Nature

August 12, 2019

Stunning Time-Lapse Video Captures the Beauty of Swirling Stormy Skies

Photographer and filmographer Mike Olbinski shoots weddings year-round, but he also embraces the outdoors to capture swirling stormy skies in springtime. The avid storm chaser recently released Vorticity 2—a stunning time-lapse video comprising 122,000 frames captured over 54 days over almost 40,000 miles across America during the spring months of 2018 and 2019.

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July 25, 2019

Photos Capture Billowing Beauty of Shape-Shifting Storm Clouds That Look Like Paintings

Pairing “a serene style with an artistic approach,” Dutch landscape photographer Claire Droppert excels at capturing eye-catching imagery. Her beautiful body of work features studies of the natural world's most simple yet striking elements, including the colors of flowers, the contours of mountains, and, in a recent series, Cloudscapes, the shape-shifting spontaneity of storm clouds. Cloudscapes comprises ten photographs taken on a warm yet wet summer day.

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July 8, 2019

Bonsai Master Masahiko Kimura Creates Gravity-Defying Mini Forests

Bonsai is a Japanese art form that dates back centuries. Along with ikebana and Zen gardens, it's one of the most recognizable expressions of Japanese culture around the world. Currently, there is no bonsai master as well respected as Masahiko Kimura. Seen as a rebel in his early years, his work was later accepted and he is now widely recognized as one of the greatest bonsai masters.

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June 7, 2019

Chernobyl Has Transformed into an Incredible Nature Reserve Now Open to the Public

In the 30 years since the devastating nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, the site has undergone a slow, continual process of rebirth. Through the loss of lives and abandonment of homes, something surprising has occurred—Chernobyl has become a haven for all types of wildlife. Across the Exclusion Zone, which stretches 19 miles in all directions around the power plant, nature has begun to reclaim what humans destroyed.

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