The goblin shark is rarely seen at the surface, as it mostly lives at depths of 270 to 1,300 meters.

Permission to pass 🥰

Jet pilot matches speed with a cruise missile

A lady in a field of flowers, c. 1900-1910s, original autochrome colour photo

🏰 The tiny town of Rocamadour

One of the most interesting towns in the south-west of France. It has two streets, just over 600 inhabitants and 1.5 million tourists every year!

Ragtail seahorses are solitary and do not form groups or flocks.

Children playing hopscotch, London, 1957

Saddam Hussein's golden AK-47

🇫🇷 An amber-golden sunset in the elegant town of Biarritz, located in southwestern France.

29 May 1453: Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed II after a 53 day siege. The fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, and effectively the end of the Roman Empire, a state which dated back to 27 BC and lasted nearly 1,500 years.
Painting above is “The last siege of Constantinople”, a French miniature by Jean Le Tavernier around 1455.

Amazing whales on the west coast of Australia 🇦🇺

Swedish children play music at a festival, 1950s

🐢 Survival of the bravest.

A fast turtle left a crocodile without food.

A distinctive feature of glasswings are transparent, glass-like wings, due to the absence of scales on them.