We're a visual species, and so often hearing about something is nothing like actually seeing it. That is why photography can have such a profound and powerful impact on us. Below are some of the most fascinating photos I've seen recently, I hope you enjoy them! |
The only tree to survive Japan's tsunami among 70,000 other trees. Today it has been restored and is being protected. |
The 'Crocosaurus Cove' in Australia, where you get closer to a giant croc than you'll ever want to be without a cage. |
What a solar farm looks like, Mojave Dessert. |
The first class cabin on an A-380 plane. |
Napoleon's personal pistol, which had three chambers. |
World's biggest helicopter carrying a full size airplane. |
Here it is next to a regular helicopter |
This terrifying machine is called an offset cutter, designed to strip walls and cutting through stone like it was butter. |
The size North America would take on Jupiter. That's how big this planet is compared to our own. |
This is what the tea thrown overboard during the Boston Tea Party of 1773 would have looked like. This compressed plank of tea could last someone for a year, and it was often sold in sections. One would shave off a little bit of it into a pot or kettle of hot water. |
During the first world war, some British troops still carried clubs like these. |
The cockpit of the Endeavor Space Shuttle. It embarked on its first mission in May of 1992 and its 25th and final mission in May of 2011. |
The cockpit (remote controlled) of the Dragon shuttle that started operation in 2012. |
A Vietnamese fisherman taking his haul to the market. |
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