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This May 23, 2006, photo released by NASA shows the eruption of Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, as photographed by an Expedition 13 crew member on the International Space Station. The image captures the ash plume of the very short-lived eruption. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
In this June 16, 2010 satellite image provided by NASA, Papua New Guinea’s Manam Volcano releases a thin, faint plume, as clouds cluster at the volcano’s summit. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite took this image. The clouds may result from water vapor from the volcano, but may also have formed independent of volcanic activity. The volcanic plume appears as a thin, blue-gray veil extending toward the northwest over the Bismarck Sea.
Seen here on on June 12, 2009 in the beginning stages of eruption is Sarychev volcano. This was the sixth eruption since 1946, making it one the busiest volcanoes on Russia's Kuril Islands.
This image provided by NASA shows an image taken by a NASA MODIS satellite acquired at 1:15 a.m. EDT on May 22, 2011 shows the ash plume from the Grimsvotn volcano casts shadow to the west. The Grimsvotn volcano began erupting on Saturday, May 21 sending clouds of ash high into the air. The amount of ash spewing from the volcano tapered off dramatically on Tuesday, however, said Elin Jonasdottir, a forecaster at Iceland's meteorological office. The blue dots are data dropouts probably caused by the very bad light in the shadow of the plume.
Plumes of smoke and ash rise from Sicily's Mount Etna, center, in this satellite image from Monday, Oct. 28, 2002. As rivers of lava poured down its slopes, Mount Etna spewed thick clouds of ash and magma for a third day Tuesday, prompting officials to close some schools. Satellite photos showed the ash was carried as far away as Libya in northern Africa, 350 miles south of Mount Etna. (AP Photo/HO, NASA,
This satellite image taken on Monday Jan. 30, 2006, courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC via the Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey, a steam and ash cloud from Augustine Volcano near Homer, Alaska, lower left, can be seen drifting toward the Kenai Peninsula, seen in the upper right. An unbroken plume of ash has been spewing from the uninhabited volcanic island 75 miles southwest of Homer, Alaska since Saturday with explosions thrusting particles almost five miles into the skies around south-central Alaska.
This image provided by NASA's MODIS instrument on board the Terra satellite shows volcanic ash and steam billowing from the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile, drifting across Argentina and dissipating over the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, May 3, 2008. The Chaiten Volcano sprung to life Friday for the first time in thousands of years.
This photo of Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia was taken on September 7, 2010 by the Earth Observing-1 satellite. Three days earlier, ash plumes had risen as high as 21,300 feet. This is one of the area's largest and most active volcanoes.
A photo released by NASA is a June 4, 2011, photo of Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano was made by the MODI Aqua satellite shortly after the eruption began sahowing the brown plume rising above the clouds. The eruption has forced thousands from their homes, grounded airline flights in southern Argentina and coated ski resorts with a gritty layer of dust instead of snow
This natural-color satellite image provided by NASA and acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Terra satellite on July 8, 2011 shows the ash plume of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Chile. The volcano's eruption resulted in grounded flights across the lower third of South America for most of the winter tourist season. Lodges and restaurants in Bariloche and Villa La Angostura normally filled with skiers, are empty. With airport runways, Andean slopes and sheep and cattle ranches coated in ash, the local economy has been devastate
Volcanic ashes from Shinmoedake peak, located between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, is seen in southern Japan, in this NASA satellite image taken and released February 3, 2011. More than 1,000 people in southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as the volcano picked up its activities, spewing ashes and small rocks into the air and disrupting airline operations, a municipal official said on Monday. Image taken February 3, 2011
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted explosively on April 14, 2010 and resulting ash fallout disrupted travel across Europe. In this photo taken nearly a month later by the Terra satellite, a massive plume is still visible 530 miles away.
Astounding volcano activity photographed from space
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With wildfires bearing down on the McDonald Observatory, the Texas Forest Service undertook controlled burns on April 17 to get rid of fuel on the mountains in West Texas. This would starve the Rock House wildfire of fuel should it double back toward the observatory.
In the above image, Black Mountain is burning. The Hobby-Eberly Telescope dome is at right. Above it, the bright line on the right is the wildfire which broke through a burn-out line on Sunday afternoon. The bright line on the left is the front of a back-fire set to stop that portion of the wildfire. Silhouetted by the back-fires on Black and Spring (to the left) Mountains is Guide Peak now with only small pockets of active fires.
