Supersized natural wonders of US National Parks
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Superla­tive nat­ur­al won­ders appear wher­ev­er you turn in the USA’s nation­al parks. Whether you’re work­ing on your buck­et list – ‘Climb North Amer­i­ca’s high­est moun­tain!’ – or just want­i­ng to hug the world’s largest liv­ing tree, you …

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The Week on Instagram | 76

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polaroidsf:

A view from Telegraph Hill.

samcomen:

I shot all of the images in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood that proved to be my favorite of the entire city: Santa Teresa. To those that know me and know the area, it’s likely not a surprise. The winding hillside roads, cliffhanging colonial homes in various states of repair, plentiful cafes, bars, murals, public art installations, artists’ studios, and boutique hotels immediately charmed me.  

samcomen:

Today’s photos are all from Ipanema and Leblon, two of the most well-heeled and beautiful parts of the city. As I walked along the beach and through the verdant streets I couldn’t help but constantly play “The Girl From Ipanema” in my head. The slowed samba beat of the Bossa Nova classic make the perfect rhythm for a stroll with my camera.

That’s it from Rio! As always, thanks for looking!   

hillbillymagazine:

‘Pieces of Home’  Photos by Lusher

life:

On the birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted — the father of American landscape architecture — we celebrate Olmsted’s and his partner Calvert Vaux’s best-loved creation: Central Park.

Here, photos of Central Park from the summer of ‘61.

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Cherry Blossoms Bloom Around the World

Intro: To see more cherry blossoms in bloom visit San Francisco’s Japantown, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kyoto’s Maruyama Park (円山公園) and Tokyo’s Chidorigafuchi (千鳥ヶ淵).

Cherry blossoms are tiny pink and white flowers that bloom en masse and grow from the branches of the Japanese Cherry tree. As many cities around the world celebrate with festivals, picnics under the sakura and flower-viewing parties, Instagrammers around the world are capturing beautiful photographs of the short-lived blossoms.

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Lviv, Ukraine (by Iryna Mandryka)

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The Futuristic Architecture of Jan Kaplický

Today would have marked world-renowned Czech architect Jan Kaplický’s 76th birthday. He is best known for his remarkable futuristic buildings scattered around Britain, including the Selfridges department store in Birmingham, which takes the shape of a blue free-form iceberg covered in silver disks and displays Kaplický’s typical otherworldly touch. His beautiful designs can also be appreciated through Instagram photographs taken at the Lord’s Cricket Ground’s press box in London and the Museo casa Enzo Ferrari in Italy.

helsinki-syndrome:

I found this sweet message outside of a small bookstore in Wheeling, West Virginia.

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Chill out music with major Massive Attack vibes

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Realistic Urban Landscape Paintings of Chicago and New York by Nathan Walsh
Christopher Jobson, thisiscolossal.com

Many painters working from photographic source material employ a wide variety of techniques to arrive at a final image. This will involve anything from loose sketching beforehand to complex grids, where a photograph is translated into paint box by…