The best photos of the last week (September 17-23) from National Geographic

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Each week on Kulturology. RU ends with the fact that the journal National Geographic shares with us the most interesting, vivid, memorable, and sometimes fabulous, unearthly photographs of nature, natural phenomena, people, animals and birds from all over the world. This week is the best published since September 17-23.

September 17

The archipelago of Socotra islands, in the Indian Ocean, is called the real pearl of Yemen and the entire Arabian region. Due to the fact that this place is one of the most isolated on the planet, it has become a treasure trove of unique flora and fauna: amazing plants have been preserved here that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet. Many generations of Socotrians, bearers of the unique cultural tradition of Yemen, have managed to preserve and bring to us such a miracle of nature as the Socotran adenium, a bottle tree, also known as the "Desert Rose". The plant owes this nickname to its appearance, which, during flowering, is very reminiscent of a bronze vase with bright pink flowers.

September 18

Mangroves, filtering pollution in the waters of Central America, act as a kind of protective fence, a kind of nursery for many reef baby fish. The roots of mangroves form arches through which young fish begin their long journey.

September 19

The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull has been the most famous active volcano for some time now, and like any celebrity, it often becomes the subject of photography, both amateur and professional. So, the photographer captured a "portrait" of this volcano once before dawn on April 23, 2010, when all the worst was over. Lava flows freely along the slopes of the volcano, whereas a little earlier it melted its ice cap, which caused severe flooding that destroyed roads, houses, farms. And the most powerful ash ejection into the stratosphere stopped all air traffic for a week.

September 20

Delicate and foggy, light and transparent - this is how winter is seen through the camera lens in Sialkot, a city located in the northeast of the Punjab province of Pakistan, at the very foot of the snow-capped peaks of Kashmir.

September 21st

The green sea turtle that lives in the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is called "soup" for a reason. The length of its shell reaches 70-150 cm, its weight is 200 kg, and since the meat and eggs of this amphibian are very tasty, the population of green turtles has significantly decreased. Currently, hunting for turtles is prohibited in most countries.

September 22nd

In the village of Longyearbyen, which is located on the Spitsbergen archipelago, beyond the Arctic Circle, on a clear night you can observe an amazing natural phenomenon: the northern lights, which can fascinate everyone, even those who have already witnessed it several times. But the most beautiful radiance can be captured precisely when the full moon flaunts in the sky, which will come a magical color to the sky and create an amazing, unearthly image, as if born by the fantasy of a cartoonist.

23 September

Mothers and babies behave the same regardless of whether they are humans, animals or birds. So, a cheetah mom with her cute baby looks like such a touching couple … Even though they are dangerous bloodthirsty predators.