Amazing Worldwide Photographs

Needless to say, at the sight of his photos, that photographer Eduardo Rubio is a compulsive excursionist. Originally from Barcelona in Spain, this explorer, a professional journalist, goes to the four corners of the world to go hunting for clichés

Dazzling Green Silence

Daniel Kovalovszky created a series called Green Silence. In the series the photographer from Budapest seizes the immobility and silence of the world in a nature without civilization.

Venta Rapid: Europe’s Widest Waterfalls

At just 2 meters tall, the Venta Rapid, or Ventas Rumba in Latvian, is one of the smallest waterfalls in the world. But its low height is compensated by its impressive width.

Battle of Thermopylae, August 480 BC

Leonidas at Thermopylae is an 1814 painting by Jacques-Louis David now on show at the Louvre. It shows the Spartan king Leonidas prior to the Battle of Thermopylae.

The Man Who ‘Died’ and Came Back to Plant Trees

Twenty some years ago David Milarch hovered above the bed, looking down at his motionless body. Years of alcoholism had booted him out of his life.

The History of Languages – Language Roots

Credits: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

The Deepest Metro Stations in The World

The average metro train doesn’t go beyond a few stories underground. But sometimes the geology and the geography of the region, such as the presence of rivers and swamps, forces engineers to go deep underground.