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.

 

Photo By: Gitta Sladič 

Source: Twisted Sifter

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.

Source: Charismatic Planet 

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

Breathtaking Photo of Skogafoss, Iceland

Skógafoss is one of the most famous most visited waterfalls in Iceland. Photographer Stian Klo says he had seen thousands of snaps from this iconic waterfall and truly wanted to try to get a ‘fresh’ angle of this breathtaking natural wonder. This is extremely beautiful waterfall, and i try this time something different from earlier standards, and this my favorite Icelandic adventure. 

Skogafoss at Wikipedia

Stian Klo at 500px

Stunning Photographs by Amateur Photographer Kutub-Ud-din

These photographs was caught on camera by amateur photographer Kutub Uddin, a 27,years young taken in his back garden in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. The red-eyed tree frogs have been Mr Uddin's pets for four months and he often lets them out to roam around his garden.

Stunning Image of Lave Lake at Mount Nyiragongo

This is truly an amazing photo of Lava lake at Mount Nyiragongo, an active stratovolcano inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This deadly volcano has erupted at least 34 times since 1882, forming various-sized lava lakes that have created, drained, crater, and reformed. This beautiful snap is taken in 2011 shows the hottest iteration of the mountain’s lava lake. It was formed of 2002 eruption. Lava lakes are large volumes of molten lava, regularly basaltic, contained in a volcanic vent, crater, or broad depression. The term is used to describe both lava lakes that are wholly or partly molten and those that are solidified occasionally referred to as frozen lava lakes.