There’s something suspiciously miraculous about how much unexpected beauty there is in the world. But perhaps more miraculous still is the fact that humans (even those without eyesight) are able to see it. If they only will.
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Algae
Algae (single cell Desmid)
A brine shrimp’s foot
Banana slices
Photographed by accident (not Photoshopped)
Boy at fountain’s edge
A watching cat
A catious cat
Sudden emergence
Double lightning at the Grand Canyon
Drops on a leaf
Elephant and friend
Co-workers
A handsome flea
A fly larva
A frozen Jeep fossil
Girl chasing pigeon
Young woman in the rain
Glasswing butterfly
Single hair on a mosquito larva
A handsome arachnid
A housefly’s foot
Hungry birds
Laundry in Porto, Portugal
Leopard gecko (Robert Jensen)
Marine diatom (Wim van Egmond)
Meller’s chameleon tail (David Northcott)
Mexican salamander
Microscopic kiss
Moss cells
Mushroom
Northern lights (Iceland)
Orchid mantis
A beautiful but deadly virus
Sea slug
Osprey with its lunch
A sudden, passing jet
Rice paddies 1
Rice paddies 2
Sea turtle (Joaquin Gutierrez Fernandez)
Spiral fern frond
Spiral agave cactus
Spiral hurrican
Spiral nautilus shell
Spiral nautilus shell
Spiral sunflower seeds
Spiral Whirlpool Galaxy
A submerged bicycle (Dwight Pinkley)
A polar bear under water
A parakeet flying in front an Argentian waterfall
Zoanthids (living coral)
Buds appearing in winter
Withered roses
A deer passing just as the shutter clicks
The sun captured by accident
“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” ~Camille Pissarro
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.” ~Saul Bellow
“How beautiful are the feet of those who brings good news.” ~Romans 10:15
“Often unexpectedly, (our) brokenness lends itself to a spiritual beauty that could never be manufactured without it.” ~Anna Wishart
And finally, a moment of unexpected beauty from the film American Beauty.
Mitch Teemley 
Reblogged this on Blue Dragon Journal.
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God’s intricate design cannot be compared to anything man tries to create.
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romans 35:40
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So many wonderful pics here, always love your posts, especially the funny ones that make me laugh out loud. These were so beautiful, I had to comment on lots of them individually, I especially like the algae ones after viewing that important film I blogged about this morning. I think the second one would make an awesome poster!!
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Thank you, Kim!
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A big amen, Mitch! I live in the land of grey, of perpetual fog and a heavy marine layer. It is beautiful here, breathtaking really, but you can’t always see it. It’s really caused me to be fascinated by the beauty in the world, the colors, the way our eyes process it, what it all means. We can live perfectly well in a grey world, be it on the coast or in some kind of concrete jungle somewhere, but we don’t, that’s not our planet. There is amazing beauty in the world that looks much like it was designed just to talk to us, just to give us pleasure.
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Yes!
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Kinda supports the idea of intelligent design.
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It does indeed.
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And I think to myself, What a wonderful world . . .
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I hear Satchmo in my head as I read those words.
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That’s who was singing it!
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Amazing beauty all around us.
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You have showcased some awesome collections, but none more so than this one.
It is breathtaking.
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Wow
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Beautiful
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This is so beautiful and your photos are so very atmospheric.
Greetings from the beautiful Rhine Highlands / Gemrany
Rosie
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Good to meet you, Rosie.
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🙂
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Wondrous images. Every walrus in the Arctic envies the look of that flea.
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;>)
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Great post! Thanks for sharing
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great post
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