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The Power of Nature

Slope Point, the southernmost tip on New Zealand’s south island, is hit with such persistently violent southern antarctic winds that trees grow in the leeward direction.

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Awesome Facts About Nature

The Incredible Japanese Puffer Fish

A small Japanese puffer fish is the creator of one of the most spectacular animal-made structures. To impress the female puffer fish, the male labors 24 hours a day for a week to create a pattern in the sand. If the female finds his work satisfactory, she allows him to fertilize her eggs. She then lays them in the middle of the circle, leaving the male to guard the eggs alone.

When the Camera is Spotted

I'm at a loss what kind of animal this is. Anyone know?

The Halo

The Earthquake Rose

When a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook Olympia, Wash., in 2001, shop owner Jason Ward discovered that a sand-tracing pendulum had recorded the vibrations in the image above.
Seismologists say that the “flower” at the center reflects the higher-frequency waves that arrived first; the outer, larger-amplitude oscillations record the lower-frequency waves that arrived later.
“You never think about an earthquake as being artistic — it’s violent and destructive,” Norman MacLeod, president of Gaelic Wolf Consulting in Port Townsend, told ABC News. “But in the middle of all that chaos, this fine, delicate artwork was created.”
Source: http://www.futilitycloset.com/2012/11/16/the-earthquake-rose/

Frost Flowers

Frost flowers, also known as ice ribbons, are common in the arctic region of the ocean, but extremely rare when they occur on land by a plant. Only several species of plants can produce these extremely beautiful, yet sadly temporary spectacles.

They are produced when the water in the soil is not frozen but the air temperature is. As water in the soil is drawn up through a plant’s stem, the water freezes and expands, breaking the stem walls and creating a flow of ice. As crack after crack yields another layer of ice, the total effect resembles the many layers of a flower petal. Each layer of ice is so thin, the frost flower is almost weightless and will shatter if touched.

The Wonders of Nature - The Vogelkop Bowerbird

The Wonders of Nature - the Caterpillar That Looks Like a Snake

 

The ultimate in camouflage. This elephant hawk moth looks like a dangerous snake to its enemies before transforming into this beautiful gold and pink moth.

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Dew-Covered Insects - Beautiful!

Photographer David Chambon took these pictures of dew-coated insects like this dragonfly. So incredibly beautiful, they almost appear to be jewel encrusted!

Snow? Nope.

Life, Nature, and the Universe

Volcano Meets Thunderstorm

Go to this link now and see these phenomenal photos of a thunderstorm meeting an erupting volcano.

Camouflage Experts

Check out this link for many wonderful photos of nature's camouflage experts.

Things That Make You Go "Wow!"

Mohamed Babu set up the photographs after his wife showed him some ants had turned white after drinking spilt milk. He gave the creatures the brightly coloured sugar drops and watched as their transparent stomachs matched the food they were eating.

Originally found here.