This view of the Rock House wildfire was shot on the night of April 9 from the catwalk of the 6.9-foot (2.1-meter) Otto Struve Telescope dome looking east. The 8.9-foot (2.7-m) Harlan J. Smith Telescope is at left.
This view of the Rock House wildfire was shot on the night of April 9 overlooking the dome of the 3-foot (0.9-m) telescope.
The controlled burn of April 17 as seen from the visitors center's public telescope park at the McDonald Observatory, where public star parties are held three times each week.
The Texas Forest Service undertook the controlled burn to starve the Rock House wildfire of fuel, should it turn back toward the observatory.
Guide Peak is in flames from the controlled burn on April 17. The two peaks of McDonald Observatory, Mount Fowlkes and Mount Locke, are to the right and far right, respectively. The domes of the 30-foot (9.1-m) Hobby-Eberly, Harlan J. Smith and Otto Struve telescopes are visible.
To the north of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, Guide Peak is on fire and almost completely burned on April 17.
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope dome watches as wildfires and controlled burns compete for fuel in the West Texas mountains.
Amazing Pics
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With wildfires bearing down on the McDonald Observatory, the Texas Forest Service undertook controlled burns on April 17 to get rid of fuel on the mountains in West Texas. This would starve the Rock House wildfire of fuel should it double back toward the observatory.
In the above image, Black Mountain is burning. The Hobby-Eberly Telescope dome is at right. Above it, the bright line on the right is the wildfire which broke through a burn-out line on Sunday afternoon. The bright line on the left is the front of a back-fire set to stop that portion of the wildfire. Silhouetted by the back-fires on Black and Spring (to the left) Mountains is Guide Peak now with only small pockets of active fires.
The Texas Forest Service undertook the controlled burn to starve the Rock House wildfire of fuel, should it turn back toward the observatory.
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Zoo performer Theerapone Manolai smiles as he puts his head between the jaws of a crocodile during a performance for tourists at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, about 120 km (74 miles) east of Bangkok August 16, 2011. Kanthida Jantanct and Theerapone, both 28, from the province of Chaiyaphum, who have been crocodile performers at the zoo for almost ten years, earn at least 30,000 Baht (1,000 USD) per month for performing shows for at least 2,000 tourists, three times a day, to support their family.
Bolivian squirrel monkeys gather around a toy football during a photocall at London Zoo in central London, on August 18, 2011. The zoo has a total of 22 squirrel monkeys, with one adult male 'Bounty' having fathered eleven offspring.
Students holding Indian national flags pose behind a sand sculpture of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare, created by sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik, on a beach in Puri, located in the eastern Indian state of Orissa August 22, 2011. Patnaik said he created the sculpture to raise awareness against corruption. Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike entered its seventh day on Monday with opposition parties calling for nationwide rallies this week, prompting the government of Premier Manmohan Singh to take tentative steps to open talks.
A sculpture of comic hero Spider-Man sits on the roof of a cinema on August 17, 2011 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. The superhero character was invented by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and was first published in the no. 15 edition of "Amazing Fantasy" in August 1962
A Nepalese mahout jumps into the water off the back of an elephant bathing in the waters of the Rapati river at Chitwan, some 200kms southwest of Kathmandu on August 15, 2011.The Chitwan National Park covers 932 square kilometers of jungle and is the first wildlife park in Nepal, providing a safer environment for endangered species such as the one-horned rhino and the royal bengal tiger.
Pet bird Xiao Nuo pecks at the flash while perched on the lens of a camera during an interview by local media with its owner in Kunming, Yunnan province, August 18, 2011. The bird is attracted to cameras and will approach and investigate any cameras it sees, according to the owner.
A double-decker bus passes the "Hand of God" sculpture by Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn in central London August 21, 2011.
Vilnius mayor Arturas Zuokas drives an armoured personnel carrier over a car parked in a cycle lane during a publicity stunt as a warning for illegally car parking on the city streets in this undated City Municipality press service handout picture.
Saimaiti Aishan, a 27-year-old Uighur acrobat of tightrope walking, hangs on a 15-metre-long tightrope connected between two hot air balloons as he fails in an attempt for setting a 100 metre height record in Langshan, Hunan province August 6, 2011. Aishan, the nephew of Adili Wuxor, who is known as "Prince of the Tightrope", is the first person to perform tightrope walking between two hot air balloons. He set a national tightrope walking record at 30 metres high on Saturday, but failed in his attempt of 100 metres, local media reported. Picture taken August 6, 2011
A dog catches a frisbee during the Russian dog frisbee championship in Moscow August 7, 2011. Dogs and their owners took part in a variety of distance and accuracy competitions during the championship to test their frisbee skills
A worker cleans the preserved heads of saltwater crocodiles before being displayed and sold as souvenirs at a crocodile farm in Davao city, southern Philippines August 19, 2011. The heads are sold for 3,000 pesos (U.S. $71) each and the hides of the crocodiles are exported for the manufacture of luxury leather apparel.
