My Modern Met - July 24 Daily Digest

--------------------------------------------------------------- ​ ​ ​[Fernando Botero’s Voluptuous Sculptures Take Over Rome’s Historic Center]()​ [Fernando Botero’s Voluptuous Sculptures Take Over Rome’s Historic Center]  View this post on Instagram  A post shared by BAM! Eventi D’Arte (@bam_eventi_d_arte_) Nearly one year after Fernando Botero's death, his sculptures are visible in Italy. His daughter Lina organized an open-air exhibition, which sees eight of the Colombian artist's sculptures placed in some of Rome's most picturesque public squares. Known for his […] [View on My Modern Met]() ​ ​[Watch the Nerve-Wracking Moment a Whale Capsizes a Boat off the Coast of New Hampshire](=)​ [Watch the Nerve-Wracking Moment a Whale Capsizes a Boat off the Coast of New Hampshire] Whale lands on boat byu/Cully33 innextfuckinglevel Seeing a whale up close during a fishing trip can be an exciting experience. But recently it rapidly turned into a tricky situation for two people at sea. They were thrown into the ocean after a humpback whale capsized their boat off the coast of New Hampshire. Luckily, they […] [View on My Modern Met](=) ​ ​[Hydrothermal Explosion at Yellowstone National Park Takes Visitors by Surprise](=)​ [Hydrothermal Explosion at Yellowstone National Park Takes Visitors by Surprise]  Ver esta publicación en Instagram  Una publicación compartida por Vlada March (@vladamarch_realestate) Yellowstone National Park is home to relaxing landscapes that will take your breath away. But once in a while, it also gets a few scenes of commotion. On the morning of July 23, a hydrothermal explosion took place at the park's […] [View on My Modern Met](=) ​ ​[Minnesota Morning News Anchor Jason Hackett Comes Out as Gay to His Viewers on Live TV]()​ [Minnesota Morning News Anchor Jason Hackett Comes Out as Gay to His Viewers on Live TV]  Ver esta publicación en Instagram  Una publicación compartida por Jason Hackett (@jasonhackettnews) For many people in the LGBTQ+ community, coming out is hardly ever an easy experience, but it's always an important one. It can be especially daunting if you're coming out to loved ones or, like TV anchor Jason Hackett, your entire […] [View on My Modern Met]() ​ ​[From Earth to Venus: NASA Sends Missy Elliott’s Hit Song ‘The Rain’ Into Space](=)​ [From Earth to Venus: NASA Sends Missy Elliott’s Hit Song ‘The Rain’ Into Space] On July 12, “The Rain (Super Dupa Fly)” by Missy Elliott became the second song to be transmitted into space, following The Beatles' “Across the Universe” transmission in 2008. With the help of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the hip-hop track was beamed across 158 million miles to Elliott's favorite planet, Venus, in 14 minutes. Brittany […] [View on My Modern Met](=) ​ ​[80-Foot-Tall Kinetic Sculpture of a Woman Embracing a Building in Prague Periodically Turns Her Head](=)​ [80-Foot-Tall Kinetic Sculpture of a Woman Embracing a Building in Prague Periodically Turns Her Head] Czech artist David Černý is known for his provocative sculptures—military vehicles, babies, men urinating—that often comment on political and social themes. In 2022, Černý created Lilith, a nearly 80-foot-tall, 35-ton figure of a woman made of metal. Based in Prague, she hugs the side of an apartment building, leaning towards the structure with her legs […] [View on My Modern Met](=) ​ ​[Upcoming Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be an Impressive Celestial Event](​ [Upcoming Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be an Impressive Celestial Event] Summer is a prime time for meteor watching.The weather is great, the nights are warm, and the skies are putting on a show. As Earth enters the path of debris fields in space, the debris hits our atmosphere. The hot rocks burn up as they pass through our atmosphere, creating the trailing “shooting stars” that […] [View on My Modern Met]( ​ ​[Stegosaurus Worth $45M Becomes the Most Expensive Dinosaur Fossil Ever Sold at Auction](​ [Stegosaurus Worth $45M Becomes the Most Expensive Dinosaur Fossil Ever Sold at Auction]  View this post on Instagram  A post shared by Guinness World Records (@guinnessworldrecords) The first Stegosaurus fossil to be presented at auction was just sold for a record-breaking $44.6 million. For more than 15 minutes, prospective buyers at Sotheby's in New York increased their bids to nearly 11 times the fossil's estimated value […] [View on My Modern Met]( ​ ​[Rafael Nadal Photo Wins the 2024 Australian Photographic Prize]()​ [Rafael Nadal Photo Wins the 2024 Australian Photographic Prize] A poetic moment between tennis star Rafael Nadal and a moth won Andy Cheung the title of Digital Photographer of the Year at the third annual Australian Photographic Prize. The Sydney-based professional sports photographer was honored alongside Queensland-based wedding and portrait photographer Frances Suter, whose wintry landscape won the Print Photographer of the Year award. […] [View on My Modern Met]() ​ ​[15 Incredible Pavilion Designs for Osaka Expo 2025](​ [15 Incredible Pavilion Designs for Osaka Expo 2025] With just nine months left until Osaka Expo 2025, construction is in full swing. Held on