Colorful Photos of Namibia

Based in Santa Cruz, California, photographer Frank Lanting was commissioned in Namibia by National Geographic magazine.

The Yarchen Monastery in China

Deep in the mountains of northwestern Sichuan in China, on the Tibetan plateau, there exists a town in an isolated, beautiful and clean valley that is actually an entire monastery itself – the Yarchen Monastery.

The Superb Bird-of-Paradise’s Courtship Dance

Photo credit: www.birdsofparadiseproject.org 

The aptly named “superb bird-of-paradise” is fascinating to behold, especially when it’s performing its courtship dance. In fact, once the male bird opens its plumage, it doesn’t look like a bird at all.