Avid travelers, a young couple thinks they’ve seen it all. They’ve been to the greatest cities in the world like Milan, Paris, London, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore. They’ve been to the most beautiful beaches and went scuba-diving with the most exotic sea life known to man, from Belize to Palau (see our Water Worlds post for more). But there’s one trip that they, and … [Read more...] about A Saline Escape: the Great Salt Flats of the World
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Climate Change and the Giant Iceberg Off Greenland’s Shore
For a week, an iceberg as colossal as it is fragile held everyone in suspense. It arrived like a gargantuan beast that you hope won’t notice you, at the fishing village of Innaarsuit, Greenland, about five hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle. The iceberg posed a mortal threat to the village population of about a hundred and seventy people. Standing three hundred feet … [Read more...] about Climate Change and the Giant Iceberg Off Greenland’s Shore
The Monastery of Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity Monastery or the monastery of Agia Triada in Greek is one of the most photographed monuments of Meteora. At the same time, it ranks among the most difficult ones to reach in terms of its access. Nothing extraordinary difficult but a bit more stressing than the other monasteries nonetheless. Those who attempt to walk up the steep but short trail and the stairs … [Read more...] about The Monastery of Holy Trinity
Rare Wave-Shaped Clouds Seen by Sky-Watcher in Wyoming
Amazing pictures of an unusual cloud formation that was drifting over the horizon like ocean waves were captured by a skywatcher. According to Rachel Gordon, who lives in the US state of Wyoming, she snapped the pictures from her parents’ back door. She later shared them on the Wyoming via The Lens Facebook page, where they quickly gained popularity. On Tuesday, the … [Read more...] about Rare Wave-Shaped Clouds Seen by Sky-Watcher in Wyoming
Is it a UFO or a cloud? Surreal Sight Video Goes Viral
As the sunrise cascaded across it, a massive cloud shaped like a UFO hovered over a city in Turkey, changing colors from orange to pink to yellow. Onlookers spotted the “surreal sight” above Bursa on Thursday, Jan. 19, according to TRT World, which shared a video on Twitter. Photos show a double-ringed, oval-shaped formation peering out from behind a nearby … [Read more...] about Is it a UFO or a cloud? Surreal Sight Video Goes Viral