Saturday, October 13, 2012

Yes he survived a fall off of this cliff



Richard Henriksen, is a surgeon by day job and an avid base jumper for 20 years. He was inches away from the edge when this high bar he was on collapsed and he fell. Did I mention this cliff is 4000 ft high?

Friday, October 12, 2012

Nightmare magazine launches

This from fearnet.com

"Nightmare is a monthly digital publication with as solid a pedigree as you’re apt to find. It’s published by Creeping Hemlock Press, which has released books by Tim Lebbon, Tom Piccirilli and Lawrence Block as well as a stellar line of zombie novels under the “Print Is Dead” imprint.

Ridley Scott talks Prometheus 2 and the Blade Runner sequel

Here`s some interesting quotes from Ridley Scott regarding Prometheus 2

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Prometheus black goo explained


This from the official Prometheus Facebook page:

"Declassified: In researching the aftermath of Project Prometheus, Weyland Industries managed to uncover an information manual written by the Engineers concerning a chemical agent found by the Prometheus crew. Linguistic components from the original document translated by a Weyland Industries’ cybernetic individual."

That`s crazy talk!

Watch lightning blast through oil and water



This from the poster of the video:

"This video show the motion of a charged water droplet in mineral oil when subject to an intense electric field.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Watch Felix Baumgartner skydive from the edge of space live


 From the Red Bull stratos site:

"Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. His attempt to dare atmospheric limits holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers."

If you`re having problems watching this record setting event you can watch it here

Sunday, October 7, 2012

The Engineer reads a book


This is from the Prometheus facebook page. Not sure if it`s from a deleted scene or not but if you ask me it looks like he`s pinching one off.

Rain room: take a walk in the rain without getting wet



'Rain Room' is a hi-tech indoor rainstorm which falls everywhere except on the individual walking through it.

Old school badass cop take down



Don`t know when this video was made or from where it`s from (Australia?) But this cop is pure crazy, watch as he goes the extra mile to take down this suspect.

It`s like a James Bond movie or something

Star Trails time lapse video


Startrails Timelapse Carolina from Daniel Dragon Films on Vimeo.


Photographer Daniel Lowe spent two years photographic images of star trails in western North Carolina, and put them all together in this video.