Westminster Abbey, London

Photograph by Jim Richardson

Owl

Photograph by Marcelo Di Pietro

Alpine Valleys, Northern Italy

 



 

Photograph by Stefano Anghileri

El Caminito del rey, Spain

El Caminito del Rey is a walkway, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Álora in the province ofMálaga, Spain.



The walkway is one metre (3 feet and 3 inches) in width, and rises over 100 metres (350 feet) above the river below. Constructed of concrete resting on steel rails supported by stanchions at around 45 degrees into the rock face, it is currently in a highly deteriorated state and there are numerous sections where part or all of the concrete top has collapsed. The result is large open air gaps that are bridged only by narrow steel beams or other support fixtures. Very few of the original handrails exist but a safety-wire runs the length of the path. Several people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years and after two fatal accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed both entrances.



In June 2011, the regional government of Andalusia and the local government of Málaga agreed to share costs of restoration (including car parking and a museum) of €9 million. The project will take approximately three years to complete. Many of the original features will remain in place and the new materials that are used will be in keeping with the old design.





 



http://www.wimp.com/elcaminito/

Current Affair of India

Ki Gompa, India

Credits : http://500px.com/OaKy

Mexico City

Lake Nakuru National Park

A mother and baby white rhino leave the grassy areas and amble towards their shelter for the evening.

Photograph by Chris Minihane

Badain Jaran Desert

Photograph by Yushan Sui

Laguna verde, Licancabur, Bolivia

Photograph by Joel DELMAS

Falkland Islands

Photograph by Mariusz Potocki

Firefly and Moon, Fairfield, Iowa, USA

Photograph by Radim Schreiber

Lake Innes Reserve, NSW, Australia

An aerial shot taken over Lake Innes. Previously a fresh water lake, now opened to the sea via Lake Cathie.

Photography by Cain Pascoe

Fjallabak, Iceland

In the highlands of Iceland often you think you just arrived on another planet. This surreal aerial view I have taken above the region of Fjallabak. The dark volcanic landscape is contrasting with bright green patterns and forms of lichens growing there.

Photograph by David Koester

Csákvár, Hungary

Photograph by Krisztian Singler

Incoming Storm, Grand Cayman Island

Dark clouds loom over a beach on Grand Cayman Island.

Identified as stratocumulus by the photographer, these cloud formations are a common indicator of moisture in the lower atmosphere.

Photograph by David Doubilet

Shelf Cloud and Lightning, Wisconsin

In a dramatic display of summer atmospheric conditions, lightning marks the end of an impressively long shelf cloud in the Midwestern U.S.

Photograph by Jennifer Brindley

Waves, Cape Town

Africa. Waves are the result of wind traveling across water. As it moves, wind energy is transferred to lakes and oceans and manifests in ripples and swells.

Photograph by Michael McSweene

Flooding, China

A man walks a handrail in Chongqing, China, to avoid a torrent of muddy floodwater during the soggy summer of 2007.

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