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...
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A 1400 Year Old Chinese Gingko Tree Creates a Spectacular Sea of Leaves
As the Northern Hemisphere transitions into Winter and the Southern Hemisphere transitions into Summer, we’re left with the beautiful season known as Fall (in some countries) or...
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Illustrations Reveal How Animals Feel By Switching Them With Humans
Recently, a number of illustrators got together to show us what life would be like if animals were switched with humans. The results are powerful, and...
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Powerful Street Art Pieces That Tell The Uncomfortable Truth
As the world moves to cities, so does art. And just as art can inspire political action and resistance, so too do the walls of...
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Amazing Photographs of Fractals in Nature
Nature never ceases to amaze us… every day we come across something new that makes us appreciate the incredible design of this planet. Most of...
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Highlights from the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Shortlist
The World Photography Organization just announced the shortlist for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards. This year’s contest received more than 140,000 entries from 166 countries. The judges...
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Any Animal That Touches This Lethal Lake Turns to Stone
There’s a deceptively still body of water in Tanzania with a deadly secret – it turns any animal it touches to stone. The rare phenomenon...
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I Combine Thousands Of Photos To Create One Image Of A Mineral
My Name is Chris Perani; I am a photographer who specializes in capturing the microscopic details of our world. My latest project, "Minerals," exemplifies the...
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Photographer And His Wife Plant 2 Million Trees In 20 Years To Restore A Destroyed Forest And Even The Animals Have Returned
According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, 129 million hectares of forest, an area almost equivalent in size to South Africa, have been...
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The Stunning Cherry Blossoms and Nemophila Flowers Bloom in Japan
Hundreds of thousands of people visit Japan each year. And thousands of them visit for the Cherry Blossoms. Not just for the Cherry Blossoms, but they...
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Photographer Discovers That There’s A Type Of Bee That Falls Asleep In Flowers And It’s As Cute As It Sounds
We need bees. They’re the world’s most important pollinator of food crops. In fact, it is estimated that one third of the food that we...
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Adorable “Leaf Sheep” Sea Slugs Look like Cartoon Lambs
It’s a sheep! It’s a cow! No, it’s Costasiella kuroshimae (or ‘Leaf Sheep’ for short). This adorable little sea slug, whose beady eyes and cute...
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Asian Supermarkets Go Back To Using Leaves Instead Of Plastic
It should be one of the main goals in today’s society to reduce plastic consumption and to educate people on the environmental and global changes...
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The Most Interesting And Unusual Things People Found On The Beach
The oceans are vast and mysterious, covering 71% of our planet and containing all kinds of things that we have yet to discover, despite our...
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These Spectacular Night Sky Petunias Look Like They Hold the Galaxy in Their Petals
In recent years, there's been a big trend in the gardening world to purchase plants that are multi purpose (eg: grafted fruit trees that fruit...
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Photo Series Documents The Times Nature Made Us Say “NOPE” (WARNING: This List Is Not For Sensitive People)
Most of the time, we feature nature’s finest. Why? Because it’s beautiful. But what about the dark side? It exists too, doesn’t it? To prove...
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80-Year-Old Man Hasn’t Watered This Sealed Bottle Garden Since 1972 And It’s Still Alive
In a beautiful example of a closed but functional ecosystem, David Latimer has grown a garden sealed inside a giant glass bottle that he has...
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The Most Heartwarming Responses To The Latest Viral #Trashtag Challenge
Hashtags and viral challenges usually represent funny or iconic moments in pop culture, but there is a new viral movement that has taken off whose...
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Some Small Things You Can Do To Help Bees Survive
Bees are the backbone of the environment as we know it, helping many plant and animal species by pollinating. “More than 20,000 bee species around...
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Teacher’s Science Experiment Reveals the Importance of Washing Your Hands In a Disgusting Experiment
Teaching children to love science can be difficult. Getting kids to wash their hands can be even more so. Well, Tennessee-based teacher Courtney Lee Simpson...
