20 Plants That Are Totally Confused
These plants can’t tell right from wrong anymore! I blame society. Or too many nitrates in the fertilizer. Whatever.
These plants can’t tell right from wrong anymore! I blame society. Or too many nitrates in the fertilizer. Whatever.
We see a lot of cool nature-related time-lapse videos, but how often do we simply appreciate nature the way we experience it? Astrophotographer Mark Gee recorded this footage earlier this month in Wellington, New Zealand.
A huge pod of 1,000 Common Dolphins stampedes off the coast of Dana Point, California, like a herd of wild horses.
It’s a river going through a bed of volcanic ash. There are even more stunning pictures like it.
Filmmaker James Balog describes it as watching “Manhattan breaking apart in front of your eyes.”
No words. HD is a must for this lovely video.
On Nov. 23, 2012, lava from the Kilauea volcano met the sea for the first time in 11 months. And it looked pretty cool.
An epic 2000 mile journey deep into the red. Definitely should be watched in HD.
Mother Nature, you so cray cray. AND AWESOME! Do yourself a favor and watch this in HD.
This superbly edited video highlights both natural and man-made beauty.
Shot over the course of 7 weeks at the Grand Canyon, this film is made from over 80,000 photos. It includes the solar eclipse that occurred on May 20,2012.
Yo, seriously, this is stunning. Ben Wiggins ups the ante with this video, using a technique referred to as hyperlapse.
Very small creatures are sometimes responsible for works of great beauty. If you need proof of this, be sure to check out these impressive animal-made creations.
Keo the dolphin at the Dolphin Quest in Hawaii gives birth to her calf, and she looks like a happy and proud mom.
Say hello to the Ribbon Eel.
Mimosa pudica is an incredibly sensitive plant.
This is not your normal deep-sea fishing video. Mark Peters rigged a camera to film behind his fishing boat, and the footage he got is lovely.
WOW.
Contrary to what you might think, you’re not looking at a giant pool of strawberry milkshake, but the waters of Senegal’s Lake Retba. The unusual color, which is completely natural, is caused by large populations of the organism Dunaliella salina present in the lake.
Photographers Nick Selman and CJ Kale give a jumpstart to the summer with this amazing set of Hawaiian waves. (via cuded.com)
And here’s why honey bees die after stinging someone.
Cappadocia is an area in Central Anatolia in Turkey with some of the most dramatic landscape in Europe. Hot air balloons mixed in makes for even a more colorful sight.
Woah. Photographing star trails involves one of the trickiest photography techniques to master, but these photographers know what they’re doing.
These stunning images come courtesy of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), which was carried abord the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (via expositionfairy.tumblr.com)
Damn, nature, you crazy.This Iceberg was “calved” by Argentina’s Uppsala glacier.
Some of the most dramatic pictures of lighthouses from around the world.
These hair-raising photographs demonstrate fantastic examples of lightning photography. Hopefully one of these them will hit you with a bolt of inspiration!
Do yourself a favor and watch this gorgeous time-lapse video full screen in 1080p. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the Acraga coa. Amateur nature photographer Gerardo Aizpuru spotted this gorgeous, unreal looking insect near Cancun, Mexico.
These are clouds in Hawaii. They’re better than your local clouds, as this video proves. Unless you live in Hawaii, I guess.