Millions of Crabs Invade Cuba’s Bay of Pigs

Crabs coming from the surrounding forests cross a highway on their way to spawn in the sea in Playa Giron, Cuba on April 25, 2017. Each year, after the first spring rains, millions of red, yellow and black landcrabs march for days from the surrounding forests to the bay on Cuba’s southern coast to spawn in the sea.

Glass Beach on Ussuri Bay

Just a 30-minute-drive away from the city of Vladivostok, Russia, lies a stunning bay surrounded by impressive cliffs. Not very long ago, the beach here was used as dumping ground of unwanted glass by a local porcelain factory, or so the story goes.

Aviator Shoots Stunning Aerial Photos of His Green Country

Bangladeshi Air Force pilot Shamim Shorif Susom, a passionate photographer, has been taking advantage of his profession and capturing breathtaking bird’s-eye photos of the lush green landscape and waterways of his homeland from above.

Honomanu Bay, Maui

Glacier Bay, Alaska

Sunset at Hanauma Bay, Hawaii

Halong Bay, Vietnam

7 Epic Displays of Lightning

1. Eyjafjallajokull Volcano Iceland 

On a Sunday In Iceland, Volcano Eyjafjallajökull burst through her ice caps and provided a light show for villagers down below of burning red magma and crackling white lightning  as clouds of black ash covered the night sky. Photographer Sigurdur Hrafn Stefnisso took the time to snap some photos before getting to safety. But how does this happen? This kind of phenomena happens when a volcanic cloud and its convection current are carried up into higher than normal parts of the atmosphere, creating static with the surface of the planet (hence, the lightning). It’s what scientist call a “Dirty Thunderstorm.”