Falling Water
This artificial waterfall was photographed by Javier Casares. Read on for why it was made and where you can find it.
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This artificial waterfall was photographed by Javier Casares. Read on for why it was made and where you can find it.
I laughed and laughed at this one. It has a long and fun backstory, including other images and even video!
Description Javier Casares lives in Dúrcal (Granada, Spain), near the Río Dúrcal (Dúrcal river). Often in the mornings he walks near the river, in the valley, because it’s cooler. Apparently sheep, goats, and dogs prefer it also. The dogs keep the sheep and goats in place so well that the shepherds don’t need to stay….
This photo was taken by Musarrat Anjum Chowdhury while on a company trip to Meghalaya, India. There was a viewing platform so people could easily see Nohkalikai Falls without hurting the land.
On the Meghna river in Chadpur, around 100 KM from Dhaka, Bangladesh, fishermen go out to catch fish every day. Every evening they gather their nets to go home. Amin was on a river cruise one evening and snapped this shot and their day ended.
This photo was taken by Gagan Deep Singh, in Pune, India.
Welcome to the Jaisalmer desert, Rajasthan, India. This photo was taken by Dilip Bheda from Ahmedabad. He and his team drove out into the desert one evening to take photographs.
This photo was taken at Uludag mountain, Bursa, Turkey. Azizul Haque was there with family enjoying all the snow activities offered there. He was in another car that just passed.
I took the particular photo at sunrise on the shore of the Kavatsi campsite, which is located near Sozopol, a small ancient resort town in Bulgaria with a thousand-year history. — Nick Krastev
This photo was taken by Zeba Afia Shama near Chandranath Hill, Sitakunda in Bangladesh. Zeba says
I was gone for hiking in the mountains. It was a early winter day and somewhere like 8am in the morning, The sky is full with fog, and cold breeze and the smell of the foggy soil inspire me to take the picture. I wish I could also capture the feelings, breeze and smell.