Wildlife Photographer Of The Year has been won by amateur photographer
An amateur photographer from the UK has won a prestigious Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award 🏆
Nima Sarikhani captured the image of a sleeping polar bear on an iceberg off Norway's Svalbard archipelago.
The picture, titled Ice Bed, has been crowned the winner of the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer Of The Year people's choice award, after being whittled down to a shortlist of 25 from almost 50,000 entries from around the world.
An insanely beautiful pair of Gliophorus versicolor mushrooms, a group of waxcap fungi, known for their glossy, often brightly coloured caps
📸 cyanesense
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a
calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for
anything whatsoever, even if your whole world
seems upset.
~ Francis de Sales
Je Shen (China b. 1973)
Fun fact.
The Monarch butterfly migration is one of the longest-known, multi-generational insect migrations on our planet. Every fourth generation lives 8 times longer than the previous generations and travels 10 times farther.
Hidden deep in Venezuela’s jungle, Salto Duruhuaya is a striking waterfall known for curtain-like cascade over granite rock.
It drops over 100 meters down a granite rock face, often accessed via boat and jungle trekking.
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In the Ashikaga Flower Park in Tochigi, Japan, a wisteria tree is often referred to as “the most beautiful in the world.”
At around 150 years old, the massive tree is stunning when in full bloom.
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A cloud forest is a type of ecosystem (usually in tropical mountains) where clouds regularly form at canopy level, keeping the forest constantly misty and very humid.
Death Valley National Park is experiencing its first major superbloom in a decade as of March/April 2026, driven by record winter rainfall (1.7 – 2.5+ inches) that transformed the desert landscape with vibrant carpets of yellow, pink, and purple flowers.
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Blooming saguaro cactus are a true wonder of the Sonoran Desert, with bees, birds, and bats all helping pollinate their waxy flowers https://t.co/m2EqPG7IIy
🇯🇵🪷 Eihei-ji is often called Fukui's "Temple of Eternal Peace". It was founded in 1244 and is hidden in the mountains.
A wonderful place to visit for anyone seeking calm.