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Explore ancient Mayan residences
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Explore ancient Mayan residences

Ancient Mayans built a unique civilization, but they also lived in caves before achieving remarkable achievements.

December 15, 2018
Painting with alcohol and tea
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Painting with alcohol and tea

Carne Griffiths, an artist living in Liverpool, has created strange paintings with traditional drinks, such as tea, vodka, whiskey, spirits and many other wines.

December 15, 2018
Impressive works made from snow
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Impressive works made from snow

Thousands of people spent many hours in the cold weather to create unique works such as time houses, castles, and horses.

December 15, 2018
Spectacular frozen waterfall scene
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Spectacular frozen waterfall scene

Flowing waterfalls in the summer, or branches that once swayed in the wind, turned into beautiful ice sculptures of nature.

December 15, 2018
Fantasy water drops shimmering
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Fantasy water drops shimmering

Shimmering droplets of water on the surface of leaves or spider webs are impressively recorded by Russian photographer Andrew Osokin through the lens of a dedicated came…

December 15, 2018
Lost in the land of Cumbria
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Lost in the land of Cumbria

In the summer, all beings flourish, full of life. The birds in Cumbria, England also raced to express their impressions ...

December 15, 2018
Colorful beauty of mushrooms
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Colorful beauty of mushrooms

Some fungi are shaped like red or orange umbrellas, and many identical fungi are wide-rimmed and upside-down.

December 15, 2018
Image: Europe is in a snowstorm
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Image: Europe is in a snowstorm

Moscow's Russian capital and many other European cities have welcomed strong snowstorms right in the early winter this year.

December 15, 2018
World of paradise birds
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World of paradise birds

Photographer Tim Laman (of National Geographic magazine, USA) and the ornithologist Edwin Scholes (Cornell University, USA) became the first to collect about 2,000 image…

December 15, 2018