MOUNTAIN FARMING IN ITALY Photograph via XCygon on Reddit Photograph via XCygon on Reddit Incredible captures of mountain-side farming in the province of Bolzano-Bozen in Italy. The incline is steep but the view at the top must be amazing! To see where this is on Google Maps, click here via…
STUNNING WINDING ROAD IN MOUNTAINS OF BRAZIL Photograph via Lugares Fantasticos Photograph by sawuellbruno Photograph via SkyscraperCity.com The Serra do Rio do Rastro is cut by Road SC-438, which is characterized by steep climbs and hairpin turns of 180 degrees. It is located in the southeast state of Santa Catarina…
THE TABLE CAPE TULIP FARM FROM ABOVE Photograph by ANTHONY CREHAN for National Geographic Photograph by VAN DIEMEN QUALITY BULBS Photographer’s Description [Anthony Crehan]: Aerial view from a helicopter of the tulip field at the Table Cape Tulip Farm on Table Cape, near Wynyard, on the North West Coast of…
THE INHABITED VOLCANIC ISLAND OF AOGASHIMA Photograph by MHARADA on Panoramio Aogashima is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea, administered by Tokyo and located approximately 358 kilometres (222 mi) south of Tokyo and 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Hachijojima. It is the southernmost and most isolated inhabited island of…
CLOUD COVERED ISLAND OF LITLA DIMUN Photograph by SPUMADOR on Flickr Photograph by ERIK CHRISTENSEN Cloud goes up. Cloud goes down. Litla Dimun is a small island between the islands of Suouroy and Stora Dimun in the Faroe Islands. It is the smallest of the main 18 islands, being less than…
TOKYO METROPOLIS FROM ABOVE Photograph by PANIC_SWITCH on Reddit Stunning aerial photograph of Tokyo, Japan as seen from a helicopter. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. The prefecture is part of the world’s most populous metropolitan area with…
COLORFUL VINEYARDS OF CHIANTI CLASSICO IN TUSCANY Photograph by FABIO MUZZI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Chianti is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco; however, the fiasco is only used by a few makers of the wine now; most…
EUROPEAN BEECH TREES OF MARIEMONT, BELGIUM Photograph by JEAN-POL GRANDMONT Stunning capture of European Beech trees in Mariemont, Belgium. Mariemont, also Morlanwelz-Mariemont, now in the municipality of Morlanwelz, Hainaut, Belgium, is a former royal estate and hunting park created in the 16th century by Mary of Hungary, from whom it took its…
Photograph by Bill and Ben and Little Weed The Jeita Grotto is a compound of two separate but interconnected karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometers (5.6 mi). The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of the…
THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT IN SWINDON, ENGLAND Photograph via Google Earth Photograph via Google Earth Artwork by Hk kng Photograph by Dickbauch The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England was constructed in 1972 and consists of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. It is located near the County Ground, home of…
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