This is nature as you've never seen it before!

The Arctic Light-filmed in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago, in the Arctic Circle.

"Jellyfish Lake is located on Eli Malk island in the Republic of Palau. Twelve thousand years ago these jellyfish became trapped in a natural basin on the island when the ocean receded. With no predators amongst them for thousands of years, they evolved into a new species that lost most of their stinging ability as they no longer had to protect themselves. They are harmless to humans although some people with very sensitive skin may get a minor irritation from them.

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It's still raining in New York City. I hope this Sparrow from Justysiak cheers you up.

VERY IMPRESSIVE!

via 1X

From the photographer: 

"It's hard enough to make original pictures, but with some subjects it simply borders the impossible.

When I was at Victoria Falls last year, I thought about the billions of photographs that must have been taken there, and I almost decided to just visit the place without my camera. That was until I spoke with some of the local people, who told me that they had seen a bull elephant crossing the Zambezi river the day before. During my research I had not seen any images of the falls with an elephant in it, so I decided to stay a few extra days and try my luck. 

Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii)

Magenta-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae)

Ode to the Hummingbird by Pablo Neruda

The hummingbird

in flight

is a water-spark,

an incandescent drip

of American

fire,

the jungle's

flaming resume,

a heavenly,

precise

rainbow:

the hummingbird is

an arc,

a golden

thread,

a green

bonfire!

Holger Droste

Stairs Toward Wonderland By Vincent Montibus

Spiral by Spaghettitrain

Phare des Baleines by Guido Franssens

A Spiral Staircase From Below by Hannoflickr