May 21, 2012

Picture of the Day: Overlooking the Bouddi Peninsula

Picture of the Day: Overlooking the Bouddi Peninsula

  OVERLOOKING THE BOUDDI PENINSULA     Photographs via PrettyBeachHouse.com.au   Pretty Beach House is a private guesthouse situated 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Sydney on the Bouddi Peninsula. The property is set high on the escarpment above Pretty Beach and nestled into the Bouddi National Park. Guests are welcomed as if in a [...]

May 21, 2012

Real Ants in Fantasy Landscapes

Real Ants in Fantasy Landscapes

Photograph by Andrey Pavlov     Russian photographer Andrey Pavlov has created an incredible series of 80+ photos where real life ants are shot in fantasy landscapes he has created. Every summer Andrey moves to his cottage in the countryside where he lives close to an anthill of red forest ants. Fascinated by their colony [...]

May 20, 2012

Picture of the Day: The World’s Oldest Desert

Picture of the Day: The World’s Oldest Desert

  THE WORLD’S OLDEST DESERT   Photograph by STEFAN CRUYSBERGHS   The Namib is a coastal desert in southern Africa. The name Namib is of Nama origin and means “vast place”. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and South [...]

May 19, 2012

Picture of the Day: Flight of the Devil Rays

Picture of the Day: Flight of the Devil Rays

  FLIGHT OF THE DEVIL RAYS   Photograph by FLORIAN SCHULTZ   The phenomenal picture above was taken in 2009 in the Sea of Cortez off the coast of Baja California in Mexico. It was the winner of ‘Underwater World’ category at the 2010 Environment Photographer of the Year awards organized by CIWEM. German photographer [...]

May 18, 2012

Picture of the Day: A Sandstone Monolith in the Black Sea

Picture of the Day: A Sandstone Monolith in the Black Sea

  A SANDSTONE MONOLITH IN THE BLACK SEA   Photograph by SERGEY S. DUKACHEV   Sail Rock, or Parus Rock, is a natural sandstone monolith of the late Cretaceous age, located on the shore of the Black Sea, in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It resembles the outline of a ship’s sail, hence its name. The monolith [...]

May 16, 2012

Picture of the Day: Photo Finish at the Alligator Grand Prix

Picture of the Day: Photo Finish at the Alligator Grand Prix

  PHOTO FINISH AT THE ALLIGATOR GRAND PRIX   Photograph by Gabygz on Reddit   SEA WORLD, SAN ANTONIO, TX: In a dramatic photo finish, Raphael edged out Donatello for the driver’s championship at the annual ‘Alligator Alley Grand Prix’. On the final lap, Michaelangelo squandered a huge lead as he led his alligator ‘Anchovy’ [...]

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