Google has just added the very first underwater panoramic images to Google Maps and Street View. In their ongoing quest to map the globe, it was a matter of time before they ventured under the water that covers over 70% of our globe. To pull of this feat Google has partnered with the…
The world’s most powerful digital camera has opened its eye and recorded the first images in hunt for dark energy (which is believed to make up 75% of the content of the Universe). Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. That ancient starlight has…
HIKING IN THE ANDES Photograph by Trey Ratcliff (Stuck in Customs on Flickr) HDR wizard Trey Ratcliff of the wildly popular Stuck in Customs blog took this ‘painting-esque’ photo while hiking in the Andes. The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world. It is a continual range of…
LIONESSES AT THE WATERING HOLE Photograph by Ranger Chad Cocking of the Motswari Private Game Reserve Taken at the Motswari Private Game Reserve in South Africa, we see two lionesses having a drink at a watering hole. On the right is a rare white lion from the Xakubasa Pride. The photograph…
Located in Rozzano, Italy, the vertical garden at the Fiordaliso Shopping Center was recognized this week by the Guiness World Records as the largest vertical garden in the world. Covering a surface of 1,263 square meters (13,594 square feet) with a total of 44,000 plants, the massive vertical garden surpassed the former record-holder, a…
DEATH BEGETS LIFE Photograph by Ireena Worthy on Flickr In this stunning capture by Ireena Worthy we see a small fir tree (which has become a bonsai) growing atop a dead log in the waters of Fairy Lake, which is near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Fairy…
A TORNADO ROPING OUT IN NORTH DAKOTA Photograph by Mitch Dobrowner In this incredible photograph by Mitch Dobrowner we see a tornado in North Dakota dying out. These tornadoes are said to be “roping out”, or becoming a “rope tornado”. When they rope out, the length of their funnel increases, which…
Photograph by John A. Hart et al. In a paper published earlier this week in the open-access journal Plos One, a group of scientists claimed to have discovered the first new species of monkey in over 28 years. In June 2007, a previously undescribed monkey known locally as “lesula” was found in the…
A GRIZZLY BEAR GUARDS ITS MEAL Photograph by Doug Smith/Yellowstone Wolf Project In this remarkable capture from above, we see a grizzly bear guarding a massive bison carcass. The photograph was taken by Doug Smith at Yellowstone National Park. Smith, who is the leader of Yellowstone’s Wolf Project, suspects that the…
MOUNT FUJI FROM ABOVE Photograph via news.mydrivers.com In this jaw-dropping photograph we see the majestic Mount Fuji soaring above the clouds. The picture, along with two others (that are equally amazing), was posted to the Chinese website news.mydrivers.com. I was unable to find the name of the photographer but this aerial…
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