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  THE PRECIOUS BLUE MARBLE   Photograph by NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring     NASA has proclaimed this image the most amazing high definition image of Earth ever. To see the colossal-super-mega high-resolution image, click here (it’s 8000px x 8000px and 16.4mb). This ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth was taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard [...]

Photograph by KEN RIPPENGALE     Deilephila elpenor, known as the Elephant Hawk-moth, is a large moth of the Sphingidae family. The species is found throughout Britain and Ireland. Its range extends across Europe, Russia, and into China, northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, Japan and Korea (though not Taiwan). Introduced specimens have been found [...]

Photograph by Hiroyuki Oki     In the city of Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon, and the largest city in Vietnam), you will notice many of the homes adorned with pots and planters. It’s a local custom and one that adds to the city’s visual identity. Architecture firm, Vo Trang Nghia, embraced this aesthetic as [...]

  MAELSTROM AT KAUAI, HAWAII   Photograph by PATRICK SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY   A maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. A free vortex, it has considerable downdraft. The power of tidal whirlpools tends to be exaggerated by laymen. There are virtually no stories of large ships ever being sucked into [...]

Neil Leifer with his photo Ali vs. Liston (May 25, 1965) | Photograph by TIM MANTOANI – Buy the Book       Over the last five years, photographer Tim Mantoani has taken over 150 portraits of famous photographers holding their most iconic shots. The goal of the project was to put a face to [...]

    SAO PAULO, THE LARGEST CITY IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IS FOUNDED JANUARY 25, 1554   Photograph via Helicopter Flights     Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world’s seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São [...]

  WORLD’S APART   Photograph via kb1315 on Reddit   This striking image is from the film Enter the Void (2009). It was posted on Reddit but there wasn’t much additional information to be found. Between the creepy shadow lurking at the doorway to the awesome perspective looking down onto street level, it’s one of [...]