The village of Cuetzalan, Mexico, is famous for its voladores, the “flying” dancers who spin around a tall pole in an ancient and spectacular ceremony created 450 years ago to appease the gods and bring back the rains after a long drought.
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A surreal cloud waterfall flowing down the mountains.
How ancient royal homes stayed warm in harsh winter weather.
This 1952 New York Stock Exchange cartoon breaks down how the stock market works.
A truly magical sunset spot in Vietnam
Jacaranda blooming season is one of the most beautiful times of year.
A LEGO creator in Japan built a fully automated paper-airplane machine from scratch.
[📹needmobricks]
Skier narrowly avoids a crevasse.
[📹m.goatmanthe4th]
The spectacular Aldeyjarfoss waterfall in northern Iceland.
[📹 gauihicelander]
River Oaks, Houston 🎄
[📹 houstonhousehunter]
A stunning nighttime view of Wangxian Valley in Jiangxi, China
Thomas Romain is a French anime artist, he's trying to redraw all his son's drawings
[✏️ Thomasintokyo]
This peak amid the Pacific ocean is taller than it is wide (562 m in elevation vs 300 m across): it looks like a fantasy novel place and it really exists.
It's called Ball's Pyramid.
The 'knight’s tour' is a sequence of a knight's moves on a chessboard such that the knight visits every square only once.
Massive waves crash over the top of Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area in Oregon.
[📹 Tillamook Coast]
Skim boarder challenges the laws of physics
When winning matters more than rules of the game
The ancient technique for creating charcoal that burns without smoke
Monte Lussari is a dreamy hidden gem in the Italian Alps, accessible only by cable car or a beautiful two-hour hike. ❄️
[📹 davide.anzimanni]
A stunning winter scene with the landscape blanketed in thick frost and snow.