Anatoly Beloshchin is a Russian photographer who specializes in underwater shots. He has produced some exceptional images of cave diving around the world, as well as stunning shots of Antarctica and even submerged portraiture.
Iceland’s active volcanoes could erupt at any time, so European scientists are closely monitoring them. They want to better understand what happens before, during, and after an eruption.
Theodore von Kármán, a Hungarian-American physicist, was the first to describe the physical processes that create long chains of spiral eddies like the one shown above. Known as von Kármán vortices the patterns can form nearly anywhere that fluid flow is disturbed by an object. Since the atmosphere behaves like a fluid, the wing of an airplane, a bridge, even an island can trigger the distinctive phenomenon.
On display at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the United States National Arboretum is this remarkable Japanese White Pine (Pinus parviflora ‘Miyajima’) bonsai sometimes known as Hiroshima Survivor. According to the tree’s display placard, it has been in training since 1625 making it 388-years-old. Oh and it survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Amazing Wikipedia facts about the Dead Sea.
Colourful nature tattoos projecting the most serene and colourful scenes. These tattoos are so beautifully rendered that you can practically hear the birds chirping and the leaves rustling.