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On Mount Alpamayo, in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru. [📹 Brayan Chinchilla]

Created in just two days on the frozen surface of Abraham Lake, Canada, a masterpiece destined to disappear. [📹 David Popa]

Sound designer Ben Burtt shows how he created the iconic Star Wars “pew” sound. By striking the guy-wire of a radio tower with a wrench.

High in the rugged Latmos Mountains of Mugla, Turkey, lies a hidden treasure: II century rock frescoes near the ancient Yediler Monastery. A vibrant depiction of the early Christian art. [📹 ayyaannn]

The Kelpies are a pair of 30-meter (100-foot) tall, 300-ton stainless-steel horse-head sculptures located in Falkirk, Scotland

Scott Laurenson is a painter celebrated for his expressive seascapes that capture the ocean’s shifting moods, from serene calm to explosive spray and crashing waves. [📹 scottlaurenson]

Incredible GoPro footage shows Chilean firefighter Joseth Abel Espinosa’s POV as he battles a fire in Santiago

Mini surfing toys

The Hoba Meteorite in Namibia, the largest intact meteorite on Earth a 60 ton iron and nickel slab that landed about 80,000 years ago without leaving a crater. [📹checkedouttocheckin]

I love this place. Not many tourists arrive in these parts, but it's a corner worth discovering. Cârța is a tiny Transylvanian village with one extraordinary landmark: the easternmost Cistercian Abbey in Europe. The medieval abbey, founded over 800 years ago, stands half‑ruined, half‑alive, shaping the entire atmosphere of the place. Gothic arches open into fields, silence fills the old nave, and the countryside wraps everything in a calm that feels almost unreal. Romania 🇷🇴

The only larger-than-life bronze equestrian statue of a Roman emperor to survive antiquity. Stands almost 14 feet tall. This is Marcus Aurelius, made around 180 AD. It only made it through the centuries because people in the Middle Ages thought the rider was Constantine, the emperor who legalized Christianity, so the statue escaped the melting down that destroyed almost all other bronze works. No one is completely sure where it originally stood, maybe the Roman Forum, maybe near his column in Piazza Colonna. By the 8th century it was at the Lateran. In 1538 Pope Paul III had it moved to the Capitoline Hill, where Michelangelo made it the heart of his redesign of the square. It stayed outdoors for centuries until structural problems appeared in 1979. In 1981 the original was brought inside the Palazzo dei Conservatori for protection, and a replica now stands in its place. Still one of the most important surviving monuments of Roman imperial art.

Unearthed by a young boy in 1796 behind his home in Ribchester, Lancashire, England, this is one of the finest ancient Roman helmets ever discovered and dates back to around 100 CE. It was not made for real combat. Instead, elite Roman cavalry officers wore it during hippika gymnasia, spectacular equestrian training tournaments and parades designed to display military skill and status.

A roughly 210-year-old maple tree in Daejeon, South Korea, with brilliant autumn foliage. [📹foto_ycy]

«Find the ball»

One of the most iconic moments in NBA history

This is how to open a number lock using nothing but a piece of paper.

Traditional underground cold smoking system [🎞️ TechEvolution]

Unlock neck tension starting from your thumb. This simple stretch glides the nerves, relaxes the forearm, and helps release tight neck muscles.

The moment you find what you’ve been searching for, knowing its rarity. Tears of joy for Rafflesia hasseltii, one of the world’s rarest and most majestic flowers, blooming deep in the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia. [📹illustratingbotanist]