Nature & Wildlife Pictures & Videos
A team of students from the University of Washington found this amazing site as they were travelling back from an expedition to the North Pole in late 2009. According to the source article on npr.org: When the air gets that different from the sea, the dryness pulls moisture off little bumps in the ice, bits [...]
Sightseers in Argentina were lucky enough to witness this massive iceberg flipping over near Los Glaciares National Park. Just a spectacular scene! Source
Penitentes, or nieves penitentes, are a snow formation found at high altitudes. They take the form of tall thin blades of hardened snow or ice closely spaced with the blades oriented towards the general direction of the sun. Penitentes can be as tall as a person. Source
Unlike the Swiss Ice Storm featured a month ago, these pictures show some heavy snowfall. The snow is overtaking cars, buses and even buildings. Source
This is a video from a natural geographic photographer detailing some of the amazing things he has seen while photographing marine life around the world. He also discusses some of the more troubling issues he has come across like seal hunting, over-fishing, whaling and more. Although this video is a little more on the serious side it is an absolute must see.
This video is an 8+ minute long compilation of some amazing shots of nature, everything including mountains, oceans, desert, volcanoes… it’s definitely worth watching.
The video is a little shaky, but at around 1 minute hail the size of softballs starts firing into the pool and it starts to look like something our of a Navy battle movie.
These pictures show the aftermath of a January 2005 ice storm in Geneva, Switzerland. Temperatures were reported to be around 14° F with winds up to 60 MPH.
