Tagged: Photography

Construction of the Ryugyong hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, began in 1987 — but was halted for 16 years by a lack of funds. The still-unfinished 105-story skyscraper has become something of a symbol of that nation's "thwarted ambitions," as the BBC says.

Believe it or not, there's a lot of food involved in wet-plate photography. Egg whites (albumen) are used to make the glass plates adhesive to the light-sensitive chemicals. And one way to keep the plates from drying out after processing is to coat them in honey. It's also physically demanding, so you get really hungry.

Take a look at this stunning picture taken by the City of Colorado Springs webcams on Pikes Peak. This picture was captured at 7:15 a.m.

With all due deference to Yogi Berra, we just had to pass this picture taken on CO5 along.