The Nabana no Sato botanical garden in the Nagashima Resort has been transformed into a winter wonderland of lights, which makes visitors feel like they're walking among the stars.

Here's more on this brilliant light display:

The park features millions of LED lights spread across the vast grounds of the garden, water and plant alike...Nabana no Sato installations follow an artistic theme–this year’s being “nature.” The exhibit includes an illuminated rendition of Mount Fuji as well as an Aurora.

The most recognized attraction of the park is the light tunnel depicted above, consisting of thousands small floral lights that can glow in different shades, enveloping the park visitors is warm tones as they pass through.

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Hilarious Halloween costume galleries keep rolling in, and we can't resist sharing them all!

This time around we've got a gallery with an out of shape Avenger, some dogs that seem scared of their own costumes, a few sexy sirens in superhero attire and more.

Keep the costume galleries coming interwebs, and we'll keep on posting as many as we can.

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Who says every Stormtrooper is male, or a grown up? This cute little Stormtrooper proves that no matter how cute you are with the helmet off a blaster and full suit of armor shows you're all business.

Katie Goldman was the victim of school bullying because of her love of Star Wars, and when the 501st Legion heard about this travesty they came to Katie's rescue by giving her a custom made suit of Stormtrooper armor, and her popularity on the interwebs made her one little SW fan with a lot of backup.

Bullies- mess with Katie and you're messing with Darth!

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When the creator of this creepy Dead Tree Man decoration heard it was fall he took the word literally and used fallen leaves and branches to spectacular effect.

The Dead Tree Man is located in the garden section of the Museo Archeologico in Naples, Italy and must have been quite delightful for museum visitors to discover as they toured the grounds around Halloween.

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The Huffington Post, aka HuffPo, has rounded up a bunch of Halloween costume pics which they consider to be the funniest of 2012.

Many are politically themed, of course, yet very chuckle-worthy, and with thirty pics to peruse chances are most of these costumes are new to you, unless you're a regular HuffPo reader.

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Festive food creations are fun to look at, and in the case of this Pumpkin Cheeseburger looking is all you can do unless you enjoy taking a bite out of uncooked squash.

The pumpkin seeds are a great addition to this colorful cheeseburger creation, but what's the point of frying up a big ol' beef patty if you're not gonna eat the darn thing!

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Fabricator of the fantastic Marc Samson was tired of all the standard Evil Dead themed costumes out there, so he decided to dress himself up as the book responsible for the outpouring of evil- the Necronomicon.

He created this clever mask, complete with a cover that opens and illustrated pages within, and it all started with a simple Skeleton mask. Now that's custom costuming done right!

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With funding for his beloved PBS stations threatened by a presidential candidate, Big Bird showed up at the polls to voice his displeasure and caw for children's television.

Reporter for the Austin American-Statesman John Kelso voted while dressed as Big Bird to make a tongue-in-cheek political statement and pose for this hilarious photo op. I guess we know who John voted for!

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Ellen decided to make a bold statement with her Halloween costume this year by dressing up as her curvaceous friend Sofia Vergara.

Even though the Sofia suit doesn't quite match Ellen's real skin tone it's better than getting a bunch of plastic surgery to enhance your figure.

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Dressing your little tykes up like Calvin and Hobbes, as they take an imaginative ride on their red Radio Flyer wagon, makes for an adorable Halloween photo session.

Is it possible that the little guys in this photo are even cuter than the original Calvin and Hobbes? Judging by this picture it's definitely possible!

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Sweet Jackie Skellington took her spectral dog Zero out for a walk, and undead guys all over town really lost their heads!

Her costume is simple and stylish, perfect for playing Halloween dressup every day, and Zero is the perfect accessory because you don't have to scoop his poop!

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Michael Jackson is far from a popular Halloween costume choice these days, so if you show up at a party dressed like the King of Pop you'd better be on your best behavior...and for goodness sake practice his dance moves if you're gonna try to get down!

Here's a zipper faced young lady who doesn't believe in traditional princess costumes, she needs a bit of gross factor with her pretty pink dress.

And even though she has to unzip the lower half of her face every time she wants to shout "trick-or-treat!" the shocking end result is totally worth it!

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Babies aren't fond of wearing Halloween costumes. Unless it's keeping their head warm, or getting them lots of attention from their parents, they don't understand dresssing up and they don't like getting dressed up.

Too bad there's no end in sight for those poor little babies, because as long as they look so darn cute in their costumes their folks are gonna dress 'em up!

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Costumes based on comic book characters don't come any funnier, or more obscure, than the ones found in this 2012 ComicsAlliance gallery of reader submitted Halloween costumes.

From Hipster Robin to the Flaming Carrot, these costumes are a comic book geek's delight!

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