THE AMAZING STRENGTH OF AN ANT Photograph by Yu Wu for National Geographic – Your Shot Photographer Yu Wu took this incredible close-up of a small ant biting a branch whilst holding up a rock. The location was only described as ‘beside a river in China’. According to Discovery.com, ants are capable…
JR & LIU BOLIN STREET ART COLLABO IN NYC Photograph by New York Street Art on Flickr 2011’s TED prize winner, street artist and photographer JR, recently collaborated with the famous Chinese artist Liu Bolin for an awesome piece in New York City’s Nolita district (North of Little Italy). Thankfully, NewYorkStreetArt on…
THE CONCRETE JUNGLE Photograph by Edward Burtynsky The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is a stack interchange near the Athens and Watts communities of Los Angeles, California. Though the interchange permits traffic entering the interchange in all directions to exit in all directions (cf. Hollywood Split, East Los Angeles Interchange), the interchange also…
THE BREATHTAKING SKOGAFOSS FALLS IN ICELAND Photograph by annag @ visir.is (on Panoramio.com) Skógafoss is a waterfall situated in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline. After the coastline had receded seaward (it is now at a distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) from Skógar), the former…
YARN BOMBING A BUS IN MEXICO CITY Artwork by Magda Sayeg (Photograph by Cesar Ortega) In this crocheted masterpiece, artist Maga Sayeg yarn bombs an entire bus in Mexico City. Considered to be the mother of yarn bombing, Magda did her first solo exhibit in Rome at La Museo des Esposizione in…
FELIX BAUMGARTNER JUMPS FROM 71,580 FEET © Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Pool On March 15th, 2012, Austria’s Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a space capsule from an altitude of approximately 71,580 feet (21,818 meters) as the Red Bull Stratos project moved forward into the manned flight stage in New Mexico. The 42-year-old…
PLITVICE LAKES NATIONAL PARK IN AUTUMN Photograph by Maurizio Biancarelli / http://www.wild-wonders.com Plitvice Lakes National Park is the oldest national park in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. The park was founded in 1949 and is situated in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border to…
CHITTORGARH, THE LARGEST FORT IN INDIA Photograph via IAmASeaLions on Reddit Chittorgarh Fort is the largest fort in India and the grandest in the state of Rajasthan. The fort, plainly known as Chittor, was the capital of Mewar and is today situated several kilometres by road south of Bhilwara. It was ruled…
THE MOST INCREDIBLE AURORA OF 2012 Photograph courtesy of Jónína Óskarsdóttir for NASA In this absolutely incredible image by Jónína Óskarsdóttir, we see an aurora spotted on March 8, 2012, shimmering over snow-covered mountains in Faskrudsfjordur, Iceland. Geomagnetic storms due to coronal mass ejections (CMEs) earlier in the week have increased in…
SANTIAGO, CHILE FROM ABOVE Photograph via vejiga on Reddit Santiago, also Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile. It is located in the country’s central valley, at an elevation of 520 m (1,706.04 ft) above mean sea level. The city has a population of 5.4 million, with a…
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