Ethnic Akha children watch male stag beetles fight at Mae Fahluang District, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, 825 km (513 miles) from Bangkok, August 20, 2011.
Sunflowers, with seeds removed by festival-goers to represent faces, are pictured during the second day of the 36th edition of the Paleo festival on July 20, 2011 in Nyon. The Paleo open-air music festival, one of the Europe's largest, runs from July 19 to 24.
Indian Hindu devotee of goddess Mahankali, M.Ramadass holds two limes in his seven feet moustache as he poses during a Swarnalatha Rangam ceremony at The Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on July 18, 2011. Swarnalatha Rangam is a ritual where it is believed that the goddess Mahankali enters the body of an unmarried woman and predicts the future.
A one-year-old squirrel monkey named Charles Darwin rests on its minder's head during the filming of a TV movie in Berlin on July 21, 2011
Mexican matador Arturo Saldivar is trampled by a Torrestrella bull during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona on July 7, 2011, in Pamplona, northern Spain.
Children on bicycles watch men working on a clay statue at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta in Yogyakarta July 14, 2011. Indonesian artist Eddi Prabandono and his 15 workers made a 4-metre-by-4-metre statue modelled after the head of Prabandono's daughter Luz, now 5 years old, as part of a series of art works called the "Luz Series". The statue will be displayed at Jog Art, an annual art exhibition held in Yogyakarta that is attended by more than 150 artists
YORK, ENGLAND - JULY 11: An aerial view of Top Pearsy's Maize Maze in the shape of Harry Potter, on July 11, 2011 in York, England. Farmer Tom Pearcy has cut two portraits of Harry Potter in his crop of maize plants. With some subtle differences the two images create the world's largest spot the difference competition. At over 50m in diameter, and cut out of over 1 million living maize plants, the York Maze is the largest 'Maize Maze' in Europe and one of the largest in the world.
Hindu holy men rest on the premises of Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu July 25, 2011.
SEAHOUSES, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: An Arctic Tern pecks a mans head as he walks through nesting seabirds on June 25, 2011 on Inner Farne, England. Visitors to the Farne Islands are pre-warned and advised to wear hats to protect themselves from the Terns who will dive down and attack anyone they perceive as a threat to their nest. The Farne Islands, which are run by the National Trust, are situated two to three miles off the Northumberland coastline. The archipeligo of 16-28 separate islands (depending on the tide) make the summer home to approximately 100,000 pairs of breeding seabirds including around 36,000 Puffins, 32,000 Guillemots and 2,000 pairs of Arctic Terns. The species of birds which nest in internationally important numbers include Shag, Sandwich Tern and Arctic Tern. The coastline around The Farnes are also the breeding ground to one of Europe's largest Grey Seal colonies with around 4,000 adults giving birth to 1500 pups every year
Artist Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn inflates air into the rear tyre of a motorcycle made from recycled materials of spare parts from cars and bicycles at a workshop in Bangkok July 27, 2011. Roongrojna, 54, creates his artworks from recycled spare parts from used cars, motorcycles as well as bicycles. With four shops in Bangkok named "Ko Art Shop", Roongrojna also exports his artworks to clients all over the world. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang.
Uwe Wuenstel tastes a cockroach bred for consumption by the German company "Der Schabenkoenig" (The Cockroach King), on June 17, 2011 at the "Maintier" pet fair in Frankfurt/M., western Germany. 85 exhibitors present animals and accessories for their keeping during the fair running from June 17 to 19, 2011.
A man dressed up as the devil jumps over babies lying on a mattress in the street during 'El Colacho', the 'baby jumping festival' on June 26, 2011 in the village of Castrillo de Murcia, near Burgos. Baby jumping (El Colacho) is a traditional Spanish practice dating back to 1620 that takes place annually to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi. During the act - known as El Salto del Colacho (the devil's jump) or simply El Colacho – men dressed as the Devil (known as the Colacho) jump over babies born the last twelve months of the year who lie on mattresses in the street.
