The towering, striking, and unusual plant, Echium wildpretii, ‘Tower of Jewels.’ While this plant stands at nearly seven feet tall, its tiny, salmon-colored flowers are what make it truly magnificent. Here are some at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
Tower of Jewels
Tower of Jewels Flowering Plant
A totally unexpected sight of an alligator on a walk to the beach, but it was just a statue!
Blue-colored Alligator Statue at Barony Beach
Unusual cloud formations – a sliver of blue sky between dark ones
Unusual Cloud Formations
Walking on the streets of Brevard, North Carolina, found quaint shops, cafes, and interesting, unusual items
Walking on the Street in Brevard
Another Walkway in Brevard
An unusual, but 300-million-year-old fossil sculpture (with a description) framing the tree and its reflection at the Sculpture Celebration in Lenoir, North Carolina
Catepillaserious – by Mike Helbing
Catepillaserious
More unusual art pieces in the gardens of Campo Marte, Mexico City
Outdoor Sculpture of Cacti
Campo Marte Birds Art
Campo Marte Art Piece of Horse Rider
Campo Marte Bird Art Piece
The portal we saw at the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral had an unusual arched structure in front of the wooden door, decorated with flowers and greenery.
Unusual Entrance Gate to the Cathedral
Mexico City Cathedral Tower Unique Entrance
An unusual reflection of clouds on a pond, it almost appears to be a bed of fluffy cotton shielding a sun in the water
Bed of Clouds Reflections
Rain drops acts as lenses and photograph a reverse image of pine trees in the background. Some interesting and unusual photos captured after a rainfall.
We end our series of unusual images of shooting against the light creating traditional silhouettes or a combination of black foregrounds and colorful backgrounds. Here is a normal black silhouette – an image of a person, animal, bird, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black.
An unusual composition of shooting against the light with a lighted sky, but creating silhouettes of domed buildings and a lamp post in Munich, Germany. The splashing naturally lighted water in the foreground adds an interesting element to the image.
An unusual wooden bridge in Lake James State Park, a North Carolina state park in Burke and McDowell counties, North Carolina.
A slightly unusual silhouette of the building against the sun, but the water fountain lighted up
The unusual cloud formations and their reflections in the pond caused by moonlight almost makes this a rendering by Monet
A strikingly designed lampshade creates an unusual glow of light
Glass provides a wonderful mirror to create unusual reflections. The first image is of reflections on glass from the sun shining on another building. The second image depicts reflections of architectural marvels of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
An unusual, but creative, use of the tuba’s reflective surface to create artistic reflections of the crowd (including the photographer) attending a concert
As you walk around Old Car City, there are thousands of junk vehicles with rust and moss allowing for interesting, unusual images
From iconic bridges to practical and unusual bridges – here is one leading to the trails in the natural woods
A female Barn Owl captured in an unusual pose at Carolina Raptor Center, Huntersville, North Carolina
Barn Owl Female with Unusual Pose