Thursday, April 5, 2012

Fascinating Ice Caves

Few people manage to get into the fascinating world of ice caves. Once they were lava and limestone and after a while all in these caves got covered in ice. This collection of photographs is consisted of most famous ice caves in the world.















How to Camera Ambush Wild Animals

This is how great pictures of wild animals are made. Beside of providing yourself with a good cover the most next important part is a comfy armchair because there is no telling how long are you going to sit there waiting!














Mighty Titan Beetle

The Titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is the second-longest known beetle in the Amazon rainforest and one of the longest beetle species in the world. It is from the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles). The titan beetle is the only member of its own genus. It is known from the rain forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the Guianas, and north-central Brazil, where it is most commonly collected by the use of mercury-vapor lamps, to which the males are attracted. There is a local ‘cottage industry’ in French Guiana of leading tours specifically to collect specimens of this beetle. Dried beetles are commonly available to collectors, but the very large specimens, in particular, are sought after and routinely command high prices, running into hundreds of US$. For instance, a 150 mm male secimen was sold on the internet auction site eBay in March 2012 for US$540.