Fabulous mountain range in China, UNESCO heritage site and geo park . Beautiful mountains Danxia

Beautiful mountains Danxia. Tourists from all over the world come to the Chinese province of Gansu, to admire the unusual landscapes. The main attraction here is a unique and beautiful mountainous Danxia. Scientists believe that the local unusual mountains formed back in the Mesozoic era. Zhangye Danxia Landform is concentrated predominantly in Linze and Sunan counties in Gansu Province. Zhangye Danxia Landform is surrounded by colorful hills, which seem to rise and fall like waves: with rock strata of different colors mixed in graceful disarray, it is an imposing and magnificent sight. The Zhangye’s palace danxia formations and its colorful hills cover about 300 square kilometers.
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Seagull. Black and white photography by Michael Kahn, Canadian photographer from Toronto

Black and white photography by Michael Kahn
According to Canadian photographer from Toronto Michael Kahn, he began photographing at the age of 13, after his father gave him a camera. Meanwhile, he prefers to work in black and white photography. Also, according to him, he has always loved nature, especially the water. Michael travels a lot, and he captures with his 1950’s camera a diverse array of subject matter including various genres. In particular, portraiture, lifestyle, urban, wildlife and landscape. Then, he collects his images on traditional black and white film and produces luminous silver gelatin prints in his darkroom. His traditional technique united with his distinctive sense of form, vision, and composition has helped him to be one of the most memorable photographers of our time. As a result, Kahn’s stunning seascape and spectacular sailing photographs decorate many art galleries and museums throughout the world.
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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Wheat field. Veronika Pinke incredible photography

Veronika Pinke incredible photography
One of the best photo-artists in Germany, Veronika Pinke has created a beautiful photo gallery of nature and in particular, landscapes. However, her work can be argued endlessly. Some will probably say that this is a professional work in Photoshop, while others say that it is just simply not realistic. Anyway, all this – the skill of the master and well chosen moment, everything that can be in the art – creative and super professional nature photography by Veronika Pinke. Beautiful pictures with absolutely amazing colors.
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes”. E. E. Cummings
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Honore de Balzac – Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God
According to French novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850), clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God. Indeed, clouds inspire artists and photographers, poets and writers to think about eternity, life and existence. Here is a set of beautiful images and quotes about clouds. And the first one belongs to Henry David Thoreau – “It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are… than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise”.
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Known locally as the lesula, New species of owl faced monkey discovered

New species of owl faced monkey discovered
According to researchers, they identified the monkey with a distinctive blue rear end in Africa. They discovered species, known locally as the lesula, after they saw a young female kept captive. In particular, at the home of a primary school director in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007. The young animal resembled an owl faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni). However, the color of its rear end was different to that of any known species. And the researchers wrote about this in the journal PLoS ONE. Noteworthy, they say, its blue rear end is unique.
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Early morning. China, Picturesque River Lee

Picturesque River Lee
The Lijiang River encircling Guilin, River Lee, or simply – one of the cleanest rivers in China. It originates in the Mao’er Mountains in Xing’an County and flows in the general southern direction through Guilin, Yangshuo and Pingle. The beautiful river Lee is part of the Pearl River water system. River landscapes etched by many Chinese artists. Besides, its image is often placed on the cards. The mesmerizing beauty of these places once attracted the attention of not only travelers, but also Hollywood cinema. In particular, the river appears in the film “The Painted Veil” on Somerset Maugham’s novel “The Painted Veil”.
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Secrets of the sea by Bob Cranston

Secrets of the sea by Bob Cranston
Most encounters cause temporary pain and localized redness. Lifeguards in Australia wear pantyhose as a simple protection against jellyfish stings. In normal circumstances, and in healthy individuals, their stings are not known to be fatal.
The author of these fascinating underwater pictures is 56-year-old Bob Cranston. He revealed the full dazzling spectrum of life deep under the ocean. In particular, close encounter with a rare giant jellyfish, a five-foot-long jumbo Humboldt squid. His collection also includes amazing pictures of a northern elephant seal bull. It can be 14 feet in length – and extremely rare southern right whale. Bob Cranston has dedicated his life to underwater photography, while also working as a consultant to the US Military Special Forces. He trains military divers and developing specialized diving equipment. Noteworthy, Cranston has seven prestigious Emmy awards for his stunning work.
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Beautiful view of Danakil Depression by photographer Viktoria Rogotneva

Danakil Depression by photographer Viktoria Rogotneva is, in fact, a desert. The basin of it lies in the Danakil Desert in north-eastern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea. In addition, it belongs to the homeland of the Afar people. It lies up to 100 m below sea level as a result of tectonic activity caused by plate movements. The presence of many volcanoes in the region, including Erta Ale and the Dabbahu Volcano in the middle of the depression, also finds its cause in these plate movements. Besides, National Geographic named it as the “Cruelest Place on Earth”.
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Transparent butterflies. Jo Whaley’s photography that looks like paintings

Jo Whaley’s photography that looks like paintings
Talented American photographer and artist Jo Whaley is from San Francisco. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley, 1980. Jo Whaley has degrees in Art and Photography. Painting had a profound influence on her current photographs. Since 1980s Jo Whaley has chad numerous exhibitions throughout the USA, Europe, and Japan. With an ironic and quirky point of view, she juxtaposes organic and man made elements to reflect the issue of environmental degradation in an imaginative manner. Looking at these beautiful photographs it’s hard to believe they are not paintings.
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