This is Waw an Namus, a 1200 metre extinct volcano in the Sahara desert, Libya. The volcano itself is surrounded by a huge area of deposited ash which stands out strikingly against the desert sands. Zoom in closer to see…

A corn maze announcing the annual Iowa - Iowa State football game just East of Ames, Iowa. The image is on its side but you should be able to see the University of Iowa's 'Herky the Hawk' to the right…

Here you can see the unmistakable 'noses' of a couple of Japanese Shinkansen Super Express trains, although you might know these better as 'Bullet Trains'. Their nickname is well deserved however, as they regularly run at speeds of 300 kilometres…

An alien monolith perhaps? Or just some rather interesting stitching? Pretty cool looking though 🙂 Thanks to Kristian.

The Fernsehturm (literally, "TV tower") was built in 1969 and features a revolving cafe and observation deck. Aside from the obvious function of providing TV and radio signals for the city the underlying motivation for the tower was to create…

This is the famous Horizontal Falls in the Kimberley region of western Australia. Although called waterfalls, this natural phenomenon actually consists of immense tidal currents hurtling through narrow coastal gorges. When the tide turns, the water ‘falls’ back in the…