Africa is a fascinating continent with so much to offer. It has spectacular views, and nature goes wild wherever you look. Behold Southern Africa’s coastal desert Namib; its name is derived from the Khoekhoe language and means a “vast place.” Namib, not to be confused with Namibia, stretches for more than 2,000 kilometers across the Atlantic coasts of Namibia, Angola, and South Africa.
This desert is almost entirely uninhabited by humans except for a few indigenous groups and small settlements, including the Obatjimba and the Ovahimba Herero located in the north, as well as the Topnaar Nama situated in the central region.
Someone Probably Beat You to It!
Will you look at that? It's the end of the rainbow, but where's the pot of gold? For those of you who don't know, it comes from the legend of the Leprechaun from Irish Folklore. It's these little-bearded fairy men who allegedly left a pot of gold at the end of rainbows. Leprechauns will also grant three wishes to anyone who is able to capture them.
In case you were wondering, this photo was taken with no filters, no eye tricks, and no iPhone or Android devices. This is pure art, taken by a human eye using just a camera and the gift of nature.
The First Photo of a Living Fetus
This photo ended up in Time magazine. Lennart Nilsson took it along with other jaw-dropping portraits across many pages inside the magazine. It triggered the debate concerning "when life begins and who will ultimately wield the control of a woman's body” in the premise of before and after birth.
Adding to Lennart's brilliant magazine cover, he took this photo when it was seemingly impossible to make a portrait inside the human body and much more of a fetus inside a woman. It was a breakthrough that sparked heated debates among political and religious figures, and a personal milestone that cemented his name in the industry.
Believe It or Not, That’s Paint
They took the photo shown above at "Sergels Torg" or "Sergel's Square," the most central public square of Stockholm, Sweden. They named it after the 18th-century sculptor named Johan Tobias Sergel. The sculptor had built a workshop located in the northern part of the square. As you can see, this is much more than just a square.
Somewhere in the square is an artwork that bends reality by combining all the elements of a grand optical illusion. If you notice in the photograph, there's a big, almost triangular hole on the floor; they used paint and a few shading techniques, so you don't need to worry about that.
The Mother of All Perfectly Timed Photos
Everyone knows and loves seemingly infinite amounts of perfectly timed photos scattered across the internet, but this might just arguably be number one on that list. Here's a genuine and unedited picture of a Yosemite waterfall taken at the perfect and precise moment when the sun reflected from the splashing waters.
They call it the waterfall rainbow, and it isn't the only photo of its kind that's going across the internet. It's a photography discovery commonly seen among the waterfalls of Yosemite. This is, without a doubt, nature at its prime and another proof that you don't need much, and these are the true gifts of life.