McLaren P1 supercar emerges for its first sexy shots

Welcome the McLaren P1 -- the British maker's first supercar since the all-dominating F1 of the 1990s, and from the first trio of photos McLaren released today, the P1 will be one of the most striking vehicles on the road just sitting still. We don't know yet how much power it packs or how well it will perform, but McLaren promises the P1 will be nothing less than the best, ever.

Known as McLaren designer Frank Stephenson's first clean-sheet design for McLaren after the MP4-12C, the P1 is expected to combine the 3.8-liter V8 from the MP4-12C with some kind of hybrid system that could approach 1,000 hp total. In a statement, McLaren managing director Antony Sherriff says the P1 will be "the most exciting, most capable, most technologically advanced and most dynamically accomplished supercar ever made -- not necessarily to be the fastest in absolute top speed but to be the quickest and most rewarding series production road car on a circuit."

The rest of the details will be unveiled in Paris next Thursday, with the production model expected about a year from now.

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Water wonderful world! Photographer captures amazing images in a single droplet

These incredible images are little drops of magic - capturing iconic images within a single droplet of water.

Photographer Markus Reugels spends hundreds of hours painstakingly trying to capture the impressive and beautiful images.

Mr Reugels, from Schweinfurt, Germany, can spend weeks agonising over snapping the image just at the right moment but the results are stunning.

The stuff of life: This image of the globe from space looks uncannily true to life when pictured through a droplet of water. Photographer Markus Reugels spends hundreds of hours painstakingly composing these shots. This image has been flipped upside down due to the reversing lens-like effects of the water droplet.

Another world: This image of the moon is given incredible clarity seen through the natural lens created by dripping water. Mr Reugels began taking the photos after he saw similar ones posted on an online forum. This image has also been flipped

In one of his images, an image of the earth from space sits neatly inside the water droplet.

In another, the moon is brought into focus by a single drop of water, the flat image of the background distorted into a spherical result that appears uncannily true to life.

The wealth of nations: This fleeting glimpse of a map of the world showing borders shows how the process can take flat images and make them look spherical

And in other humorous images, the Batman and Spiderman silhouettes are projected through the water.

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London 2012 Olympics amazing photoes

200 hundred countries and national teams are competing for the gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games. More than 10,000 athletes from around the globe have gathered in London for the 17-day 2012 Summer Olympic Games and so far, more than 500 medals have been awarded. Halfway through the games, here’s a look at some of the most amazing olympics photos that have been taken over the past eight days.

The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games, on August 3, 2012. This is the most impressive of all olympics photos ever taken till now. (Reuters/Luke MacGregor)

Nordine Oubaali of France (left) connects with Afghanistan’s Ajmal Faisal in the men’s Fly (52kg) Round of 32 boxing match at the ExCeL venue, on July 30, 2012. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

Bronze medalists Nicholas McCrory, front and David Boudia, rear, from the US compete during the Men’s Synchronized 10 Meter Platform Diving final at the Aquatics Center in the Olympic Park, on July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Olympic Cauldron burns as athletes compete in the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Heats on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games, on August 3, 2012. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Hungary’s Mate Lekai makes a shot against South Korea in their men’s handball Preliminaries Group B match at the Copper Box venue, on July 31, 2012. (Reuters/Marko Djurica)

Samantha Arevalo Salinas of Ecuador starts in a women’s 800-meter freestyle swimming heat at the Aquatics Center in London, on August 2, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nicola Spirig of Switzerland, shown just barely beating Lisa Norden of Sweden in this photo-finish image of the women’s triathlon final of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Hyde Park, on August 4, 2012. (Reuters/Omega Ltd)

Australia’s Jessica Fox competes in the women’s K-1 kayak slalom semifinal at the Lee Valley White Water Center in Waltham Cross, near London, on August 2, 2012. Fox won the silver medal in the final. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Russia’s Aliya Mustafina warms up before competing in the balance beam during the women’s individual all-around gymnastics final in the North Greenwich Arena, on August 2, 2012. (Reuters/Mike Blake)

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German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour

German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour ~ equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity ~ through the midday hours last Friday & Saturday.

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Ice Hotel, Quebec, Canada.

The Ice Hotel opened on New Year's Day in 2001, located in Duchesnay resort in Quebec City.

