Funny Pothole Arts

And they dived straight in – creating everything from a pothole bowl of cereal for breakfast to a popcorn machine. Pictured: Popcorn machine pothole. (Caters News)

Potholes are annoying but in these photos the potholes were transformed into funny pothole art by some creative people.

Pictured: Cereal bowl pothole. (Caters News)

Pictured: Eggs in nest pothole. (Caters News)

Fun-natured drivers from Scranton, Pennsylvania have been challenged by an arts group to turn the ugly craters in their neighborhood into pothole art. Pictured: Washing up pothole. (Caters News)

The Pop Up Studio, who designed the guerrilla art campaign titled Pothole: Positively Filling Negative are looking into starting an international competition after receiving such a big response. Pictured: Barbie swimming pool pothole. (Caters News)

25th National Geographic Travel Photo Contest Winners

First Place: Dig me river – I was in Manaus/Amazon during the Brazilian Aquathlon (swimming and running) championship in . This river is called Rio Negro (Black River) due to water color. Rio Negro is the largest left tributary of the Amazon, the largest blackwater river in the world. While the name Rio Negro means Black River, its waters aren’t exactly black; they are similar in color to strong tea. The dark color comes from humic acid from incomplete breakdown of phenol. I photographed it from the water and my lens got completely wet, but there was so energy in this boys that I just didn’t worry about that.Photo and caption by Wagner Araujo/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

The 25th National Geographic Travel Photo Contest’s winners had been announced!

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National Geographic Traveler magazine received more than 15,500 entries from skilled photographers from around the world for its 25th annual photo contest.

Taken in locations from Brazil to Kenya, the winning pictures show everything from quiet landscapes to surprising moments.

Here are the winning images, please click the photos for larger images.

Second Place: Thunderstorm at False Kiva – I hiked out to these ruins at night hoping to photograph them with the milky way, but instead a thunderstorm rolled through creating this dramatic image.Photo and caption by Max Seigal/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Third Place: Say cheese – Cheetahs jumped on the vehicle of tourists in Masai Mara national park, Kenya.Photo and caption by Yanai Bonneh/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Merit: The TataHonda sect – The photographer could get inside of an enclosed sect named Tatahonda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The ladies are preparing for their religious ceremony.Photo and caption by Hideyuki Katagiri/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Merit: Sakura – Cherry blossom is called Sakura in Japanese.Cherry blossom is Japanese symbolic flower.There are various kinds in a cherry tree and an especially old cherry tree has many kinds called Edo-Higan. The trees of the cherry tree exceeding hundreds of years are located in a line with a nebula this temple, and if spring comes every year,can looks at a powerful spectacle can do it. This photograph focused on Edo-Higan and photographed Beni-Sidare which is back together.Photo and caption by Hideyuki Katagiri/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Merit: Children of Reindeer – Mikael Ande, a child of Sami reindeer herders, takes a break indoors after a long, cold day of rounding up the animals for vaccinations and slaughter. Children of reindeer herders learn to handle these animals and the land they thrive in from infancy – young Mikael here knew far more about the ways of nature than I could ever hope to learn.Photo and caption by Michelle Schantz/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Merit: Piano play at sunset – Streets of Queenstown, New Zealand at the end of one more day filled with adrenaline. Calming and doleful scene with piano sound in the background.Photo and caption by Nikola Smernic/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Merit: Portrait of an Eastern Screech Owl – Masters of disguise. The Eastern Screech Owl is seen here doing what they do best. You better have a sharp eye to spot these little birds of prey.Photo and caption by Graham McGeorge/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Merit: Guanjiang Shou – Guanjiang Shou troupes are one of Taiwan most popular activities that may be seen all over Taiwan at traditional folk religion gatherings. With their fiercely painted faces, protruding fangs and powerful, choreographed performances, they are easily recognized, They may be described as underworld police or gods’ bodyguards.Photo and caption by Chan Kwok Hung/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Merit: Lady in Water – A lady collects water in the river by a village in Bagan, Myanmar, 2013.Photo and caption by Marcelo Salvador/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Viewers Choice: Another perspective of the day – The fisherman at Bira Beach.Photo and caption by Dody Kusuma/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles

This is a unique exhibition of Art Deco automobiles from some of the most renowned car collections in the United States at the Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Inspired by the Frist Center’s historic Art Deco building, this exhibition features spectacular automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and 1940s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style.

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1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe. Collection of Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection.

1930 KJ Henderson Streamline. Collection of Frank Westfall.

934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt. Collection of Chrysler Group, LLC.

1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1940 Indian Chief. Collection of Gary Sanford.

1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Sedan. Collection of Academy of Art University Automobile Museum, San Francisco.

1939 Delage D8-120S Saoutchik Cabriolet. Collection of John W. Rich, Jr.

1934 Voisin Type C27 Aérosport Coupe. Collection of Merle and Peter Mullin.

1936 Cord 810 “Armchair” Beverly Sedan. Collection of Richard and Debbie Fass.

1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster. Collection of Edmund J. Stecker Family Trust

1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster. Courtesy of The Revs Institute for Automotive Research @ the Collier Collection.

1938 Talbot-Lago T 150C -SS Coupe. Courtesy Bill Marriott.

1938 Tatra T97. Collection of Lane Motor Museum.

1937 Hispano-Suiza Xenia Coupe. Collection of Merle and Peter Mullin.

1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Sport Coupe by LeBaron. Collection of Robert and Sandra Bahre.

1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe. Collection of John and Lynn Heimerl, Suffolk, VA

Reflections of Paris

Joanna Lemańska, who goes by the handle MissCoolpics, uses naturally-occurring reflections to capture unique views and unexpected moments of urban life. Particularly interested in architecture and the city, the art historian and self-taught photographer is constantly in search of original angles and fresh perspectives. Here, a few of her futuristic and incredible snapshots in the City of Light.

(Photo courtesy of Joanna Lemańska)

(Photo courtesy of Joanna Lemańska)

(Photo courtesy of Joanna Lemańska)

(Photo courtesy of Joanna Lemańska)

(Photo courtesy of Joanna Lemańska)

(Photo courtesy of Joanna Lemańska)

(Photo courtesy of Joanna Lemańska)

(Photo courtesy of Joanna Lemańska)