Provocative Inspiration: What Is Fracking?

Friday, March 21, 2014

What Is Fracking?

MUST-SEE MARCH 2014

$Image: A demonstrator dressed as Charlie Chaplin joins an anti-fracking protest in London on March 19 (© Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)$

Image: Girls in traditional costume during the Fallas Festival Parade in Valencia, Spain, on March. 18 (© Xie Haining/Xinhua Press/Corbis)

Image: A beekeeper is seen during the second Beijing Agriculture Carnival in Beijing on March 15 (© Li Hui/Xinhua Press/Corbis)

Image: A girl pins a message to passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, on March 16 (© Asyraf Rasid/Demotix/Corbis)

Image: A protester wearing a lion mask takes part in a protest in London on March 15 (© Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Aurora borealis in Andoya, Norway, on March 19 (© Paul Goldstein/Exodus/Rex Features)

Image: Beat boxer Jason Singh recreated the nation's best-known songbirds’ calls in Cheshire, Britain, on March 19 (© Andy Fallon/The National Tru/Rex Features)

Image: Two men dressed as Spider-Man wait for their turn to audition in Chicago on March 19 (© Jim Young/Reuters)

Image: Guerlain Chicherit attempts to set the record for world’s longest car jump in Tignes, France, on March 18 (© Richard Bord/Getty Images)

Image: Men in bridal gowns in Grand Central Station in New York on March 15 (© Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Professional slackliner Andy Lewis crosses a highline suspended between two hot air balloons 4,000 feet above ground in the Nevada desert (© Barcroft Media/Landov)

Image: A leopard seal is seen at Astrolabe Island, Antarctica, in March (© Steve Jones/Photoshot/Solent News)

Image: A soldier with the Afghan National Army's National Engineer Brigade tries to jump to dry land at the combined Fielding Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 18 (© Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Image: Syrian refugee children show paint on their hands at Al Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, on March 19 (© Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

Image: A worker decorates lanterns to celebrate Buddha's upcoming birthday at Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea, on March 19 (© Lee Jin-man/AP)

Image: A man walks over light art installation 'The Pool' during the i Light Marina Bay 2014 festival in Singapore on March 19 (© Barcroft Media /Landov)

Image: Pro-Russia supporters walk after breaking into the territory of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, Ukraine, on March 19 (© Baz Ratner/Reuters)

Image: Man riding on a pig in Chongqing, China, on March 13, 2014 (© Whitehotpix/ZumaPress.com)

Image: A worker prepares a dragon statue in New York City on March 18 (© Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Image: People participate in a protest for higher wages for fast-food workers in New York City on March 18 (© Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Image: A girl wearing a mask participates in Huranga at Dauji temple in Mathura, India, on March 18 (© Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

Image: Iranians visit Talaeiyeh, a battlefiled of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, in Khuzestan, Iran, on March 16 (© Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua/Corbis)

Image: Drunken ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during Purim celebrations in Jerusalem on March 17 (© Gili Yaari/NurPhoto/ZumaPress.com)

Image: An Indonesian boy looks at dead fish in Maninjau Lake, Indonesia, on March 18 (© EPA/RIVO/Landov)

Image: Newly elected Geelong, Australia, Mayor Darryn Lyons sits in his mayoral robes in the living room of his home on Feb. 27 (© Jason Reed/Reuters)

Image: A Palestinian youth throws a stone toward Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron on March 17 (© Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)

Image: Wayan Candra, founder of Gases Workshop, poses for a portrait in Denpasar, Indonesia, on March 18 (© Putu Sayoga/Getty Images)

Image: Fans of 'The Hunger Games' try to win tickets to the premiere of 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1' in London on March 16 (© FGA/Landov)

Image: People sledding outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on March 17 (© Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux)

Image: Restoration workers work on a Buddhist statue on Mount Baoding, China, on March 18 (© China Stringer Network/Reuters)

Image: Dancers perform during a parade for the Jewish holiday of Purim, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 16 (© Nir Elias/Reuters)

Image: The 300-foot statue called 'The Motherland' stands in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 17 (© Konstantin Grishin/Reuters)

Image: A Sadhu, or holy man, reveals his long beard & traditional painted face at Durbar square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 14 (© Pal Szilagyi-Palko/Demotix/Corbis)

Image: Riders compete on the frozen Yenisei River during the Ice Derby amateur horse race near Novosyolovo, Russia, on March 15 (© Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Image: Entertainer Tasha Dabek takes a reading break while in her mermaid costume on the deck of a cruise ship in Nassau, Bahamas, on Feb. 28 (© Piotr Redlinski/The New York Times/Redux)

