"Hypotheses include: it was an 18th or 19th-century rich man’s folly; it was a prehistoric astronomical calendar; it is connected with the Knights Templar or Freemasonry." Personally, if this discovery does not involve Indiana Jones in some way, I'll consider it a huge missed opportunity.

 I never thought to check back on the project when YouTube started this whole Hashtagged Music Video phenomenon. Now that I've remember that particular little tool in my blogger's toolbox, though, I've got some really great news: IT'S THERE!

Shared by my friend, Will Duquette, who runs Patheos Catholic's "Cry Woof!" blog. It's particularly relevant to him because he's a Lay Dominican. And it's particularly relevant to the rest of us because that dog really DID set the world ablaze. (Also, I love the felt-y feel. And the final "assembly" shot is wonderful.)

"I wanted to make a video of London, a city where I lived a few years ago, and had the chance to go back in January. I wanted to continue exploring the diptych theme and thought day & night could make a nice comparison."

Photographer Waldo Nell takes super-close-up pictures of peacock feathers. And they look like metal cables or alien eye stocks or the headpieces of Egyptian gods or something. (This particular type of photography is what's known as "photomacrography," and it's amazing. Especially when used on insects, but that particular exercise is not for the faint of heart.)