Cashew Tree of Pirangi

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Maior cajueiro do mundo or Cajueiro de Pirangi (en: world’s largest cashew tree or cashew tree of Pirangi) is a cashew tree in Pirangi do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. In 1994, the tree entered the Guinness Book of Records. It covers an area of about 7,300 or almost 8,400 square metres. The size [...]

Spiders in the Trees

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In July 2010 Sindh, Pakistan received an unusually heavy amount of rain during their monsoon season. The result was massive flooding, and after the water refused to recede spiders were forced into the trees to spin their webs. The result is a series of ghostly web cocoons covering the trees. The strangest part however, was [...]

One year in 40 seconds

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A time-lapse compilation of images showing the same spot throughout the year, it’s pretty fantastic to see the changes that the landscape goes through over just 1 year’s time. One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

Trees FTW!

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Given enough time trees will break through, grow around, and even grow over just about anything. Here are some trees that have done just that. Growing through houses, growing over signs and over benches. Source: http://www.funzug.com/index.php/nature/amazing-strength-of-nature.html

Goats in a Tree

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One of our most popular stories to date has been about fainting goats. These goats don’t faint, which is probably for the best because they are all up in a tree.

Trees are awesome

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Here’s a bunch of pictures of random awesome looking trees!

The Rainbow Eucalyptus

The Rainbow Eucalyptus

The Rainbow Eucalyptus tree is native to tropical areas, it sheds its bark at various times throughout the year, and as it does the inner bark changes from blue to purple, pink, orange, and finally maroon. This gives the tree a spectacular rainbow effect.

Amazing Earth Compilation

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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.

Nature Consumes Radioactive Chernobyl

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On April 26, 1986 a power plant in the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl suffered what is considered to be the worst nuclear plant accident in history.

Baobab Tree

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Baobab trees are native to Madagascar, can grow up to 100 feet high and can have trunk diameters of up to 36 feet, but most importantly, they look awesome.