Phuket Nightlife

Here’s an interesting series of photos taken on the streets of the beach resort Patong at night on the popular tourist and backpacker destination of Phuket Island, Thailand.

They show the lively nightlife area around Bangla Road, the hawkers and hookers, the taxi drivers, touts and tourists. All thrown together these pictures make for some interesting viewing.

The striking point about Thai pimple-coverer is that 70% of its prostitutes have recently been known as men. And it's not always that easy to recognize between real girls and former guys.







The picture of a night life won't be completed without sellers ready to sell any product at a relatively low price and drivers of open cabs. There are millions of cab drivers. Their number actually exceeds the number of tourists. A journey to such a cab will cost you around 10 dollars.































































Source: akterpnd.livejournal

A Visit to an Arctic Ice Station

Two months ago, Reuters photographer Lucas Jackson was invited to the 2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station, a temporary camp built out of plywood on Arctic sea ice. Far north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the camp housed a couple dozen members of the British, Canadian, and U.S. navies and employees of the Applied Physics Laboratory. Jackson spent two days at the camp, watching its residents conduct tests on underwater and under-ice communications and sonar technologies. He kept his camera equipment warm and functional with chemical hand warmers whenever possible. Collected here are some chilly images from Jackson's trip to the far north last March.

Source: theatlantic