Earth in a Bubble: Unique Flipped Landscape Photography

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Our world is undoubtedly a beautiful mystery, with countless wonders just waiting to be seen. But we can sometimes tend to become numb to those wonders after seeing them every day; that is why a new perspective can offer a renewed sense of amazement. A young Flickr user has given the world a whole new way to see all of the beauty surrounding us every day: through a tiny glass sphere.

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Flickr user Cabe26 only decided to take up photography less than a year ago, just before a trip to Alaska. While on that trip, he perfected a technique that would let him show his surroundings in a strange, isolated, yet completely intimate way: through a small glass marble. He calls the series, appropriately, “Life Through a Marble.”

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Cabe26, a New Jersey teenager, had seen other photographers create stunning images with large crystal balls, but he had never seen anyone use tiny glass marbles. His experimentation with a smaller glass bubble led to these breathtaking nature photos which have been earning the teen international attention.

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Since beginning the series, the young photographer has practiced his technique with many different types of landscapes: icy vistas, serene trees and colorful beaches have all been given the marble treatment.

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The result is always stunning. The portion of the scene viewed through the marble is turned upside-down while the background behind the marble itself is soft and out of focus. The unique perspective turns nature photography on its head and gives viewers a whole new way to think about the world in which we live.