Amazing Nature (18 pics)

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“What do you think is this? I found it in the sea. When you touch it, it feels like hard jelly. Image search suggested that this is a persimmon, aspen mushroom, or an amber.”

2

Answer: This is the Actinia schmidti sea anemone.

This is not a tree but a sintered soil, commonly known as fulgurite, that forms when powerful lightning strikes sand or rocks. It’s fragile and very rare.

3

The Iranian Hormuz Island is considered a branch of Mars on Earth because of its red sand and water. It contains a lot of ochre, a natural pigment that consists of ferric oxide with portions of clay and sand.

4

Marine iguanas often allow lava lizards to climb on their heads.

5

Stones move by themselves in the dried-up Racetrack Playa lake and it was recently discovered why. Sometimes, at the bottom of the lake, a thin layer of ice forms. When the weather gets warmer, the layers of ice start breaking and become plates, allowing this movement which is caused by the wind.

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“I took a picture of this beautiful butterfly in my garden. It’s called the Cinnabar moth.”

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Anabas, or climbing perch, can crawl on the ground and it’s believed they can also climb trees with the help of their fins. They can also go a long time without water.

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The green heron can extend its neck like a telescope.

9

Incredible rainbow obsidian.

10

Unusual lilac flowers.

11

“Black petunias from my garden.”

12

A baobab tree in Madagascar.

13

This is the giraffe weevil from Madagascar. It needs a long neck to fight for female weevils.

14

Unicorn lizard from Sri Lanka.

15

An elegant worm from the island of Borneo.

16

Mossy frog.