This road passage using a natural cave as a tunnel in China.
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Rolling a molten glass sphere through bits of colored glass to create an ornament.
F-22 Raptor
[📹 k2larosa]
A high-angle view embracing the brilliant Christmas lights of Đức Bà Saigon Church, Vietnam.
Red-hot metal vs ice
Queen Elizabeth II first stepped onto the Buckingham Palace balcony as monarch in 1953, greeting the public shortly after her coronation. Her final balcony appearance came in 2022 during her Platinum Jubilee — a brief yet historic moment marking 70 years on the throne.
Traditional Romanian dance 🇷🇴 🎄
Long live the beauty of preserving our traditions! ✨
[📹 ro_rollwithcami]
Sand skiing in Peru on one of the world’s tallest dunes, standing 1,630 meters high.
[📹 Mahe Freydier]
A 22-million-year-old termite perfectly preserved in amber.
[📹 Rocks for the Spirit]
Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
Teatro di San Carlo — the world’s oldest continuously operating opera house. And it’s absolutely stunning.
Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro are flowering for the first — and only — time.
Native to India and Sri Lanka, these palms can reach heights of up to 100 feet and produce millions of blossoms that may develop into new seedlings if successfully pollinated.
This is Lake Michigan
The most unbelievable skiing video you’ll ever see
[📹 mspfilms]
The Alpine procession of Saint Nicholas, accompanied by two angels, the Red Devil (the Whistleblower), and the Krampuses—
a living piece of mountain folklore 👹
Oh wow! What a spectacular Grand Parade for the Feast of Saint Nicholas in Nancy! 🎄🎅
[📹 nancytourisme]
Vivaldi as you’ve never heard it before — on accordion! 🎶
The one-man orchestra, Alexander Hrustevich, is a Ukrainian bayan virtuoso who has been playing since age six.
’Tis the season to be jolly! Athens’ most enchanting café at the moment 🎄🎅
[📹 petalouda_sts]
These cats were put in separate cages because they kept fighting
The resilient and adorable Mongolian Horses on the cold Steppe.
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.