These are trees... In Northern Finland...🌲😮 Only there do they freeze in such unique shapes, creating an otherwordly landscape. More about the unique frozen trees of Finland: earthlymission.com/these-trees-... 📷 Niccolo Bonfadini

Archaeologists recently uncovered this chubby cat figure in Peru's Nazca region. It turned out to be the oldest Nazca line we know of: it's 2,000 years old! More about the Nazca cat👇 earthlymission.com/oldest-nazca... 📷 Peru's Ministry of Culture

More about Priest's Grotto and the families' harrowing experience underground👇 earthlymission.com/priests-grot...

These are the stairs leading to the top of the world’s largest urban jungle, Pico da Tijuca... Tijuca National Park is a remarkable 40 square kilometer chunk of Atlantic rainforest - right in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More about this place👇 earthlymission.com/pico-da-tiju... 📷 Trilhando Montanhas

⚡😱 A single lightning bolt on April 29, 2020, stretched an astonishing 477.2 miles across three U.S. states, setting a new world record for the longest megaflash ever recorded. More about the largest lightning ever recorded👇 earthlymission.com/longest-ligh...

☢️🛸 Scientists are baffled by what created this enormous crater in Siberia and why trees grew so huge around it. Some have suggested it was caused by meteorite impact, a volcanic eruption or a gas pocket breakthrough👇 earthlymission.com/patomskiy-cr... 📷 Siberian Times / Dmitry Semenov

On December 10, 1997 Julia Hill climbed a 1500-year-old redwood tree named Luna and she didn’t come down for another 738 days. Read her amazing story👇 earthlymission.com/julia-butter...

Researchers have discovered hundreds of well-preserved (and huge) dinosaur footprints in Oxfordshire, dating back 166 million years, at a site dubbed Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway.’ More images/info about the amazing discovery👇 earthlymission.com/dinosaur-hig... 📷 Richard Butler

Lava formed to look like the bodies of the damned being sucked into hell 😱 More about this incredible photo👇 earthlymission.com/the-science-...

Tornadic waterspout off the coast of Punta Gorda, Florida. More incredible waterspouts and how they form👇 earthlymission.com/waterspouts-... 📷 Punta Gorda Police Department

🐭⛑️ More about this discovery/footage of mouse reviving mate👇 earthlymission.com/mice_revive_...

In banded mongoose societies, all females give birth at the same time, creating a situation where they cannot distinguish their own pups from others. So they distribute care equally, focusing on the pups most in need. Full story👇 earthlymission.com/mongoose-mom... 📷 Cloudtail the Snow Leopard

The loneliest house in the world is in Iceland 🏠🌎 More about the loneliest house👇 earthlymission.com/loneliest-ho... 📷 h0rdur

These massive tunnels were dug by a giant sloth (Megatherium) that lived in South America 10,000 years ago. LOOK AT THOSE CLAW MARKS. They dug tunnels that are 2,000 feet long, six feet tall and up to five feet wide! Red on👇 earthlymission.com/enormous-cla... 📷 Amilcar Adamy/Heinrich Frank

Position of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world with an altitude of 3,812 meters, compared to Lake Baikal and the Great Lakes. More about the world's deepest/highest lakes👇 earthlymission.com/how-high-are...

This dad with Down syndrome raised his son to be a doctor, proving that love makes everything possible. Full story👇 earthlymission.com/father-with-...

⚡ Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela has the highest concentration of lightning strikes in the world, with an average of 233 flashes per square kilometer each year. More about the lake of lightning👇 earthlymission.com/eternal-thun... 📷 NASA / Happy Traveler

There's a unique underwater forest with a fascinating secret in a mountain lake in Kazakhstan. Lake Kaindy was formed when a powerful earthquake caused a huge landslide that blocked a gorge and created a natural dam. More👇 earthlymission.com/lake-kaindy-... 📷 Tautasova Sabina / Vasiliy Kalashnikov

The Eye of the Sahara is situated in the western Sahara Desert in Mauritania. Originally thought to be an impact crater, later research eliminated that possibility. Ans some say it matches Plato's description of Atlantis👇 earthlymission.com/eye-of-the-s... 📷 ESA Events / Axelspace Corporation

Snow print of owl catching rabbit. More about this photo👇 earthlymission.com/snow-print-o... 📷 Susan Barstow

This Nome fisherman, photographed around 1900, dons a raincoat crafted from animal intestines. Traditionally, women crafted these waterproof parkas using the guts of large sea mammals, most often seal intestines, employing a watertight stitch with fine sinew thread.

A modern Egyptian man taking a selfie with a 2000-year-old portrait of an Egyptian man during the Roman era. See more of the amazing Faiyum mummy portraits, the oldest portrayals of the human face👇 earthlymission.com/faiyum-mummy...

