CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time. The Adam’s Retouching Machine, which weighs two-and-a-half stone, was invented in 1947 and gave photographers the opportunity to perfect their pictures. Instead of uploading images to a computer, photographers would place their negative under the magnifying glass. Blemishes in the picture could then be smoothed out by using a retouching pencil, assisted by the gentle vibrations of the machine.
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
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A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .