Nature

If you think the winters are really cold wherever you live, think again after checking out these photos of winter in the Northern hemisphere. The temperatures usually drop below zero, but luckily we have some brave people that were able to take gorgeous photos of winter. Enjoy this gallery we put together for you with a cup of hot chocolate!

Astralian off shores is lately home to a new island which was once a brisk ship used for passengers first, and then for cargo purposes, afterwards as a breakwater, and finally a tranquil dwelling for mangrove trees. This extraordinary vehicle had also experienced critical accidents and fires.

We know that the winter can be very harsh in the northern parts of the world, but nothing compares to Canadian winter. Thanks to the people on the internet the photographic proof of this extremely cold and snowy weather went viral. You can find some of the most hilarious and interesting examples in the gallery below.

Most of the stunning images we see online today are heavily edited. The photos in this gallery, however, don’t belong in that category. They were just captured with some skill, a keen eye for the details, and by finding the right moment. Check out the list below to see them for yourself!

Jabuticaba is a Brazilian grape tree that is common in the states of Minas Gerias and Sao Paulo, in the south of Brazil. 

The town of Maras can be found 40 kilometers north of Cuzco in Peru, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The town is famous for its nearby salt evaporation ponds which have been in use since Inca times. Thousands of asymmetrical square-shaped ponds stretch in the slopes of the hillside less than a kilometer west of the town. These pre-Inca salt pools were built during the Chanapata culture from AD 200 to AD 900. Extremely salty water emerging from the Qoripujio spring, near the head of the valley, is directed into a complex network of small channels constructed so that the water runs slowly down onto a couple of hundred prehistoric terraced bonds. Nearly all the ponds are less than four meters square in the region, and none of them exceeds thirty centimeters in depth. The flow of water is delicately controlled and kept track of by the workers. The altitude of the ponds gradually decreases, so that the water may flow through the multitude of branches of the water-supply channels and be introduces slowly through a dent in one sidewall of every pond.

These nests can be found in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa and they are made by a bird species named the Sociable Weaver Bird. At first glance, they look like massive haystacks that are fallen into trees. 

When we think of the word "beach", we usually imagine a place full of sand, but that's not always the case. It's possible to find beaches made of seashells, broken glasses pounded smooth by the waves and pebbles. While it's not rare to find pebbles on most beaches, beaches made completely of pebbles are actually few and far between. We can't exactly say they are rare, though (according to some websites, there are only five pebble beaches in the world and that is not true).

Lake Tekapo is the second biggest of three almost parallel lakes running north-south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand. 

There is a very unique tree in Kalaloch Beach, within Olympic National Park in Washington, that a lot of people call "the tree of life" due to the unbelievable way it seems to be hanging on to life when it should have been dead ages ago. 

Flysch is a sedimentary rock created by the alternate overthrow of thin layers of silt and sandstone, and you can find flysch close to the shorelines that are swiftly experiencing changes in sea level. 

Although fireflies use their lights not only for sparkle but also create signals among them, they are inevitable beauties of the summer nights with their charm. 

Walking around a tree can create a person a healing, regenerating and calming effect which could be felt more and more amongst the areas where trees are gathered; the forests. Suzanne Simard, an ecologist, says that there are many things happening in the forests that we’re not aware of and that they have an interconnected and complicated social connection which is sourced from underground. "A universe of endless, biological pathways that link trees and enable them to interact, and enable the forest to act as though it were a single organism."   After 30 years researching forests in Canada, Simard discovered that trees can talk with each other over certain distances. She even concluded that trees are very similar with humans as being extremely social and as their survival depends on other trees. Intercommunication in the forest is very critical thing. Mushrooms, via their roots that look like hair, hidden messages are transmitted amongst trees, also those who are in need of water and nutrition can meet their needs through them.   Suzanne would love to lie down and gaze throught ancient trees of British Columbia forests, where she grew up. One day, her dog had an accident and fell into the forest, they needed to get him out of there by digging which caused Suzanne realize the underground connections of trees that she would do studies about later on. During her studies, she discovered that carbon could be transmitted via root of one pine seedling to another root.

Unfortunately, the years of exploitation of nature by us humans brought us to this point of global warming, and we are facing the consequences of it every day. If we don’t do anything to stop it, the next generations will face even more disastrous results. Check out the gallery below to better understand how serious this problem actually is.

Art can help us ascribe a meaning even to ordinary things and make it look stunning from that moment. Thomas Dambo is an artist from Copenhagen, Denmark. His motto as an artist is to highlight the possible usage of wasted materials and raise awareness to connect with nature, if possible. So far, his masterpieces seem to be serving his purpose.

Eastern and central Japan are waiting for probably the most disruptive storm that will be happened within 60 years.

This mountain-top halo might be the most magical scenery resembling a rainbow that I’ve ever seen. Imagine that you’re a hiker, and you’re on a mountain. All of a sudden, there appears to be a portal or a gate to another dimension on earth, what would your reaction be? That’s what happened to Adrian Conchie, who is 39-year old. Let’s see what he has done.

Sometimes we have to get out of the hustle and bustle of daily life and pay attention to nature because nature can surprise you in unexpected ways. We decided to share such moments with a unique list.

Camping is one of the most exciting and thrilling activities of all time and we love genius camping ideas. This 3-person folding camping chairs is called OmniCore Designs MoonPhase Home-Away Love Seat and it is the quickest and easiest way to set up an outdoor seating. You can also use it for fishing, hunting or just for fun at your backyard. The seats are extremely durable; they can hold up to 300lbs which means 900lb for 3 people. Each side of the folding couch has ergonomic armrests with cup holders, alongside with little pockets for your camping stuff. When you are going back home you can just roll it up super easy and you are ready to go.

Camping is one of the most popular activity nowadays. Enjoying nature is always the best way of resting. However, incidents may happen. One of them is not seeing the tent’s rope. It may sound not necessarily hazardous, but these ropes can hurt you badly at night. With the glowing rope, camps become safer. Thanks to them, you can see the ropes, even the nights! You can purchase them at Amazon.

Although we have a tendency to forget it, our planet Earth is our home. We are gifted by the universe and we need to repay it by taking good care of it which is not always the case. Yet, there are some heroes among society, taking action to save the planet, minding about the future, do all they can do for perpetuity of this fascinating world.

A botanist in Australia encountered a rainbow eucalyptus tree which was a tree he has never seen before. The tree was so colorful that he thought someone painted it but not short after that, he realized it was Mother Nature’s work.