Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia (during the dry winter months, forming salt tiles) (via The most alien landscapes on Earth {Pics} | Digg Topnews)
along the Annapurna circuit of the Himalaya Mountains
Somewhere in the Himalaya : Photos, Diagrams & Topos : SummitPost
Indicolite Tourmaline with Quartz and Albite from Afghanistan
Terraced Rice Field - Yunnan, China
Xenopus embryos (frog) (20x)
The Mimic Octopus - “[D]ynamic mimicry has the unique advantage that it can be employed facultatively, with the octopus adopting a form best suited to the perceived threat at any given time.”
“Spanish photographer Alvaro Sanchez-Montanes documents the abandoned ghost towns in Namibia that over time have been taken over by the Namib desert. With a post-apocalyptic feel, the desert appears to be swallowing the houses.”