Magnificent Thunderstorms!

There's nothing quite like the awesome light show and booming thunder of a good thunderstorm to make you look in awe and scare the crap out of you. Here's some interesting shots taken from some very unique storms!

OK, we posted cute animals the other day, so now it's time to move to the other end of the spectrum and see animals that are NOT so cute! Prepare to cancel your subscription to the World Wildlife Fund :(

I know what you want. You want to peruse a gallery of hamster glamour shots don't you? Thought so. Well, here it is, a collection of adorable fluffballs who have all been beutified and readied for their close-ups.

You may've thought your hair was pretty crap when you were younger, but it probably wasn't anywhere near as tragic as the ones on display here.

Pretty important in terms of the whole human biology thingamajiggy, the human brain, from whatever scientifiic approach you take is a total scumbag. A wondrous marvel of evolution, but still a total scumbag.

Come on, have a little think about it, you don't really like those girls in films & magazines who have been airbrushed & retouched SO much that they probably don't exist! What you REALLY want is a girl-next-door type who really does live next door!

Get ready for some self-inflicted portrait pretties, brought to you by both the joys of the digital camera & the sharing of information rapidly over the internets! In later life they may regret these pics being all over the web but, meh, who cares!

She might not be the most curvaceous of actresses but there's definitely something about her. Maybe it's the posh British accent or maybe it's just her willingness to get all dressed up as a pirate. Who knows?

Thirty seven pictures taken at precisely the right moment for win to blossom. If you want to take some pictures like these for yourself you'll need a super fast shutter speed, Cheetara's fingers, and a lot of luck.

I know, i know, how the hell did the weekend go so fast? It's Monday again & to cure the depression it's time for another dump of gargantuan proportions. 48 pics filled with as much win as we could cram into them. Enjoy.

These distorted panoramic photographers are by Randy Scott Slavin for his Alternate Perspective series. He can take up to a hundred pictures of a scene to build up a 360 degree image before stitching them together to make a stereographic projection.