Oneonta Gorge is one of the many wonders of the National Scenic Area. It is not accessible by trail. Rather you must walk up the creek bed, over a large and perhaps unstable log jam, through the gorge, and up to your waist in water until you finally see falls. Lower Oneonta Falls probably dropped just under 100ft in a backdrop surrounded by steep vertical-walled cliffs and fronted by clear pools. The...

This Year the World Championship of sled dog took place in the town of Bernau in black forest in South Germany. Bernau has been a location for winter European dog sled races for more than 30 years. More than 6000 spectators from all over the world were cheering on 90 of the world’s top mushers from 5 different nations and 800 dogs of various breeds, mostly huskies. credit: Ralf

The 22-story Falcon 9 lifted off from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. carrying the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite on SpaceX’s first deep space mission. Falcon 9 is a family of launch vehicles designed and manufactured by SpaceX, headquartered in Hawthorne, California. The family consists of the Falcon 9 v1.0, Falcon 9 v1.1, and the Falcon 9-R....

This spectacular Marble Cathedral is set in the General Carrera lake in Chile’s Patagonia – the second largest freshwater lake in South America. The caves are on the Chilean side of the lake. The Cathedral and the Caves are a unique geological formation featuring a group of caverns, tunnels and pillars created in monoliths of marble and formed by waves over the last 6,000 years. The level...

The human cost 5,665 people killed and 13,961 wounded in eastern Ukraine 5.2 million people estimated to be living in conflict areas 978,482 internally displaced people within Ukraine, including 119,832 children 600,000 fled to neighbouring countries, of whom more than 400,000 have gone to Russia Photo Credit: EU/ECHO, Eastern Ukraine, Mathias Eick, March 2015 credit:  EU Humanitarian...

Italy – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi United Kingdom – Prime Minister David Cameron India – Prime Minister Narendra Modi Germany – Chancellor Angela Merkel United States – President Barack Obama China – President Xi Jinping Japan – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe France – President Co-Prince of Andorra François Hollande Brazil – President Dilma Rousseff Canada...

Lodder Bonsai were the first company in Europe to be commercially involved with bonsai. It is a family business that has its roots in specialty plants. The lodder bonsais range is unique in size, diversity and quality. credit: jeremy_norbury

Opening : Begin 28 Feb 2015 End 28 Mar 2015 Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly magazine that was the target of terrorist attacks in response to its controversial cartoons. The most recent attack in January of 2015 left 12 Charlie Hebdo staff members dead. credit: bibquimperle3

The internationally famous glass artist has sent a small trove of vessels for a temporary exhibition at the Chihuly Collection. The seven works are from the Sealife Stoppers series, which combine blown-glass bases with sculpted tops. Dale Chihuly is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. He is credited with transforming the methods of creating glass art and thereby leading the development of...