Beautiful Real-World Wallpapers

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That's amazing!! Instead this is a nice example of a Wisteria bonsai

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So is that, I never would have guessed they could bonsai a wisteria

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Wisteria 's flower says "藤" in Japan. The way of reading is "fuji". The famous Mt. Fuji is "富士", and both readings are identical.

Fuji & Fuji

 

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Japan Tips
Wisteria 's flower says "藤" in Japan. The way of reading is "fuji". The famous Mt. Fuji is "富士", and both readings are identical.
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Fuji & Fuji

And yes, it would be so great to be sitting under this wisteria, admiring the Fuji mount

 

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These two photos both feature the same Aldabra giant tortoise. The photo on the left was taken in 1902, the photo on the right was taken in 2017. His name is Jonathan, he was born in 1832, and today he is 186 years old.

 

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These two photos both feature the same Aldabra giant tortoise. The photo on the left was taken in 1902, the photo on the right was taken in 2017. His name is Jonathan, he was born in 1832, and today he is 186 years old.
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The secret of the turtles is that they go slowly. .. I always say that hurry kills

 

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These two photos both feature the same Aldabra giant tortoise. The photo on the left was taken in 1902, the photo on the right was taken in 2017. His name is Jonathan, he was born in 1832, and today he is 186 years old.
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Japanese Tips
The combination of turtle and crane is said to be auspicious.

 

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"The combination of turtle and crane is said to be auspicious. "

I'm trying not to visualize that in any way

 

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'Kotatsu' is a heating device called aka 'Winter Demon'. When used on a cold day it is very difficult to get out of the kotatsu.

 

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The blue and gold, University of Michigan?

 

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The blue and gold, University of Michigan?

It is a stone found in Superior Lake. A place where the heavens and the earth shine!

 

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Ah ah old memories return sometimes...

 

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Ah ah old memories return sometimes...
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For a while, I thought that this wallpaper was CG. I was really surprised to know that photographer Charles O 'Rear was a picture taken in the middle of the drive.

This is also his photograph.

 

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These two photos both feature the same Aldabra giant tortoise. The photo on the left was taken in 1902, the photo on the right was taken in 2017. His name is Jonathan, he was born in 1832, and today he is 186 years old.
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The tortoise always wins.

 

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Amazing pictures w/ near perfect HDR.

 

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Tis the season,

The Kermode bear, often called the ‘spirit bear’ due to its ghostly appearance, isn’t albino. It’s a subspecies of black bear, born with pigmented skin and eyes, but a genetic mutation produces no pigment in the fur. Two black bears with dark fur can produce a Kermode cub, while a Kermode parent doesn’t guarantee a Kermode offspring. Spirit bears haunt the moss-covered territory of the Great Bear Rainforest, which is where our homepage photo was taken, but others have been documented in the greater coastal region of British Columbia. Nature, your lovely weirdness wins again

 

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Tis the season,
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The Kermode bear, often called the ‘spirit bear’ due to its ghostly appearance, isn’t albino. It’s a subspecies of black bear, born with pigmented skin and eyes, but a genetic mutation produces no pigment in the fur. Two black bears with dark fur can produce a Kermode cub, while a Kermode parent doesn’t guarantee a Kermode offspring. Spirit bears haunt the moss-covered territory of the Great Bear Rainforest, which is where our homepage photo was taken, but others have been documented in the greater coastal region of British Columbia. Nature, your lovely weirdness wins again

Animals with white hair are reminiscent of winter. @upnorth I think you agree too.