A courting pair of Brazilian Jewels. This tiny (~2”), docile, and rare type of tarantula lives beneath camouflaged silken trapdoors on trees and is one of the most colorful of all 50,000+ known spider species.
Haliç Shipyard (Tersane-i Amire) in Istanbul, Turkey, founded by the Ottomans in 1455, is often cited as the oldest operating shipyard in the world.
This photo of two brothers at Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park was taken seconds before they were struck by lightning in 1975.
