A rare event

The Atacama desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth. It looks absolutely spectacular in full bloom after some rain:

The skies today

While you prepare for the solar eclipse today, we're enjoying completely clear skies, not a single cloud in sight!

Just a little old tree...

This baobab tree in Senegal is six thousand years old!

Something to think about...

That's a mouthful!

Picasso’s full name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

This is fascinating

I was mesmerized by this video...

Which type are you?

Not very careful planning...

This house is in Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand. Crazy, eh? Who would build such a strange house?

The first photo was taken as if the road didn't slope at all. Here's how steep the road really is:

Baldwin Street is considered the steepest road in the world and also one of the most peculiar, thanks to the oblivious designers in London!

This is not a cheerleader!

Look carefully at these photos?

Very exciting photo from a place far, far away

The Cassini spacecraft taking the picture closest to Saturn in history.

No storms in these teacups

These gardens are really cute!

Mesmerizing video

So modern!

Tomorrow's world is here... today!

Amy sent us some examples of things that look like they were taken out of some sci-fi movie. Thank you, Amy.

Oh, the patience!

A guy called Gaku makes these fantastic carvings on fresh produce:

Could you pass the salt please?

There's Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum in Tennessee, with over 20,000 shakers on display, dating from the 1500's to modern times. The museum is owned and run by Andrea and Rolf (wait for it) Salt!

Here are some of the exhibits: