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Photograph by Imagine Nation Company, Inc. Hidden among the outer islands of the Exumas, in the Bahamas, lie the eleven private islands of Musha Cay and Islands of Copperfield Bay. Over 700 acres of lush natural beauty belong to you and 24 of your selected guests. Musha Cay is privacy redefined, featuring five spectacular…
UNBELIEVABLE LIGHTNING SHOW AT THE GRAND CANYON Photograph by DAN RANSOM Photographer Dan Ransom took this incredible shot on August 28, 2011 during a wild electrical storm at the Grand Canyon. Just an amazing capture and event to witness. Nature is incredible. Camera: Canon 5D Lens: Sigma 20 1.8 Focal Length: 20…
INCREDIBLE CENOTE IN CHICHEN-ITZA, MEXICO Photograph by JACK PAULUS A cenote is a deep natural pit or sinkhole, characteristic of Mexico and Central America, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath. Especially associated with the Yucatán Peninsula and some nearby Caribbean islands, cenotes were sometimes used by the…
OKTOBERFEST! Photograph by AP Photo/Sebastian Widmann Photograph by Reuters/Michael Dalder On Saturday September 17th, the 178th Oktoberfest opened in Munich, Germany, with the traditional tapping of the first keg of beer by Munich’s mayor, Christian Ude, shouting “O’zapft is!” (“It’s tapped!”). The Bavarian festival takes place over 17 days, and some…
THE LION MONUMENT OF LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND Photograph by MOUSTACHEBOY ON FLICKR Photograph by VICTOR WONG The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during…
Photograph via GEORGIA AQUARIUM The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world, whether you’re measuring by the number of fish or volume of water. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA at Pemberton Place, it has more than 8.5-million-US-gallon (32,000 m3) of marine and fresh water housing more than 120,000 animals of 500 different…
Photograph by KLAUS KEHRLS Measuring a staggering 534 ft (164 meters), the mega yacht Eclipse was built by the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. It is owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich who owns four other yachts as well. The yacht ‘eclipsed’ (sorry I had to) the former largest yacht in the…
WATCH YOUR STEP! Photography by MARAT DUPRI 19-year-old Russian Marat Dupri takes stomach churning shots of him and his friends scaling incredibly high heights without any safety harnesses. Often they trespass on private property bypassing security to ‘get the shot’. While the photographs are spectacular the risks are very real……
Photograph by EMMANUEL GEORGES Ferdinand Cheval’s Ideal Palace (Palais idéal) stands as a testament that you can achieve anything with time, effort and passion. How else could a simple postman with no formal training, single-handedly build something to the admiration of Picasso, André Breton and André Malraux? Please enjoy the gallery of photographs below…
Photograph by MARK RYCKAERT On the roads of Pakistan you will find moving art on every road in the form of decorated trucks and vehicles. With dazzling colours, ornate detailing and magnificent trinkets, these moving art exhibits inject your daily commute with Pakistani culture and symbolism. Please enjoy this small sample of decorated trucks…
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