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• 2012-05-26 28 notes

  The Richat Structure, also called the eye of Africa, was first thought to be the site of a large meteor impact. It was actually found to be a 40 kilometre wide, deeply eroded dome. It is located in the Sahara desert and is visible from space. 

• 2012-05-23 24 notes

      The Spring Temple Buddha in Henan, China, is the tallest statue in the world. It stands 153 metres tall, 60 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty  

• 2012-05-20 42 notes

  Archelon, The  largest species of turtle ever discovered. It measured over 4 metres in length and 5 metres flipper to flipper.

• 2012-05-19 79 notes

  The Balaa sinkhole in Lebanon. 

• 2012-05-16 72 notes

      This is a tree that has grown around a bicycle on Vashon island, Washington. The bike belonged to an 8 year old Don Puz who forgot it in the forest in 1954. Because he felt he was too old for the bike, he did not worry too much about finding it. 

• 2012-05-15 44 notes

       Close-ups of the Eagle Nebula’s Spire, which is 9.5 light years tall, and the Pillars of creation. There is evidence that the Pillars of Creation were actually destroyed 6000 years ago by a supernova, but because the nebula is 7000 light years away, we will still see them for another millennia.  

• 2012-05-14 29 notes

      Hashima Island, Nagasaki, Japan. This former coal mining facility once housed thousands of workers during the industrialisation of Japan. Tall concrete apartment complexes were built to pack workers onto the small island, and a large seawall was built around it to protect against tsunamis. As petroleum replaced coal, the island was eventually completely abandoned. 

• 2012-05-13 82 notes

      The Brimham Rocks of North Yorkshire, England. These balancing rock formations were created by gradual water and wind erosion. One of the most striking formations is Idol Rock, a massive 200 tonne boulder balanced on a small pyramidal stone. 

• 2012-05-10 29 notes

      The Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest neighbouring spiral galaxy. Our galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy in 3-5 billion years. The Milky Way contains around three hundred billion stars, and the Andromeda galaxy is over twice as massive with a trillion stars, but the space between stars is so immense that any kind of direct collision is near impossible. Space is big

• 2012-05-09 40 notes

      Mount Thor has the greatest pure vertical drop on Earth. The west face is 1250 metres straight down, over twice the height of the CN tower. The mountain is located on Baffin island, Nunavut, Canada. 

• 2012-05-08 21 notes

      The 179 metre drop of Fantastic Pit in Ellisons cave, Northwest Georgia. 

• 2012-05-07 578 notes

      Mount Roraima is a two billion year old tabletop mountain at the border of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. The summit is completely surrounded by 400 metre tall cliffs, and there is an almost constant rain on the plateau that has carved unique formations into the rocks. 

• 2012-05-06 262 notes

      Every year Austria’s Green lake undergoes a dramatic transformation. During the winter months, the lake is only around two metres deep, but when the ice melts and flows down from the nearby mountains in the summer, the water level rises to over ten metres. A popular park for hiking becomes a unique destination for divers.  

• 2012-05-03 63 notes

      Foxfire is a blue green light emitted by certain species of fungi. Some of this bioluminescent fungi was used as the light source for the worlds first combat submarine in 1775. 

• 2012-05-02 161 notes

      Mir diamond mine in Russia. The mine Diameter is 1,200 meters and it has a depth of 525 metres. The airspace above the pit is closed for helicopters because the downwards draft can suck them in.