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The world we live in

The world we live in
the world we live in Loading… by Arkadiusz Jankowski (via The Planet on Photography Served) photographyserved.com Man in field with cattle (by World Bank Photo Collection) Flickr / worldbank DSC_0217 (by DemA.LPhotos) | Tumblr Flickr / demalphotos A rural road (by World Bank Photo Collection) Flickr / worldbank Portrait of woman wearing jewels. Flickr / worldbank Tilling rice paddies with water buffaloes (by World Bank Photo Collection) Flickr / worldbank Do What You Must Do to Find Yourself (by Thomas Hawk) Flickr / thomashawk Eiffel Tower, Paris (by Duane Storey) Flickr / duanestorey Steps.jpg (by Duane Storey) Flickr / duanestorey And So Begins the Night (by Thomas Hawk) Flickr / thomashawk Photograph by Christian Heeb, laif/Redux (via Best Trips 2013 — National Geographic) National Geographic From the Bridge (by Stuck in Customs) Flickr / stuckincustoms Photograph by Daniela Dirscherl National Geographic TonleBati_16 (by Mondayne) Flickr / mondayne Scaffold theme by Mike Harding.

Species Profiles Birds Mammals Plants Reptiles Hammer Nail Works Marcus Levine est un artiste avec une approche unique de la sculpture. Une utilisation des clous, avec un jeu de martelage à différentes hauteurs et distances pour composer des oeuvres impressionnantes jusqu’à 50 000 clous. Une sélection de ses travaux est à découvrir dans la suite. Jiggly Jellyfish from Dazzling to Deadly (72 Splendid Photos) Jellyfish go with flow and have drifted along on ocean currents for millions of years, even before dinosaurs lived on the Earth. Few marine creatures are as mysterious and intimidating as jellyfish. Though easily recognized, these animals are often misunderstood. Inside the bell or umbrella-shaped body is the mouth opening and jellyfish tentacles hang down from gelatinous bodies. If there are aliens on our planet, it might be NOAA, and not NASA, to discover that in the unexplored depths of our oceans . . . this summer one leading British space scientists claimed aliens do exist and they look similar to huge jellyfish. This is a “Mauve Stinger” in Australia, but the most feared jellyfish in Australian waters is the box jellyfish. The National Science Foundation funds and manages the U.S. Crown Jellyfish “are distinguished from other jellyfish by the presence of a deep groove running around the umbrella, giving them the crown shape from which they take their name. “Dance in light.”

ERIC FISCHL Fuck Yeah The Universe March 6th infinity-imagined : Earth seen by the Messenger spacecraft (Source: messenger.jhuapl.edu ) March 3rd pappubahry : Earth, photographed by Galileo after its first gravity-assist flyby of the planet. (via infinity-imagined ) The actual distance between the Earth and the Moon. (Source: thefuckingdotcom ) February 20th Pluto’s currently named moon is Charon. Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2011 and 2012 revealed two previously unknown moons of Pluto. February 15th Asteroid 2012 DA14, set to make its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 15, is captured in early images from Australia. Pacific Island National Parks I Write Like Eventos CFMAB Faces in Places Fuck Yeah Nebulas Fuck Yeah Nebulas FYNebulas Pelican Nebula Lagoon Nebula Trifid Nebula Sharpless 115 Horsehead Nebula Heart Nebula Pipe Nebula

LES 100 PLUS BEAUX VILLAGES DE FRANCE (1ère PARTIE) - VICTOR ASSOCIATION Avec le Canigou pour toile de fond, Castelnou se découvre dans un cadre magnifique. Dominé par un château du Xe siècle, le village des Pyrénées-Orientales n'est qu'à une vingtaine de kilomètres de Perpignan. © Roland Courtin Installé sur le littoral de la Manche, Barfleur s'ouvre sur un port où se mêlent les activités de pêche et de plaisance. Laissez-vous séduire par ses maisons de granit, son sémaphore et le phare de Gatteville situé à la pointe du village. © Christian Dumont Bâti au cœur de la Corrèze, Collonges-la-Rouge offre une très belle harmonie architecturale. Niché au pied d'une falaise et en bordure de la Dordogne, La Roque-Gageac dévoile de jolies maisons de pierre aux toits de lauze et de tuiles. A quelques kilomètres des célèbres stations thermales d'Evian-les-Bains et Thonon-les-Bains, Yvoire bénéficie elle aussi d'une position privilégiée au bord du lac Léman. Accroché au plateau du Vaucluse, Gordes domine la plaine de Cavaillon et plus largement le Luberon.

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