Waterfall in Iceland

Waterfall in Iceland

The Lagoon of the fishes

The Lagoon of the fishes

Iceberg in Iceland

Iceberg in Iceland

The Picos de Europa

The Picos de Europa, consisting of three massifs, originated between the Carboniferous (-325 m) to the Tertiary (-66 m) and during the last two million years have been affected by the last glacial period.

Geyser mouth in Iceland

Geyser mouth in Iceland

Under Relief in Forbidden City Beijing

Under Relief in Forbidden City Beijing

Winter oak apples

Dryophanta cinipedo is presented two times into  two different shapes  during the year: Asexuada between April and May (Dryophanta taschengerdii) and another asexuada in autumn (Dryophanta folii). The D. taschenbergii female lays eggs on oak leaves for summer galls (see photo of the week 20 August 2017 in VD), while D. folii deposits them in the oak's gems producing the gills of Winter that can be observed in the photos attached.

Summer oak apples on oak leaves

Dryiohanta cinipedo is presented two times during the year: A sexuada between April and May (Dryophanta faschengerdii) and another asexuada in autumn (Dryophanta folii). The female D. faschenbergii lays eggs on the oak leaves for summer galls shown in the photos, while D. folii deposits them producing the winter galls.

Walnut

Junglans regia was described in 1753 by Linneus in his work named Species Plantarum. Its fruit has been attributed to tonifying parts of the central nervous system by the resemblance of its internal seed like a brain shape.

Opuntia ficus-indica

Opuntia ficus-indica

Oasis in the Peruvian desert

The Peruvian coast is geologically a desert that occupies the strip of land between the Andes and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. This desert is crossed perpendicularly by rivers that are born in the Andean mountains and they go into the Ocean, creating true oases in which important agricultural crops exist including the rice plantations.

Rainforest

Rainforest