VENICE, ITALY - JUNE 04: "This is not a game" an installation by Lorenzo Quinn in front of Isle of S. Servolo on June 4, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The Venice Art Biennale will run from June 4 to November 27, 2011.
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 13: Ron Mueck's 'Big Baby' sculpture appears to look round at Jenny Saville's painting 'Interfacing' at the Masterpieces Exhibition at Christie's on June 13, 2011 in London, England. The painting and sculpture feature in the exhibition, open to the public from 13th - 15th June 2011, which showcases some of the £250 million worth of art for sale over the next four weeks. Artists including Michelangelo, Gainsborough, Goya, Stubbs, Monet, Picasso and Renoir are represented.
A Chinese woman poses with a four-dimensional (4D) painting on display at a contemporary art exhibition in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin's province on May 14, 2011. China overtook Britain as the world's second biggest market for art and antiques in 2010, said a report from the European Fine Art Fair (Tefaf) opening in the Netherlands.
A frog specimen is displayed at the booth of Iori Tomita's "New World Transparent Specimen", as part of biannual Design Festa international art event in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, May 14, 2011. Tomita's colorful ornaments, such as flounder, frog, and mouse, are made by the methods of dyeing bones magenta and cartilages blue.
An exhibitor walks past an untitled work by Jorge Mayet at the Hong Kong International Art Fair in Hong Kong on May 25, 2011. Art HK11 runs from 26-29 May 2011 gathering 260 galleries from 38 countries.
TOPSHOTS An employees poses next to an installation by US artist John Baldessari entitled 'Beethoven's Trumpet (With Ear)' at the Saatchi Gallery in central London on May 26, 2011. Forming part of 'The Shape of Things To Come: New Sculpture' exhibition, it is to be displayed from May 27-16 October.
Amazing Pics..
Zoo performer Theerapone Manolai smiles as he puts his head between the jaws of a crocodile during a performance for tourists at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, about 120 km (74 miles) east of Bangkok August 16, 2011. Kanthida Jantanct and Theerapone, both 28, from the province of Chaiyaphum, who have been crocodile performers at the zoo for almost ten years, earn at least 30,000 Baht (1,000 USD) per month for performing shows for at least 2,000 tourists, three times a day, to support their family.
Bolivian squirrel monkeys gather around a toy football during a photocall at London Zoo in central London, on August 18, 2011. The zoo has a total of 22 squirrel monkeys, with one adult male 'Bounty' having fathered eleven offspring.
Students holding Indian national flags pose behind a sand sculpture of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare, created by sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik, on a beach in Puri, located in the eastern Indian state of Orissa August 22, 2011. Patnaik said he created the sculpture to raise awareness against corruption. Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike entered its seventh day on Monday with opposition parties calling for nationwide rallies this week, prompting the government of Premier Manmohan Singh to take tentative steps to open talks.
A sculpture of comic hero Spider-Man sits on the roof of a cinema on August 17, 2011 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. The superhero character was invented by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and was first published in the no. 15 edition of "Amazing Fantasy" in August 1962
A Nepalese mahout jumps into the water off the back of an elephant bathing in the waters of the Rapati river at Chitwan, some 200kms southwest of Kathmandu on August 15, 2011.The Chitwan National Park covers 932 square kilometers of jungle and is the first wildlife park in Nepal, providing a safer environment for endangered species such as the one-horned rhino and the royal bengal tiger.
Pet bird Xiao Nuo pecks at the flash while perched on the lens of a camera during an interview by local media with its owner in Kunming, Yunnan province, August 18, 2011. The bird is attracted to cameras and will approach and investigate any cameras it sees, according to the owner.
A double-decker bus passes the "Hand of God" sculpture by Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn in central London August 21, 2011.
Vilnius mayor Arturas Zuokas drives an armoured personnel carrier over a car parked in a cycle lane during a publicity stunt as a warning for illegally car parking on the city streets in this undated City Municipality press service handout picture.
Saimaiti Aishan, a 27-year-old Uighur acrobat of tightrope walking, hangs on a 15-metre-long tightrope connected between two hot air balloons as he fails in an attempt for setting a 100 metre height record in Langshan, Hunan province August 6, 2011. Aishan, the nephew of Adili Wuxor, who is known as "Prince of the Tightrope", is the first person to perform tightrope walking between two hot air balloons. He set a national tightrope walking record at 30 metres high on Saturday, but failed in his attempt of 100 metres, local media reported. Picture taken August 6, 2011
A dog catches a frisbee during the Russian dog frisbee championship in Moscow August 7, 2011. Dogs and their owners took part in a variety of distance and accuracy competitions during the championship to test their frisbee skills
A worker cleans the preserved heads of saltwater crocodiles before being displayed and sold as souvenirs at a crocodile farm in Davao city, southern Philippines August 19, 2011. The heads are sold for 3,000 pesos (U.S. $71) each and the hides of the crocodiles are exported for the manufacture of luxury leather apparel.
