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The strongest solar flare

August 31, 2012 at the Sun was recorded giant flare that caused the magnetic storm on Earth. A cloud of hot plasma, more like a firestorm, rose at a rate of 5.2 million km / h on hundreds of thousands of kilometers above the surface of the star. NASA scientists managed to make unique pictures.

Gazelle escaped crocodiles in the water

It turns out that not only Jesus and the Apostle Peter could walk on water. This gazelle desperately decided to dive into the river, breaking all laws of gravity, run on the water surface, saving her life. Crocodiles with their snapping jaws did not succeed to grab frisky beast . Interestingly, she did run away [...]

Chinese red beach

The red beach is located in the lower reaches of the river Lyahoe, about 30 kilometers from the city of Panjin. Red beach is made of algae which grow to full flower in the salt-alkaline soil. They begin to rise from April to May and remain green all summer. In the fall they become fiery [...]

Olympus – the highest mountain in the solar system

Olympus (lat. Olympus Mons) – an extinct volcano on Mars, the tallest mountain in the solar system. Before the flight (which showed that the Olympus – the mountain), this place was known to astronomers as Nix Olympica («Snows of Olympus” – due to a higher albedo).

Magnetic termite mounds

Magnetic Termite (Amitermes meridionalis). Litchfield National Park, NT, Australia. If you go to the park it is not on the main road , and on the dirt road , then minutes later,you can see the whole “of thermite”, which from a distance look like a strange cemetery.

See-through caterpillar

This jewel caterpillar (acraga coa) is dressed to perfection. Gerardo Aizpuru spotted it in a mangrove area on the Yucatán peninsula.

Path of giants

Once here roamed the Giants, and now – is the main attraction in Northern Ireland.Imagine a journey of 40,000 polygonal pillars, deepening into the Atlantic Ocean approximately 150 meters. Numerous basalt columns, connected by their apices to form something like a ski jump, which begins at the base of the rock, and goes into the [...]

Go away

A pack of hyenas, wanted to discourage the elephant from the herd, but the adults have come to the rescue.