Yesterday I posted some of my favorite animal winners of the Smithsonian Annual Photo Contests. Today I’m highlighting a few of my favorite landscape photos. These winners really have captured the beauty of our planet. Click on the images to find out who these talented photographers are. Look for this year’s batch of finalists to be announced tomorrow.
Gotye - Eyes Wide Open - official film clip (by gotyemusic)
“Pando, or the Trembling Giant, is a remarkable massive colony of a single quaking aspen tree spread over more than 100 acres in Utah. Every tree in the area shoots from a single organism, and they share a giant underground root system. It’s estimated that Pando collectively weighs 6,615 tons, making it the heaviest living organism on the planet.” (Source)
all of these trees look like they have eyes.
THIS IS THE CREEPIEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE
Sing it, everybody: “the hills are aliiiive… and they’re eating chiiiiiildren…”
Plitviche Lakes National Park | Croatia
submission by teal-deer, photos by Jack Brauer, Kate Pedley
Recent photo of a little boy visiting the White House. He wanted to feel Obama’s hair because he wanted to know if the President’s hair felt just like his. Obama obliged. Priceless.
(via simplycomplex27)


