located in the UAE, the Emirate of Dubai, Palm Islands archipelago of artificial islands

Palm Islands archipelago of artificial islands
Dubai – a wonderful place in the middle of the desert, in which scientific and technological progress of the XXI century intertwined with the ancient culture. However, one of the most ambitious projects in the Emirates – the artificial islands. In particular, Palm Islands – an archipelago of artificial islands, created by human hands. Located between the islands and archipelagos of artificial “world” and “universe” of the smaller islands. Interestingly, all this creation can be seen from the moon to the naked eye.
Located in the UAE, the Emirate of Dubai, Palm islands consist of three major islands, and each has the shape of palm trees. In fact, Palm Jumeirah is the smallest and most original of the three islands. In addition, this is the first palm island and a great achievement in the history of world architecture. Meanwhile, the construction of the island began in June 2001, and in 2006 came into use. It consists of a trunk, 16 leaves, and a surrounding crescent island that forms the 11-kilometer-long breakwater. Diameter – 6 km. “Crescent” – a barrier that surrounds and protects the “Palm” from sea waves. There will be hotels.
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The bench. The park at the bottom of Green Lake in Styria, Austria

The park at the bottom of Green Lake
Located in Styria, Austria near the town of Tragos, the lake sits at the foot of snow-capped Hochschwab mountains. The name “Green Lake” is due to its emerald green water. The specifics of it is that throughout the frozen winter months the area is almost completely dry and used as a gorgeous county park. Meanwhile, it is a particular favorite site for hikers. But when the temperatures begin to rise in spring, the ice and snow on the mountaintops begins to melt and runs down into the basin of land below.
The park with ice-cold crystal clear water, which gets its distinctive green coloring from the grass and foliage beneath. The waters are at their highest in June, and the level reaches as much as 10 meters. And this is when it becomes a mecca for divers keen to explore the rare phenomenon, before the waters recede at the end of July.
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The Seven Coloured Earths surrealistic landscape of Chamarel, Mauritius. Chamarel Coloured Earths

Chamarel Coloured Earths
This landscape has been tourist attraction and geological curiosity since the 1960s. It is located near the village of Chamarel, Mauritius. Such sand dunes area The Seven Coloured Earths is approximately 7,500 square meters, with 7 shades of blue, red, green, brown, purple, yellow, and violet. The different shades of surrealistic landscape are a consequence of the molten volcanic rock cooling down at different external temperatures. Another amazing feature of Chamarel’s Coloured Earths is that the dunes never erode, in spite of Mauritius’ torrential, tropical rains. The dunes are wisely protected by a wooden fence and tourists are not allowed to climb them. Instead, they can look at the scenery from observation outposts placed along the fence.
In addition to admiring the colored sands, visitors can buy a souvenire tube in local stores filled with wonderful colorful sand. Noteworthy, the layers of sand of different colors in the test tube also do not mix. In particular, if you shake the tube, the layers mix together, however, after a while they will separate according to seven colors: red, brown, purple, green, cyan, magenta and yellow.
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The largest lake in the Altay Republic, Russia. Altai beautiful Teletskoye golden lake

Altai beautiful Teletskoye golden lake
Located in the middle of the mountains to the north of the Altai Republic Lake Teletskoye is the second by the reservoir of fresh water reserves in Russia after Lake Baikal. Its maximum depth is 325 m, length – about 78 kilometers and an average width – 3.2 kilometers. The local name for Teletskoye Lake is Altyn-Kul, which means “Golden Lake”.
In fact, about 80 streams and rivers flow into the lake, and only one flows out of it – Biya. Along with the river Katun they merge to form the Ob. Mountain rivers of Teletskoye flowing through the green shady ravines, have the purest water. So, you can drink it without fear.
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Polar bear jumping into the water. Russian Arctic – Journey to the eightieth parallel

Russian Arctic – Journey to the eightieth parallel
Federal Government created National Park “Russian Arctic” on June 15, 2009. In fact, the territory of the national park is the northern part of Novaya Zemlya archipelago. The total area of the national park – 1.426 million hectares. The aim of the “Russian Arctic” – to preserve the natural systems and the most valuable objects of the National Park and “Franz Josef” land. It is the state natural reserve of federal importance.
Meanwhile, for two weeks in July, took place a comprehensive scientific expedition of the National Park “Russian Arctic” and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF Russia). Composed of sixty people the research vessel “Professor Molchanov” passed four thousand nautical miles, and rose above the eightieth parallel. Then, the expedition made a landing in the national park and the federal reserve “Franz Josef Land.”
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Red, yellow, and orange. Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Country of Flowers Hitachi Seaside Park

Country of Flowers Hitachi Seaside Park
The next year will be 50 years from the time this area of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japanese town Hitachinaki, became the property of the state. And till that it housed U.S. military bases. By the way, «Hitachi», in Japanese, means the dawn. Meanwhile, The National Seaside Park – a magical place with millions of colors, iridescent palette, which give the visitors an unforgettable experience every season. Besides, here an impressive number of colorful flower festivals take place. In addition to the plants themselves, the park has a pool, attractions and infrastructure in the form of catering, etc. Currently, the area occupied by a park is 120 hectares. Noteworthy, in the nearest future organizers are going to expand the territory.
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Sparkling Dew drops on the web photography. Work by Lithuania based Selena1965

Dew drops on the web photography
Russian nature photographer, known as Selena1965, takes amazingly beautiful pictures of a tiny world around her. According to some information, born in 1965, photographer Selena lives in Lithuania. Most of all I like the series of photographs, which I prefer to call the “dew drops on the web”. Meanwhile, her macro images are the same amazing as the skill of the architect itself – a spider. Unfortunately, there isn’t any additional information about the author of these stunningly beautiful images.
Once, Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) wrote: “Imagine a multi-dimensional spider’s web in the early morning covered with dew drops. In fact, every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other dew drops. And, in each reflected dew drop, the reflections of all the other dew drops in that reflection. And so ad infinitum. That is the Buddhist conception of the universe in an image.”
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Photo of the early 20th century. World War I. Cats at war retro photography

Cats at war retro photography
In fact, during the First World War, cats were in the trenches so that they could pre-warn about the gas attack. In addition, during the Second World War they were on board of submarines not only for catching mice and rats, but also as live detectors for air quality. Besides, people believed that cats have miraculous powers that could protect ships from dangerous weather. At the same time, cats were simply a remindness about civil life. In particular, they relieved stress and let soldiers express best human emotions, tenderness, love and affection. Also, according to Sigmund Freud, time spent with cats – never wasted.
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Stunningly beautiful image taken during Japan sunflower festival in Zama

Japan sunflower festival in Zama
Every year, in the city of Zama takes place a colorful and picturesque festival of sunflowers, known as Himawari Matsuri. From July to August the city of Zama attracts tourists from all over the world. Tourists and locals listen to music (heard everywhere), and cozy cafe offers excellent food. But most importantly, you can buy selected fresh fruits and vegetables, including, of course, all sorts of products from sunflower. Meanwhile, the festival held in Zama is not by chance. Hardly anywhere else you can find a field where all the plants are about 5 meters in height! People use the leaves of sunflower not only in agriculture (still used as feed for cattle), but also in the pulp industry for the manufacture of paper. In addition, the sunflower has another valuable feature: it extracts toxic components of the soil, such as lead, arsenic and uranium.
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