Cyclisk, A 65′ Tall Obelisk Made Out of Recycled Bicycles

Cyclisk is a 65′ tall, 10,000 pound obelisk made out of 340 recycled bicycles in Santa Rosa, CA that was created by Petaluma artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector. Cyclisk was recently featured in Press Democrat & Wired Gadget Lab.

14 Stunning Photos of Afghanistan

Aghanistan is one of the most stunning countries in the world. If you can avoid the instability of the place long enough, you can find some of the most beautiful scenery you will ever see. Check out these awesome photos of Afghanistan.

Photo by US Army

Photos by Abdurahaman Warsame

Photo by Twocentsworth

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Photo by US Army

Photo by Abduraham Warsame

Photo by US Army

Photo by DVIDSHUB

Photo by Abdurahman Warsame

Photo by Nordicshutter

Photo by Carl Montgomery

Photo by Kawetijero

Photo by Paolo Alfieri

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The 7 Most Polluted Neighborhoods Near Oil Refineries

Oil is everywhere

If oil is the blood of the world (and it is), then the oil refinery could be thought of as both the heart and brains of the operation. Oil refineries are where we take the raw crude oil sucked out of the earth, process it and pump out the thousands of different kinds of products that drive and support our comfortable, first-world lives.

Oil is everywhere: It's in our plastics, our foods, our clothes, and even our medicines, but to get to the products, the raw material must be cracked, boiled, catalyzed and processed. Oil refineries are one of society's great necessary evils. On one hand, they provide one of the building blocks of modern life, but on the other hand, they create all kinds of pollution.

Oil refineries are smelly, polluted places. Here are seven of the worst neighborhoods located next to refineries. (If it seems like we're picking on Texas, consider first that the state refines more than a third of the nation's oil and is home to half of the 20 biggest refineries in the country.) (Text: Shea Gunther)

Massive Attack !

Massive Attack! [pic]