Solved: The 35-year-old mystery of the Garfield phones on a French beach

Deep sea gators, color images of old Russia, and the largest river delta. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. April 01, 2019 Garfield Phone Beach For decades, bright orange telephones in the shape of Garfield the cat have been mysteriously washing up on beaches along the Brittany coast in France. Read more → Images of Old Russia In early 20th-century Russia, photographer and chemist, Sergey Prokudin-Gorskii, helped pave the way for modern colored images. Funded by Tsar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorskii produced 10,000 color images of the Russian Empire from roughly 1909 to 1915. Today thousands of his photos are available online. Read more → Pangea River Delta According to a recent study, researchers have discovered evidence off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia of the largest river delta that’s ever existed on the Earth’s surface. Read more → Deep Sea Gators In the nutritional wasteland of the deep sea, falls–any big hunk of organic material that manages to sink–are often used by scientists to learn more about deep sea ecosystems. Researchers have recreated falls from whales, sharks, sea lions, and now gators. Read More → Lycksele, Sweden Lycksele Ice Pillar The people of Lycksele, Sweden, have been crafting the world’s tallest ice pillar every winter for the last quarter-century. Read more → Bodiam, England Bodiam Castle This picture-perfect moated medieval castle was built in 1385. More than 600 years and much political turmoil later, the well-preserved imposing castle is still standing. Read more → Food & Drink Fesikh On Sham el-Nessim, Egyptians celebrate spring by gathering around picnic spreads of fesikh, a traditional fermented fish. However, if prepared incorrectly, the otherwise festive feast can turn deadly. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222