Category: TRAVEL
Stunning Street in Porto Alegre, Brazil is Blanketed in Trees
Photograph by Jefferson Bernardes In Porto Alegre, Brazil, there is a beautiful street called Rua Goncalo de Carvalho that is completely blanketed in trees. Over a span of 500 meters (0.3 miles), the sidewalks are lined with more than one hundred Rosewood trees. The trees were actually planted in the 1930s by German…
Ice Skating the Famous Canals of Amsterdam
Photograph via cafeteriafraiche on Reddit As the deep freeze spreads across Europe, one country that is embracing the cooler weather is The Netherlands. With temperatures dropping to around -7 degrees Celsius (19 degrees Fahrenheit) earlier this week, many of Amsterdam’s iconic canals have frozen over, allowing residents and tourists to skate the city’s…
Picture of the Day: Meanwhile in Switzerland
MEANWHILE IN SWITZERLAND Photograph by Reuters/Denis Balibouse A boy sits in front of an ice covered car in Versoix, near Geneva, Switzerland, on February 5, 2012. Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday and brought widespread disruption to transport services, with warnings that the chilling temperatures would remain…
25 Jaw-Dropping Photos from the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
© Ray Demski / Red Bull Cliff Diving Cliff diving is the purest extreme sport on earth. Take a high cliff, deep water and courage. What you get is all you need. No additional machinery, no protection whatsoever, just absolute concentration and complete body control. The equipment – a swimsuit – fits into…
Picture of the Day: Shanghai Skyline at Night
SHANGHAI SKYLINE AT NIGHT Photograph by JAKOB WAGNER on Behance This stunning photograph of Shanghai at night is part of photographer Jakob Wagner’s Nightscapes series on Behance, it was taken in 2011. If you haven’t seen it already, check out this startling photograph that shows the development Shanghai has undergone since 1990.…
Picture of the Day: Salar de Uyuni After Some Rain
SALAR DE UYUNI AFTER SOME RAIN Photograph via Paean on Reddit Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world’s largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). It is located in the Potosi and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, and is elevated…
The Ultimate Guide to Parahawking in Nepal
Photograph via baileyhope on Reddit What is Parahawking? In an effort to advance the interaction between man and bird, and to provide a unique opportunity to interact with birds of prey in their own environment, Scott Mason conceived and developed Parahawking. Parahawking is paragliding with trained birds of prey. By combining ancient…
