The otherworldly natural beauty of Canada🧵

1. Banff National Park, Alberta

2. Moraine Lake

Nestled in Banff National Park, this glacier-fed lake sits at an altitude of 1,884 meters and lies approximately 14 kilometers from Lake Louise.

Its vivid blue color results from sunlight reflecting off fine rock sediment left behind by nearby glaciers.

The beauty of bioluminescence 🧵

1. Swimming in bioluminescent water

2. Bioluminescence is the natural glow created by some living organisms.

From ocean depths to forest floors, it occurs in sea animals, insects, fungi, and microscopic life.

These glowing lights help them find mates, ward off threats, or catch food.

Rare footage of extinct animals - a thread 🧵

1. Restored video of the last Tasmanian tiger, a species that became extinct in 1936. 2. Lonesome George, 2006

"Lonesome George" was the last Pinta Island Tortoise.

He died in 2012 at the age of 102 and in his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world.

Animals are the best - a thread 🧵

1. The fist bump at the end is insane

2. How do they survive in the wild?

The most surreal villages in Italy 🧵

1. Imagine waking up to this view of Portofino

2. Calcata Vecchia is a medieval gem perched on volcanic rock in the heart of Italy.

Places on Earth that don't look real 🧵

1. Alaska has the clearest waters in the world

2. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

The world’s largest salt flat becomes a perfect mirror when flooded, creating the illusion of walking — or in this case, skimboarding — on clouds.

The real size of things - a thread🧵

1. Baby elephants have no understanding of how absolutely massive they actually are 2. Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship

At 248,663 gross tons, the ship has a crew of 2,350 and can carry 5,610 passengers at double occupancy or up to 7,600 at full capacity.

When the ocean looks like outer space 🧵

1. A whale shark moving through bioluminescent algae looks like it’s flying across the universe

2. "Ad Astra" by Andrea Michelutti

Captured off the coast of Trieste, Italy, this photograph features a jellyfish positioned against the sun, creating a celestial effect reminiscent of a spacecraft journeying "to the stars."

The beauty of Earth seen from above 🧵

1. Looking down into a volcanic eruption

2. Rainbow from a plane

Rainbows are caused by the reflection, refraction, and dispersion of sunlight in water droplets, resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky.

"Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life." (Lord Byron)

The beauty of Italy, region by region 🧵

1. Campania: an evening on the Amalfi Coast 2. Trentino-Alto Adige

Lake Braies is one of the most beautiful lakes in South Tyrol and is also known as "the Pearl of the Dolomites".

The film industry has a tradition of directors congratulating each other for breaking box office records.

Here are some the best examples - a thread🧵

1. In 1977, after Star Wars overtook Jaws as the highest-grossing film, Spielberg placed this ad for George Lucas in Variety: 2. Titanic grossed $2.257 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time in 1998, surpassing Jurassic Park (1993).

After it rewrote box office history in 1997, George Lucas sent James Cameron this congratulatory message:

Thread of surreal paintings 🧵

1. This masterpiece by Sergi Cadenas depicts the process of human aging as you walk by it. 2. This insanely hyper-realistic painting by Philipp Weber is done entirely by hand.

Thread of mind-blowing marble sculptures 🧵

1. Bernini turned stone into flesh

2. The delicate translucency Giovanni Strazza achieved in his Virgin Mary bust is nothing short of extraordinary.

Crazy things from the past - a thread🧵

1. They lived more in future than we do in 2025 2. Early publicly sold Coca-Cola bottle

While the original Coca-Cola formula contained a small amount of cocaine — then believed to have medicinal properties — it was gradually reduced and completely removed by 1929.

Thread on the beauty of Pareidolia 🧵

1. Waterfall of the Bride, Peru 2. Davide Basile captured Mount Etna mid-eruption, where fire and smoke appear to form a Phoenix rising in the sky.

Thread of photos you won’t believe are real 🧵

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.

The beauty of spring around the world 🧵

1. A desert bloom in Utah by Emily Dickey 2. Spring in Strasbourg

When Sophia Loren married Carlo Ponti in 1957, he promised her “the most beautiful house in the world.”

A thread about their majestic Roman villa 🧵 1. Villa Sara is a lavish 16th-century mansion in Marino, Italy, just outside Rome, boasting 50 rooms and a grand guest house.

Ponti extensively renovated it, adding a swimming pool and richly ornate furnishings that epitomized extravagance and opulence.

Thread of colorized historical photos you've (probably) never seen before 🧵

1. D-Day, Normandy, 6 June 1944 2. Evacuee Barrie Peacop eating ice cream on a seamine that washed ashore. Deal in Kent, England, February 1940.

Ancient Rome back then vs Rome today 🧵

1. The Roman Forum 2. Circus Maximus

It was an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium measuring 621 by 118 meters and seating over 150,000 spectators.

The Circus Maximus was the largest stadium in ancient Rome and later inspired circuses throughout the Roman Empire. Today, it is a public park.

These stunning photographs were taken in Egypt by Maxime Du Camp in 1849-51 🧵

1. Abu Simbel as It stood 175 years ago 2. Colossal Monolith of Amenhotep III, Gournah, 1849-1851