Nestled in the picturesque town of Baalbek, Lebanon, the ruins of the ancient Roman Temple of Bacchus stand as a testament to the grandeur and architectural prowess of the Roman Empire. Dating back over two thousand years, this majestic structure has fascinated archaeologists,
Michelangelo's Pietà sits inside St. Peter's: the most beautiful thing ever hewn from marble.
But did you know Van Gogh also painted a Pietà, now in the Vatican's contemporary art collection?
Awesome!
Fire and ice!
The eruption of the volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland.
In this aerial footage, the lava quickly begins to conquer the snow-covered landscape.
South Korea sent a fully-kitted out player for the Olympic shooting.
Turkey sent an guy with no specialized lenses, eye cover or ear protection and got the silver medal
The hand in the pocket too 💀
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Gandalf and the Balrog were spotted battling at the summit of Guatemala's Acatenango volcano. 😂 🧙🏻♂️⚡️
Volcanic lightning at the moment of the eruption of Guatemala's Acatenango Volcano on March 24, 2022. Volcanic lightning occurs when ash particles collide, creating static
Le Fort Central is a historic military stronghold situated at an elevation of 1,920 meters in the French-Italian border south of the Alps. Initially built as an Italian defense installation to protect the Tende Pass, this fortress holds a significant position in the region's
Mount Fuji is a symbol of Japan. It is the highest mountain in the country.
Mount Fuji is considered a sacred mountain in Japan. As the highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji has been an important religious and cultural symbol for the Japanese people throughout history. It is
The Georgia Guidestones, a granite monument located in Elbert County, Georgia, USA, provides instructions in eight languages on how to rebuild society after an unknown post-apocalyptic event. The monument, often referred to as the American Stonehenge, was erected in 1980 and
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is one of the rare volcanoes to have an almost continuous activity for 90 years now, giving rise to nickname "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean"
This Italian volcano located on the island of the same name in northern Sicily (among the seven Aeolian Islands), expelled
Despite there being a warning on the wall for the horse of a British royal soldier, everyone who wants to take a photo with the soldier and horse or touch the horse gets a reaction from the horse.
Only a Native American woman is allowed to touch it, and then they embrace.
Two
The Golden Parade of the Pharaohs
It is an event that took place in Egypt on April 3, 2021, featuring a magnificent ceremony where 22 ancient Egyptian pharaohs' mummies were transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to the newly built National Museum of Egyptian
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The history of life on Earth is being rewritten!
A group of scientists working in
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say they have found new evidence deep within rocks showing environmental conditions for animal life 2.1 billion years ago. This backs up their theory that complex life on
Australian James Harrison, known as the "Man with the Golden Arm," saved millions of babies thanks to his rare antibody. At the age of 81, after retiring, he set a record by donating blood for the 1,173rd and final time. After undergoing surgery at the age of 14, he received 13
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: The fourth crisis of the month is occurring in the Voragine Crater! Today's event differs from previous ones due to sudden explosive activity affecting the Southeast and Northeast craters as well. Photo by Alfio Cariola.
An 11-year-old's wish to give the gift of life to others came true on the last day of his life. The photograph shows doctors bowing to Liang Yaoyi, a gifted student from Shenzhen, China, who died from a brain tumor in 2014. His mother can be seen crying in the background.
Before
The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth that bears the image of a man who appears to have been physically crucified. It is believed by some to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth.
Weightlifter Matthias Steiner promised to win a gold medal at the Olympics one day. But in 2007, just before the 2008 competition, his wife tragically died in a car accident. To break the gold record, he had to surpass his personal best by an estimated 20 kg in a single lift...
Jharia, one of India's greatest coalfields, has been burning for over a century, wreaking havoc on local residents' health with poisonous gasses such as carbon monoxide, methane, and carbon dioxide.
900 year old Crusader sword found off Israel's northern coast in October 2021. The iron sword is just under 4 ft. long and is presumed to have belonged to a Crusader sailing to the Holy Land in approximately the year 1100.
The meaning of the Tesla logo:
It is a cross-section of an electric motor. The main body of the "T" represents one of the poles coming out of the rotor of a motor, while the second line at the top symbolizes a part of the stator.
Is it correct?
@elonmusk
A volcanic eruption seen from space
This is a view of the Sarychev volcano eruption from space, captured by the International Space Station on June 12, 2009.
