Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY
Picture of the Day: The Seaside Town of Vernazza
THE SEASIDE TOWN OF VERNAZZA Photograph by Christopher Schoenbohm Portfolio | Travel Blog | Tumblr | YouTube | Flickr Vernazza is a town and commune located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northwestern Italy. It is one of the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre region. Vernazza is the…
Picture of the Day: Abandoned Railway in Paris
ABANDONED RAILWAY IN PARIS Photograph by Mister Boubou on Flickr The Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture (French for “little belt railway”) was a Parisian railway that, from 1852, was a circular connection between Paris’ main railroad stations within the fortified walls of the city. In a partial state of abandonment since…
Picture of the Day: Panthera Leo
PANTHERA LEO Photograph by and (C)2007 Derek Ramsey | Ram-Man on Wikimedia Commons The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after…
Picture of the Day: That’s What Friends are For
THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Photograph by Kendisan Seruyan Two schoolkids in Indonesia take shelter from the rain under a giant banana leaf. I did a reverse image search on Google and Tineye but was unable to find a source for this photo (please help!). It was submitted last week to Reddit…
Picture of the Day: Maletsunyane Falls, Lesotho
MALETSUNYANE FALLS, LESOTHO Photograph by BagelBelt Maletsunyane Falls is a 192 meter (630 ft) high waterfall in the Southern African country of Lesotho. It is located near the town of Semonkong. Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, completely surrounded by its only neighbouring country, South Africa.…
Picture of the Day: The Swarovski Giant
THE SWAROVSKI GIANT Photograph by Gegengoliath Wattens is a market town of 7,689 people, located in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is best known as the home of the Swarovski crystal glass company, the town’s main employer. In 1995, Swarovski celebrated its one-hundred-years jubilee by the establishment of the Swarovski Kristallwelten…
Picture of the Day: The Rocky Wave
THE ROCKY WAVE Photograph by G.A. KOUT | gakout.tumblr.com The Wave is located on the Colorado Plateau, near the Utah and Arizona border. The area is a gallery of twisted sandstone, resembling deformed pillars, cones, mushrooms and other odd creations. Deposits of iron claim some of the responsibility for the unique blending…
