1. The ancient temple of Apollo in Naxos looks like a star gate in this photo by Athan Andreas
2. Wheat field in Puglia, Italy.
A 1978 photo by Franco Fontana.
3. Mars is so bright it reflects on the ocean as it rises.
Captured by astrophotographer Abdul Dremali in Rhode Island in 2018, this phenomenon won’t occur again until 2035.
4. From the ocean to the mountains in California
Photographer Brent Broza used a telephoto lens to capture the Hollywood sign with the Verdugo Mountains behind it, and the snowcapped San Gabriel Mountains in the distance.
5. Cranberry harvest by Kristina Makeeva
6. When autumn is only at 50% downloaded for your forest
7. The hills of Tuscany look like someone laid a blanket over them in this shot by İlhan Eroğlu
8. Have you ever seen a sunset and a solar eclipse at the same time?
Now you have.
Dan McGlaun took this incredible shot at Big Spring State Park, Texas, on May 20, 2012.
9. This photo of a cemetery looks like two images stitched together
10. Stairway to Heaven
"Diminish and Ascend" is a sculpture by David McCracken in Bondi, Australia. Photo by Paul David.
11. A massive Iceberg drifts through Iceberg Alley, in Newfoundland, Canada.
12. Stephen Dunn took this incredible photograph of a humid spider web caught by the cameras flash
13. Rainbow Mountains, Peru
Also known as Vinicunca, the mountain's vibrant colors are the result of its unique mineralogical composition, which can be observed along its slopes and summits.
14. Nathen Erickson captured this striking image of a green sky above Sioux Falls, South Dakota
15. The "flying boats" in Castro Marina, Italy
16. This is a real picture taken by photographer Keinichi Ohno.
In the top right corner a wall casts its reflection into the water below, creating a seamless division within the photograph.
17. The black images are just shadows.
Zoom in and you will see zebras.
National Geographic Picture of The Year (2018) by wildlife photographer Beverly Joubert.
18. This is a single picture
19. This otherworldly photo was taken by Frans Lanting in Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia.
The morning sun's orange glow casts a tint over a majestic dune, setting the stage for the silhouettes of camel thorn trees.
20. The Moon attempting a Saturn impersonation
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1. The veil that got an artist accused of alchemy
Giuseppe Sanmartino carved the Veiled Christ from a single block of white marble in 1753 for the Cappella Sansevero in Naples.
Contemporaries accused him of alchemy for its breathtaking realism, and Canova himself declared he would give ten years of his life to have created it.
2. Marble sits at 3-4 on the Mohs scale of hardness. Steel sits at 4 to 4.5.
Khafre Enthroned is made of anorthosite gneiss, which registers at 6 to 7. It was carved over four millennia ago by ancient Egyptians who, according to archaeologists, had not yet developed iron tools.