The Lost Gardens of Heligan are one of Cornwall’s, Britain’s and possibly the World’s greatest garden attractions. image credits Be sure to visit original website of Heligan Tweet

Macro photography is  taking at close range photos of small things .The best way to do this is to use a special macro lens optimized to focus sharply on a small area. Tweet

The eggs in the photograph galleries ranging in diameter from 0.7 to 2 mm. The pictures were taken with a scanning electron microscope, which uses beams of electrons to keep track of object surfaces. Then a black and white photos were altered in color to reflect the natural appearance of the eggs. Tweet

Beautiful underwater photos in black and white technique. Tweet

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With the sun’s first rays, Jellyfish Lake, located 550 miles east of the Philippines in the island nation of Palau, comes alive. As the sky brightens in the east, the golden jellies turn and swim toward a solar beacon. Tweet

Nobody painted these trees, they simply have such an unusual colored skin. These eucalyptus are  growing in New Guinea and Sulawesi. Tweet

Residents of Los Pinos, Colombia, including children, use a zipline for their daily commute. There are two ways in or out of Los Pinos– A two-hour hike or a one-minute zip line ride. Eight children use the zip line daily to go to school and return home. There are no plans to build a bridge, because the population of the village doesn’t justify it. Two separate cables strung across the river 1,200 feet below allow [...]

The city of Al Hajjara in Republic of Yemen* Haraz Mountains looks ancient yet modern at the same time: the taller of the brown, flat-roofed houses so precariously balanced on top of the mountain resemble early skyscrapers. Many are decorated with elaborate white friezes and patterns so typical for the area. The town’s remoteness and narrow streets suggest a closely knit community that could, in times of invasions, have allowed outsiders to enter yet not [...]

Scientists have warned that the world’s commitments so far fall short of what is needed to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels and head off the worst of global warming. They say global warming will create rising sea levels,  increasing drought, more extreme weather and the extinction of some species. Here’s a look at images coming out of Copenhagen and a few from around the globe. Tweet