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Couple builds greenhouse around home to grow food and keep warm

The old saying goes: those who live in a glass house shouldn’t throw stones. But they never said anything about fruits and vegetables. For one family in Sweden, living in a glass house is a reality. Well, sort of. They actually built a greenhouse around their home! A Greenhouse to a Green Home (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Charles Sacilotto and Marie Grammar

We Traveled 3500km To Sleep In A 5-Billion-Star ‘Hotel’ In Norway And It Made Our Jaws Drop

We drove my old rickety Ford Escort from Helsinki to Troms with my adventure buddy Mika-Pekka Markkanen. Then visited Senja and Lofoten islands and drove back. The whole trip took 12 days and we drove more than 3500km. We slept our nights mostly in a wind beaten tent that was definitely not suitable for winter camping in Norway. One windy night we found shelter from an abandoned camping site and g

747 Pilot Captures Breathtaking Pictures of Storms and Skies

When it comes to spectacular scenery, few people get a better view than airline pilots. But instead of keeping those beautiful panoramas to himself, 747 pilot Christiaan van Heijst take stunning photographs that he kindly shares with the rest of us stuck in economy. "From an early age on I have found great joy in capturing the beauty of natural light in all its forms," writes Heijst on his we

10+ Scandinavian Houses With Green Roofs Look Straight Out Of A Fairytale

Scandinavians are serious about their green roofs. They've had them for a while now and it doesn't look like they're going anywhere. They even have a competition every year to determine the best green roof project in Scandinavia by the Scandinavian Green Roof Association! But there is a reason why Scandinavians like these green roofs so much... They are not only a beautiful feature for a house, bu

4.5 Million Baby Blue Eyes Just Bloomed In Japan’s Hitachi Seaside Park And I Shot Them

Japan is known for its beautiful colourful spring. I have already shared images of plums and sakuras blooming and now the colours change. Now I would like to show beautiful landscapes of Japan’s Nemophila, or Baby Blue Eyes and Shibazakura fields. It’s so good to be alive around these beautiful views. More info: yourshot.nationalgeographic.com I have also photographed beautiful

20 Photos Of Nature Winning The Battle Against Civilization

As solid and unshakable as we think our civilization is, its grip on nature is tenuous at best. If any cracks appear in the faces of our buildings or our machines, nature is quick to move in and take over. With this in mind, here are 21 photos of places and things that nature is in the process of reclaiming. Quite a bit of thought has been given to the idea of what Earth might look like once we

This Is What Happens When Rain Falls On The Earth’s Driest Desert

The Atacama desert in Chile is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, but even this seemingly barren wasteland can burst with life under the right conditions. If the desert experiences heavy rainfall during the Southern Hemisphere’s spring (October, November), the flowers ‘hibernating’ beneath its surface suddenly bloom with an explosion of color, eager to take advantage of the rain. Th

How easy is a Polytunnel to construct? – V71

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Beautiful Aurora Borealis

Terje Sørgjerd I spent a week capturing one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. Shot in and around Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia, at 70 degree north and 30 degrees east. Temperatures around -25 Celsius. Good fun. Visit my Facebook page tesophotography.com for more information. If you are interested in hiring me or licensing my clips contact me at

Explaining Rare ‘Hole Punch’ Cloud With Rainbow in the Middle

Residents of Wonthaggi, near Melbourne, Australia, were taken off guard by the appearance of a hole punch cloud earlier this week. A hole punch cloud forms over southeastern Australia on Monday. PHOTOGRAPH BY LEESA WILLMOTT, AP Residents of Wonthaggi, Australia (map) snapped pictures of a rare, rainbow-filled "hole punch" cloud on Monday. By the next day, the photos had gone viral with sp