Ethnic Akha children watch male stag beetles fight at Mae Fahluang District, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, 825 km (513 miles) from Bangkok, August 20, 2011.
Sunflowers, with seeds removed by festival-goers to represent faces, are pictured during the second day of the 36th edition of the Paleo festival on July 20, 2011 in Nyon. The Paleo open-air music festival, one of the Europe's largest, runs from July 19 to 24.
Indian Hindu devotee of goddess Mahankali, M.Ramadass holds two limes in his seven feet moustache as he poses during a Swarnalatha Rangam ceremony at The Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on July 18, 2011. Swarnalatha Rangam is a ritual where it is believed that the goddess Mahankali enters the body of an unmarried woman and predicts the future.
A one-year-old squirrel monkey named Charles Darwin rests on its minder's head during the filming of a TV movie in Berlin on July 21, 2011
Mexican matador Arturo Saldivar is trampled by a Torrestrella bull during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona on July 7, 2011, in Pamplona, northern Spain.
Children on bicycles watch men working on a clay statue at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta in Yogyakarta July 14, 2011. Indonesian artist Eddi Prabandono and his 15 workers made a 4-metre-by-4-metre statue modelled after the head of Prabandono's daughter Luz, now 5 years old, as part of a series of art works called the "Luz Series". The statue will be displayed at Jog Art, an annual art exhibition held in Yogyakarta that is attended by more than 150 artists
YORK, ENGLAND - JULY 11: An aerial view of Top Pearsy's Maize Maze in the shape of Harry Potter, on July 11, 2011 in York, England. Farmer Tom Pearcy has cut two portraits of Harry Potter in his crop of maize plants. With some subtle differences the two images create the world's largest spot the difference competition. At over 50m in diameter, and cut out of over 1 million living maize plants, the York Maze is the largest 'Maize Maze' in Europe and one of the largest in the world.
Hindu holy men rest on the premises of Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu July 25, 2011.
SEAHOUSES, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: An Arctic Tern pecks a mans head as he walks through nesting seabirds on June 25, 2011 on Inner Farne, England. Visitors to the Farne Islands are pre-warned and advised to wear hats to protect themselves from the Terns who will dive down and attack anyone they perceive as a threat to their nest. The Farne Islands, which are run by the National Trust, are situated two to three miles off the Northumberland coastline. The archipeligo of 16-28 separate islands (depending on the tide) make the summer home to approximately 100,000 pairs of breeding seabirds including around 36,000 Puffins, 32,000 Guillemots and 2,000 pairs of Arctic Terns. The species of birds which nest in internationally important numbers include Shag, Sandwich Tern and Arctic Tern. The coastline around The Farnes are also the breeding ground to one of Europe's largest Grey Seal colonies with around 4,000 adults giving birth to 1500 pups every year
Artist Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn inflates air into the rear tyre of a motorcycle made from recycled materials of spare parts from cars and bicycles at a workshop in Bangkok July 27, 2011. Roongrojna, 54, creates his artworks from recycled spare parts from used cars, motorcycles as well as bicycles. With four shops in Bangkok named "Ko Art Shop", Roongrojna also exports his artworks to clients all over the world. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang.
Uwe Wuenstel tastes a cockroach bred for consumption by the German company "Der Schabenkoenig" (The Cockroach King), on June 17, 2011 at the "Maintier" pet fair in Frankfurt/M., western Germany. 85 exhibitors present animals and accessories for their keeping during the fair running from June 17 to 19, 2011.
A Saudi special forces new graduate bites off the head of a live desert snake on June 26, 2011 during a ceremony held at the special forces base near the capital Riyadh.
A man dressed up as the devil jumps over babies lying on a mattress in the street during 'El Colacho', the 'baby jumping festival' on June 26, 2011 in the village of Castrillo de Murcia, near Burgos. Baby jumping (El Colacho) is a traditional Spanish practice dating back to 1620 that takes place annually to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi. During the act - known as El Salto del Colacho (the devil's jump) or simply El Colacho – men dressed as the Devil (known as the Colacho) jump over babies born the last twelve months of the year who lie on mattresses in the street.
