The 10 Most Awesome Pictures Taken From Outer Space

Space Photography - photography of the heavenly bodies, nebulas, and various cosmic phenomena with instruments located outside the earth’s atmosphere. Photographs of the earth’s surface made from space are distinguished by the fact that, although they provide a representation of terrain as a whole they encompass very large areas. We have captured some unique photos shown below:

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The 20 Most Brilliantly Colored Birds in the World

There is an amazing diversity of colors and patterns exhibited by more than 9,000 bird species found in the world, birds can see color. In fact, they can discriminate a greater variety of colors than humans: as some birds can see into the ultraviolet range.

In some cases feather colors are there result of a combination of pigment and structural colors.  The greens of some parrots are the result of yellow pigments overlaying the blue-reflecting characteristic of the feathers. Here are a few examples of most brilliantly colored birds in the world:

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20 Amazing Examples of Animal Camouflage

Camouflage is an avoidance of observation that allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment through deception.  Examples include a tiger's stripes, the battledress of a modern soldier and a butterfly camouflaging itself as a leaf.  The theory of camouflage covers the various strategies which are used to achieve this effect.  Here are a few examples of animal camouflage:

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