TORNADO’S DESTRUCTIVE PATH THROUGH JOPLIN, MISSOURI, FROM ABOVE Photograph by AP Photo/Charlie Riede The path of a powerful tornado is seen, curving from lower left, to right center, back to upper left, in Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The death toll in Joplin, Missouri, has now topped 118, making Sunday’s…
THE SALT MOUNDS OF BOLIVIA Photograph by LUCA GALUZZI This is a lovely shot of the salt mounds in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. The Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest (12 000 km²) and highest (3,700 m) salt flat, ca. 25 times as large as the Bonneville Salt Flats. It’s the…
FIELDS OF LAVENDER IN PROVENCE, FRANCE Photographer Unknown Stunning photograph of lavender fields in Provence, France. I can almost smell it from here! Absolutely gorgeous. Excuse me… via Reddit
PLAYING WITH FIRE Photograph by Skarphéðinn Þráinsson Photographer’s Description: Photographer on the edge of the crater at the erupting volcano in Fimmvörðuháls, Iceland (April 2010). While observing this photo I was amazed at how relaxed he was standing there while the volcano spreads the melting lava around the area. I guess the…
HONEY, I’M HOME! Photograph by MUHAMMAD MAHDI KARIM A 12mm long Western Honey Bee flies back to its hive carrying pollen in a pollen basket. Captured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on a private facility. The pollen basket or corbicula is part of the tibia on the hind legs of honey bees,…
TWO LEVELS OF AWESOME Photograph by JAN EGIL KRISTIANSEN Photographer’s Description: The lake is about 30m above sea level, the camera at 140m and the cliff facing it at 100m. But I ‘see’ the lake at about 100m. As described above, the angle and location this photograph was taken from really enhances…
MacGillivray’s Warbler Nest – Photograph by SHARON BEALS Sharon Beals is an incredible photographer and artist. A self-proclaimed ‘urban naturalist’ that was raised in Seattle and now calls Hunters Point Shipyard in San Francisco, home. Sharon uses photography as an art form, and as a way to chronicle what moves her heart and concerns…
‘CRYSTAL’ ICE CAVE IN SKAFTAFELL, ICELAND Photograph via Örvar Atli Þorgeirsson Photographer’s Description: Some of the magic beauty of glacier ice lies under its outer surface. One either needs to strip the surface layer or go underneath it to see its real beauty. The centuries old ice coming down the slopes of…
Since 2001, the International Aquatic Plant Layout Contest (IAPLC) has been the largest planted aquarium design competition in the world. Hobbyists from all over the globe enter their aquariums in hopes of winning the grand prize of 1 million Yen (approx. $12K USD). However, more important than the monetary reward is the global ranking…
MOUNT RORAIMA: 2 BILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING Photograph via Zadan.nl Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. First described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in 1596, its 31 km2 summit area is defended by 400-metre-tall cliffs on all sides. The mountain…
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