A surreal place in the Namibian Desert. Image credit: Amazing Places on Earth This sun-blackened dead forest in a white clay pan in the Namibian desert is called ‘Deadvlei’ (or ‘Dooie Vlei’), which means ‘dead marsh’. Once an oasis fed by a one-time river, the place is now so dry that the lack of water …
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Back in the Soviet Union, the idea of nature conservation was simply unheard of. So the comrades decided to use Ussuri Bay near Vladivostok to simply dump old beer, wine and vodka bottles and porcelain into the sea. Over the decades, the waves of the North Pacific have washed the shreds of the bottles into millions …
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When Nature feels like painting… Eucalyptus deglupta is commonly known as the Rainbow Eucalyptus because of its unique way of shedding its bark. Once shed, the inner bark that is revealed is bright green, but eventually matures to blue, purple, orange, and eventually maroon. The rainbow eucalyptus does not shed its bark all at once, …
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These peaceful little guys (who are the largest rodents in the world) are called capybaras, and they get along extremely well with literally every other animal species. Including humans. How come? Well, it certainly doesn’t have to do with the fact that they eat their own waste. No, what it probably has to do with …
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This house was built on impossible terrain at a height of 4003 meters (13133 feet) in Switzerland in 1915. I wonder what technique was used to get it all up there, above the clouds… The highest house in the world is a stopping point for mountaineers conquering the Matterhorn peak in Switzerland. Solvay Hut is …
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Yes, it exists. And it still exists, even though the volcano erupted a few years ago. The tiny little island of Vulcan Point in the Philippines is the world’s largest island within a lake (Crater Lake) that is situated on an island (Volcano Island, or Taal Island) located in a lake (Lake Taal) within an …
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In Kent, UK, there’s an underground shrine-like place all covered in seashells – and mystery. Image credit: mybestplace If you are looking for a mysterious and fascinating attraction in Margate, Kent, you might want to visit the Shell Grotto. This hidden underground passage is decorated with millions of seashells, forming intricate patterns and designs. The …
When researchers collected and thawed samples of permafrost sediment frozen for the past 42,000 years, they turned out to reveal living nematodes (roundworms). Juvenile root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Photo by William Wergin and Richard Sayre. Colorized by Stephen Ausmus. U.S. Department of Agriculture A group of Russian biologists dug up more than 300 frozen soil …
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This is one of the most amazing things you will see in the wild. A breathtaking new video by the University of Hawaii shows humpback whales swimming in a circular pattern while blowing bubbles to create a “net” to encircle their prey. For the first time ever, the university’s researchers captured this regular whale behavior …
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Mothers are the ones who are filled with genuine instincts of love and kindness towards others. We often hear stories of moms who look after and care for children they didn’t even give birth to. However, their hearts are filled with love and they treat these children as their own. We heard the heart-whelming story …
