Beautiful Nature pics

[Eva2]

I don't know the location of this picture but read that it was from an actual photographer and judging by the comments accompanying the picture it is being recognized as such. Maybe there is a colour touch up (just speculation on my part) but I personally don't find it "devalues" the scene. Anyway, I view this as a nature pic and something beautiful to get lost in so I didn't delve so much into the details. Some pictures don't give a lot of background info - I just share pics I find appealing and uplifting and find the how, when, where, details secondary to the actual visual. However, since this is your thread, I will not post any more pics unless they come with all the background info.

[onawah]

Thanks Eva,
They don't need to come with ALL the background info, but it helps when we know something about the origin.
Can you share a link with info about the actual photographer and the comments?
There is so much dishonesty and misinfo online these days, it takes a lot of discernment to know the true from the false.
I'm certainly not always right, but I have never seen anything like that photo before, so I have a hard time accepting it as undoctored.
In any case, thanks for helping to keep this thread going. I think it can be very uplifting, and we all need that these days!

Posted by Eva2 (here)
I don't know the location of this picture but read that it was from an actual photographer and judging by the comments accompanying the picture it is being recognized as such. Maybe there is a colour touch up (just speculation on my part) but I personally don't find it "devalues" the scene. Anyway, I view this as a nature pic and something beautiful to get lost in so I didn't delve so much into the details. Some pictures don't give a lot of background info - I just share pics I find appealing and uplifting and find the how, when, where, details secondary to the actual visual. However, since this is your thread, I will not post any more pics unless they come with all the background info.

[onawah]

Socotra

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jv_oWG4U1Hg

[Eva2]

'This is a Lyusu flower, a state-protected flower in China, there are only three trees in Fuzhou. It blooms every year in April, as the flowers are white as snow, it is also called April snow.'

[Eva2]

Sunrise in Greenland

[Eva2]

Kyoto Japan - pollen could be a problem for those with allergies



Just a wonderful shot:

[Eva2]

'Aurora in Kitdalen, Norway. Canon 1DX camera, Nikon 14-24 mm lens at 14 mm and f 2.8, 3.2 sec exposure, ISO 8000.'

[Icare]

A stunning roll cloud

[Icare]

Candle ice
I'd never heard of this before. Nature is fascinating.

[Miller]

Wow, what an amazing thread! Icare's video above of the candle ice drew me here and so I'm going to start from the beginning, which should keep me pretty busy for a while

[Icare]

I've never seen crystal clear ice before. This is at a frozen lake and you can see every stone and pebble on the ground. Just beautiful.

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Icare (here)
I've never seen crystal clear ice before. This is at a frozen lake and you can see every stone and pebble on the ground. Just beautiful.

So very gorgeous, almost surreal. I've spent quite a lot of time on and around frozen lakes, and I've never once seen anything like that.

[Icare]

Rainbows are actually circles. I didn't know that

[Operator]

Posted by Icare (here)
Rainbows are actually circles. I didn't know that

Yeah, so try to find that pot with gold at ... the end of the rainbow

[Icare]

The Helix Nebula - simply stunning

and an infrared image of the same from NASA's Spitzer telescope

[Matthew]

Posted by Operator (here)

Posted by Icare (here)
Rainbows are actually circles. I didn't know that

...

Yeah, so try to find that pot with gold at ... the end of the rainbow

It would be a heck of a chase though! And despite your logic I would still probably have a look round where it intersects with the ground, because I've had a lifetime of superstition telling me there's treasure there.

Just an amazing video capture! I never knew a classic rainbow is only half the story.

[Eva2]

'A complete rainbow - photo taken by pilot, Lloyd Ferraro at 30,000 feet.'

[Eva2]

[Eva2]

'A photographer captured a stunning image of Christ the Redeemer “holding” the Moon after three years of attempting to get the shot.

Brazilian photographer Leonardo Sens finally took the photo on he had long dreamed of on June 4 from Icaraí Beach in the Rio de Janeiro municipality of Niterói, which is around seven miles away from where 98-ft high Christ the Redeemer is located.'

[Icare]

True.