Four portraits. Made by British artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey Portraits from grass by photosynthesis

Portraits from grass by photosynthesis
British artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey collaborating with scientists have created amazing art. Behind this art – a lot of nights and days of development, experiments. As a result of natural photosynthesis, the authors get grass photo. Plants are considered analogous to the canvas or paper. To draw a picture on the grass, it is placed in a darkened room and projected in black and white negatives. “The grass has a certain importance because of the simplicity of the blade. By nature it slightly grows towards the light.” Adapting this principle, the artists cultivate grass that reacts to the light by growing in different shades, from green to yellow, depending on the amount of light it receives from a custom negative.
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People use solar glasses to view the transit of Venus across the face of the sun on June 5, 2012 from Riverside Park on the west side of Manhattan in New York. The transit of Venus 2012 phenomenon

The transit of Venus 2012 phenomenon
Stargazers from across the globe gathered together to watch one of the rarest astronomical spectacles today. From the U.S. and UK to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky to make sure they caught the planet Venus passing directly between the sun and Earth. In fact, a transit that won’t occur again for another 105 years. The transit of Venus happens in pairs eight years apart – but then with more than a century between cycles. During the pass, Venus appears as a small, dark round spot moving across the face of the sun, like a bug on a dinner plate.
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Beautiful landscape with colorful fields of rapeseeds in China

Colorful Fields of rapeseeds in China
Undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful seasons in China is the time of flowering oil-seed rape. In fact, China is a top rapeseed producer in the world. Brassica napus – is the right word for this plant, cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed. Besides, it is the third largest source of vegetable oil in the world. Meanwhile, the beautiful yellow plant attracts bees and tourists, especially in the middle of March. It is in the city of Huangshan, located in eastern China. Here are the farms in Luoping, southwest China’s Yunnan province. Every year, thousands of photographers come here from all over the world, as well as ordinary fans of the beauty of nature.
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Red and blue stunningly colorful plumage. Some Interesting Facts about parrots

Some Interesting Facts about parrots
Truly amazing creatures, parrots – one of the most intelligent kinds of bird, along with jays, crows, ravens and magpies. In fact, there are so many good reasons why people like and choose parrots for their pets. And one of the reasons is the fact that these birds are very intelligent. Also, they have good ability when it comes to learning things. Besides, they show understanding in regard to the things you may say to them.
Meanwhile, there are several types of parrots. The ones commonly bought as pets include the Senegal, Amazon, Quaker, African Grey, Eclectus and Conure parrot.
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Known as Danaus plexippus, a milkweed butterfly, North American beautiful Monarch butterfly

Beautiful Monarch butterfly
Considered the most beautiful butterfly in the world, its wings on top have a chestnut-brown color, and below – white color. Traditionally, a fantastic action in the mountains of Mexico take place. Every year more than 150,000 tourists from all over the world come to Mexico to see this amazing phenomenon. Each year about 300 million of these beautiful multi-colored butterflies spread their wings go on a long – more than 4,000 km! Travel from Canada and the northeastern U.S. states for the winter in fir forests of the mountains of central Mexico. Until recently, the place where generations of butterflies have sought to produce offspring, remained a mystery. Today, small groups of nature lovers, accompanied by the best naturalists in Mexico can watch this exciting natural phenomenon.
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Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Nature is The Best Artist, according to amateur photographer Mike Brandt

Nature is The Best Artist
With their stunning rolling hills and sharply contrasting colors these photographs are so beautiful, that someone could easily take for paintings by Van Gogh or Claude Monet. In fact, these amazing landscape photos actually show the natural scene at Palouse Valley in Washington. The valley bathing in golden sunlight with the colors of a rainbow overhead shining down. The author – amateur photographer Mike Brandt, who manages to catch on camera the breathtaking scenery, just on his doorstep.
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«NPA Grand Nationals» winners. Facts About Pigeons

Facts About Pigeons
Not so long ago in the U.S. Salt Lake City, Utah, there was an exhibition of pigeons «NPA Grand Nationals», organized by the National Association of pigeons. In the exhibition participated 26 breeds. And here is a gallery of photographs of the winners. So, you will see some pigeons for the first time, and you will learn facts you probably never knew.
In fact, pigeons have lived alongside man for thousands of years. Interestingly, archaeologists found the first images of pigeons in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), that date back to 3000 BC. Meanwhile, it was the Sumerians in Mesopotamia that first started to breed white doves from the wild pigeon that we see in our towns and cities today. Many of us noticed the amazing variety of colors in the average flock of urban pigeons. However, the ancient people looked at a white pigeon as a miracule and this explains why they widely worshiped it and considered sacred.
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Original oil painting by Russian artist Oleg Zhivetin. Forget-me-not inspiration

Forget-me-not inspiration
According to a German legend, God was giving names to all the plants when a tiny unnamed one cried out, “Forget-me-not, O Lord!” And God replied, “That shall be your name.” Legend has it that in medieval times, a knight and his lady were walking along the side of a river. He picked a posy of flowers, but because of the weight of his armor he fell into the river. As he was drowning he threw the posy to his loved one and shouted “Forget-me-not.” It was often worn by ladies as a sign of faithfulness and enduring love.
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A large scale art installation. Beautiful Flower carpet in front of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium

Flower carpet at Grand-Place Brussels
Amazing in its beauty action takes place every two years at the area of Grand-Place, Brussels. A giant colorful flower carpet appears in front of the palace, impressing tourists and locals. In fact, the idea of this unusual festival belongs to the landscape designer E. Stautemans and since 1971 the tradition is going on. Meanwhile, for creating such a masterpiece landscape designers and craftsmen used about 700,000 flowers, and most of them are begonias.
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