기회는 항상 준비하는 자의 것. 지금 이 순간...

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기회는 항상 준비하는 자의 것. 지금 이 순간...

 세상에 하나밖에 없는 조각상... 
 
이탈리아 북부 토리노박물관에는 우스꽝스러운 조각상이 있다.
앞머리는 머리숱이 무성하고, 뒷머리는 대머리이고, 발에는 작은 날개가 달려 있다.
 
관광객들은 처음 보는 순간 웃음이 터지지만,
이 조각상에 대한 설명을 듣고는 고개를 끄덕인다고 한다.
 
"앞머리가 많은 이유는 사람들이 누구인지 금방 알지 못하게 하고, 
발견했을 때는 쉽게 잡을 수 있도록 하기 위해서죠.
뒷머리가 대머리인 이유는 지나가면 다시는 붙잡지 못하도록 하기 위해서입니다.
발에 날개가 달린 이유는 최대한 빨리 사라지기 위해서인데요. 그의 이름은 바로 '기회'입니다."
 
조각상의 주인공은 제우스의 아들, 카이로스 '기회의 신'이다.
그리고 조각상의 왼손에는 저울이 있는데
기회가 왔을 때 옳고 그름을 판단하여 빨리 결단을 내리라는 뜻이다.
 

우물쭈물하다 간 놓치고 맙니다.
기회는 항상 준비하는 자의 것.
- 언제든지 잡을 수 있는 건 기회뿐! -
 

싱가폴 마리나 베이 산즈 호텔 옥상 전망대
 

세계에서 가장 아름다운 사무실 창밖 경치로 선정된 사진
One website launched a competition to find the best and worst views and the number one spot went to the stunning sunset shot taken in Bungay, Suffolk, by Andrew Atterwill, a groundsperson from Bungay
 
 

내셔널그라피의 아름다운 풍경 사진
 
 

캘리포니아 해안에서의 환상적인 장면
 

미얀마 정글의 숨겨진 사원들
Hidden in the heart of the Myanmar jungle is an enchanting wonderland of crumbling temples, Shwe Inn Thein - only accessible to the outside world by a tiny canal. On many of the decaying stupas, plants can be seen pushing their way through the stone cracks. There is believed to be around a thousand temples in the area with those deepest in the jungle lying unknown, even to locals.
 

번개속의 프라하의 연인
 

100년간의 웨딩 드레스 변천사
A new video, created by media company Mode, stars model Lolly Howie and doc-uments the evolution of the wedding dress from 1915 until today, using a team of hair and make-up artists to depict the changing landscape of the fashion industry throughout the past 100 years in just three minutes.
 

브라 변천사
The clip, created by Glamour, doc-uments how the bra has changed since the Roman Empire, when women used a piece of cloth, known as a mamillare, to bind their breasts, until today, where there are a myriad of different styles, from strapless to stick-on.
 

호주 멜본의 알토나 비치
 

스릴을 느낄수 있는 호텔
A stunning view is a must-have for a lot of holidaymakers, but these rooms take it to the extreme. In Peru's Sacred Valley, guests sleep in a transparent glass pod (left) - but they must climb a 400ft cliff face to get there. Africa's first underwater hotel room, at Manta Resort on Pemba Island (bottom right), offers mesmerising views 13ft below the surface of the Indian Ocean. Instead of fish, fearless holidaymakers sleep next to an enclosure occupied by two polar bears at La Fleche Zoo in France, with just a window pane separating them from the beasts (top right).
 

프랑스 다이버의 환상적인 사진
 

아름다운 노르웨이 피요르드
 

런던 템즈강의 조각상
 

태어나자마자 찍은 신생아 사진
Marry Fermont, 35, from Zeeland, Holland, captures babies just moments after birth, still curled up in midwives' hands as though they're still in the womb. After training as a midwife the photographer began doc-umenting childbirths, attending 75 labours and noted how the infants comfortably fold themselves over their legs, just as they did in their mothers' bodies for nine months.
 

물총새가 물속으로 들어와 생선을 잡는 순간 장면
The Kingfisher extends its wings to slow down once it has the target fish clamped firmly within its long beak, pictured
 
 

사진사가 호주 해안에서 찍은 물개가 고래등에 올라 타고 서핑을 하는 믿을수 없는 장면
Photographer Robyn Malcolm has captured the incredible moment a seal was seen surfing on the back of a humpback whale off the NSW south coast. A pod of whales were in the midst of a feeding frenzy when she snapped the astonishing frame as they chased krill, with the seal managing to keep dry and pluck its lunch from the water as it sailed along.
 
 

스코틀랜드 해안가의 웃고있는 고래 
 

용감한 모델이 물속에서 악어와 얼굴을 맞대고 사진을 찍는 장면
Pleased to meet you: Roberta extends a friendly hand out to one of the wild crocodiles she encountered in Banco Chinchorro
 
 

포루투갈에서 사진사가 찍은 용처럼 구부러져 있는 강줄기 사진을 중국의 온라인 사용자들이 좋은 재산을 가져다 준다고 공유하기 시작했다고 함.
Photo above, taken by Steve Richards five years ago, has also been shared on Chinese social media
 

안젤리나 쥴리가 20살 때 찍은 반 누드 흑백사진이 런던 화랑에서 약 3백만원에 판매 된다고 함.
Rare black and white photographs of a naked Angelina Jolie at aged 20 have gone on sale at London gallery for £1800. The set of black and white images taken by photographer Kate Garner in 1995, have gone on sale at London's Zebra One Gallery and show the actress sitting with her ankles tied With a face full of striking make-up and bold lipstick, her striking features are easy to spot as she poses for the arty pictures.
 
 

난징 공원에 등장한 각선미 날씬한 여성 다리 의자
 

구글 로봇의 테스트 과정
 
Florida researcher have been using a boxing glove on a long poleto try and push the 6.2 foot humanoid over in a test of its balance systems.The Atlas robot created by Google-owned firm Boston Dynamics is a formidablefigure at 6ft 2in tall and weighing in at 330lb.
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