Big, Big World: December 2015

12/22/2015

Wonders of Nature and Nature Landscape Photography

Delta of the River Lena in Siberia, Russia

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Location: Google Maps 73° 21′ 11,51″ N, 140° 01′ 57,57″ E
Camera: NIKON D80

Malakatyn river at Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, part of Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve, Sakha, Russia

Franz-Josef Land Reserve in Northern Russia

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D X

Iceberg at Franz-Josef Land Reserve, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

Island Archway, Great Ocean Rd, Victoria, Australia

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Location: 38° 38′ 53,06″ S, 143° 04′ 21,59″ E

Island Archway on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Taken as a 6 segment panorama showing the surrounding coastline.

Mono Lake, California, USA

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Camera: Canon EOS 600D

Tufa columns in Mono Lake — Mono County, eastern California. Within Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, Eastern Sierra region. Photography: August 2012.

Rock formation at Point Lobos, California, USA

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Location: 36° 30′ 53″ N, 121° 56′ 52″ W
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xti

Rock formations at Point Lobos, near Monterrey, California, USA.Ed Clifton,Point Lobos Docent and Geologist Emeritus, U.S.Geological Survey, explained this image: "Those funny round lumps (or holes) in the rock, and those odd orange-colored bumps are concretions and nodules, features common to many sandy or muddy sedimentary rocks. Their origins, however, continue to baffle geologists. We know that they are produced by chemical reactions in the sediment after it was deposited, but little of the details of their formation."

Mushroom in Timna Park, Israel

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Location: 29° 47′ 20,6″ N, 34° 57′ 16,68″ E
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Mushroom and a half, result of wind erosion, in Timna Park, Southern Israel.

12/21/2015

Best Magical Landscape Photos

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland

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Eilean Donan Castle, as viewed from the south-east at sunrise. Taken by myself as a 2×6 segment panorama with a Canon 5D and 85mm f/1.8 lens.

Lake Bondhus, Norway

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A view of Lake Bondhus in Norway, and in the background of the Bondhus glacier, part of the Folgefonna National Park.

Floen in Oldedalen, Norway

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Floen lake in Oldedalen, Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway in 2011 August.

Azerbajiani landscape

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English: Landscape of Khinalug valley in Azerbaijan.

Switzerland Lake Sils

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Lake Sils, in Graubünden, Swizerland.

Lanzarote 3 Luc Viatour

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El Golfo Beach in Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain).

Lake Vuoksa

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Okunevy Island in Lake Vuoksa.

Mount Yamnuska

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Officially known as Mount John Laurie, Yamnuska is the popular name for this mountain in Kananaskis Country west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

12/17/2015

Animated GIF of a mind-boggling phenomenon

Solar engine - a mind-boggling phenomenon

: Radiometer. The Crookes radiometer, also known as the light mill or solar engine, consists of an airtight glass bulb, containing a partial vacuum. Inside are a set of vanes which are mounted on a spindle. The vanes rotate when exposed to light. The reason for the rotation has been the cause of much scientific debate. 640x480, 240 fps. © Nevit Dilmen Please see the licensing details.