In 1963, some 2000-year-old seeds were discovered in an ancient pot in Israel. They were planted in 2005 and a tree that had been extinct for over 1800 years sprouted. What is more, the tree has now yielded fruit! Read on👇 earthlymission.com/extinct-jude... 📷 Guy Eisner / Marcos Schonholz

Helmcken Falls in British Columbia, Canada, ejects so much spray in the air that in winter an enormous ice cone is formed. During colder winters, it can grow to 200 foot (60 m) or taller, with some remnants still visible in June. More👇 earthlymission.com/helmcken-fal... 📷 mounntaingoat

More about ancient Egyptian archaeology👇 earthlymission.com/first-archae...

A librarian in Idaho gave new life to a 110-year old tree's stump in front of her house by turning it into a free community library. More images/info about the tree stump library👇 earthlymission.com/librarian-gi... 📷 Sharalee Armitage Howard/Little Tree Library

The Eternal Flame Falls in Shale Creek Preserve, New York. What makes this small waterfall so special is that behind the cascading water, there is a small grotto that emits natural gas, which can be lit to produce a small flame. More👇 earthlymission.com/eternal-flam... 📷 Mpmajewski

NASA's James Webb telescope has spotted a giant 'question mark' object in deep space. Scientists are not really sure what it is. More about the giant cosmic question mark👇 earthlymission.com/cosmic-quest...

A little lion snarling at remote camera. 📷 Will Burrard-Lucas The same photographer's incredibly rare encounter with the African black panther👇 earthlymission.com/night-time-p...

Perfectly preserved cave lion cub from the Ice Age. She is about 26,000 years old. More about the incredible find and it's pair, a 44,000-year-old male cave lion cub👇 earthlymission.com/perfectly-pr... 📷 Alexey Mihaylov / The Siberian Times

This restaurant in Malaysia has a body size discount system. I don't think I would pass after this Christmas. 📷 Mongolian Master

These amazing striped icebergs in Antarctica look like Christmas candy... 🎄🍭 More amazing striped icebergs and how they form👇 earthlymission.com/striped-iceb... 📷 Oyvind Tangen / hazy-daisy

Why you don't put Christmas lights on palm trees...

Researchers have discovered 22,000-year-old drag marks at White Sands National Park in New Mexico — the earliest evidence of land transport technology, occurring about 17,000 years before the invention of the wheel. More👇 earthlymission.com/22000-year-o... Image: Bournemouth University

-62°C (-79.6°F) temperature near Oymyakon, the coldest village in the world. In this kind of weather, people still go to work... More about life in the world's coldest inhabited settlement👇 earthlymission.com/life-worlds-... 📷 anastasiagav

The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) is a stellar nursery located about 2,500 light-years away in our Milky Way galaxy. More about this image/animated version + what Christmas lights look like in space👇 earthlymission.com/chirstmas-tr... Image: NASA

In this village in Iran, the roofs function as streets. More images/info about the rooftop street village👇 earthlymission.com/masuleh-vill...

In 1996, Hiroshi Yagi, who has been looking for the extinct Japanese wolf for 50 years, took 19 photographs of a wolf-like animal that confronted him. He has since collected further evidence that the animal, long thought to be extinct, is still actually alive👇 earthlymission.com/japanese-wol...

This is the oldest rock ever discovered on Earth. It was found in the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, Canada, and is more than 4 billion years old. More about the oldest rock: t.ly/FJrMh

This peak in the middle of the Tasman Sea looks like a fantasy novel location and it actually exists. It's called Ball's Pyramid, and it's the world's largest sea stack. More images/info about Ball's Pyramid, which also has the world's rarest insect (it's huge)👇 earthlymission.com/balls-pyrami...

A phallic-looking iceberg photographed by Kenneth J. Pretty from Dildo, Canada. Yes, you've read that right. Read the full story👇 earthlymission.com/dickie-icebe...

A sun dog photographed in Saskatoon, Canada. More breathtaking sun dogs and how they form👇 earthlymission.com/sun-dogs-atm... 📷 Carlos Enrique Díaz

This fantastic 'virgin' pool never before seen by humans was discovered 700 feet (213 meters) deep in a New Mexico cave. More images/info about the virgin pool👇 earthlymission.com/virgin-pool-... 📷 Max Wisshak/Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Long before color-sensitive film was invented, Russian photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky took 3 individual black and white photos, each with a filter (red, blue and green) to create high quality photos in full color — over 108 years old! His stunning color photos of imperial Russia 👇 t.ly/8bWCL

An ancient Greek stadium before and after excavation. More about this amazing find 👇 earthlymission.com/magnesia-sta...

Best Christmas story from a few years ago: a stowaway owl was found living in a family's Christmas tree after going unnoticed for 4 days! In the end, it was found by a carpet cleaner who was working in the home. Full story👇 earthlymission.com/owl-found-li...

This is not CGI or AI, but a real sea angel captured on camera by Alexander Semenov. More info/footage of the sea angel👇 earthlymission.com/sea-angel-cg...

A clue to the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke was recently found hidden in invisible ink👇 earthlymission.com/roanoke-colo...

🪲➕🐜🟰😮 More about how he does it👇 earthlymission.com/austrospirac...

This is a fish ladder in Switzerland. It allows fish to get around a dam.