Valley of the Moon by Claudio Spinelli

The Valley of the Moon is positioned in a wide basin carved mainly on different types of clays, surrounded by a region formed by basalts, scoria and gray and black lava, with crags and cliffs of volcanic origin of heights of up to 800 meters.
Given the extreme aridity, the area has almost no vegetation, so the first layer of soil does not have the defense that could be presented by the roots of the plants, stopping erosion caused by wind and torrential rains, so over the course of millennia strange forms have been created, sculpted domes, ravines and columns, in the middle of a wild, desert landscape, where various colors dominate: green, gray, pale beige, through shades of pink, orange, dark brown, to red and crimson. 月亮谷位于一个宽阔的盆地中，主要由不同类型的粘土雕刻而成，周围环绕着由玄武岩，火山灰和灰黑色熔岩组成的区域，火山岩峭壁和悬崖高达800米。
由于极端干旱，该地区几乎没有植被，因此第一层土壤没有可以通过植物根部呈现的防御，阻止风和暴雨引起的侵蚀，因此在数千年的奇怪过程中 在野生沙漠景观的中间形成了各种形状的雕刻圆顶，沟壑和柱子，各种颜色占主导地位：绿色，灰色，浅米色，粉红色，橙色，深棕色，红色和深红色。

Claudio Spinelli: Photos

Natural Amphitheater II by David Alvarez Velicia

This is a beautiful and little known piece of coast very close to the lighthouse of Avilés (Asturias, north of Spain), this day I was also lucky to have a beautiful sunset. Shooted with a Laowa 12mm Zero-D, a Nisi 4 stops soft graduated ND filter, a Haida 10 stops ND filter and a Nisi filterholder. Esta es una preciosa y poco conocida zona de costa muy cerca del faro de Avilés, este día además tuve la suerte de contar con una hermosa puesta de sol. Toma realizada con un Laowa 12mm Zero-D, un filtro ND Nisi degradado suave de 4 pasos, un filtro ND Haida de 10 pasos y un portafiltros Nisi.

David Alvarez Velicia: Photos

It’s so much by Andre Villeneuve

Andre Villeneuve: Photos

Theatre “Maassluis” by Herman van den Berge

A framed version of gorgeous and cozy Maassluis, Holland.
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Herman van den Berge: Photos

Dancing angels by Koen Jacobs

Koen Jacobs: Photos

am Weiher by Georg Scharf

Georg Scharf: Photos

***L101*** by Joachim Bergauer

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Joachim Bergauer: Photos

XXX by Florian Pascual

With Alexandra.

Florian Pascual: Photos

Aarti ceremony by Efemir Art

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Efemir Art: Photos

Wall of Hiddon by Lars van de Goor

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Lars van de Goor: Photos

Resignation by Roeselien Raimond

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Nature works in mysterious ways. Not so long ago, I assumed there were just two options:
1. Eaten
or
2. Being eaten Predator or prey…that’s the question. Recently I found out that it can be mutual as well.
You eat, while being eaten: fair cross.
All right, I might exaggerate a bit, but this roughly describes the relationship between insect and sundew. This is how it works: Sundew grows on poor soil and for nutrition she’s depended on other sources, being…insects.
Therefore she uses two different kind of glands.
One gland secretes a deliciously smelling mucilage, to lure them poor insects.
As soon as the insect has landed, the sundew shows her less charming side and gland two starts fulfilling her task.
This gland doesn’t seduce, but comes straight to the point and she slowly but surely absorbs the creature.
And this is the true nature of sundew: a vicious little plant, with nasty sticky tentacles, disguised as lovely glittering dew drops in the early morning sun. One would expect the insect to fight against this awful ending.
Scream and fight to -at least- die a honourable death.
In stead, she accepts her fate rather meekly.
In fact, she even eats her enemy while she’s being eaten… If you ask me, this kind of behaviour just screams for a Darwin Award, but – being a sentimental fool- I just can’t ignore these two enormous brown (or blue or even red) eyes….
So if the point of no return hasn’t been reached yet, I quickly liberate the unfortunate buggers. It’s a pity for the photos…and of course for all the angry photo-friends that never want to come with me again

Roeselien Raimond: Photos

Mountain Landscape by Mevludin Sejmenovic

Nature Impression
Mountain Vlasic – Ljuta greda
Bosnia /Europe/

Mevludin Sejmenovic: Photos