Giant Olympic Rings in River Thames London

A barge carrying a magnificent set of giant Olympic rings was launched on the London river to mark 150 days until the start of the Games.Measuring 11 metres (36ft) high and 25 metres (82ft) wide, the glowing display sailed regally through the city centre on a barge pulled along by a tugboat.

Mr Boris Johnson the Mayor of London, said "2012 is one of the most thrilling years in our city’s history and as we welcome the world, we have an unprecedented opportunity to showcase and strengthen London’s outstanding culture and creativity, which are a hugely important part of our economy.From museums to theatre, and music to design, we have a reputation that is second to none and London’s finest artists and organisations are producing an exceptional range of brand new cultural events that will add to the excitement of hosting the Games".

Amazing light graffiti of supercars

The images are the latest work of Marc Cameron and photographer Mark Brown. The duo are secretive about their exact methods but say they use a process of reflecting and refracting LED light to create outlines. Every detail of the vehicles is planned precisely before setting a camera on long exposure to catch the light painting. The entire process can take up to four hours.

Mrk Brown explains: “Using extended exposures I am able to step in front of the lens and paint with light using the camera as a canvas. Then I use real photographic components as a background for each of the light paintings. Nothing is digitally generated, only stitched together."

Bugatti Veyron

Aston Martin

Porsche 918 Spyder

Alfa Romeo 4C Concept

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento

Pagani Huayra

SSC Ultimate Aero II

Ferrari FF

Jaguar C-X75

Range Rover Evoque

Volkswagen Beetle

Ariel Atom

Stunning landscapes completed in months and years

Mr Wouter Van Buuren, a Dutch photographer, has spent seven years creating his stunning collection of images - with each individual portrait taking between two months and two years to complete.He scales 70m-high electricity pylons, cranes, bridges and even skyscrapers in a bid to take the vertigo-inducing snaps.He then spends months arranging the photographs to make up one huge landscape - giving the effect of looking down on the whole world.

Mr Van Buuren said: 'I started to make the "total landscapes" in the Netherlands when I was climbing in electricity pylons. I was stunned by the beauty of the landscape I thought I knew so well.When I looked at the landscape from above, the mundane seemed more divine, so I decided to look around for what else I could take images from - and started climbing cranes, bridges and buildings and other countries all over the world'.

Image taken in Hoogvliet in the Netherlands

Image taken in New York

Image taken in Nanjing, China

Image taken in Almere, the Netherlands

Image taken in Shanghai

Nature’s most spectacular sights

Photographer James Appleton from Cambridge braved the mighty flames of the Fimmvvrpuhals volcano and the frozen bite of the harsh Icelandic winter – and was rewarded with these incredibly rare shots.They capture two of nature’s most spectacular sights - the northern lights and an erupting volcano in Iceland - in a single shot.

Photographer James Appleton has spent the past seven years capturing the volatile and stunning landscapes of Iceland, and when he was told the Fimmvvrpuhals volcano was erupting, he immediately knew he had to see it.Working alongside vulcanologists, Mr Appleton, 25, got within a few hundred feet of the erupting volcano to get the perfect shot.

‘I never dared to hope it might actually happen, but seeing it for real put all the hairs on the back of my neck up.When I saw the photographs come through the camera I was jumping around with excitement.’ James Appleton said.

Sunset over the bay near Husavik

Ice fields around the volcano

A volcanic erupts on the Fimmvvrpuhals mountain pass in Iceland as Aurora Borealis lights up the sky

Gas shoots into the air and molten lava starts to pour across the landscape as the northern lights flash

Molten lava flows away from the eruption site

Lighting up the dark

The images were taken throughout Japan the effect was achieved by using different exposures and apertures on his Nikon camera.The unique phenomena of lightning bugs being able to light up come from bioluminescence, which is created when a pigment and chemical react.

It is most often seen in sea creatures. According to io9.com, up to 90 per cent of marine life use bioluminescence. The astounding feat is often seen in deep sea trenches and other parts of the ocean where sunlight does not reach.Fireflies use two chemicals – luciferase and luciferin. The former glows when combined with the latter, which is an enzyme that triggers light emission.

Beautiful The World Islands in Dubai - Must See

The World Islands is located approximately 2.5 miles off the coast of Jumeirah. The collection of man-made islands are shaped into the continents of the world, and will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands, according to the development company Nakheel Properties Group.

There have been several high profile investors associated with the World Islands, including Virgin Chairman Richard Branson and Angelina Jolie, but the majority of these individual freehold properties are expected to be tourist attractions, hotels and possibly timeshare.

Graphic image shows how the islands were supposed to look

The World Islands development as seen here from space

Graphics Images of World Islands

Largest Amusement park of Asia turned into ghost park in China

From the outside it looks like the grim skeletal remains of a once magical castle, but in fact this deserted Chinese replica of Disneyland never opened its doors.What was meant to be ‘the largest amusement park in Asia’, had construction cut short over a decade ago after funding was withdrawn.

And now the ruins of ‘Wonderland’ sit in the middle of a 100-acre corn field, just a 45 minute drive from the centre of Beijing.Work on the potential tourist haven started in 1998 but was halted due to disagreements over property prices with farmers and the local government.

Now the farmers that used to own the land have returned to grow their crops once again, with the decaying building site filling the skyline.

Photographer David Gray visited the magical kingdom-turned-ghost park and said: ‘Pulling off the express-way and into the car park, I expected to be stopped by the usual confrontational security guards.

A view of a vacant carpark in front of Wonderland

All these structures of rusting steel and decaying cement, are another sad example

Footsteps in fresh snow are seen across a walkway leading to the entrance

Abandoned buildings that were to be part of the amusement park

Castle stands uncompleted in a field in what would have been an amusement park

A sign for Wonderland slowly rusts on the abandoned building

Entrance gates that wasn't boarded up

Despite China abandoning its Wonderland park, the country does have Disneyland resorts in Hong Kong and Shanghai