Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, 1905.
Colourized photographs of the four daughters of Nicholas II, last tsar of Russia: Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia [via deviantart]
Wisteria Tunnel is an impressive flower walkway located in Kawachi Fuji Garden in Kitakyushu, Southern Japan (four-hour bus ride from Tokyo).
Aurora 2012
Glowing skies like these must have sent our ancestors running for the nearest cave oracle, where they would beg for mercy from the sky dragons and burn the fattest calf in hopes that they wouldn’t be eaten.
Luckily for us, we know that there’s nothing to be afraid of when we see beautiful aurorae. The recent spike in solar activity has provided far northern Earthlings with a light show of truly epic proportions. This most recent one peaked over the last couple weeks, and here’s a time-lapse of images from it by Christian Mülhauser.
Sit back, full screen, HD, relax and go “AHHHH”.
(by Christian Mülhauser)
Galactic View from Canary Islands
by Tunc Tezel
The band of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is photographed above mountains of Tenerife, Canary Islands.
