architizer:

“For the last 500 years, the locals of Nongriat in Meghalaya, India have grown several hundred bridges across the region’s numerous water channels, using just the roots of local ribber trees. Some of the bridges extend over 100 feet in length and are strong enough to support more than 50 people at a time.”

Still going strong

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Mercury surprises: tiny planet has strange innards and active past
Picture: Perspective view of ancient volcanic plains in the northern high latitudes of Mercury revealed by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft.


Mercury surprises: tiny planet has strange innards and active past

Picture: Perspective view of ancient volcanic plains in the northern high latitudes of Mercury revealed by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft.

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Don’t like some of them, but what the hell

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