Japan's Tsunami, Up Close and Horrible

The other tsunami videos you've probably seen were long shots from cameras or tops of buildings. This one's from a hill where villagers have rushed up after the initial shock waves. Good thing they managed to get up there as the tsunami literally washes away their homes in a wave of garbage and debris.

One can only hope that this doesn't happen again.

Found via Mashable

Fly along with Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space

Very few people have had the privilege of seeing the Earth from vantage point of Space. And no one can claim to have been the first other than Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, who strapped himself onto a rocket and a by no means certain date with destiny.

We can all fly along his flight path today, fifty years later, in this film made to commemorate the occasion. Shot from the International Space Station on a trajectory and altitude that emulates what he went through, overlaid with the sound of his transmissions to Russian Space Command, you can almost feel like you were there.

Enjoy and be awed by the awesomeness.

Read some more on this topic:

• Follow Yuri Gagarin on the first human space flight (guardian.co.uk)
• 50th Anniversary of Manned Space Flight, Part One: Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space (rightpundits.com)

Procrastination

Procrastination from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.


... is a beautiful, inspiring, thought-provoking & expertly-created graduation film from artist Johnny Kelly.


Found via BrainPickings.org

Tractor Gone Wild

This could be a random uploaded video of a tractor run amuck on a parking lot -- or it could be an extreme product demo for this brand of tractor. Could be, given that the tractor shows how powerful and indestructible it really is -- no one could stop it (rather, no one dared to stop it) until it hits a .... well, maybe you should just watch it yourself.

• I found this on Mashable: Driverless Tractor Wreaks Parking Lot Havoc [VIRAL VIDEO] (mashable.com)