- Big Blue
So mesmerising... - Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog
Dendrobates leucomelas. A poisonous frog that lives in northern parts of South America. Phantasmal poison frog (Epipedobates tricolor) is also there. - Phantasmal Poison Frog
Phantasmal poison frog (Epipedobates tricolor) is so so tiny! Officially "about" 22.6 mm. - Sharky!
Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), I think. - Sandy anemone
Bunodactis reynaudi. These anemones have over 300 tentacles and can be pink, brown, green, or blue. They live in Antarctic waters. - Seaweed
Seaweed looks like a crown of thorns. - Common seadragon
Common seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). How can something like this be ever called "common"?!? How can any dragon ever be called "common"? - Giant Spider Crab
Macrocheira kaempferi. They have a span of up to 3.6 metres! And can liver over 50 years! - Fish Eating Anemone
Urticina piscivora. It feeds on small fish, but also other anemones. - White-spotted Jellyfish
Phyllorhiza punctata. Copied from the Oceanario webpage: "The small white spots on its bell are crystalline inclusions close to the surface. The colour of the umbrella varies according to the presence or absence of symbiotic algae, that provide energy to the jellyfish, through photosynthesis." - Garden Eels
Splendid Garden Eel (Gorgasia preclara) and Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi) from Indian habitat. These creatures can be 40 cm long and live in abundant colonies - forming a "garden" - at a depth of 30 m. Creepy as hell. - Clown Anemonefish
Amphiprion ocellaris. They are protandric hermaphrodites - Nemo's Dad would actually change into Nemo's Mom once she died. - Black & white
I love black & white photos directly from the nature. This is Centro Fondo Peronaz, towards Cadore. - Monte Coldai
- Torre di Valgrande
The ridge of Monte Civetta - Palafavera
Wonderful cross-country trails - Torre di Valgrande
Civetta ridge - Monte Civetta
- It's snowing
- Mailbox
Even the mailbox is made in traditional style! - Doggo!
Another old barn transformed into a new house. Is that a dog-shaped opening? - Window shutters
I love the precise cuts of the window shutters! - Old houses in Mareson
- Fresh snow
- Snow!
Another black & white real-world photo! - Passerela di Igne
Igne footbridge - Julius Meinl Haus
Handelshaus Julius Meinl, 1899, Fleischmarkt 7. - Julius Meinl Haus
Handelshaus Julius Meinl, 1899, Fleischmarkt 7. - Basilisk
The basilisk, Schönlaterngasse 7. According to a myth, on 26 June 1212, the servant of a baker discovered a basilisk at the bottom of the well in the courtyard. He destroyed it by holding a mirror to it (looking into its eyes was known to be fatal). The basilisk exploded. Now I know where JK got her ideas from. - Basilisk
Basilisk in the Schönlaterngasse 7. - Jesuitenkirche
The Jesuit (University) Church, built in 1620s and redecorated by Andrea Pozzo in 1703. What a brilliant optical illusion! - Jesuitenkirche
Interior of the Jesuit church, by Andrea Pozzo, 1703. - Jesuitenkirche, fake dome
The Jesuit (University) Church, built in 1620s and redecorated by Andrea Pozzo in 1703. What a brilliant optical illusion. This is the "dome" from the other side. - Jesuitenkirche
Interior of Jesuit Church - Cow with glasses
Bäckerstraße 12, probably 16th century. A cow. With glasses. Playing Backgammon. With a dog. - Aliens?
Some UFO lights in the center or Vienna. - 615 € ?!?
