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"Six Street" Austin, Texas, USA A night of music and merriment! This is Six Street in Austin, Texas, USA.  This is the city center.  Called the "Live Music Capital of the World", you can enjoy live performances alongside the streets, as well as on the streets that become pedestrian streets at night.  The music played varies from country, jazz and blues ... every year, this street is home to a festival of movies, music and art, the "South by Southwest (SXSW)".  This year, the event was canceled to prevent infection, but more than 2,000 performances have been performed every year, and this is a major event where X JAPAN's YOSHIKI and Perfume also participate from Japan.

Cherry blossoms near the Imperial Palace with Tokyo Tower as the background ,  Tokyo ,  Japan   Cherry Blossom Everywhere! It's a serene sight of Tokyo, where you can see cherry blossom everywhere these days.  Its the start of spring and its the best season to visit Japan, especially Tokyo.  Chidorigafuchi Park  is filled with these cherry blossoms and so with people who come from all around the world just to gaze the loads and loads of these trees, laden with pink, white  and  purple  hanami   ( cherry  blossom).  There are more than 150 types of cherry blossoms, bloom here but survive only for a short period of time. When you come here, have a stroll in the enchanting gardens, inhale the fresh air that is filled with hope, love and beauty. Rent a boat and enjoy a long rowing session with your love ones. Spend a full day in a most modern city surrounded with nature and beauty. This year however, Cor...

Aerial of Dugi Otok island in Croatia It is also called Croatia's 'Long Island', Dugi Otok is indeed worthy of the nickname: At 27 miles long and three miles wide, it's one of the largest islands in the Adriatic Sea . Part of the serrated group of archipelagos off the Dalmatian coast, Dugi Otok is home to a number of small towns in the east and a scenic nature park, Telašćica , in the south. Our view here captures the contrast between the jade waters of Mir salt lake on the left and the sparkling cobalt blue of the Adriatic Sea on the right. ( © Amazing Aerial/offset)

Pilgrims throwing wind horses into the air above Ganden Monastery for the New Year in Tibet, China Wind horses carry wishes for a new year For the first day of Losar, or the Tibetan New Year, we're paying a visit to these Buddhist pilgrims at the Ganden Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet. Losar is celebrated for 15 days, but most events occur in the first three days. They include wishing family members a prosperous year, praying at monasteries or temples, exchanging gifts, burning incense, chanting, wrestling, horse racing, and more. Celebrations for the new year end with Chotrul Duchen, or the Butter Lamp Festival. The pilgrims in this image are releasing prayer flags called 'wind horses' or lungtas, a ritual they perform during Losar and during the rest of the year as well. Upon releasing the prayer flags, the pilgrims ask the mountain deity to 'increase their fortune like the galloping of a horse and expand their prosperity like the boiling over of milk'. ( ©...

Leaves with hoarfrost in the Black Forest, Freiburg, Baden-Wuthering, Germany.

Dr. Sylvia Earle explores the Great Barrier Reef in a scene from 'Mission Blue'.

The Chinese New Year celebration in Xi'an, China

Northern lights near Whitehorse in Yukon, Canada

Field of Light at Sensorio, by Bruce Munro, Paso Robles, California. When the sun sets, the fibers illuminate, creating a shimmering, interactive landscape in the meadow. Fifty eight thousand and eight hundred solar powered lights change colors and make people happy.