse. This is a feat of persistence,... READ ON