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A surprising and powerful explosion has been reported at Yellowstone Park in Montana.
Rangers quickly arrived to close off the area as the pedestrian walkway was completely destroyed.
Info/Video: Vlada Martı
Saint Bartholomew, who was an early Christian is believed to have been skinned alive for his faith. In the sculpture, he's not holding a robe; it's actually his own skin.
Created by an artist named Marco d’Agrate in 1562, the statue is in Duomo di Milano. It shows detailed
The phenomenon of crown shyness is when the upper branches of trees avoid touching each other, forming a delicate network of natural space.
It is believed that this is a growth response to prevent damage from abrasion and potential pest invasions.
About 3,000 people live in the town of Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain, some in and below the ancient caves where it’s believed the first residents arrived 12,000 years ago during the Stone Age.
The Arctic 100 years later.
The negative impact of global warming on the world's glaciers.
This could not be depicted more strikingly than with this side-by-side photo comparison.
The first photo was taken in Norway in 1918.
The San José, once a marvel of nautical architecture, sank in 1708 off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia, during an ambush by the British, carrying a potentially valuable cargo.
Estimated at over $20 billion, The Colombian government, citing national security, keeps the ship's
This is the sound of the black hole at the center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster.
This was obtained through 'sonification', the process that translates data into sound.
📹 NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Before the start of the paroxysmal phase, the Voragine crater of
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produced a wonderful lava flow that once again overflowed from the filled Bocca Nuova. Amid bubble explosions and roars, this is today's dawn captured by Giovanni Benintende 🌤️
There’s a popular story that JFK loved cigars so much he supposedly had 1,200 Cubans shipped to the USA before he signed the 1962 trade embargo preventing any goods from Cuba being shipped into the USA.
Tassili n'Ajjer is a national park located in southeastern Algeria and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This area lies in the Sahara Desert and is famous for its stunning rock formations. It is also home to thousands of rock paintings that date back more than 10,000 years. These
The humanity's oldest known monumental structures
Göbekli tepe in Turkey is a carved stones about 11,500 years old, 7,000 years before the England’s Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids
Crafted by people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery
This deadly backward flip, known as the Dead Loop, is one of the most life-threatening moves and is also called the Korbut Flip because it was first performed by Belarusian gymnast Olga Korbut at the 1972 Munich Olympics. However, this move was only documented once and was banned
A female falcon was equipped with a satellite tracking system in South Africa before migrating to Finland. Image shows tracker data. In just 42 days, she flew over 10.000 km, at an incredible average of 230 km per day and nearly in a straight line.
Pyroclastic flow
A pyroclastic flow is a fast-moving, extremely hot and dense mixture of volcanic materials, including ash, lava fragments, and gases. They are known for their ability to transform landscapes drastically in a short period of time and are one of the most dangerous
The Ring Nebula!
An expanding sphere of ionized gas expelled from a central star during its red giant phase.
The central ring, easily visible, spans about one light-year, but this extraordinarily deep exposure, the result of the collaboration of three different large
The Rift Valley in Pinglu, Shanxi, is an extraordinary geological feature located in the Loess Plateau of China. It was formed as a result of movements within the Earth's crust. It extends approximately 10 km and reaches depths of up to 80 meters.
Incredible drone footage of 64,000 green sea turtles near Raine Island, in the Great Barrier Reef!
Part of a Great Barrier Reef Foundation program for turtle habitat restoration, Raine Island is the world's largest nesting site for green sea turtles.
Currently, the turtle count
The Kailasa Temple, located in the Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, India, is a large rock-cut temple. It was constructed in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I and is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. This temple, carved from a single rock, is one of the largest
Carl Sagan describes how the ancient Greeks knew that the Earth was round. Aristotle used the round shadow of Earth on the moon during eclipses as evidence, while Eratosthenes measured the Earth’s circumference using the differences in shadow angles at two locations in Egypt.
The blue color of the peacock tarantula, scientifically known as Poecilotheria metallica, is created by light reflecting off the precisely arranged nanocrystals within its hairs.
At Mount Fanjing, Guizhou province, China, two temples sit atop a lonely spire called the Red Clouds Golden Summit, rising more than 100 meters above the surrounding mountaintop.