Image: A protester reacts during clashes with police in Kadikoy, Turkey, on March 11 (© Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Swans enjoy the spring weather at Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, England, on March 13 (© Richard Austin/Rex Features)

Image: A boy sits in a plastic container filled with colored water during Holi celebrations in Chennai, India, on March 16 (© Babu Babu/Reuters)

Image: Dancers perform at the St Patrick's Day parade in London on March 16 (© Olivia Harris/Reuters)

Image: An Israeli dressed as a zombie takes part in the annual Zombie Walk in Tel Aviv on March 15 (© Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Image: Artists paint Easter egg sculptures in a traditional art style in Koprivnica, Croatia, on March 13 (© Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

Image: Members of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe perform in Yerevan, Armenia, on March 12 (© Wei Dafang/Xinhua/Corbis)

Image: A girl sleeps at the First Kindergarten of Tianjun County, China, on March 14 (© Zhang Hongxiang/Xinhua/ZumaPress.com)

Image: A man surf paddles near a beach as sun sets in Bridgetown, Barbados, on March 12 (© Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: A man waits for a train at Santa Apolonia train station in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 13 (© Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Head of a bicycle store Pet Horstmann looks out of his house in Altlandsberg, Germany, on March 11 (© Patrick Pleul/EPA/Landov)

Image: Stunt performer Zhang Yilong pulls a car using his nose in Zhoukou City, China, on March 14 (© Imaginechina/Rex Features)

Image: Women dance during the Holi celebrations in Vrindavan, India, on March 14 (© Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Image: Elephants feast on watermelons, bananas & sugarcane at National Elephant Day celebrations in Thailand on March 13 (© Zuma/Rex Features)

Image: Cheetah sniffs the head of a safari guide in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, in a photo made available on March 13, 2014 (© Bobby-Jo Clow/Caters News)

Image: Britain's Breitling Wingwalkers, an all-woman stunt team, perform over Kuwait City, Kuwait, on March 8, 2014 (© Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: A girl collects grass in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 12, 2014 (© Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)

Image: A protestor with her mouth taped attends a rally in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, on March 13, 2014 (© Artur Shvarts/EPA/Landov)

Image: A police officer takes up position at the Vila Kennedy slum during an operation in Rio de Janeiro on March 13, 2014 (© Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)

Image: A Hindu man performs with fire ahead of the Holi festival in Amritsar, India, on March 12, 2014 (© Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Pedestrians pass giant sunglasses in Piazza Farnese, Rome, on March 12, 2014 (© Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: The Sausage Race mascots compete at Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix on March 7 (© Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Image: Federal police parade white elephant figures symbolizing public waste as they demand higher salaries in Brasilia, Brazil, on March 12 (© Eraldo Peres/AP)

Image: An ethnic minority delegate wearing animal headgear at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13 (© Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters)

Image: An effigy called 'ogoh-ogoh' is displayed after its construction in Denpasar, Indonesia, on March 11. (© Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: A person wearing a balaclava attends a rally in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, on March 11. (© Darko Vojinovic/AP)

Image: Crowds cheer during the podium ceremony for the Rally Mexico 2014 in Guanajuato, Mexico, on March 9. (© Reporter Images/EPA/Landov)

Image: People in Edwardian period dress celebrate history of the Ideal Home Show in London on March 12. (© Solent News/Rex Features)

Image: Staff members of the local tourist office transport beach chairs to the North Sea beach of St.Peter-Ording, Germany, on March 12. (© Carsten Rehder/EPA/Landov)

Image: Women prepare their costumes at the Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers event in Chicago on March 8. (© Jim Young/Reuters)

Image: Lincoln Futura Concept Car & Batmobile at the VIP Tour's Transportation Museum in Burbank, Calif., on March 11. (© Landov)

Image: Charlie the parrot during auditions for Parrot in Residence at the Legoland Windsor Resort Hotel in Windsor, England, on March 11. (© Steve Parsons/Press Association)

Image: People feed pigeons on the bay of Sevastopol in Crimea, Ukraine, on March 12. (© Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA/Landov)

Image: Riot police shield themselves from fireworks thrown by protesters in Istanbul on March 11. (© Stringer/Reuters)

Image: An Afghan boxer during a practice session at the Kabul Stadium boxing club in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 5 (© Massoud Hossaini/AP)

