World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony!!

Performers dance as fireworks illuminate the night sky in presence of the all 16 countries cricketers during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup Cricket 2007 in Trelawny, 11 March 2007

Fireworks burst over Trelawny Stadium during the opening ceremony for the Cricket World Cup.

India's cricket team enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica

England's cricket captain Michael Vaughan, left, and teammate Andrew Flintoff watch the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup

All 16 countries cricketers watch as illuminations light the night sky during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup Cricket 2007 in Trelawny, 11 March 2007.

West Indies cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers speaks during the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica

Members of the New Zealand cricket team arrive in stadium to participate in the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica

Australia's cricket captain Ricky Ponting, left, and teammates Adam Gilchrist, center, and Glenn McGrath watch the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Dancers perform during the Opening Ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica

Ship in the Middle of Hong Kong

The world’s First Sand-Hotel

Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony (IMAGES)

Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance.


Thousands of specks of light make up the Olympic rings on the floor of the arena and are then magically lifted into the sky.



A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Drums thundered, strobe lights flickered and 14,000 performers poured through the Bird's Nest stadium in a dazzling extravaganza that offered up a vision of global harmony in line with the Games' motto "One World One Dream".

The world’s greatest apple artworks(IMAGES)

Helge Lundstrom is said to be the best apple artist in the world…I wonder if he’s the only one too? This man makes a different apple mosaic every year for the Apple Market Festival in Kivik, Sweden and each one is more beautiful than the other. Only problem I have is about all those wasted apples, just like the Orange Festival of Ivrea where tons of oranges go to waste, when they can all be donated to some poor country where people are dying of hunger. But, other than that, Helge Lundstrom’s apple art looks simply amazing.He uses more than 75,000 apples for each of his apple mosaics