Category: Nature
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Beautiful Photos of Frozen Lighthouses on Lake Michigan
With the winter chill in high gear in the Northern Hemisphere, photographer Thomas Zakowski has captured some beautiful images of frozen lighthouses to reflect just how cold temperatures can get. The photographer’s spectacular shots reveal a lesser seen vision of lighthouses on Lake Michigan, each having been hit with waves of water that have succumb…
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These 50 Photos Will Blow you Away
With our two recent blogs “The Top 75 Pictures of the Year for 2013” (see HERE) and “100 of the Best Street Art Photos for 2013” (see HERE) still being viewed at viral proportions, we thought we’d start a series of showcases that are meant to make the jaws drop! Here’s the first one of…
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15 Of The Most Majestic Caves In The World
These stunning caves aren’t part of some fairy-tale world or horror movie – they can be found in some of the world’s most remote places in Asia, North America and Europe. Some of these caves form when water seeps down through cracks in limestone rock. The limestone rock dissolves into the water bit by bit,…
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Illuminating the World with National Geographic
National Geographic recently shared a few images from their gallery entitled Illuminating the World. The 33-image gallery was compiled from National Geographic’s online photo community Your Shot. The photos span the entire globe even including a few holiday-themed shots. Be sure to check out the entire gallery on National Geographic. To learn more about National Geographic’s photo community,…
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The Top 75 Pictures of the Year for 2013
Update: if you liked this post, you’ll adore our latest post on the 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places on Earth HERE. Following on from our very successful blog “100 of the Best Street Art Images of 2013” (see HERE), we’ve widened the net and thanks to the guys over at Sifter, we bring you the Top…
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 Winners and Honorable Mentions
The results of the 2013 Wildlife Photographer of the Year were announced yesterday and a number of phenomenal images made the shortlist of 100 photographs. The annual competition is now in its 49th year and is led by two UK institutions, the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide, who collectively received 43,000 photos from 96 countries this…
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Breathtaking Street Photography by Maciej Dakowicz
Currently based in Mumbai, Polish street photographer Maciej Dakowicz abandoned a career in technology to instead focus on his street photography, a decision that has lead him to far-flung communities around the globe seeking incredible once-in-a-lifetime encounters. Sorting through his staggering library of some 5,500 photos is to take a journey through vastly differing cultures, miraculous visual coincidences, and…
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Watching the Earth From Space: Incredible Satellite Photos from the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency has an incredible Observing the Earth archive that’s updated every week and each satellite image is usually accompanied by a brief essay to explain a bit about what you’re looking at. Collected here are some of our favorite images from the last few years taken with too many different satellites to mention, and you can…
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Celebrity Hand Painted French Bulldogs Auctioned for Charity!
UPDATE: the auctions have been run and won and over $12,000 was raised for Wear for Success! To see the prices that each individual dog sold for, scroll down… From Tuesday 8 October 2013 to Monday 21 October 2013, artFido will be auctioning off 13 hand painted French Bulldogs with 100% of proceeds going to Wear…
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The Most Interesting Looking Corn in the World
The story of Glass Gem corn begins with Carl Barnes, a half Cherokee, half Scottish-Irish farmer living in Oklahoma. According to nativeseeds.org, Barnes had an uncanny knack for corn breeding and excelled at selecting and saving seeds from cobs that exhibited vivid, translucent colors. In 1994, Carl met Greg Schoen at a native plant and herb gathering in…