Did you ever want one of your toys to come to life? Well a lifesize Gundam robot has risen in Tokyo. It stands 59 feet tall (18 meters). So if you were standing on the 6th floor of a building, you would be at about eye level with it. This thing is enormous and the detail amazing. When available, it should be viewed large.

Today, they turned it on.

Photos and video from Ikusuki, sun_summer, hunyaga, ryoki, Tempusmaster, switchstyle, AppuruPai, and kslash.

Photos from estelucy, Dude Crush, [ CK ], Raveydv, javiy, Mary78, DominoIsland, and courtneyplatt, as suggested by Trapac in Flickr Central. View more photos tagged with “underwater“, our underwater clusters and Kay’s similarly themed May 6, 2009 FlickrBlog post.

This summer, sculptor Antony Gormley invites you to help create an astonishing living monument. He is asking the people of the UK to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, a space normally reserved for statues of Kings and Generals. They will become an image of themselves, and a representation of the whole of humanity. Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break, a different person will make the Plinth their own. — One & Other

View more photos tagged with “fourth plinth.”

Photos from chrisjohnbeckett, Where The Art Is, and wottalottapixels, as suggested by oledoe in Flickr Central.

Many of us know what it’s like to observe our world from very high in a jet airliner. If you get the chance to fly in a small aircraft, you’ll be amazed at the detail you don’t see when taking a commercial flight. If you can’t easily do that, wander through the photostream of Aerial Photography.

Photos from Pabo76, e d d d d d d d i e, FISH-I Photos <, ursamajor, Galen McGee, ShakiraIsabel, John Grace Photography, and shutteric.
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“Punch and Judy is a traditional, popular English puppet show featuring the characters of Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically the anarchic Punch and one other character. The show is traditionally performed by a single puppeteer, known since Victorian times as a ‘professor’.” — Punch and Judy, Wikipedia

Photos from tellyazz, elvis_payne, Mark.D.Baker, and Hellblazer!’. View more photos in our “punch and judy” clusters or in the Punch and Judy group.

Now you know how to greet a Canadian today.

Photos from talulayu, Dave77459, ɹǝʇǝd, Jeremyfortytwo, and Lynn McFulton.

Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! We’ve launched our Flickr2Twitter integration.

Share your Flickr content either via “upload by email” or feature existing Flickr content in your Twitter stream.

If you’d like to Twitter your Flickr then check out the following three FAQs for easy setup and use:

How do I Twitter my Flickr photos?
Can I post to Flickr and Twitter from my mobile?
How do I Twitter from Flickr?

Here’s an example of what a tweeted photo looks like:

And, we’re getting our ducks in a row to begin broadcasting on Twitter @Flickr. We’ll be sharing bits and pieces from around the Flickrverse, but please keep in mind that the best way to reach us for help and assistance is via the Help Forum (a great place to get help for general issues from fellow members), Help by Email (1:1 support for technical help), and Report Abuse (a place to let us know about content or behaviour that you may stumble upon that contravenes the Yahoo! Terms of Service or our Community Guidelines).

Hey, developers! Kellan has published an extensive blog post on code.flickr about how our API methods can support Flickr as your photo sharing option: Twitter in the API.

Lastly, we’d like to thank all of you who helped out with the Flickr Twitter Beta. Keep your eye on your FickrMail inbox for a small thank you that we’ll be sending your way soon.

Birdy illustration by Dee Adams.

The Owyhee Canyonlands cover over 10,000 square miles (25,900 square kilometers) of the western United States. It’s roughly the size of Massachusetts. It’s so rugged and hard to access that, despite it’s size, very few people live there or have even heard of it. It’s inaccessibility has kept its deep canyons and starry sky secret and pure. You won’t find it in many guidebooks. Above is a peek inside from Flickr members that traveled through it.

To see more of Owyhee check it out on the Map or try a tag search for owyhee.

Photos from merrittglenn, Doug Idaho, hay5bales, larrysul2001, Walks On Rocks, webtwb, Nikon Junkie, and jasmine008.

There was an amazing rainbow over Brooklyn yesterday, and everyone was out taking pictures of it. See more images of the rainbow by doing an Advanced Search for brooklyn rainbow, uploaded before June 29, 2009, sorted by most recent.

Photos from jetty., 13thWitness, circle sixty, jen (pluie latéralement), Danon’. [Live ... ou presque ... from the US!], Chris Shiflett, JimmyOKelly, MariaTeresaCB, RICHBRAT, AlbertoVargas26, Peter McCarthy, and simply photo.