California’s super bloom is a visual spectacle. From the deserts of Anza-Borrego to the vast Carrizo Plain National Monument, abundant seasonal rains produce a carpet of color across a large portion of the state.

Super blooms, or a number of wildflowers exceeding normal spring blooms, typically occur in desert landscapes when excess rain is followed by cold weather, which locks moisture into the ground.

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NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite captured the spectacular view on April 14th, 2020
The poppy super bloom is a prized shot to many landscape photographers











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Lisa and Fien are two very adorable and very rare foals! The two baby Belgian draft horses are twins and in this video, they’re only 4 days old.

Belgian draft horses are one of the strongest of the heavy breeds and can stand anywhere between 16 and 17 hands (66 and 68 inches) tall and can grow to weight of 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms)! But for now, Lisa and Fien are still small and oh, so cute.

Their gorgeous mama is doting on her babies as they nurse and happily romp in their pasture. It’s a scene of pure natural beauty! Share this beautiful family of horses with your friends.



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Fishermen in Louisiana captured this amazing video of a bobcat.

"We were just out fishing for blue crab in Pecan Island, LA, and this huge bobcat came out across the weir. I grabbed my phone thinking he was about to get wet, but he surprised us all."


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Wildlife photographers regularly brave the wilderness and all kinds of weather conditions to capture amazing picture of animals. They usually don’t brave miles of cold, sticky mud to save animals.

But that’s exactly what Krzysztof Chomicz, a Polish photographer, did when he spotted a large bird of prey stuck in the mud far from shore. And the entire rescue was captured by a drone on video.


Chomicz was taking photographs near the marshlands of Swinoujscie, a city in north-west Poland, when he and some other photographers spotted the giant bird submerged in the oily mud during low tide. The bird was stuck and exhausted from his efforts to try and escape his muddy trap.


In the video, Chomicz tied a rope around his waist, while a friend remained on solid land, in order to pull him back to safety.


Eventually, Chomicz reaches the bird, and began the herculean effort to drag the bird back to shore.


It must have taken a lot of strength and stamina to carry the bird back to solid land!


Once they reached land, Chomicz put the beleaguered bird into a sack and brought him to an animal shelter.



There, the bird was hosed off and revealed a beautiful young eagle under all the mud. It was only around 6 months old and identified as a white-tailed eagle.


The animal shelter named the eagle ‘Icarus’ after the character from Greek mythology.


Thanks to the amazing efforts of Chomicz and his friends, Icarus has a second chance to fly in the skies again!


Watch the video of Chomciz’s amazing eagle rescue below:


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