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Airplane Graveyard: Eerie Photos of Abandoned Airplanes Left to Rot in Thailand
Airplane Graveyard: Eerie Photos of Abandoned Airplanes Left to Rot in Thailand
Jan 17, 2024
A site in Bangkok, Thailand serves as an airplane graveyard for jetliners formerly operated by Orient Thai Airlines, and has become an unconventional tourist attraction. (Dax Ward/Barcroft Images) In Bangkok, Thailand, a site where two abandoned airplanes have been left to rot, has become an unusual tourist attraction. The airplane graveyard is home to MD-82 jetliners that were formerly operated by Orient Thai Airlines but now left to decay in the elements. The airplanes are now covered in rust and...
Meet the Man Who Cleans the World's Monuments (PHOTOS)
Meet the Man Who Cleans the World's Monuments (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
As a cultural cleaning expert with nearly 25 years experience, Thorsten Mowes has been commissioned to make wonders all over the world shine like new - from the London Eye to Christ the Redeemer. (Caters News) Many of us want to preserve our cultural legacy, but there’s one man who does it literally. With 25 years of experience, Thorsten Mowes has spent his entire career cleaning and preserving the world’s most famous monuments—perhaps more than anyone else on the planet.He’s...
Pet Pool in China Lets Animals Cool Off as Hot Weather Continues (PHOTOS)
Pet Pool in China Lets Animals Cool Off as Hot Weather Continues (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
A pet dog jumps into pool on August 16, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. As the hot weather continues in Southwest China's Chengdu City, the newly opened pet pool has attracted pet owners, who are allowed to swim with their pets. Rates for using the pool depend on breed, weight and the length of the pet's hair. (Wu Xiaochuan/West China Metropolis Daily/VCG/VCG via Getty Images) As hot weather continues to engulf the city of Chengdu in China's Sichuan...
Surfer Rides the Waves Around an Erupting Volcano (PHOTOS)
Surfer Rides the Waves Around an Erupting Volcano (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
Daredevil surfers have made headlines or paddling out in, but Alison Teal takes extreme surfing to a new level, becoming the first woman to hot-surf around an erupting volcano. Teal, 30, rode her pink surfboard up to Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii as it erupted into the ocean for the first time since 2011, and photographer Perrin James was there to document the extreme surf session. "This was a lifelong dream," Teal, who has been called the "Female Indiana Jones," said...
Photographer Captures Unique Habitats of the World (PHOTOS)
Photographer Captures Unique Habitats of the World (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
Mount Nyiragongo is an active volcano located in Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Klaus Thymann) As viewers we see the end product of a photograph, the frame that freezes a moment in time. However, we need to remember that there was a process and a journey in the creation of the image.“It’s the whole journey that’s interesting,” photographer told weather.com. “I think my approach to photography always originates from a storytelling perspective.”Thymann is an award-winning photographer and storyteller who recently...
Photographer Captures Stunning Images of a 'Rainbow Waterfall' in India (PHOTOS)
Photographer Captures Stunning Images of a 'Rainbow Waterfall' in India (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
A breathtaking photograph captures the moment a rainbow appears out of a waterfall in Karnataka, India. (Tapas Chattopadhyay/ Caters News) A thundering waterfall crashing several hundred feet down to Earth is an impressive sight on its own, but add a rainbow into the mix and the watery wonder is elevated to awe-inspiring (and Instagram-worthy) status. Civil engineer Tapas Chattopadhyay was at the right place at the right time and captured that spectacular moment a rainbow emerged out of a waterfall...
World's Longest and Highest Glass-Bottomed Bridge Opens In China's 'Avatar' Mountains
World's Longest and Highest Glass-Bottomed Bridge Opens In China's 'Avatar' Mountains
Jan 17, 2024
At a Glance The world's longest and highest-bottomed glass bridge opened in Hunan Province, China, on Saturday.The bridge is located at Zhangjiajie Mountains, the UNESCO World Heritage site that inspired the Hallelujah Mountains depicted in "Avatar". If you suffer from vertigo, this might not be the destination for you. For others, the world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge that opened in China's "Avatar" mountains this weekend is one that must not be missed. The bridge, which opened to the public...
Photographer Travels to Document the World’s Indigenous Cultures (PHOTOS)
Photographer Travels to Document the World’s Indigenous Cultures (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
Ecuador. (Lisa Kristine) Curiosity may have killed the cat, but photographer Lisa Kristine trusts hers to keep her moving. “I am very curious and very trusting of my curiosity,” she told weather.com. “I feel like things culminate from that.” Her curiosity has served her well, even as a child when she would browse her mother’s bookshelf of anthropology books. “I would go to this bookshelf full of these big books and look at these people who looked like the earth,”...
10 Deadliest Places For Driving In America
10 Deadliest Places For Driving In America
Jan 17, 2024
A mini-van sits with a severely cracked windshield after a two-car crash. (Photo by Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) It's hard to imagine life in the United States without our trusty automobile. We use cars daily to commute to work and school, run errands and visit friends and family. Driving is one of the, but it can also be one of the deadliest. According to Newsweek, 36,300 people lost their lives in automobile wrecks in 2015 and another 4.4...
Stunning Images of the Ethiopian Salt Miners Who Work in 140F Heat at the 'Gateway to Hell' (PHOTOS)
Stunning Images of the Ethiopian Salt Miners Who Work in 140F Heat at the 'Gateway to Hell' (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
An aerial view of camels walking along a road through the salt mines in the Afar Triangle (home to the Danakil Depression) in Ethiopia, one of the hottest places on Earth. About 2,000 camels and 1,000 donkeys pass through every day, transporting salt. Miners work in blistering temperatures that reach up to 140 degrees F. (Joel Santos/Barcroft Images) It's been called the "Gateway to Hell," and has the distinction of being one of the hottest places on Earth, but the...
Diver Glows Under Eerie Green Light (PHOTOS)
Diver Glows Under Eerie Green Light (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
A view of a diver from beneath swimming in Mexico. (Alastair Scarlett/Caters News) Veteran diver and underwater photographer Alastair Scarlett captured some magical moments in the waters of Maldives and Mexico. He and a team of divers swam through an eerie green light that shone through the waters. It’s a kind of sight one would expect to see in a scene from a sci-fi movie. Capturing the moment, however, wasn’t as easy as it seemed. “The essence of free diving...
South Koreans Beat the Heat in Ice Museum (PHOTOS)
South Koreans Beat the Heat in Ice Museum (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
A South Korean man enjoy at the "Ice Museum" on August 25, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. In Seoul's "Ice Museum," people enjoyed the minus 10 degrees Celsius temperature during the scorching heat summer in Korea. During the past weeks, South Korea has experienced record-high heat, with Seoul's average daily high hovering around 35 C and its daily low remaining over 25 C. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) South Koreans have found a way to beat the heat: go to a frozen...
Animals Hop on Scales for London Zoo's Annual Weigh-In (PHOTOS)
Animals Hop on Scales for London Zoo's Annual Weigh-In (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
A zookeeper weighs Humboldt penguins during the London Zoo annual weigh-in event on August 24, 2016. Home to more than 700 different species, ZSL London Zoo staff regularly record the heights and weights of all the creatures at the zoo as a key way of monitoring the residents’ overall well-being. This important information is shared with zoos around the world to help zoologists compare details on thousands of endangered species. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) Oh my, look how they've grown.Penguins, squirrel...
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