an artificial island—Yumeshima in Osaka Bay—the event was masterplanned by Sou Fujimoto Architects with the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” At the core of the six-month event are the incredible National Pavilions that will fill the space. […] [View on My Modern Met]( ​ ​[20 Famous Paintings Seen Side by Side With Their Real-Life Locations](​ [20 Famous Paintings Seen Side by Side With Their Real-Life Locations] 7. The Night Café by Vincent van Gogh (1888) In some ways van Gogh is more “realistic” than people give him credit for — look at the door in the left foreground, for example. Still, he had an unmatched talent for making relatively ordinary places seem utterly magical. pic.twitter.com/4fxxsVrgSM — The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) June […] [View on My Modern Met]( ​ ​[Make Memories With Your Best Four-Pawed Friend While Taking This Photography Class](​ [Make Memories With Your Best Four-Pawed Friend While Taking This Photography Class] If you have a dog or cat in your life, you likely take lots of pictures. Whether or not you consider yourself creative, it's hard to resist becoming a total shutterbug, grabbing another photo of our good boys and girls while they're snoozing in the sun or romping in the yard. They're just so cute, […] [View on My Modern Met]( ​ ​[47th Kennedy Center Honors Announces Five Recipients Including The Apollo Theater]()​ [47th Kennedy Center Honors Announces Five Recipients Including The Apollo Theater] Join us again in congratulating the 47th #KennedyCenterHonorees! “Our Honorees this year have each played an invaluable, pioneering role in developing American culture…with their decades-long devotion to pushing creative boundaries.” –@kencen President Deborah F. Rutter. pic.twitter.com/nVUBQkCmZS — The Kennedy Center (@kencen) July 18, 2024 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has recently revealed […] [View on My Modern Met]() ​ ​[Electric Airplane Designed To Hold 90 Passengers and Fly up to 500 Miles Without Needing to Recharge](​ [Electric Airplane Designed To Hold 90 Passengers and Fly up to 500 Miles Without Needing to Recharge] Air travel contributes to nearly 2.5% of all global carbon dioxide emissions, giving it one of the highest carbon footprints of any form of transportation. At the moment, the sustainable aviation industry provides flyers with extremely limited options for green air travel, but this shows signs of changing. It was previously thought that battery powered […] [View on My Modern Met]( ​ ​[Scientists Discover First-Ever Organism That Doesn’t Need Oxygen To Survive]()​ [Scientists Discover First-Ever Organism That Doesn’t Need Oxygen To Survive] Water, food, and oxygen are the most basic elements needed to sustain life. Since their discovery, water bears, or tardigrades, have defied that fact by surviving without food for long periods and withstanding extreme temperatures and environments. However, while they don’t have respiratory organs, tardigrades do require oxygen to live. But what if there is […] [View on My Modern Met]() ​ ​[Sleep Study Shows Two Nights of Bad Sleep Ages You Four Years](​ [Sleep Study Shows Two Nights of Bad Sleep Ages You Four Years] We all know that getting a good night's sleep is important, but a new study sheds light on just how much. According to researchers from Stockholm University, sleep actually affects how old you feel. This means that sleeping well can leave you feeling young and refreshed. But, on the flip side, a few bad nights […] [View on My Modern Met]( ​ ​[Watch an Adorable Husky Dog Repeat Everything His Human Says](​ [Watch an Adorable Husky Dog Repeat Everything His Human Says] If dogs could talk, what would you ask your furry friend? While we have unique ways of communicating with them, having a conversation with a dog remains a dream for now. Even so, a Siberian husky named Pluto and his human seem to be closer than anyone else to having a one-on-one chat. Pluto's mom […] [View on My Modern Met]( ​ ​[Pastel-Colored Photos of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk Look Like a Nostalgic Dream]()​ [Pastel-Colored Photos of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk Look Like a Nostalgic Dream] The Santa Cruz Boardwalk is one of the most enchanting seaside spots in California. Aiming to capture the childlike wonder this place inspires, photographer Helene Havard turned to her signature pastel color palette. With this choice, Havard turns this festive environment into a Wes Anderson-like, dreamy setting, where time doesn't seem to pass. In Havard's […] [View on My Modern Met]() ​ ​[The History of Camera Obscura and How It Was Used as a Tool To Create Art in Perfect Perspective](​ [The History of Camera Obscura and How It Was Used as a Tool To Create Art in Perfect Perspective] Before the invention of the photographic camera, transferring a real-life image onto a sheet of paper or another flat surface was no easy feat. Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci first described a mechanism that would make drawing in perfect perspective much easier to achieve, something that would later be known as camera obscura. 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