Miyakejima, a small island located in southeast Japan. Despite the high level of volcanic activity that causes poisonous gas to leak from the earth that forced the 3,600 island residents to evacuate in 2000.
In 2005 citizens were allowed to return to their homes. About 2,800 chose to return, laden with gas masks and dire warnings about noxious gas still seeping through the land.
If you are interested in the distribution of the human population across the globe, we have got something interesting facts for you.
Seeing is believing.
Recent observations from the Subaru telescope in Hawaii found very little scattering of blue light from the parent star by the planet. This appearsmost consistent with a planet that has a watery atmosphere — although it is still possible that the super-Earth has clouds so thick that little of any color of light was scattered.
Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska is very popular among photographers and tourists who like extreme places. The main reason is that it easily (if I may say so), you can go under the ice cover and see the beauty and power of the glacier from the inside.
This remarkable pictures are taken by Kent Mearig, Alaska based photographer.
In this great series, fashion photographer Joseph Ford blends two seemingly disparate subjects: textiles and aerial photography.