Breathtaking Aerial Views Of China’s Tulip Fields
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China’s tulip farms are a must-see tourist attraction in the warmer months. The farmers have fun with the flowers, creating intricate designs like swirls, zig-zags and even a ying and yang symbol. The beautiful colors are spectacular from the ground, but look even more magnificent from above. Continue reading »
Photographer Creates Inspiring Pictures Showcase The Splendor Of The Natural World, Using People To Highlight The Beauty And Scale Of These Epic Landscapes
Andrew Ling‘s inspiring photographs showcase the splendor of the natural world, using people to highlight the beauty and scale of these epic landscapes. Each image features a person photographed from hundreds of feet away, seemingly insignificant in comparison to the breathtaking landscape that surrounds them – whether beneath gushing waterfalls, under millions of glittering stars or atop of gigantic cliffs. Continue reading »
The Photographer Has Travelled The Western Australian Coast Since The Early 90s, Capturing Clotheslines In All Their Glory
The Perth-based photographer and journalist Frances Andrijich has travelled the Western Australian coast since the early 90s, capturing clotheslines in all their glory. In her images they take the roles of play equipment, Christmas trees and, in the summer, a homemaker’s dream. Andrijich admits she is hopelessly hung up on clotheslines; her latest book celebrates them under the spotlight of the Australian sun. Continue reading »
A Photographer Traveled 15,000 Miles Around New Zealand To Take The Perfect Shots
Johan Lolos is a professional photographer who is passionate about traveling. A few years ago, he left his home and started his long and exciting journey around the world. No matter where Johan was geographically, he always carried his camera with him because he was constantly surrounded by the beauty of our planet. Johan spent the last year in New Zealand, where he drove 15,500 miles to capture the stunning local landscapes on his camera. Continue reading »
World’s Eco-Friendliest Country, Bhutan, Celebrates Birth Of New Prince By Planting 108,000 trees
108,000 saplings were planted in the tiny mountain Kingdom to commemorate the first Royal Child of His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema. Continue reading »
Travel Photographer Proves Dinosaurs Are The Key To Taking The Best Pictures
Paraguay photographer Jorge Saenz uses classic perspective tricks to bring dinosaurs to life in his epic travel series #Dinodinaseries. His photos document the dinosaur tourists’ travels around South America, a journey that began with Dino the green Brachiosaurus in Bolivia. Continue reading »
Extreme Surfing On Arctic Circle
Surf instructor Tommy Olsen monitors his group of surf beginners during their 1st course at snowy beach of Unstad, in Lofoten Island, Arctic Circle, on March 09, 2016. Surfers from all over the world comes to Lofoten island to surf in extrem conditions. Ocean temperature is 6-7 °C, air temperature around 0°C in spite of a weather very unstable. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP Photo) Continue reading »
These Architects Wanted To Work Outside, So They Made A Mobile Office In A Caravan
Photography by Jo Wickham Photography
Architecture firm Studio106, wanted to be able to enjoy the nice summer weather that New Zealand has to offer, without leaving their office. Continue reading »
Where The Ghosts Walk: Photographer Captures Abandoned Town In The Desert Of Namibia
These sand-swept images show the ghostly remains of what was once a mineral-rich mining community. In its heyday, the town of Kolmanskop, Namibia (previously), was home to about 700 families. Now all that remains are empty homes filled with sand, while cast-off items such as bathtubs are scattered about the surrounding area. Over time, the sand of the stunning dunes that encircle the town of Kolmanskop has been blown towards the abandoned residences, coating everything from streets to the interiors of houses and workshops. Here: Kolmankop, an abandoned mining town in Namibia. Continue reading »
Photographer Jonny Joo Captures Eerie Images Of Abandoned Buildings
This is the forgotten landscape of post-GFC America. A time when it was cheaper to abandon old factories than attempt to sell them, and where suburb-sized buildings sit forgotten and desolate. An intrepid explorer began visiting these eerie haunts after becoming obsessed with a terrifying computer game. Continue reading »
What Peaceful Borders Between European Countries Look Like
Since the Schengen Agreement of 1985, restrictions on moving between countries in Europe have slowly been erased. Netherlands-based photographer Valerio Vincenzo decided to document this change in his series “Borderline, the Frontiers of Peace,” a project which is especially poignant today, as the EU struggles with the immigrant crisis. Continue reading »
Book A Stay On Your Own Robinson Crusoe Island
