Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters are famous for their bright white chalk cliffs. The chalk was formed during the Late Cretaceous period (up to 100 million years ago), a time when the area was submerged by the sea. The chalk was gradually pushed up, and rising sea levels cut into the chalk, forming the [...]
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When Lightning Strikes! Extreme Instability [19 Pics]
When mother nature is mad this is what it looks like. I can totally relate to how the old Vikings had a God (Thor) for this incredible phenomenon. Yet again, the photographer Mike Hollingshead (who runs the extremeinstability.com website) provides us with insane photographs. From the discharge of atmospheric electricity (lightning), a leader of a bolt [...]
The Weird and Wonderful Burning Man 2010 [24 Pics]
Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event starts on the Monday before the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening. The [...]
Fire In The Sky – Incredible Inspirational Sunset Colors [30 Pics]
We see them every day, but sunsets still take my breath away each time. What really is fascinating, at least when viewing a California sunset, is the outstanding variety of “heavenly” colors. I just returned from yet another sunset walk with my wife in Santa Monica, and decided to put together an article about the [...]
Extreme Instability, Scary weather and incredible shots [37 pics]
These images simply blew us away (pun intended). These photos a incredible and simply breathtaking. The Photographer, Mike Hollingshead who runs the extremeinstability.com website is a storm chaser that got into photography because video captures weren’t doing things justice. He started chasing in 1999, but has always watched storms around town. He usually drives around [...]
Dune de Pyla – A new “Sahara” desert being born – in France! [30 pics]
I never knew about this, but to me it looks like Europe has started turning into a new sahara desert. The Great Dune of Pyla is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 37 miles (60 km) from Bordeaux. The dune has a volume of about 60,000,000 m³, measuring around 1,640 ft (500 [...]