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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

The third trailer features a heavy dubstep soundtrack, featuring "Machine Gun Remix" by Noisia.



Here's Noisia's original video for "Machine Gun Remix".


The Transformers 3 sound production team went to great lengths to find original sounds for the movie..

Soundworks Collection: The Sound of Transformers:http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif Dark of the Moon from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

Michael Bay has even sent a letter to projectionists with advice on how to avoid a repeat of the dark picture associated with the previous transformers movies as a result of the 3D technology.

The basejumping scene was filmed in downtown Chicago, with actual basejumpers leaping from the Sears Tower in Downtown Chicago.

During production Michael Bay mentioned that he was going to try to tone down the explosions and stuff in Transformers 3..

Right..

Simultaneous Yet Opposite Use of The Same Basic Design

Drug Cartels in Mexico

A map of Mexico's drug cartels.

Effects of Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Ash Cloud

The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of the ash plume from the eruption of Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain spreading across South America on June 13 , 2011. The wind shifted from the day before and was now blowing from the west and southwest, pushing the plume east and northeast. (Reuters/NASA Goddard/MODIS Rapid Response, Jeff Schmaltz).

(More photos at The Atlantic).

1901 Map of Undersea Cables for the Eastern Telegraph Company System

Maps showing the locations of1901 and 2008 undersea cables.

The Perfect Wave

Lee Kelly goes the extra mile to snap the swell shots of man and board.