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American artist Lars-Erik Fisk is known for turning everyday objects into round sculptures. His work Volkswagenball, shown at Gelderlandplein, is a 1960s Volkswagen van reshaped into a perfect sphere. You can still spot the front seat, headlights, steering wheel, and classic VW logo.

By shaping objects into simple forms, he invites you to think about their meaning—like how we use cars and what they represent in our daily lives.

#amsterdam #noir #van #volkswagen #ball #streetview #photo #picture #streetphotography #iconic #vw #classiccar #art #volkswagenball #artwork #headlights #larserikfisk #car #artwork #gelderlandplein

Is it your imagination, or are car #headlights getting brighter?

@salvabara scoured the web and crunched the numbers to make this graph. It shows that car headlights on average have gotten quite a bit brighter in the last decade, and that the rate of increase is higher for low beams than for high beams.

Preprint here: zenodo.org/records/15565958

Related news: some headlight manufacturers are intentionally selling "brighter than allowed" headlights by engineering dark spots where the sensors that check for glare are used: theringer.com/2024/12/03/tech/

This is part and parcel with the vehicle size issue in the US, where the general principle seems to be "my car should be the biggest and the brightest". But while cars get bigger and brighter, deaths from collisions are rising - how shocking...

An iconic “2CV” in Amsterdam’s “Swammerdambuurt”. Its full name is “Citroën 2 Chevaux”.🐴🐴 In the Netherlands, it’s nicknamed “Lelijk eendje” (“ugly duck”). 🦆🇫🇷🇳🇱

The area is named after Dutch biologist and microscopist Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680). He is known for his groundbreaking work on insect anatomy and for being one of the first to observe red blood cells.
👀🩸💉

The neighborhood is located in the Weesperzijde area, near the Amstel River. 🗺️📍

#amsterdam #deuxchevaux #canalsofamsterdam #photo #icon #duck #lelijkeendje #headlights #streetsofamsterdam #windows #xxx #mokum #streetphotography #weesperzijde #noir #facades #historical #citroen #automobile #2cv #oldtimer #photography #swammerdambuurt #bnw #beautifulcity #car #houses #cityphotography #eersteboerhaavestraat #blackandwhite #amstelriver #sunnyday #cityphotography

Headlights seem a lot brighter these days — because they are
If headlights seem a lot more blinding these days, it's not just your bleary eyes. LED headlights create a more intense, concentrated light that can force people to squint. And while some parts of the world have taken steps to counteract the glare, Canada hasn't caught up yet.
#headlights #LED #glare #Canada #News #BritishColumbia
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

Headlights seem a lot brighter these days — because they are
If headlights seem a lot more blinding these days, it's not just your bleary eyes. LED headlights create a more intense, concentrated light that can force people to squint. And while some parts of the world have taken steps to counteract the glare, Canada hasn't caught up yet.
#headlights #LED #glare #Canada #News #BritishColumbia
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

Headlights seem a lot brighter these days — because they are
If headlights seem a lot more blinding these days, it's not just your bleary eyes. LED headlights create a more intense, concentrated light that can force people to squint. And while some parts of the world have taken steps to counteract the glare, Canada hasn't caught up yet.
#headlights #LED #glare #Canada #News #BritishColumbia
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col