Is it just me or is 615 € for a pair of (such) sneakers insanely expensive? - Stephansdom
The tower of Stephansdom, 136 m, built between 1368 and 1433. - Double-headed eagle
On the corner of Stephansplatz and Jasomirgottstrasse. - Conglomerate
Quarz conglomerate, Hertfordshire puddingstone, St Albans, England - Sulphur
Sulphur, Mine de Gyona, Sicily, Italy - Gold
A 36 kg gold "nugget", Zarewo Alexandrowskoi, Miask, Ural, Russia. A copy. - Salt
A lot of salt from Wieliczka mine, Poland - Pyrite
Pyrite or fool's gold, iron(II) disulfide, Amejun, Soria, Spain - Hematite
Iridescent hematite, Rio Marina, Elba - Calcite
Calcite, Joachimsthal, Jáchymov, Czech - Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite, Pb5(PO4)3Cl, Hofsgrund, Germany - Basalt
Different forms of basalt - Volcanic bomb
La Palma, Canary Islands - Gibeon meteorite
A part of the Gibeon meteorite, found in 1836 in Namibia, weighing in total over 26 tonnes. - Australasian tektites
Glass formation formed during meteorite impact - Sea Urchin Fossil
Archaecidaris, Carboniferous, Brown County, USA - Pecopteris Fern Fossil
Pecopteris miltonii, Carboniferous, a fossilised fern from Kladno, Czech. - Traces of a permian reptile
Traces of a reptilian Orabates, Permian, from Bromacker, Germany. Approximately 270 million years old. - A prehistoric ray-finned fish
Gyronchus macropterus (Kugelzahnfisch), Eichstätt, Germany - Spiral armring
A spiral armring with spiral ends, Maiersdorf, Lower Austria; Bronze Age, 1600-1300 BC. - A shoe
A shoe, Hallstatt, Upper Austria; older Iron Age, 800-300 BC. - Swords
Swords; late Bronze Age, 1200-800 BC; Bosnia, Poland, Upper Austria. - Old jewellery
Some bracelets and fibulae. Sorry, forgot what it is. - Fibula
A fibula, Brezje, Slovenia; older Iron Age, 800-400 BC. - Mammoth hut
A shelter made of mammoth bones and skin. Looks surprisingly comfy. - NHM
Ceiling in the Naturhistorisches Museum - The giant oarfish
Regalecus glesne. It is the world's longest bony fish, reaching a length of 11 m. - Chelydridae
Skeleton of a turtle. - Kookaburra
- Crocodile
Mexican crocodile, also called Morelet's crocodile, is a fresh-water crocodile, up to about 3,5 metres long. - Crocodile
Mexican (Morelet's) crocodile - Flamingo
This is American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber, Roter Flamingo), which is slightly redder than the Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus, Rosa Flamingo). - Flamingos
American flamingos - Flamingo
American flamingo - Flamingo
American flamingo - Jellyfish
They have over 25 different species of jellyfish in the Vienna Zoo so I'm not really sure which one is this. My guess would be white-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata), native to the western Pacific. - Almost there ...
Chrysalis stage of a soon-to-be butterfly. - Paper kite
Paper kite (Idea leuconoe) butterfly and its chrysalises (pupae). - Orang-Utan
This Orang-Utan's (Pongo pygmaeus) BFF is a waiter from the neighbouring restaurant. - Ein ... Vogel
Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata). These birds live in grasslands, savanas and open forests of South America. They cannot really fly and mostly eat snakes, lizards, frogs, rodents and insects. - Arctic wolf
The arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) wasn't in the mood. - Nat Geo moment
- Red button ginger
Tropical plants in tropical "rainforest" house - Tropics
Rainforest house. With bats. Those flying foxes flew directly into my face - not that I am ultrasound invisible or something, no. - Grasshopper wings
A close-up of a grasshopper wing. It belongs to a giant grasshopper (Titanacris albipes). - Stephansdom
The roof of the Stephansdom. - Remembering the church fire
When the fire broke out, the famous church bell (Pummerin) fell down and broke. They replaced it seven years later with a new one. - Stephansdom
- Stephansdom
In the church tower (Steffl). - Swarowski
Kärntner Strasse. Why oh why?!? - Swarovski
Whyyyy? - Ankeruhr
Hoher Markt, the clock was made in 1914. - Palazzo Ghini, Cesena
Coat of Arms of Pope Pius VI with Boreas the North Wind blowing on a lily, symbolizing his Swedish (northern) origin and the bending without breaking of the pure Church. - Blossoming Magnolia Grandiflora
In Cesena. - Magnolia Grandiflora
In Cesena. - A part of the map Italia di Matteo Greuter, Bologna, 1713.
Biblioteca Malatestina, Cesena. - Biblioteca Malatestiana
The oldest European civic library, opened since 1454. Cesena. - Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
You could read the books but were not allowed to borrow them. - Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
Renaissance Library, build in 1447-1452 with original furniture and books. It holds about 400 000 books and 3200 manuscripts. - Bibllioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
It was built in the shape of a basilica - representing the temple of knowledge and culture. - Titus Lucretius Carus - De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. Unfortunately I don't know how old this copy is. - Neume initial
Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena. - Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) - Correction of the Almagest
Original is from the 12th century. Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. - Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville
Originally from the 7th century. This is a copy from the 8th century in Carolingian minuscule script. In Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena.