A sea cavern near Benagil Beach in Algarve, Portugal, courtesy of Reddit Earthporn.
Category Archives: Nature
A composite image derived from footage (above) of a giant, elbowed Magnapinna (Bigfin squid) filmed in 2007 by an ROV at a Shell oil drilling site two and a half kilometers below the Gulf of Mexico.
Once they learn to hover above ground, we’re all doomed.
Slope Point is the southernmost tip of New Zealand’s South Island – an exposed headland where the vast circumpolar airstream traverses the Southern Ocean unobstructed for 2000 miles before slamming into the land with such violent persistence that the trees are warped and twisted into grotesque and occasionally beautiful shapes.
The world’s oldest fossilised evidence of insect sex – two Anthoscytina perpetua found locked together, preserved in the sediment of a Mongolian lake – recently discovered by a research team from China’s Capital Normal University, who have hypothesised that the pair were blown into a lake in flagrante after being killed by volcanic gases.
The dirty feckers.
Ethereal portraits of Betta splendens – Siamese Fighting Fish – captured in clear water by photographer Visarute Angkatavanich.
Many more here.
UPDATE: Pic 2 shows a pair of ‘calico oranda’ goldfish. Not fighters. Possibly lovers though. (Thanks bozo)
Five animal ‘photomanipulations’ by German digital artist Christophe Meyer.
The animal headswap ‘shop is a well-worn genre but these are particularly well executed.
From a photography project by Ty Foster entitled ‘Lick’ that is self explanatory.
Foster conceived the project last year in the course of another commission. Sez he:
“While running through all the images that were shot I would find myself laughing out loud at how great the expressions were that some of the dogs had while licking in studio. The best way to describe it would be an ‘a-ha’ moment, I just kept thinking to myself, ‘this would be a great book!’”
https://vimeo.com/78280464
A visceral take on the spirit of competition, where sprinters transform into their aggressive animal counterparts to survive and win.
Directed by Jérémy Delbos, Raphaëm El Khaddar, Camille, Marjoux, Laurent Maynard and Cécile Terrillon of the Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques de Toulouse
zefrank’s zoological odyssey continues.
Like a lactose intolerant cheesemaker, the cuttlefish is unaware of its own gifts.
They also give good face. You’ll see.