Real life version of Up by National Geographic Is it really possible to lift a house off the ground with helium balloons? In the real-life version of Pixar’s film Up, National Geographic aimed to find out, and ended up setting a world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. 300 colored weather balloons were used to lift a... - http://natrima.tumblr.com/post...
Cristina García Rodero is among the best Spanish photographers ever. She is member of the Magnum and Vu agencies. She was born in Puertollano, Spain in 1949, and studied painting at Complutense University in Madrid. - http://natrima.tumblr.com/post...
Sebastião Salgado in Siberia For his latest epic project, Genesis, photographer Sebastião Salgado spent eight years documenting parts of the world untainted by modern life. Here, he shares the images he took of the nomadic Nenets of northern Siberia. Ice cut out of a frozen lake is melted and the water used for cooking and drinking. The Nenets... - http://natrima.tumblr.com/post...
Photograph by Colleen Pinski
From “Top Shots,” National Geographic, November 2012
Pinski, 28, and her husband drove several hundred miles to Albuquerque just to get a better view of an annular solar eclipse. “We’re avid adventurists, so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity,” she says. A supertelephoto lens helped secure a larger-than-life image. - http://natrima.tumblr.com/post...