Wednesday 12 February 2014

Lake Superior Ice Caves



The Lake Superior ice caves have not been accessible since 2009, were announced open to the public. The National Park Service hopes the caves will be reachable for about 6 weeks but is completely weather-dependent. The beautifully ice caves are a massive attraction for tourist, and almost 10000 peoples flocked to Meyers Beach (from where the caves are accessible after a 1 mile hike) to observe the unique formation.






Sunday 9 February 2014

Eruption Photos Taken by Francisco Negroni




It is rare that we ever get to see a really hot occurrence in nature with our own two eyes. Chile Photographer Francisco Negroni finally became part of those lucky few that do with the eruption of the Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile. These are really amazing photos taken by  Chilean Photographer, you must admire his efforts.





Saturday 8 February 2014

Wonderful Photo Taken by Matt Hutton



Photographer Matt Hutton captured perfect time image, when he saw a dolphin and surfer riding a wave at Jacques Point in Kalbarri Australia. He shared the image at Sifter last week. He said; photo is spontaneous and shot accidentally when the appearance of dolphin was a surprise to both him and the surfer (Trent Sherborne). The photo was depict with a Cannon 5D MKIII at a focal length of 400 mm (actual lens: 70-200 f/2.8 IS USM II with a x2 II extender). Shutter speed was 1/4000sec with an aperture of f/5.6 and ISO 800. Prints are available through Matt’s website. To keep up with the latest, like Matt Hutton Photography on Facebook!Source: Charismatic Planet

Sunday 2 February 2014

View from Maple Pass in Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest Washington

View from Maple Pass in Okanogan National Forest. Together with the Wenatchee National Forest, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is a large, diverse area, consisting of over 4-million acres along the east slopes of the Cascade Range in Washington.

Little Lake of Reflection



Lake Jasna is an attractive alpine lake that covers a modest surface area of 5.4 acres. What it lacks in size it makes up for in magnificent surroundings. Located in northwestern Slovenia, Lake Jasna is 2 kilometers from the small town of Kranjska Gora which is on the Sava Dolinka RIver in the Upper Carniola region of the country. Though not seen in this picture, the lake is ‘guarded’ by a statue of a Zlatorog the legendary chamois of Mount Triglav. The surrounding peaks are the Julian Alps, a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia.
 

A Tree Bear Fruits on Its Trunk

There’s a tree in Brazil called Jabuticaba, which fruit grows directly from the trunk and branches of tree, can be found in the states of Minas Gerias and Sao Paulo, in the south of Brazil. Jabuticaba popularity has been likened to that of grapes in the United States. The name jabuticaba actually derived from the Tupi word Jabuti (tortoise) + Caba (place), meaning the place where you find tortoises. This Jabuticaba tree has very unusual appearance. The fruit actually is not big, only 3 to 4 cm in diameter, with one to four large seeds, having deep purple coloured skin and a sweet, white or rosy pink gelatinous flesh. This odd tree provides fruit twice a year and continuously irrigated it flower regularly and fresh fruit can be available year round in tropical regions. Jabuticaba fruit are borne directly on the foremost branches. Up to four crops can occur during the warmer time. Harvest the slightly unripe fruit every few days. It can be quite time consuming picking the fruit. When there’s a Jabuticaba season in Minas Gerais, countless street vendors selling fresh Jabuticaba in little net bags, and sidewalks and streets are stained the similar deep purple by discarded Jabuticaba skins. The fruit is quite often used to make jams, tarts, and many other things, because it is largely eaten fresh and ferment in 3 to 4 days after harvest. Because of it’s short shelf-life, fresh Jabuticaba is rarely available in markets outside of areas of cultivation. Jabuticaba fruit is using in medicinal traditionally. A severe decoction of the sun dried skins has been used as a treatment of Asthma, diarrhoea, hemoptysis, and gargled for chronic inflammation of tonsils. Jabuticaba has many powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory anti-cancer compounds. However, Jabuticaba grows in many regions of Brazil, and found mostly in Minas Gerias. Its association with the state is so robust that the Jabuticaba tree appears on the coat of arms of the city of Contagem, and another city in Minas Gerais, Sabará, hosts a Jabuticaba festival annually.
















Saturday 1 February 2014

Stunning Electric-Blue Flames Erupt From Volcanoes



Paris based photographer Olivier Grunewald has been documenting the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia, where he observed dazzling electric blue fire can often be seen streaming down the mountain at night. Blue glow is unusual for a volcano on the island of Java. The blue glow is actually the light from the combustion of sulfuric gases, and some gases condense into liquid sulfur, which continues to burn as it flows down the slopes giving the feeling of lave flowing. I have never seen this much sulfur flowing at a volcano. Blue volcanic fire was described in antiquity in Italy on the south slope of Mount Vesuvius and on the island of Vulcano.Blue flames may also be observed at the base of the plume of erupting volcanoes, when ash explosions occur. I did not use any filters to capture his images of the blue fire. The burning happens day and night, but it's visible only in darkness.Source: Charismatic Planet