As of 2017, roughly 17% of the total land area of the Netherlands is land reclaimed from either sea or lakes. 65% of the country would be under water at high tide, if dikes, dunes and pumps were not used. This is what the country would have looked like from space in 1300 vs today.

Designed by Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal, this giant clothespin sculpture that seems to be holding onto a mound of dirt and grass, resides on the outskirts of Liege, Belgium.

Restoration works on the 2,200-year-old theater in the ancient city of Laodicea, a largely unknown archaeological site before 2003, located in western Denizli province, Turkey, have been completed. This is a before and after overview.

The nilgai or blue bull is the largest Asian antelope and is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. They stand 1 – 1.5 meters (3.3 – 4.9 ft) at the shoulder and their maximum weight recorded is 308 kilograms

The balls behind the horizontal lines are all the same color. It's called the Munker Illusion. [✏️ David Novick]

Christ the Redeemer statue. [📷 Leonardo Sens] Source: www.instagram.com/leosens?igsh...

Sunset colors from Egypt. [📷 Y&G]

The splendid fairywren. Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism, the male in breeding plumage is a small, long-tailed bird of predominantly bright blue and black colouration.

The earliest mantis fossils are about 135 million years old. This one was found preserved in Dominican amber and it's from the Oligocene which means it's from 33.9 to 23 million years old

Sunset colors from Egypt. [📷 Y&G]

This famous aurora lit up pareidoliacally in an amazing shape reminiscent of a giant phoenix.

Sunset from Istanbul. [📷 Y&G]

The Fukang meteorite, found in China, 2000. It is a pallasite, a type of stony-iron meteorite filled with olivine crystals. It is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old.

The Space Shuttles typically went transonic approximately 45 seconds after launch. Here is an impressive picture of the Atlantis mission STS-106 on September 8, 2000 with the shock wave forming a rainbow effect.

Sailfish are considered the fastest fish in the sea, reaching top speeds of 70 miles per hour (112 km/h) Sailfish use their speed and their elongated bill to slash at schools of smaller fish, stunning or injuring them before consuming.

Sehmus Erginoglu poses with photo of trees he helped restore. He began by clearing out rubbish from his hometown in Turkey 30 years ago and eventually started to plant saplings. Today the site is home to a small forest of around 11,000 trees.

A tiger's tongue is so coarse, it can lick flesh to the bone.

Najin is one of the two remaining northern white rhinos in the world, protected round-the-clock by armed guards against poachers. Both Najin and Fatu are female, and this makes the subspecies functionally extinct. [📷 Matjaz Krivic]

A Girl Climbs To Say Her Goodbye To A Soldier Going Off To Fight In World War II, 1940

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