Its name is Bird Island, perhaps because it is so small that it can be a decent home to birds only or perhaps because it was first noticed by a bird. We can not tell, but the Bird Island near Placencia, Belize is now available for a holiday booking via Airbnb for 350$ per night. Continue reading »
20 Beautiful Photographs Of Urban Decay In Detroit’s Crumbling Ghost Neighbourhoods
During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century Detroit, Michigan was known to some as the Paris of the West, on account of its opulent architecture, grand boulevards and burgeoning cityscape. Continue reading »
Mysterious Sinkhole Develops A Surprising And Beautiful Ecosystem In China
Sinkholes often spell disaster, but this unexpected limestone cavity is anything but. A botanical delight, this enormous sinkhole was discovered in central China’s mountainous Hubei province. The sinkhole’s remote location—only accessible via a lowered rope ladder—and humid environs has led to its development of a surprisingly lush, self-contained ecosystem largely untouched by man. Continue reading »
After Going Through A Rough Year With Cancer, This Woman Takes Back Her Life By Doing This
If anyone needed a vacation, it was Megan Sullivan. After falling off a rock while climbing in Yosemite, she then was involved in a terrible car crash. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, she was diagnosed with skin cancer. Continue reading »
Contadora Island Resort In Panama Became An Abandoned And Forgotten Place
Contadora Island is a Panamanian island on the Pearl Islands archipelago (in the Gulf of Panama). A lavish resort was built there in the 60s, but it has been abandoned since and almost completely forgotten. But this resort is not the only one which went out of business , many other hotels and resorts on the archipelago had the same fate. Some people believe that there is some kind of mysterious curse over Panama’s Pearl islands. Continue reading »
Fukushima: 5 Years After The Tragedy
It’s been almost 5 years since the horrible accident happened at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant which was caused by the tsunami triggered by the earthquake on March 11, 2011. This tragic event took away about 18,000 lives… Japan is still trying to recover after this tragedy. Continue reading »
Ukrainian Metro Workers Surprise Women Commuters With Flowers
Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
Female metro passengers hold flowers presented to them by metro workers, prior to International Women’s Day in Kiev, Ukraine, 02 March 2016. The hustle and bustle of the morning commute is broken up by an unexpected surprise. The first passengers to step on the train receive – a warm welcome and a pot of flowers. Continue reading »
Vintage Cars Are Rotting In A Tunnel Of Liverpool
These cars were found in a Liverpool tunnel that had been lying there for many years. It was a garage there before some part of it crushed and these cars got trapped there. Continue reading »
Then and Now: 31 Amazing Pictures Show The Change Of Madrid Over Time
Here is an amazing collection of pictures that shows then and now of Madrid, created by Ramon Oria. Continue reading »
This Bright Pink Bubble-Gum Lake Can Perk Up Your Diet
Image: Bryan Anthonys
This pink luminosity is located on the largest island of the Recherche Archipelago on the south coast of Australia. Lake Hillier is separated from the Southern Ocean with only a thin soil stripe and filled with saline water. Standing out like a pink gem stone in the dense eucalyptus forest it strikes with the contrast against the greenery. Continue reading »
Seoul’s Poop Café Offers Sweet Treats
According to Korean food and lifestyle blog Seoul Searching, there’s a trendy coffee shop in Seoul called the “Poop Café.” The exterior of the café looks fairly ordinary, but once inside, visitors can find tiny plunger ornaments hanging off Christmas trees, cartoon poop murals covering walls and plants potted in squat toilets. Continue reading »
Classic Cars Found Abandoned In Welsh Mine For More Than 40 Years
Picture: Urbexground
The mountain of 100 plus cars were found in various conditions inside a slate mine in Ceredigion, Wales, which was closed in the 1960s. A brave team spent four hours wandering through the ‘dangerous’ cave before they stumbled upon the rusty vehicles. Continue reading »
Ready to Move In? Mystery ‘Furnished Apartment’ Found In Berlin Subway
Employees of the Berlin subway discovered a fully furnished apartment in one of the abandoned subway tunnels, according to Berliner Kurier. The walls were complete with wallpaper and decorated with paintings. The apartment had a bed, television, chair, dresser and even a palm tree. Power was supplied by a cable network that provides electricity to a nearby metro station. Continue reading »
Eerie Statues Of American Presidents Forgotten By Time
In 2004 Williamsburg, Virginia welcomed a brand new attraction to locals and tourists alike. Named ‘Presidents Park‘, it was a large open-air museum that was the concept of landowner Everette “Haley” Newman. Continue reading »
