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Amazing series of works by Brazilian artist Alexandre Jorge. And made with… papier maché!Click for more.

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Now you know. [via haha.nu]

“The Orion Conspiracy” is a two-year work by French artist Seb Janiak. If you take it literally, then no matter what I say, it would be useless. So I do hope you enjoy it as the fiction it is, mixing old hoax photos with a lot of fun, original, Photoshopped ones in a plot more closely related to the ideas of Picknett and Prince. [via ufofu, Strange Attractor]

Five friends go camping, but only one comes back alive. All due to evil Grey aliens. But if those nasty creatures weren’t enough, the sole survivor also has to deal with flying balls and government agents who want to convince him it is all due to his imagination. Oh, those government agents, always too skeptic.

Click on the image to watch the preview, and check also the official website for the Canadian movie. Produced with limited resources, the visual effects are what you would see on a cheap TV series.

I have not seen the movie, but beyond the slightly kitsch, there may be some cult, at the very least for those who love UFOs. The scary scenes with the aliens we see in the preview portray scenes and even drawings that are all too familiar, seen countless times on magazines and bulletins. And compared to that, this is a blockbuster.

” Manhattanhenge (sometimes referred to as Manhattan Solstice) is a semi-annual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan’s main street grid. At sunset, a traveler along one of the north-south avenues on the West Side while looking east can observe the phenomenon indirectly, being struck by the reflected light of the many windows which are aligned with the grid. An observer on the East Side can look west and see the Sun shining down a canyon-like street.” [via Fogonazos]