Tindhólmur, inspiration for the Isle of Berk in the 'How to Train Your Dragon' films
Tindhólmur is a small, jagged island in the Faroe Islands with five sharp peaks rising straight out of the sea, home to sea birds and sheep but no humans. Its silhouette is very distinctive and looks dramatic, wild, and mythical – no wonder it was the inspiration for the Isla of
Counting sheep on the Chajnantor plateau, Chile
A beautiful flock of sheep, grazing in the Chilean Andes. No, wait, wait, wait. There's no grass to feed on here, and they are at an altitude of around 5000 metres. Ok, no, they are not sheep. Let’s start again. This picture shows the beautiful antennas of the Atacama Large Milli
Some elephants are red...
In the Kenyan National Park of Tsavo East you will find red elephants aplenty. However, as you have probably already worked out, this is not the way the elephants were born. The dusty soil of Tsavo is naturally of this color and the elephants regularly partake of dust baths. The
Living root bridges, Meghalaya, India
Living root bridges are a form of tree shaping common in the southern part of the Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya. Think mountainous sub-tropical rain forests. In order to get around, local people have come up with an ingenious form of natural engineering – the living root br