Artist Simon Beck creates this amazing artworks on snow and sand, though first each design is carefully planned and mapped out on a computer. The temporary artwork has a lifetime until the next snow fall or until the sun melts it or the beach waves washed it away.
One of the pillars is even officially renamed to Avatar Hallelujah Mountain in honor of the film, apparently according to the director James Cameron this place was the original inspiration for the floating mountains on the fictive moon Pandora.
The Zhangjiajie National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992 and in 2004 is also listed as a UNESCO Global Geopark.
Yesterday rainbow clouds were spotted over Northumberland, England. Scientifically known as polar stratospheric clouds, the colourful cloud formation appeared a bit more southern than usual.
This kind of a phenomenon is also known as nacreous clouds.
What is really cool is that this type of clouds will linger on for this week as the UK is having some really cold weather.