Image: Venezuelans living in Chile take part in a protest in Santiago, Chile, on March 10 (© Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Artist Donald Ganslmeier performs in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 11 (© Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images for Gibson)

Image: A horse carriage carries tourists through what is known as the siq in Petra, Jordan, on March 6 (© Mohammad Hannon/AP)

Image: Students take shelter under desks during an earthquake drill at an elementary school in Tokyo, on March 11 (© Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Image: A boy rinses off at the beach in Cardiff, Calif., on March 10 (© Mike Blake/Reuters)

Image: Badger cubs drink milk from bottles at Wildlife Aid in Leatherhead, Britain, on March 9 (© Zachary Culpin/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Image: Artist Janne Parviainen creates mummified light paintings by wrapping himself in LED lights near Helsinki, Finland (© Janne Parviainen/HotSpot/Landov)

Image: A man lights bamboo candles to commemorate tsunami victims in Kobe, Japan, on March 11 (© Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Image: A young girl prepares to depart her bus with her parents before a protest at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on March 10 (© Sandy Huffaker/Reuters)

Image: Hindu men throw colored powder before the procession for the Lathmar Holi festival in Barsana, India, on March 9 (© Altaf Qadri/AP)

Image: An ethnic minority delegate takes pictures with her mobile phone at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 9 (© Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Image: Mussie Oberlander prays during her traditional Jewish wedding at the Obuda Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, on March 5 (© Bea Kallos/EPA/Landov)

Image: A surfer is silhouetted against the sky before the start of the Quicksilver Pro Gold Coast event in Brisbane, Australia, on March 10 (© Jason O'Brien/Action Images/ZumaPress.com)

Image: Cross-country skiers climb a hill during the Engadin Ski Marathon near St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 9 (© Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)

Image: A visitor by a shark-filled tank at Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas, on Feb. 12 (© Damon Winter/The New York Times/Redux)

Image: Cowboys at the Southeastern Cowboy Gathering at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Ga., on March 7 (© Erik S. Lesser/EPA/Landov)

Image: A Kashmiri woman kisses her son after his passing-out parade at an army base in Srinagar, India, on March 8 (© Javed Dar/Xinhia/Corbis)

Image: Women practice a pole-dancing move during an International Women's Day event in Sydney on March 8 (© Jason Reed/Reuters)

Image: Ray Keen inspects a clock face before changing the time on the clock atop the Clay County Courthouse in Clay Center, Kan., on March 8 (© Charlie Riedel/AP)

Image: 9-month-old Leo takes part in an experiment at the Birkbeck Babylab Center for Brain & Cognitive Development, in London, on March 3 (© Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Image: A large group of hounds surrounds huntsman Alexis Macaulay near Gainesville, Fla., on Feb. 14 (© Rob C. Witzel/Gainesville Sun/Landov)

Image: A giant doll is seen at an apartment parking area in Shanghai on March 7 (© Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Image: Lisa Frederic reacts while watching a video of Iditarod musher Jeff King in Takotna, Alaska, on March 6 (© Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily News/ZumaPress.com)

Image: Saciido Sheik Yacquub with her daughter at their home in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Feb. 11 (© Feisal Omar/Reuter)

Image: Wang Feng practices on a student during a training course at Huaxia Liangtse Massage Training Center in Zhengzhou, China, on Feb. 17 (© Jason Lee/Reuters)

Image: Chris Schueller & her daughter Hope in front of a 50-foot snowman in Gilman, Minn., on March 6 (© Eric Miller/Reuters)

Image: Dogs & their owner at the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, England, on March 7 (© Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Image: People walk past a copy of a Pac-Man mural by French urban artist Space Invader, in Hong Kong on March 7 (© Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Image: Man wearing sunglasses in the dark for the Laughfest Kickoff in Grand Rapids, Mich., on March 6 (© Emily Rose Bennett/MLive.com/Redux)

Image: A child gives Ukrainian riot police a pro-Russia ribbon in Donetsk, Ukraine, on March 6 (© Uriel Sinai/The New York Times/Redux)

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March 21, 2014: A demonstrator dressed as silent movie legend Charlie Chaplin joins an anti-fracking protest in London on March 19. Activists & demonstrators joined the Fracked Future Carnival to protest the controversial technique that involves using huge amounts of pressurized water mixed with chemicals to crack open shale -- sedimentary rock containing hydrocarbons -- to release natural gas. Environmentalists have warned that the chemical-laced waste could be contaminating freshwater resource ...more

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