Pilot Karim Nafatni has captured these stunning images of Dubai, his hometown. (All images courtesy of Karim Nafatni) Karim Nafatni is a pilot from Dubai who has a superb collection of images of the blossoming Middle Eastern city. Some of his images are a look down from rooftops, while others are taken at street level, giving a true feel for the enormity of Dubai's skyscrapers. Recently, Nafatni spoke to weather.com and shared some thoughts about how weather affects his photo...

Hot air balloons carrying tourists rise above the pagodas at dawn in Myanmar's northern ancient town of Bagan on Feb. 26, 2012. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) For years, Myanmar was an island unto itself. Though the Asian country of 60 million is bordered by multiple countries, for years it practiced a policy of isolationism. Little was known of what happened inside the country's borders aside from the ethnic violence that became deadly enough to make international headlines. But after a democratic election...

Azure Window, Gozo, Malta New York's Brooklyn Bridge and China's Lupo Bridge areamazing feats of engineering, but many of the world's most awe-inspiring bridges were crafted by Mother Nature herself. Natural bridges and arches areformed by the natural, selective removal of rock, caused by processes of erosion, according to the Natural Arch and Bridge Society. Some of the stunning bridges and arches on this list were formed by the corrosive action of flowing rivers or ocean waves. Some were formed...