The Odeleite River in southern Portugal originates in the mountains of Serro del Caldeirao and runs through towns in the Faro district. It’s a relatively normal river until you view it from high altitude. There it gets its other name: The Blue Dragon River.

 The Odeleite River in southern Portugal originates in the

Leggett tree (formerly Leggett Valley) is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Laytonville, at an elevation of 984 ft. (300 m). It is home to some of the largest trees in the world.

 Leggett tree (formerly Leggett Valley) is a

Tuğrul Tower in the city of Rey, Northern Iran 1860's.

 Tuğrul Tower in the city of Rey, Northern Iran 1860's

Guangzhou Tongqian Building is a 33-story circular building. The building is also one of the famous landmark buildings in Guangzhou.

 Guangzhou Tongqian Building is a 33-story circular

An elevated highway located in Japan with a slope of more than 45 degrees!

 An elevated highway located in Japan with a slope of more

A tidal bore occurs along a coast where a river empties into an ocean or sea. A tidal bore is a strong tide that pushes up the river, against the current.

 Tidal Bore 😍 A tidal bore occurs along a coast where a

This is a picture taken directly above these camels in the desert of Saudi Arabia during sunset. It is considered one of the best pictures of the year by National Geographic. Look closely, the camels are the little white lines in the picture. The black you see are just the shadows.

 This is a picture taken directly above these camels in the

McDermott's Castle, Abandoned Fairytale Irish Castle In The Middle Of A Lake, County Roscommon, Ireland.

 McDermott's Castle, Abandoned Fairytale Irish Castle In The

The Castle of Coca is one of the most spectacular castles in the province of Segovia. A masterpiece of Mudejar and Gothic military architecture, the Coca Castle presents the traveler as an impressive brick mass, protected by a powerful moat that exceeds twenty meters in depth.

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 The Castle of Coca The Castle of Coca is one of the most

Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.

 Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first

Sea inspired sculptures in Pembrokeshire, Which is your favourite?

 Sea inspired sculptures in Pembrokeshire, Which is your

The pyramid of Bin Bin, which puzzled scientists for thousands of years, and they were unable to solve the mystery.

The pyramid is made of black stone, but it is not an ordinary stone because all its components do not exist on the face of the earth. The black iron stone is only found in space in space meteorites, and here appears the other puzzle because it is a very hard iron stone and difficult to shape and dig, but it is not difficult to break, so how was it cut with that  Accuracy in angles and deflections?? How was its face polished with this unique refinement? How was the engraving done with these very precise inscriptions on the faces of the pyramid, and the scientists found it impossible for any tool, whether old or new, to carve those inscriptions unless using a laser cutting tool.  And now we come to the last mystery, which is that the black iron meteorite stone, thanks to its composition, enjoys transmitting positive electromagnetic energy in its surroundings that makes everyone who approaches it feel psychologically comfortable and affects human energy..

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 The pyramid of Bin Bin, which puzzled scientists for

 Borrowdale Valley, Cumbria, England. 📷  Carl Hallladay You

.Puya raimondii. Native to the high Andes in Peru and Bolivia.

This truly amazing bromeliad can grow to 50 ft and bear 20, 000 flowers! It has a pretty unusual method of pollination... Many plants use birds to pollinate in that the pollen adheres to their feathers (male plant) and then off they flit to a female plant of the same species and deposit the pollen so that fertilisation takes place and a new plant is created.

However, this plant also uses birds, but is a bit more ... violent (for lack of a better word) and actually ensnares them, but in one species this MIGHT be a defensive mechanism.

* This plants reproductive cycle is not fleeting, but as long as 80 years.

* This is an endangered species due mainly to fires caused by humans, climate change and a declining genetic diversity.

 .Puya raimondii. Native to the high Andes in Peru and

 Abandoned Castle in Ireland. Source:

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The Vasa warship sank at the occasion of his inaugural journey in Stockholm in 1628. After 333 years at the bottom of the sea, the impressive warship was recovered and she could finally continue her journey. Today, the VASA is the best-preserved 17th century ships and can be admired within a museum structure specially built in Stockholm. The Vasa is a unique artistic treasure, consisting of 98 percent of original parts, including hundreds of wooden sculptures.

