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Video: Best Photos of the Week (Dec 12 - 18) by National Geographic
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Traditionally, every Sunday at Culturology. Ru - a selection of the best shots from National Geographic that deserve special attention. Today's release, for December 12 - 18, will delight both nature lovers and those who are interested in travel, exotic countries, their peoples and traditions.
12 December
The American state of Iowa very often becomes a target for irrepressible elements with a powerful destructive force. So, on April 11, 2011, a large tornado swept over the city of Mapleton, destroying hundreds of residential buildings and industrial buildings and one elevator. Photographer Timothy Wright witnessed the consequences of the disaster.
December 13th
Women from the Himba tribe in northern Namibia are forced to perform a special ritual every day, it is also a cosmetic procedure that is needed to protect the body from the harsh desert climate. So, they cover themselves from head to toe with a mixture of ocher, oil and ash, which turns the skin into a reddish-brown color. They also never take a shower, but instead "bathe" in smoke, burning aromatic herbs in a pot every morning. This smoke is harmful to parasites and is also considered to be something like "perfume" and aromatherapy.
December 14
Sometimes nature does amazing things that we call miracles or "obvious - incredible". Thus, due to flooding in Pakistan, millions of spiders were forced to flee in trees to survive. And since the water level was critically high for too long, many trees turned into cocoons due to the cobwebs that enveloped them and died from lack of sunlight. However, this situation has its advantages: the hordes of spiders occupying the trees have significantly reduced the level of malaria in Sindh province, destroying a huge number of mosquitoes, carriers of this disease.
December 15th
Italian octopuses are not only curious but also fearless. So, one of them is calmly basking in the sun in the shallow waters of the Mediterranean Sea, admiring the snow-capped top of Vesuvius, which can be seen in the distance. And the presence of a person does not bother him at all - this is what allowed the photographer Pasquale Vassallo to take such a wonderful picture.
December 16
The Parisian spirit of freedom, equality and brotherhood hovers over the city in any weather, at any time of the year, and knocks down those who succumb to its charm. So, sometimes in the squares of the French capital you can see truly amazing scenes, like the one that got into the lens of Brian Yen's camera. There is so much tenderness, peace, tranquility and love in them that it seems as if time has stopped. And this is the whole of Paris, all of its c'est la vie.
December 17
The largest modern predator, the most dangerous underwater fish that is found in the surface coastal waters of all the oceans of the Earth, is the great white shark, also known as the man-eating shark. Photographer David Litchfield managed to take a truly shocking photograph: the meeting of this dangerous underwater inhabitant with a group of divers who dive to the bottom of the sea in a special metal cage.
December 18
The Indian martial art of Kalaripayattu is one of the oldest temple arts, born over 6000 years ago in the south of India, in the state of Kerala. Kalaripayattu is considered the ancestor of many martial arts, and the primary source of this system of martial arts is the Sacred texts of the Dhanur Veda. This is a unique art that combines physical, mental and spiritual methods of training a warrior. Photographer Nicolas Chorier captured Kalaripayattu fighters training on a beach in North Kerala.
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