Fabulous Sculptures in William Ricketts Sanctuary. Melbourne, Australia

William Ricketts Sanctuary
Australian potter and sculptor William Ricketts was born in 1898 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. From 1912 to 1920 Ricketts developed skills in clay modelling. In 1930 he settled in the area of ​​Mount Dandenong. Impressed with Aboriginal life, their culture and unity with nature, in 1934 he started his major artistic work. He started creating the sculpture park now named William Ricketts Sanctuary. William Ricketts Reserve is an area of ​​four acres, located near Mount Dandenong a few kilometers from Melbourne. Reserve resembles a stunning sculpture garden. Now in the park there are more than ninety sculptures of people and animals created by William Ricketts mainly of clay and wood. He worked on this project until his death in 1993. William died in his estate at the age of 90 years and up to the last day of his life, he created these beautiful sculptures, silently reminding about the diversity of life on Earth and the importance of its preservation for future generations.
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Unicellular organisms colorful kingdom

Unicellular organisms colorful kingdom
According to belief, single-celled organisms were first inhabitants on Earth, and their colorful world is deservedly called the kingdom by scientists. The oldest microorganisms are considered to be bacteria and archaea. In fact, Colorful single-celled animals and prokaryotes were discovered by Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek – a Dutch tradesman and scientist, known as “the Father of Microbiology”. A unicellular organism consists of only one cell. These organisms live together, and each cell in the colony is the same. However, each cell must carry out all life processes in order for that cell to survive. In contrast, even the simplest multicellular organisms have cells that depend on each other in order to survive. Most unicellular organisms are of microscopic size and are thus classified as microorganisms. However, some unicellular protists and bacteria are macroscopic and visible to the naked eye.
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Wonderful creature – Long-eared owl by Oleg Broskin, Russian amateur photographer

Long-eared owl by Oleg Broskin
55 year-old Oleg Broskin is an enthusiastic wildlife photographer from Siberian city of Omsk. According to Broskin, his passion is traveling with camera. Though he is not a professional photographer, his shots are very popular on the net. Through his photographs Oleg Broskin shows the beauty of Siberia and its cities. In particular, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, and Altai – vast regions of Siberia with magnificent nature, animals, and birds. This post features the images of a beautiful creature – Long-eared owl, which belongs to typical owls. Interesting fact about this owl is its ability to rotate its head to 180 degrees.
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Lactarius indigo. World most beautiful mushrooms

World most beautiful mushrooms
Mushrooms are members of a huge group of organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds. Mushrooms is the whole kingdom, separate from plants, animals and bacteria. Fungi play an important role in the decomposition of organic matter, as well as in the food chain. In the world there are between 1.5 and 5 million species of fungi. Below you will find the most beautiful and interesting of them. In the above photo – Mlechnik blue (Lactarius indigo). Fairly common type of fungus grows in the eastern part of North America, East Asia and Central America. It grows on the ground in both deciduous and coniferous forests. The color varies from dark blue in fresh mushrooms to a pale blue-gray of old. Milk, which highlights the fungus if it is cut or broken, is blue. Cap is 5-15 cm, leg – 2-8 cm in height and 1-2.5 cm in thickness. Edible mushroom are sold in rural markets in Mexico, Guatemala and China.
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Yosemite Horsetail Firefall

Yosemite Horsetail Firefall is a beautiful waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California. The waterfall flows in the winter and early spring. If Horsetail Fall is flowing in February and the weather conditions are just right, the setting sun illuminates the waterfall, making it glow orange and red. This natural phenomenon due to its colors is often referred to as the “Firefall,” a name that pays homage to the man-made Firefall that once took place in Yosemite.
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Leaping lemurs of Madagascar. A rare sifaka lemur is captured using time lapse photography as it skips across a path in Madagascar. Photo dailymail.co.uk

The leaping lemurs of Madagascar.

British freelance nature photographer from London Dale Morris (40), traveled to the African island to observe the bright-white lemur, who are on the verge of extinction. There are more than 100 species of lemur living on the African island and all are endangered and classed as between vulnerable and critically endangered. The black and white lemur shows its dexterity on two legs as it is pictured running along the ground. The trick shot, which makes it appear as if there are four lemurs, was taken by Dale Morris using time-lapse photography.
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Friendship of bear cub and chimpanzee. The five-month-old bear and 16-month-old chimp live at the Myrtle Beach Safari Park in South Carolina. Photo dailymail.co.uk

Friendship of bear cub and chimpanzee. Five-month-old grizzly bear cub Bam Bam and 16-month-old chimp Vali have been inseparable since being introduced at the Myrtle Beach Safari park in South Carolina, where they were born. Park owner Bhagavan Antle said staff decided to see whether the pair would hit it off when Bam Bam reached the same size as Vali – even though bears grow much faster than chimps. ‘We got them out there playing on a sunny day and they went on and on for hours,’ he said. ‘Neither of them wanted to quit. They would lie down and fall asleep at our feet, wake back up and start wrestling again.’ Visitors delight in watching them wrestling and playing tag. In the wild, Bam Bam would live in the wilds of North America, while Vali’s natural home is the jungle of central Africa.
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The morning of May 10, the picture in the light of H-alpha. Solar eclipse 2013

The first annular Solar eclipse 2013 took place on May 10th, 2013, and it was over the Pacific Ocean and Australia. The annular solar eclipse does not look less impressive than full. In full contrast, when the moon completely obscures the solar disk during an annular eclipse at our satellite and passes in front of the disk of the sun, but does not eclipse it completely due to insufficient size. The next total solar eclipse will occur on November 14, 2031.
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The Tengger massif bathed in dawn light as Mount Bromo spews red smoke over the ashy Sea of Sand below. Wonderful Red smoke over Mount Bromo

Amazing red smoke over Mount Bromo
Billowing brilliant red smoke over the blanched plain is the only sign of life in this otherworldly landscape. Thousands of tourists visit an extraordinary site Mount Bromo, on the Indonesian island of East Java every year. They enjoy breathtaking vistas across the Tengger massif to the misty peaks beyond. 36 year-old photographer Helminadia Jabur said: ‘The volcano is famous for its spectacular sunrises. And majestic views all the way to the located further behind Semeru volcano. According to the photographer, ever since he saw some images of the volcano, he just could not help himself to visit the area and capture it. The area became a national park in 1919 and many tourists now take the traditional 45 minute walk up the volcano. However, some use the more modern method of a jeep to tour the area.
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