 The Vasa warship sank at the occasion of his inaugural

For 20 years, field scientists working with Conversation International have been exploring some of the world’s most abundant, mysterious and threatened tropical ecosystems.

To date, they have discovered more than 1,300 species new to science - although so far only 500 or so have been formally described by taxonomists, in terms of classification and naming.

The lizard you see above basnt been officially named yet...

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 For 20 years, field scientists working with Conversation

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture.

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 Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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In time travel, we will go back 114 years this week. In this video, you are watching the images taken in 1906 and 2020 of the famous Market Street in the US state of San Francisco. The original video on the top left is by the Miles brothers and was shot just 4 days before the big San Francisco earthquake. More than 3,000 people died in the earthquake, and more than 80 percent of the structures in San Francisco were destroyed. Image enhancement, vocalization, coloring and stabilization processes were applied to the video  by Denis Shiryaev.

 In time travel, we will go back 114 years this week. In

The world's first Cruise Liner constructed by the ancient Greek Archimedes.

Archimedes (287-212 BCE) was a Greek mathematician and mechanical engineer, a pioneer in both fields, many centuries ahead of his contemporaries.

In Sicily, under the ruling of the king Hiero II of Syracuse (270 – 215 BCE), a ship with stunning dimensions was built. The material used for the construction of that giant boat equated to the material for 60 regular ships.

What was more, that vessel was meant to leave the secure coastal lanes and to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The ship was given a name – Syracusia – and represented what could be called “the first liner of antiquity.”

 The world's first Cruise Liner constructed by the ancient

Dubbed the 'world's loneliest house', the white cottage is the standalone property on the island of Elliray in Iceland. Reportedly built by the Ellirey Hunting Association, the lush green island of Ellirey is located in the south of Iceland.

 Dubbed the 'world's loneliest house', the white cottage is

Rusting Mig-23 Soviet combat aircraft in its shelter, near Komsomolsk-on-Amur

 Rusting Mig-23 Soviet combat aircraft in its shelter, near

Bannerman Castle in the Hudson Highlands State Park, NY, USA

One of the best things to do along the Hudson River is visit Pollepel Island and Bannerman Castle, a tiny jewel in the setting of the Hudson Highlands.

Pollepel Island is a 6.5 acres island in the Hudson River in New York. The principal feature on the island is Bannerman's Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse.

 Bannerman Castle in the Hudson Highlands State Park, NY

Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet (41 m) high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland. It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar. It was built as a memorial to Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and was originally known as the Londonderry Monument. Its architectural style is Scottish Baronial Revival.

 Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet (41 m) high 19th-century lookout

Restaurant and guesthouse in the style of medieval castle, formerly the control center for gas production from 1905.

 Altes Gasweck Hrensko Restaurant and guesthouse in the

."The hardest thing in the world is to stay true to yourself." - Dave Chappelle

 ."The hardest thing in the world is to stay true to

"Botanical Park of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

Founded in 1808, it is considered one of the richest and most important in the world

 "Botanical Park of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. Founded in

Beautiful abandoned miners' cottages in a disused slate quarry in Snowdonia, North Wales. The quarry closed in 1969 due to industry decline and because 170-years of working the site had reaulted in waste tips sliding into the main pit workings.

 Beautiful abandoned miners' cottages in a disused slate

Known as La Doncella, the mummy sits literally frozen in sleep.

The mummy of an ancient Inca girl sits literally frozen in sleep at a museum in Argentina.

The mummy, called La Doncella or The Maiden, is that of a teenage girl who died more than 500 years ago in a ritual sacrifice in the Andes Mountains.

The girl and two other children were left on a mountaintop to succumb to the cold as offerings to the gods, according to the archaeologists who found the mummified remains in Argentina in 1999.

La Doncella was found dressed in a ceremonial tunic and adorned with a headpiece, tokens of her new status as a messenger to the heavens. The girl had also drunk corn liquor, likely to put her to sleep, scientists say, and her mouth still held fragments of coca leaves, which the Inca chewed to lessen the effects of altitude sickness.

National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Johan Reinhard, who co-led the expedition, described the discovery at the time as "the best preserved of any mummy I've seen." (National Geographic News is a division of the National Geographic Society.)