System of the rice terraces demonstrates extraordinary harmony between people and their environment, both visually and ecologically, based on exceptional and long-standing social and religious structures.
Now, with the easing of relations between the U.S. and Cuba, some of the nearly 60,000 vintage cars in Cuba called Yank tank or máquina could eventually make their way into collectors’ hands stateside.
Now that the annual National Geographic Photo Contest has concluded and the 2013 winners have been announced, we can finally take a look at some of the best photographs in the world taken this year.
For the second year in a row, a rare phenomenon called a ‘temperature inversion’ filled the Grand Canyon with clouds.
Inspired by the shape of water in endless motion, Denmark’s new national aquarium, The Blue Planet, is shaped like a great whirlpool, and the building itself tells the story of what awaits inside. If you ever find yourself in Denmark, you have to make it a point to visit the aquarium in Kastrup.
Our world is an ever changing place and these pictures will help you remember just how much our world changed in 2014.