The deep emerald water lake emerges amidst a beautifully surreal, untouched landscape. Known as The Eye of the Earth, or the Cetina Lake, it is a magnificent natural wonder gifted to Croatia by Mother Nature. This unique body of water is actually the …

These stunning pictures, which look like a glorious late evening sky with dashes of pink and purple, are actually photos of Japan’s largest wisteria (or wistaria, depending on whom you ask) plant. This beautiful plant, located in Ashikaga Flower …

While the SS Ayrfield was once a proud steam cargo ship, even used in World War II, its decaying shipwreck now stands as the famous Floating Forest of Homebush Bay. The Floating Forest is one of Homebush Bay’s signature landmarks. Image credit: Marc …

Ice comes in many shapes and sizes, from mountainous icebergs to tiny flurries of snow. But few of us will ever come across a field of football-sized ‘ice eggs’. Nature just loves to keep us guessing. When amateur photographer Risto Mattila went …

Peter Cook and Becky Northey met in 1995, became partners and began shaping trees into living art they call “Pooktre”. Credit: Pooktre.com Instead of cutting trees down to make structures, Peter and Becky believe living trees can be shaped and incorporated …

Dotted around the northern regions of California are a handful of the oldest redwoods and giant sequoias in the world, reaching up to the skies like something out of Tolkien’s universe. These colossal trees can grow to be over 300ft high and 3,000 …

Resembling something out of Jurassic Park, the strange-looking Dendrosenecio kilimanjari can only be found atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Image credit: Peter Zahar Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, is pretty fascinating in itself. …

On November 3rd, a temporary crack in Earth’s magnetic field set off rare pink auroras in the skies of northern Norway. Image credit: Markus Varik/Greenlander Auroras are mostly caused by the solar wind, as charged energetic particles from the Sun …

1. Black bat flower Black bat flower – Worlds weird flowers Also known as the Tacca Chantrieri, the black bat flower is an unusual one that is found in parts of India, Thailand, Malaysia, and East Asia. As the name suggests, the flowers have a unique …