“I feel like an astronaut,” were the first words of 30 years Dytrias Emmanuelle Périé after plunge into the icy waters of the Arctic, beneath huge glaciers of the North Pole. The only woman among eight colleagues who participated in the program «DeepSea Under the Pole», who lived a unique experience in the icy abyss of the ocean, whose temperature is -45 degrees Celsius.
“The ice melted before our eyes, and swam in extreme circumstances, in the most inhospitable and frozen regions of the planet,” he says. This program was designed to explore the unknown underwater areas of the Arctic and Antarctic, the study of diversity and a better scientific understanding of the environment. It is worth noting that it was the first time I took such a dive in one of the harshest climates on the planet and revealed the hidden side of the polar ice caps, something that no one has yet been seen.
The desert Namibia has some of the highest and most spectacular sand dunes in the world, in some places reaching to the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, creating one of the most surreal sights …! Blonde or orange color of the sand is in stark contrast with the infinite blue of the sea in a picture that takes your breath away.
The best vantage point is none other than the town Swakopmund, Namibia, the largest coastal city in the country but also one of the nicest places that crowds gather. The origins of the city are German, while stands the old German neighborhood in the city center, making it even more the contrast observed by the visitor to the landscape.
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, not with Bavarian public funds.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle.More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty’s Castle and later, similar structures.
They look like giant flying saucers on top of mountains, but clouds are stationary lens-shaped. The lenticular clouds formed aligning perpendicularly to the direction of the wind at height. This occurs when stable moist air passes over the mountain or mountain range, creating a series of standing waves. Then if the temperature at the top of the waves fall near or below the dew point temperature, the air humidity condenses and thus produce the lenticular clouds, which disappear when the air moves back into the wave. It is not difficult to confuse somebody with … UFO and put legs! But in a second time will be left to enjoy the stunning scenery in the sky!
One of the best known symbols of spring in Japan are the magnificent pink Japanese cherry trees, also called sakura. Starting in mid-March, the Internet is flooded with amazing pictures of all varieties of pink, blooming in parks and streets of different cities of Japan. The earliest city to blossom is Tokyo – this year its sakura trees are expected to be in full bloom by the end of March. Depending on a city, Japanese cherry trees may bloom even through May.
As the official Japanese school year starts in April, the first day back at school or work after the holidays usually coincides with the blooming of the sakuras. You will always see many locals picnicking under the cherries every season – the tradition is called hanami, and dates back to the 8th century!
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Spring, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Spring, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Spring, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Around the World, on great atmosphere
Because the cherries blossom in bunches of flowers, they are symbolically associated with clouds, and stand for ephemeral nature of life in Japanese culture, that’s highly influenced by Buddhism. Sakura’s are often featured in Japanese art, movies, anime and manga. Curiously, the delicate cherry trees were once even used as part of the propaganda, in order to inspire the “Japanese spirit” before the wake of the World War II.
Even though sakura is the unofficial national flower of Japan, today they have spread to many other countries as well, mostly due to the Japanese diaspora. The blooming of the sakuras is definitely one of the most beautiful sights every spring, wherever you find them!
Great Atmosphere. 