Goree Island: Senegal’s Slave Trade Center

Sep 12, 2014

Gorée is a small island located off the coast of Dakar, in Senegal, about 2 km out into the sea. It was the site of one of the earliest Euro...

The Cotton Tree in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Sep 11, 2014

In the old part of Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, at the center of a roundabout surrounded by a concrete fence stands an enormo...

Miracle Village: A Community of Sex Offenders

Sep 11, 2014

Deep in sugar cane county of south Florida, in the US, on the edge of the everglades, about two miles from the nearest town, is a community ...

The Painted Houses of The Ndebeles

Sep 10, 2014

The Ndebeles are an African ethnic group living in South Africa and Zimbabwe known for their artistic talent, especially with regard to thei...

A Prada Store in The Middle of The Desert

Sep 9, 2014

In a desolate strip, just off U.S. Route 90 in West Texas, about 60 km northwest of the city of Marfa, lies a tiny Prada store. On the front...

Petoskey Stones of Michigan

Sep 9, 2014

Petoskey stones are composed of fossilized skeletons of Hexagonaria percarinata , a type of coral from coral reefs that once covered all of ...

Passage du Gois: A Tidal Causeway in France

Sep 8, 2014

Passage du Gois is a submersible causeway in the Bay of Bourgneuf, linking the island of Noirmoutier to the mainland in the department of Ve...

The Colossal Stepped Spillway of Robert-Bourassa Reservoir

Sep 8, 2014

The Robert-Bourassa Reservoir is located in northern Quebec, in Canada. It was created in the mid-1970s by impounding the La Grande River to...

The Kasubi Tombs of Uganda

Sep 8, 2014

The burial tombs of the Buganda Kings on Kasubi hill, in Kampala district, in Uganda, are a major spiritual center for the Baganda people wh...

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland

Sep 6, 2014

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a submarine ridge located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, that wraps around the globe for more than 65,000 ...

Osborne Reef: A Failed Artificial Reef of Discarded Tires

Sep 5, 2014

About 7,000 feet offshore of Sunrise Boulevard off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, lies an underwater wasteland of rotting tires. Thi...

Don Juan Pond: The Saltiest Body of Water on Earth

Sep 5, 2014

Don Juan Pond is a small, ankle-deep lake located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, nestled in Wright Valley between the Asgard Mou...

Longleat Hedge Maze: The Longest in The World

Sep 4, 2014

Longleat Hedge Maze is located in the garden of the English stately home of Longleat, situated adjacent to the village of Horningsham and ne...

Photos of Limestone Blasting by Naoya Hatakeyama

Sep 4, 2014

These pictures are part of a series called “Blast” taken by Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, who used remote-control cameras to captu...

Cryoconite Holes on Glaciers

Sep 4, 2014

Sometimes the surface of glaciers exhibit peculiar water filled cylindrical holes of varying sizes. At the bottom of these holes, there is u...

Parting of The Waters: A Creek That Flows Into Two Oceans

Sep 3, 2014

Within the Teton Wilderness area of Bridger-Teton National Forest, in Wyoming, USA, lies a very unremarkable creek with a remarkable hydrolo...

Intricate Ice Crack Patterns on Lake Puma Yumco

Sep 3, 2014

Lake Puma Yumco, located on the Tibetan Plateau, is one of the most remote lakes in the world. The lake is 32 km long and 13 km wide and is ...

Mocona Falls: A 3 km Waterfall That Runs Parallel to The River

Sep 2, 2014

Iguazu Falls may be the most popular waterfalls in Argentina, but Mocona Falls take the crown for the most unique. Mocona does not follow th...

The Guano Covered Island of Grassholm

Sep 2, 2014

Grassholm is a small uninhabited island, just 200 meters across, located 13 kilometers off the southwestern Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. Th...

Flexible Paper Sculptures by Li Hongbo

Aug 30, 2014

On first look, these busts appear to be carved out of porcelain or perhaps fine white marble, but actually they are made of thousands of lay...