The national park Curonian in Kaliningrad region, Russia – Phenomenon of Dancing wood

Phenomenon of Dancing wood
Called “Dancing woods”, a truly unique place is in Kaliningrad region, Russia, in the national park Curonian. To understand the phenomenon of twisted trees anomaly, many scientists have tried different hypothesis. In particular, environmental factors, genetic factors, exposure to viruses or pests, and even a special cosmic energy of the place. Undoubtedly, the place is far from being normal. For example, if you come in to a few meters, you feel something is wrong, as if it’s the world of spirits, the place has a strong energy. However, the staff of the national park do not believe in supernatural. Instead, they see the answer in the geomagnetic field. Also, a similar place called “Troll Forest” is in Denmark, and it is also on the Baltic coast. In fact, no one has fully explained the nature of this phenomenon.
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Two storks from the series Bird in action. Bence Mate invisible photographer

Bence Mate invisible photographer
Hungarian photographer Bence Mate attended secondary school in Szeged and spent all his leisure time in nature. According to him, his favorites were birds living in the wild, and most often he worried about how to take better and better photographs of them. First, he constructed his equipment on his own. Bence polished his skills in a determined manner. In particular, he developed the ‘Bence Mate style’, and reformed the practice of “bird in action” photography. As a result, his work received an award “The Young Nature Photographer of the Year” in the global contest of the BBC in 2002. Then followed other awards the Eric Hosking prize (2005), and Bird Photographer of the Year in Europe in 2005. Bence Mate is the most distinguished, flagship figure of Hungarian nature photography, which is becoming more and more recognized.
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A baby wolf named Rapunzel and Ryba, the dog. Dalmatinian Dog Adopts A Wolf Cub

Dalmatinian Dog Adopts Wolf Cub
The story happened in the eastern city of Russia – Vladivostok. This May a Canadian wolf Jacob and a grey she-wolf Lopa have become parents. Unfortunately, Lopa ignored her 5 children, gave no milk and didn’t lick them. Even father paid more attention to his babies, surprised at their mother’s behavior. People had to take the babies out of the cage and feed with special milk. However, four of baby wolves didn’t survive. And only one girl stayed alive. Next, people tried to put the baby next to a sheep dog but she acted quite aggressive. The cub was already dying… What happened next, is just a miracle…
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Orest Adamovich Kiprenskiy. A girl in a poppy wreath with a carnation in her hand (Mariuchcha). 1819. I sing the Poppy

I sing the Poppy!
The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! … The Poppy hath a charm for pain and woe. Mary A. Barr
In general, the Poppy is a symbol of the Great Mother (from whom everything was born in our world, absolutely everything). Dedicated to all the lunar and nightly deities, it ymbolizes fertility, oblivion, and idleness.
Meanwhile, In China, it means retirement, rest, beauty, success. However, as a source of opium – disintegration and evil. In Christianity, the blood red poppy represents the sufferings of Christ and the sleep of death. For the Greeks and Romans – the period of sleep and death of the plant world, the emblem of Demeter (Ceres), Persephone, Venus, Hypnos and Morpheus. But due to its fertility, considered the flower of the goddess Hera, who was responsible for fertility and marriage.
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Micro mushrooms that grow on the plants. Alien landscape of Slime molds, or moulds

Alien landscape of slime molds – neither animal or plant
The author of these photographs, almost surreal – Kim Fleming (myriorama). In fact, Slime molds are fascinating; and they live at the border between unicellular and multicellular. Neither animal or plant, some of the shots do look like alien landscapes. For most of their life, they live the life of a amoeboid single-cell. Then one of them decides it’s time to reproduce and sends out a signal to all the others in the area, which flow together into a vast heap. When enough have come together, they turn into a “slug”, which moves in a particular direction rather like the treads on a tank. When the slug has reached a suitable spot, it then differentiates: some of the cells turn into a long stalk which lift the others, which turn into a spore pod, up out of the layer of laminar air near the ground into the turbulent air further up. The fascinating thing is that these cells, which are originally identical and individual organisms, come together and undergo different fates. In particular, the ones which form the stalk never reproduce; they sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the ones which form the spore pod.
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Beautiful world by David Dubilet underwater photographer

David Dubilet underwater photographer
Born in 1946, American photographer David Dubilet began swimming with a mask and snorkel at a very early age. According to him, he was only 12 years old when he first made a diving. In addition, aged 13 he made the first underwater shots with device “Вrownie” wrapped in a waterproof bag.
Meanwhile, the experiments with underwater photography continued and the mastership grew. As a result, by 1972, at the age of 26, David has permanently worked for the “National Geographic”. Besides, since that he performed more than 60 orders for the magazine.
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Adorable. Photo by Russian amateur photographer Nikolay Sotskov. The world’s cutest baby monkey

The world’s cutest baby monkey
Russian 29-year-old amateur snapper Nikolay Sotskov pictured this adorable cute blue eyed baby monkey when he played up to the camera near his home in India. In fact, these species live anywhere from the Himalayas to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and even Afghanistan. Other cute animals captured by Nikolay Sotskov, talented photographer from Russian town of Ramenskoye, are really worth looking at.
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Beautiful landscape of Dongchuan a paradise for photographers. In the Wumeng Mountainous area, China

Dongchuan a paradise for photographers
A rural place in the Wumeng Mountainous area, about 180km north of Kunming, has become very famous among Chinese photographers. And the reason, in fact, its red soil. Meanwhile, it was in the mid 1990s, when the first Chinese photographers came to discover the Wumeng’s scenery. Interestingly, the first photographers came and scooped award-winning photos, but kept their location a closely guarded secret. However, slowly the details leaked and now more and more photographers are making their arduous trip into the arid mountains. The brilliant red soil, the yellow buckwheats and the dramatic skies make the region around Dongchuan a paradise for photographers.
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At the sunset. Beautiful world of Vietnamese photographer Hoang Nam

Beautiful world of Vietnamese photographer Hoang Nam
Seen through the eyes of professional photographer, this world is definitely a beautiful place. Undoubtedly, one can’t stay indifferent looking at these inspirational pictures of nature. Vietnamese professional photographer Nam loves the world he lives in. In addition, he is dreaming of traveling around the world where he would be capable of capturing everything. Meanwhile, these pictures, taken around Vietnam, show us various places. In particular, Lang Co Beach, An Giang, Lam Dong, Nha Trang, Bac Lieu, Da Lat, and more.
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