Category: Featured
7 Secret Places Banned to the Public !
1, Secretive Russian town of Mezhgorye image credits There is a town in Russia, called Mezhgorye, which is barred to anyone, except for those believed to work at the highly secretive Mount Yamantaw site, thought by many to be either a ultra-secret research facility, or be nuclear. Founded in 1979. The town is at the [...]
The Mysterious and Exotic World of Geishas
Stories of Geishas should never be told, as their lives are forbidden and fragile – without their mystery it can not survive. Welcome to a foreign culture, one capturing and moving but still misunderstood. This was a culture where seduction was the key – a time when just a glimpse of the wrist was sexual [...]
Ten unbelievable Welcome Trust 2011 award-winning images
Utterly enthralling Ruby Tail Wasp image credits Every year, the Welcome Trust awards prizes, in recognition of those who have created the most impressive scientific images of that year, those featured in this post being among those elite photographers, whose incredible images, anything but ordinary, show just how far the technology of photography has progressed in [...]
The Inspiring Vibrancy of Leaves
The lives of Leaves are truly inspirational. They flourish in many colours from crisp yellows, warming reds to vibrant greens. They are widespread- making sure they are present around every corner of the world, and no matter what country you are in, the variations in shapes, patterns, colours and what surrounds them is a never [...]
9 Terrifying Ghost Ships
When you saw the ghostly pirate vessel, and the hideous crew, in the film Pirates of the Caribbean, it will brought to mind the tales told of infamous ghost-ships through history, and the fascinating stories attached to them. 1. The infamous Flying Dutchman image credits No ghost ship was ever more famous , or notorious, [...]
Ten Terrific Tropical Fruits
image credits 1. The Horned Melon Native , in actual fact, to the Kalahari Desert, in Africa, the African Cucumber, known by some as the Horned Melon, is a fruit that looks exactly as the name implies that it might . Grown around the world in this modern age, and often seen in New Zealand [...]
Seven Magical Macro Butterfly Eggs
image credits The things we cannot see with the naked eye are often far more beautiful than we can even begin to guess at, and the relatively new art of macro photography is opening worlds to us that we could hardly have dreamed existed before it became possible to produce such stunning images. 1. The [...]
Eight seemingly sinister Goliaths of the insect world
image credits 1. THE GIANT HISSING COCKROACH The things that make most humans shudder with distaste are insects, of many varieties, and the bigger they are, the more we instinctively fear them. Yet for all the species and types that we know about, something in the order of a million different creatures, biologists are certain [...]
The Most Intriguing Bean in the World
When the word ‘bean’ enters your mind I’m sure you would picture a type of food? Something in the shape of a kidney or maybe something that leads to the flavours of coffee? Well not in this case… Do you know what is behind the jump of the jumping bean? The deserts of mainland Mexico [...]
The Beautiful Diversity and Photography of Hornbills
Hornbills sweep the bird kingdom with a wash of distinctive character. Being large in size, painted in stunning colours, noisy and intriguing in behaviour Hornbills are an amazement to see in zoo’s, tv programs and if you’re very lucky – the wild. Topping off such a distinction is their oversized thick beaks – decorated in [...]
The Last Breathtaking Wild Bison Herd in North America
Yellowstone – Discovered in 1807 was a lost world found by the hands of humanity after being the home to wild Native Americans for over 11,000 years. A land ruled by ice, brimstone and fire should be un-inhabitable, yet the most treasured wilderness can be found here than any other place on earth. One of [...]
Booze As You Never Imagined It
CHAMPAGNE image credits When you walk into a bar, and order a beer or another kind of drink, how often do you actually inspect it before raising it to your lips? OK, if it happens to be a cocktail, then you want the clour and taste to match your expectations, but suppose you had the [...]
Eight Explanations of old wives tales.
Do you recall that, as a child, you would often hear your mother saying something, that she had learned from her own, that was meant to reassure you about something, or encourage you to do something in particular, like eating apples, for example. So-called ‘old wives tales’ are often taken as truth, but recent research [...]