VENICE, ITALY - JUNE 04: "This is not a game" an installation by Lorenzo Quinn in front of Isle of S. Servolo on June 4, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The Venice Art Biennale will run from June 4 to November 27, 2011.
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 13: Ron Mueck's 'Big Baby' sculpture appears to look round at Jenny Saville's painting 'Interfacing' at the Masterpieces Exhibition at Christie's on June 13, 2011 in London, England. The painting and sculpture feature in the exhibition, open to the public from 13th - 15th June 2011, which showcases some of the £250 million worth of art for sale over the next four weeks. Artists including Michelangelo, Gainsborough, Goya, Stubbs, Monet, Picasso and Renoir are represented.
A Chinese woman poses with a four-dimensional (4D) painting on display at a contemporary art exhibition in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin's province on May 14, 2011. China overtook Britain as the world's second biggest market for art and antiques in 2010, said a report from the European Fine Art Fair (Tefaf) opening in the Netherlands.
A frog specimen is displayed at the booth of Iori Tomita's "New World Transparent Specimen", as part of biannual Design Festa international art event in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, May 14, 2011. Tomita's colorful ornaments, such as flounder, frog, and mouse, are made by the methods of dyeing bones magenta and cartilages blue.
An exhibitor walks past an untitled work by Jorge Mayet at the Hong Kong International Art Fair in Hong Kong on May 25, 2011. Art HK11 runs from 26-29 May 2011 gathering 260 galleries from 38 countries.
TOPSHOTS An employees poses next to an installation by US artist John Baldessari entitled 'Beethoven's Trumpet (With Ear)' at the Saatchi Gallery in central London on May 26, 2011. Forming part of 'The Shape of Things To Come: New Sculpture' exhibition, it is to be displayed from May 27-16 October.
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It has been two years since Michael Jackson passed away but his glory has not at all faded from our hearts and minds.
3. Jackson's Billy Jean was the first video by a black artist to be aired on MTV.
5. He was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was first inducted as a member of The Jackson 5 on May 6, 1997 and as a solo artist on March 19, 2001.
7. As a child, his favorite comics were 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Old Man and the Sea'. His favoritecartoon character was Pinocchio and his favorite superhero– Morph from the 'X-Men'.
9. In 1984, during the filming of a Pepsi advertisement, Jackson sustained second-degree burns to his scalp after his hair caught fire due to an explosion.
13. Jackson drank Ricola candy dissolved in hot water as a pre-concert ritual. It apparently made his singing voice and throat clear.
15. Michael Jackson owns the patent for the shoe device that allows performers to 'lean forward' appearing to defy gravity à la Smooth Criminal. 
Know your Michel Jackson
It has been two years since Michael Jackson passed away but his glory has not at all faded from our hearts and minds.
Hailed all over the world as the 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson's fairytale life was always under the public scanner. Everything he did made it to the headlines while he lived, and he kept on making news even after his death. This can definitely be attributed to the impact he had and curiosity he generated on people.
On the eve of his 53rd birth anniversary, we take a look at some interesting facts about Michael Jackson.
1. Jackson was a vegetarian.
2. His iconic 'moonwalk' was inspired by street dancers. He had reportedly spotted them outside a hotel where he was staying.
4. Three of his albums, Dangerous, Thriller and Bad, are counted among the world's best-selling records of all time. Thriller still remains to be the biggest-selling album of all time.
6. Jackson's famous pets were a chimp called Bubbles, a ram called Mr. Tibbs, a python called Crusher, a rat called Ben and a llama named Louie. The most famous of them all was Bubbles, who was adopted from a cancer research centre in Texas. Bubbles even sat in during Jackson's recording sessions for the album Bad and also accompanied the singer on his trip to Tokyo.
8. Jackson allegedly used to sleep in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber in order to enhance his beauty and slow down the aging process.
10. MC Hammer once challenged Jackson to a dance off. Michael retorted back saying, "I've seen your videos and every single dance move you use, you got off me."
11. Jackson's performance during the half-time of the 1993 Super Bowl attracted the largest TV audience in American history.
12. He had several nicknames like 'The Gloved One', 'Wacko Jacko', 'Jacko', 'The King of Pop', and 'MJ' given to him by the media. He was called 'Smelly' by his close friends. The one he detested was 'Wacko Jacko'.
14. An obsessed Jackson fan from France committed suicide in 1984 after his mother refused to allow him to undergo surgery in a bid to look like the star himself.
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