One of the most beloved spices in the world is actually the dried and curled up inner bark of one of several varietals of trees in the genus Cinnamomum. Cassia Cinnamon is one of those varietals and the majority of it grows in the lush Kerenci Valley on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.…
On 9 April 2015 a powerful EF-4 tornado barrelled through northern Illinois. Sam Smith, a businessman from North Carolina, was travelling from Minnesota to Indianapolis when he got caught in the tornado’s path. Smith says he had never experienced this type of weather so wasn’t sure what the safest course of action was. He…
Mike Basich ditched his 4,000 sq. ft home in the city and self-built a 225 sq. ft dream house off the grid on 40 snow-covered acres near Truckee, CA to be closer to nature. He even has his own chairlift!
Ravens are regarded as one of the most intelligent animals on the planet. See why, as they challenge a bald eagle and outsmart a fisherman in their quest for food. If you found this video impressive, be sure to check out our previous posts HERE and HERE, highlighting the intelligence of corvids, a family…
This is the seed of Erodium cicutarium (stork’s bill or filaree), which upon having contact with water will bore or drill itself into the ground in order for the seed to sprout. Watch closely as the seed will reverse itself several times, possibly to bury itself further in to the ground. Erodium cicutarium is…
4 months and 9,624 photos later, Thomas Blanchard has released his first flower timelapse, shot in 5K RAW. Blanchard explains: “I created this video simply because I love nature. I always found the flower’s timelapses fabulous, but most of the time they are made with a black background. Then I told myself to make…
After 4 months, 14,000 miles and 20,000 still images, photographer Shane Black returns with Adventure is Calling II, a beautiful timelapse tour of US and Canadian landscapes (see Part I here). Shane captured the scenes last summer as he travelled across the United States and Canada teaching workshops, shooting whenever he could along the…
When a big, new shell washes ashore, hermit crabs congregate and position themselves from largest to smallest in a vacancy chain where everyone tries to upgrade to a bigger home. An excerpt from BBC’s Life Story Series (episode ‘Home’) and narrated by David Attenborough.
The aerial cinema experts at Teton Gravity Research release the first ultra HD footage of the Himalayas shot from above 20,000 ft. with the GSS C520 system, the most advanced gyro-stabilized camera system in the world. Filmed from a helicopter with a crew flying from Kathmandu at 4,600 ft. up to 24,000 ft. on…
Photographer Shane Black and two friends spent two months travelling across the United States teaching photography workshops and exploring the great outdoors in an old Dodge Caravan. The trio travelled across 32 states, visited 13 national and state parks and drove nearly 13,000 miles, capturing jaw-dropping footage along the way. The music is ‘Signaling…
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