The World Stone Skimming Championships is held on the tiny west coast island of Easdale. An island blessed with millions of perfect skimming stones after its slate mining industrial past was brought to an abrupt end by a huge storm. Water filled the immense quarries and created the world’s first stone skimming arena. The competition has always been, and is to this day, a community fundraising event, but tensions are now mounting between the small island community and the skimmers whose abilities have far outgrown the limitations of the 63m quarry.
The World Stone Skimming Championships is held on the tiny west coast island of Easdale. An island blessed with millions of perfect skimming stones after its slate mining industrial past was brought to an abrupt end by a huge storm. Water filled the immense quarries and created the world’s first stone skimming arena. The competition has always been, and is to this day, a community fundraising event, but tensions are now mounting between the small island community and the skimmers whose abilities...
The reaction of two scientists when they realized they had captured images of an animal not seen for 140 years
The reaction of two scientists when they realized they had captured images of an animal not seen for 140 years
Extreme Wheelchair Athlete!
You've got to be some kind of hungry to go for the kill shot over a cliff, and then tumble a couple hundred feet on rocks - never letting go.
You've got to be some kind of hungry to go for the kill shot over a cliff, and then tumble a couple hundred feet on rocks - never letting go.
It was anchors away and bon voyage for those who booked passage for Saturday's maiden voyage on the 250,000-ton engineering marvel, the Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship.
It was anchors away and bon voyage for those who booked passage for Saturday's maiden voyage on the 250,000-ton engineering marvel, the Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship.
Mommy lion trying to slow down the fast going cub while waiting for her other cubs to catch up.
Mommy lion trying to slow down the fast going cub while waiting for her other cubs to catch up.
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The masculine urge to land on top