Photograph by Abdullrahman Almalki, National Geographic Your Shot

While men chat on a perch in the Sarawat Mountains, sun rays create a dramatic sky over the valley below. Your Shot photographer Abdullrahman Almalki says the view “[overlooks] the city of Mecca,” Islam’s holy city.


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This second fragrance, this time dressed in somber grey instead of the sumptuous purple of the first one, is mysterious, mystical and sensual, placing the flower of iris at the center of the new creation; but this is not the pale or rooty iris that we know from other fragrances tagged with "iris" in their name or notes list, but a composition that ( Read more... )

We own a car again.
Three years ago, when Pedro moved to Arabia, we sold the Smart we had at the time. Although I have the licence to, I never drive.
Today, Pedro got a Mazda RX8. Quite similar to the one we had before the Smart. A more recent model, with a different colour also.


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Photograph by Vincent J. Musi, Archaeological Site of Delphi

In Greece, twilight bathes the ruins of the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia at Delphi and its tholos, a circular building. Pilgrims may have offered sacrifices here before consulting the oracle of Delphi at the nearby temple of Apollo.


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by Christopher Jobson

Perched in the sky fifty-two stories above Tokyo, a new exhibition celebrates a 30-year retrospective of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio famous for anime films like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Princess Mononoke. The centerpiece of the Studio Ghibli Expo is a room filled with various airships from ( Read more... )

Photograph by Kieron Nelson, National Geographic Your ShotIn northern Pakistan’s Hunza region, travelers cross what’s often called the most dangerous bridge in the world: the Hussaini Hanging Bridge, which looks almost as unforgiving as the landscape around it. “[The bridge] is extremely old and very narrow,” photographer Kieron Nelson writes. “ ( Read more... )

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by Christopher Jobson
Photo by Yu Hashimoto

Each year when summer comes along, we all look forward to different things. Some of us head to the beach, others to the mountains for camping. Some look forward to the epicurean delights like watermelon and ice cones. But for a select group of photographers in Japan, Summer signals the arrival of ( Read more... )

Photograph by Gary Fua, National Geographic Your Shot

Seawater pours into the gaping maw of Thor’s Well in this photo submitted by Gary Fua. Located in Oregon near Cape Perpetua, the dangerous but beautiful hole, also known as Spouting Horn, is estimated to be about 20 feet deep.


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