Monday, November 17, 2008


Tiny blennies such as this spinyhead poke out from the coral in Cuba's Cayo Largo, always on the lookout for edible items within darting reach. "They are no bigger than an infant's finger, but they are tigers—extremely aggressive and territorial," says photographer David Doubilet. "They seem to have no concept of their own size."


Incense smoke clouds the air as sun streams through strings of prayer flags during New Year celebrations in Lhasa, Tibet. The fragrant smoke of juniper and artemisia is thought to be pleasing to the spirits of land and sky

Tucked within the Karakoram Range of the Himalaya near the Pakistan-China border, the spires of the Trango Group protrude from the icy landscape like shark's teeth. Within this group stands Trango Tower, a sheer, nearly 3,000-foot (915-meter) dagger of granite. In 1996, a group of intrepid mountaineers became the first to successfully free-climb the tower's East Face. Here, expedition member Todd Skinner works to set up a hanging camp anchored to the tower some 19,500 feet (5,950 meters) above sea level

Prayer flags adorn the rooftops of houses in Gyangze, Tibet, during Losar, the Tibetan New Year. The flags are printed with the images of deities, prayer texts, or symbols of good fortune and placed where the wind will move through them and carry their blessings across the land

November 13, 2008—Saturn has given scientists a light show like nothing they've ever seen, NASA announced Wednesday.
The Cassini orbiter has captured a unique aurora (shown in blue) on the ringed planet that illuminates much of its northern polar cap.
Auroras occur when charged particles stream across a planet's magnetic field lines and into its atmosphere.
But they don't usually light up such a wide area.
"It's not just a ring of auroras like those we've seen at Jupiter or Earth," Tom Stallard, a scientist at the University of Leichester, U.K., said in a statement. He added that "finding such a bright aurora here is a fantastic surprise."
(Related: "Mysterious Cyclones Seen at Both of Saturn's Poles" [October 14, 2008].)
The newfound aurora is often elusive, sometimes disappearing within 45 minutes, the researchers say.
Explaining the oddity will undoubtedly unearth new laws of physics found only on Saturn, said Nick Achilleos of University College London.
—Christine Dell'Amore

Sunday, November 9, 2008


Equipped with echolocation and gaffing claws, the greater bulldog bat of Panama's Barro Colorado Island can detect the hair-thin fin of a fish breaking the water's surface, a useful skill in a forest full of bat competitors.

The Pacific smolders as lava from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano hits the ocean. Kilauea is a shield volcano, or a low, gently sloping volcano built almost entirely from basaltic lava flows. It is one of five such volcanoes that make up Hawaii's Big Island

Wednesday, October 29, 2008


Bald Eagle in Flight
A bald eagle soars over a meadow of lilac fireweed on Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska. Once classified as endangered, these birds of prey—a proud national symbol of the United States—have rebounded significantly in number throughout their range, though they remain most abundant in Alaska and Canada.
Photograph by Matthias Breiter/Minden Pictures

Morning Mist, Hue, Vietnam, 1967
A boy rides one of three water buffalo grazing in a misty field near the South Vietnam town of Hue. This tranquil scene, photographed in 1966, belies the ongoing regional chaos at the height of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.



An Inuit man hunting narwhal looks ant-size in his kayak (center-bottom) amid towering icebergs in this aerial view of a fjord near Qaanaaq, Greenland. The highly specialized and dangerous technique of harpooning narwhal from a kayak is practiced by only a handful of people in Northern Greenland.

Monday, October 6, 2008


At a glance you may be confused the above tree with a massive trunk with a 'Baobab'tree (which is renowned to possess the largest tree trunks of the world) but, this is yetanother unknown specie which is seen in the close proximity of a hermitage deep in the
dense forest in 'Andra Pradesh' in India.






Now have a close look at the bark and experience the unbelievable figures of creatures engraved in the surfaceof the entire tree trunk!! Absolutely real !!!















































































































A remote-controlled "carcass cam" captures an inside view of a gray wolf fiercely guarding its meal at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota. Wolves at the center are provided with food, but wild populations generally hunt in packs. After a large kill, a single wolf can consume more than 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of meat.

Friday, July 25, 2008


Spelunkers rappel 300 feet (90 meters) into the Greenland ice sheet. Glacier caves such as these form when seasonal meltwater or geothermal vents cut fissures and channels through an ice sheet. Because they are made of ice, glacier caves can be quite unstable and present unique challenges to spelunkers

A waterfall cascades down the sheer face of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. In addition to the mighty Colorado River running through the canyon, water—a vital resource in the arid Southwest—exists in the form of springs, streams, and seeps.

With Mexico on the left and the United States on the right, the Rio Grande forges a clear barrier between the two countries. On the U.S. side the river winds through the Santa Elena Canyon in Texas' Big Bend National Park. Towering 1,500-foot (460-meter) cliffs of solid limestone mark the canyon.


Sunday, February 24, 2008



Nambung national park


Windjana gorge national park


Blue mountains national patk


Little deserts national park


Cedar creek national park


Cape le grand national park


Carnarvon national park

Ben boyd national park


Aspley gorge national park
group of islands in Lake Howe


One of the best of australia

river Mossman in Mossman national park


a scenery from scarboroughbeach,perth


a type of a christmas tree in western australia

a view from Lake Monke .....


aerial view of a city in australia

Pics from Australia & Newzealand





one of the beaches of mauritius

a very green island


On a hot day.........

Monday, February 18, 2008



The avenue of a disappearing mountain

Galapagos island

Abel Tasman Coastal Track


The Abel Tasman Coastal Track is a beautiful walk that takes you to a series of wilderness beaches. Between beaches you’ll hike through native forest and around high coastal bluffs. Huts and campsites provide accommodation along the way, or you can enjoy a day trip by arranging a water taxi ride back to Marahau or Kaiteriteri.

Pictures of lush greenery

a beautiful sight of a lake

Thursday, February 14, 2008



Mount Cook reflection


Tranquil Lake Matheson, on the South Island’s west coast, is famous for its reflections of New Zealand’s tallest peaks – Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. The tiny lake is protected from the wind, so its waters are millpond still. For even more visual drama, aim to visit the lake at sunrise or sunset.photo: Rob SuistedPhoto credit: Rob Suisted
West Coast

The second largest of the southern glacial lakes, Lake Wakatipu is about 75 kilometres long and is bordered on all sides by glaciated mountains, the highest of which is Mount Earnslaw (2819 metres). The historic TSS Earnslaw, the steam boat visible in this picture, cruises the lake several times a day.


Caressed by clouds and cloaked by a deep sense of spirit, the mountains of the Southern Alps cut a spectacular silhouette against the sky as they ride across the South Island from the south-west north-by-north-eastwards.


Wednesday, February 13, 2008