15 exciting species on Earth

Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean

In the Namib Desert, one of the highest and most spectacular sand dunes in the world is located. These dunes stretch all the way to the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, creating a truly magical view.

Kuril Islands, Russia

The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands between the Kamchatka peninsula and the island of Hokkaido, with a slightly convex arc separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean. The length is about 1200 km. The total area is 10.5 thousand km². To the south of them is the state border of the Russian Federation with Japan. The islands form two parallel ridges: the Great Kurile and the Lesser Kuriles. Include 56 islands .. The Kuril Islands are part of the Sakhalin region of Russia. The southern islands of the archipelago are Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and the Habomai group.

Iturup Island

In China, built the world's first bridge along the river

In August 2015, a movement was launched around the world's first ecological low-water bridge over the river. It is built in Hubei Province (China). What is noteworthy, the four-kilometer bridge passes directly along the riverbed, and not across.

Why is the bridge built along the river?

The reason is that the construction of the road from the Biba motorway to Hingshan district has become a stumbling block between local residents, environmentalists and builders. Peasants refused to give their land for construction, nature conservationists were not allowed to break the mountainside, and the financiers were horrified, calculating the cost of the tunnel

Sweden, Malmö, Øresund Bridge to Denmark

The Øresund Bridge is a combined bridge-tunnel, which includes a 2-way railway and a 4-lane highway across the Øresund strait

Baikal, Russia

Sunset on the island of Olkhon

Scotland, Isle of Skye

Isle of Skye