It is the first ice hotel in North America and is built each December for an opening date in early January. The hotel has a four-month lifespan each year before being brought down in April. It has 85 beds, all made of ice but lined with deer furs and covered with mattresses and Arctic sleeping bags. Only the bathrooms are heated and located in a separate insulated structure.

It takes about a month and a half to build with 60 workers. The Hotel makes its own snow using a special mixture to adjust the humidity. It is built with metal frames, it is allowed to harden for a few days, and then the cranes are removed.

The hotel is made of 15,000 tons of snow and 500,000 tons of ice and the walls are up to four feet thick.The hotel has been described as a "tourist hotspot" and is backed by Quebec's tourism department. Tours are available in French or English, seven days a week, and the hotel is otherwise open to the public.There is a chapel where weddings are celebrated. The Ice Hotel has been described as one of the "10 dream wedding locations."

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40 days to landing Curiosity on Mars!

MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSION STATUS REPORT

40 days to landing Curiosity on Mars!

A maneuver on Tuesday adjusted the flight path of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft for delivering the rover Curiosity to a landing target beside a Martian mountain.

The car-size, one-ton rover is bound for arrival the evening of Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (early Aug. 6, EDT and Universal Time). The landing will mark the beginning of a two-year prime mission to investigate whether one of the most intriguing places on Mars ever offered an environment favorable for microbial life.

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World's biggest meat sandwich

This monster snack is the world’s meatiest sandwich - crammed from bottom to top with 41 different cuts of meat including sausages, ham, turkey and - of course - bacon.

Before you tuck in youought to have planned for a long lunch break as this megawich will take an overwhelming ten hours to eat.

The massive sarnie, dubbed a 'carnivore’s dream', stands a whopping 15 inches high, 24 inches wide and tips the scales at more than two stones.

It contains 1,445 grams of ham, two kilograms of salami, turkey and bacon, one kilogram of sausages and 720 grams of chorizo.

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The most beutifull 10 fishes in the world

1- (Dragonet)

(Blue Mandarin Fish)

 (Green Mandarin Fish)

(Spotted Mandarin)

(Psychedelic Mandarin)

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2- (Angel Fish)

 (Juvenile Emperor Angel Fish)

 (Regal Angel fish)

(Blue Face Angel fish)

 (Coral Beauty Angel fish)

(Lemonpeel Angel fish)

(Blue Girdled Angel fish)

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3- (Butterfly Fish)

(Saddleback Butterfly Fish)

 (Moorish Idol)

 (Racoon Butterfly Fish)

(Copperband Butterfly Fish)

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4- (Tang Fish)

 (Blue tang)

(Blonde Naso Tang)

(Chevron Tang)

 (Purple Tang)

 (Yellow Tang)

(Powder Blue Tang)

(Striped Surgeonfish)

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5- (Clown fish)

(Ocellaris Clownfish)

(Gold Band Maroon Clownfish)

(True Percula Clownfish)

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6- (Wrasses Fish)

(Lyretail Wrasse)

(Banana Wrasse )

(Mystery Wrasse)

(Ornate Leopard Wrasse)

(Divided Leopard Wrasse)

(Macropharyngodon Meleagris)

(Harlequin Tuskfish)

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7- (Trigger Fish)

(Clown Trigger Fish)

(Blueline Trigger)

(Huma Picasso Trigger)

(Crosshatch Trigger Fish)

(Hybrid Trigger Fish)

(Queen Triggerfish)

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8- (Anthias)

(Yellow Spotted Anthias)

(Squareback Anthias)

(Bartletts Anthias)

(Randall Anthias)

(Yellow lined Japanese Anthias)

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9- (Grouper)

(Eastern Blue Devil Fish)

(Comet Marine Betta)

(Panther Grouper)

(Six-lined Soapfish)

(Miniatus Grouper)

(Blue spotted Grouper)

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10- (Rabbit Fish)

(Fiji Fox Face)

(Foxface Rabbit Fish)

(Magnificent Foxface)

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(jewl damsel)

(Sapphire Devil)

(Pineapple Fish)

(Valentini Puffer)

(Ostracion Meleagris)

(Longnosed File Fish)

(Discus Fish)

(Spotted Cardinal Fish)

(Shy Hamlet)

 (Parrot Fish)

Amazing beutiful screen saver

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