"The animal lifted him by the neck and threw him on to the ground, chewed the body and severed the head," a bystander said.davidevison / Getty Images
This past Saturday, an Indian man paid with his life for leaving his camel in the heat all day. When he went to untie the camel, it viciously attacked him, severing the man’s head. “The animal lifted him by the neck and threw him on to the ground, chewed the body and severed the head,” villager Thakara Ram told The Times of India. Read More...
Known by many as “the river that ran away from paradise” and the most beautiful river in the world, Colombia’s Caño Cristales or The River of Five Colors is a veritable biological wonder.
For most of the year, the river remains nondescript: clear currents, greyish rocks, cool waters. However for a brief period of time the Macarenia clavigera, a plant that lines the river floor, turns a brilliant shade of red that is only complemented by radiant shades of yellow and green sand, blue water, and many other hues in the color spectrum. Read More...
Known as the "Sleeping Beauty" of Mount Everest, American mountaineer Francys Arsentiev died tragically atop Earth's highest peak on May 24, 1998.Denver Public LibraryFrancys Arsentiev poses at the summit of Mount Everest in what’s believed to be the last photo ever taken of her.
On May 22, 1998, Francys Arsentiev made history when she became the first American woman to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of supplemental oxygen. Read More...
