An underwater photo taken by biologist Bert Willaert has claimed first place in the Royal Society Publishing photography competition, showing a glimpse of life through the eyes of a tadpole.
Lying in a wide glacial valley on the Adige River in northern Italy, Trento is the capital of the region…
©Boat Hudego old cemetery in lodz
These illuminating images show the crumbling remains of some of the worlds places of worship. The shots include golden chapels, overgrown synagogues and eerily
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This church looks short and squat from the outside and sits uncomfortably in it's little square, bulging, an ugly duckling! The exterior fails to suggest any majesty compared to Vienna's other large palaces of worship such as Stephandom & Karlskirche, but then you go inside! The baroque interior is so busy and heavy with detail that it is impossible to take in what you are seeing. You need to take a picture so that you can study it later and decipher the church's mysteries... or alternatively sit through a very long service!
The other night I instagrammed this photo from a gorgeous sunset down by the Stono River. It was such a treat not to have a big storm at night and have the chance to go for a little scenic walk around Robbie's neighborhood. I just had to share a little bit of the beauty of the Lowcountry with y'all today! I was loving the reflections of the gorgeous clouds on the water in the marshes!
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
Milky Way over the California coast. Photo by Jesse Graver.
White Meldom, Scottish Borders, Scotland
From the Great Pyramid of Giza, in Egypt, to the gorgeous Royal Alcazar in Seville, Spain, here are the top 25 most beautiful buildings in the world.
Bluebell stairs by M_Hart14
Few animals have the power to make us smile quite like alpacas. There's just something about these cute animals that's difficult not to like. Maybe it's because they're actually not so different from many human beings. They're slightly awkward, they're incapable of looking sophisticated in photographs, and some of them even like to go surfing. Don't believe us? Then check out this list of cute animal pictures compiled by Bored Panda to see what we mean.
Explore #221 The second-oldest monastery in Prague, Strahov was founded high above Malá Strana in 1143 by Vladislav II. It's still home to Premonstratensian monks, a scholarly order closely related to the Jesuits, and their dormitories and refectory are off-limits. What draws visitors are the monastery's ornate libraries. Over the centuries, the monks have assembled one of the world's best collections of philosophical and theological texts, including illuminated (decorated with colored designs) manuscripts and first editions. There are more than 42 000 old prints. The rich wood-accented Philosophical Library's 14m-high (46-ft.) ceiling is decorated with a 1794 fresco entitled The Struggle of Mankind to Know Real Wisdom, by A. F. Maulpertsch, a Viennese master of rococo. Intricate woodwork frames the immense collection of books. View On Black
One of Germany's best hidden gems.
