Sunken British ferry Tistlgorm “(” Thistlegorm “) – the most famous ship, resting in Red sea. Etot cargo ship, built in 1940, sank on Oct. 6, 1941. He was attacked by German bombers Henkel 111. Two bombs struck the stern deck of the ship and detonated ammunition packed in the hold. As a result, the ship broke in two and sank to a depth of about 30 meters to the north-west of Ras Mohammed in the Strait of Guba.

During World War 2 the Nazi soldiers besides their rifles had also cameras handy and made a lot of photos of the conquered territories. Such pictures were banned in Soviet Russia because they didn’t fit in the official agenda. According to Soviet propaganda Nazis were not much better than wild dangerous animals ki**ing and torturing civilians and burning down every village they enter. Later, after the collapse of USSR some amount of evidence started arriving from abroad to Russia, showing that it was not so bad under the short German rule for the Russian people, some really enjoyed some freedoms they didn’t have under the Soviet rule. Like on the top picture people depicted throwing rocks at the Lenin...

Chris Hondros covers international conflicts since the end of 1990. He spent years photographing the Iraq war and its consequences for the U.S. military and for Iraqi citizens. Hondros spent years in Afghanistan, accompanying troops on combat missions and photographing the military hospitals of the United States, as well as people who live in conflict zones. This collection presents some of the last shots Hondrosa in Afghanistan.

Prisoners live in cells enhanced regime – for four in a cell meant for two. A prisoner has a bed, a blanket, a prison overalls and nothing else. In summer the temperature in the chamber rises above 30 degrees Celsius. Bad prisoners may be for any misconduct. Good prisoners live in army tents set in the prison yard. These tents have been sewn during the Korean War. Temperature in the tent is more varied – from the temperature below zero in winter to plus 50 Celsius in summer. At the entrance to the tent city posted: “There are vacancies. Do not want to spend time – no need to commit a crime.”

From time to time photos of child soldiers in Africa holding AK-47s or some other kind of weapon appear here and there provoking outrage and compassion from the Western public. But just a few decades ago, during World War II, there were often occasions of Russian kids fighting in the regular army against the Nazis. Generally speaking, children were not allowed to join the combat army—but many exceptions were made. Many kids tried to run away from their homes “to the War” but most such cases were eventually captured by military police and returned back to their homes.  While some did succeed in joining the army, it was often the case for these runaways to get lost in the...

The Spetsnaz GRU, or Russian army special forces, are the original Spetsnaz  and are generally considered the best trained units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as evidenced by both its seniority among the Special Forces (Spetsnaz GRU are much older than their KGB (formerly Tcheka) Osnaz counterparts and their colleagues from the MVD) and their reputation within the Union (Cf. V.Suvorov). They are a special unit under the control of GRU (Glavnoye Razvedyvatel’noye Upravleniye is the acronym for the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation). During World War II reconnaissance and diversionary forces were formed under the supervision of the Second Department of the General Staff....

It was one of the most famous houses in the rocks. It was built in San Francisco, an American senator in 1863. Later, it made a restaurant with a wonderful view, which was visited by prominent politicians and celebrities in those years. The house even survived a devastating earthquake in 1906. A year later, the evening of September 7, 1907, for unknown reasons, there was a fire and he burned to the ground.

10. Poison Dart Frog This small yellowish frog isn’t the one that turns into a handsome prince on kissing. With a deadly black tongue that can extend up to 4 metres, the poison dart frog is one of the deadliest creatures alive. Coming from a family of frogs that is native to Central and South America, the poison dart frog is extremely venomous. One single dumping of its entire load of venom is enough to immediately paralyse and kill ten full grown humans. With a black tongue that oozes slimy black neuro toxins, the poison dart frogs is only too adept at keeping away predators from its pint sized body. Never mess with the ones that croak. 9. Cape...

In New Zealand there is the village of Moeraki, it is known that on the beach scattered large stone boulders normal shape. That is a miracle of nature! There are many theories about the origin of these stones: from the fantastic to the earthly. Indigenous peoples, believes the stones of potatoes, poured out of the mythical canoe. Some tourists who have the imagination to see the stone remains of aircraft aliens. Science refers to the Moeraki boulders, geological formation, which is called zheodan – a closed cavity in any of sedimentary or volcanic rocks. Moeraki arose as a result of cementation of porous fine-grained sediments (clay or sand). The age of these formations millions of years old.

Jan. 4, 2010, in a remote valley of Hunza in northern Pakistan strongest landslide buried a village Attabad, destroying 26 houses, killing 20 people and blocking the river Hunza. As the newly-lake authorities rushed to evacuate local residents and help victims of the landslide. Now the lake is 91 meters deep and 16 km in length, it absorbed most of the highways, farms and homes. Earlier this week, the lake reached the top of the natural dam and began pouring. This rapid erosion of landslide debris forced the authorities worried about the potential breakthrough of the dam, and local residents began to leave their homes.