Contrary to all beliefs, this is not snow, but a fantastic natural landscape called “White Sands”, located in New Mexico, USA. White Sands is the world’s largest gypsum sand dune field – 275 square miles of fine white sand, spread forming surreal looking white dunes. Visiting Details: “A car is…
Dutch photographer Maria Netsounski loves to play with perceptions and this set of photos demonstrates it very well. According to Wall to Watch, for this particular series of photographs entitled “IR”, the artist employed an infrared filter in order to completely turn around summer landscapes. The result? Each photography seems…
While we were searching for new ideas about sports photography, an excellent competition came in our “way”. We’re not talking about winter events or extreme challenges, with lots of people and rankings. Actually, the winners are right here, in the following categories, but their real talent and accuracy gave them…
We found this interesting animation which was created by taking in consideration all scheduled flights over a 24h period (based on 2008 data). Every day 93’000 flights are starting from approx. 9’000 airports. At all time there are between 8’000 and 13’000 airplanes in the air. This animation was produced…
The Fang in Veil is a majestic ice pillar, famous amongst the ice climbers in Colorado. The unusual ice fang only forms in extremely cold winters but when it does, it is the joy and target of anyone practicing this ice sport in USA. You probably guessed that this structure…
7. Black Canyon National Park is located in western Colorado and it has two entrances; the more-developed south rim entrance is located 24 km east of Montrose, while the north rim entrance is located 18 km south of Crawford and is closed in the winter. This national park represents 19 km of the…
Sometimes we don’t have the eyes to see real opportunities regarding nature’s gifts, a chance to use natural resources for promoting international relations. Fortunately, we found that cultural diversity, artistic works, unusual shapes and impressive sculptures are some of the specialties of an unique annual event which is reliable for…
Far away from the urban racket, Ellesmere Island is located in a land so hostile, that it seems purified by the rigors of its own climate. The air here is so pure, that the entire landscape- the wide icy plateau, the unusual looking mountains and the imposing glaciers- are very clearly “sketched”,…
“Auroras” (also known as the northern and southern lights), are beautiful natural phenomena which occur in the ionosphere. They are visible during the night in the polar regions and “they go” something like this: There are only a few special places on the Globe that offer a perfect view of…