Category: SPORTS

May 29, 2013 at 4:26 pm

Picture of the Day: Underwater Perfection

Picture of the Day: Underwater Perfection

UNDERWATER PERFECTION Photograph by SARAH LEE Website | Flickr | Facebook In this perfectly timed underwater photograph by Sarah Lee, we see Alison from alisonsadventures.com swimming underneath a passing wave. For the astute, you’ll also notice a surfer above (far right) cruising by at the exact same time. The photo was taken…

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May 28, 2013 at 6:58 pm

Picture of the Day: A Sea of People

Picture of the Day: A Sea of People

A SEA OF PEOPLE Photograph by optickarma on Flickr In this beautiful long exposure photograph by optickarma, we see fans heading home after an England vs Holland friendly at Wembley Stadium on Feb. 29, 2012. The police officers on horseback are clearly not moving much, which really adds to the dramatic effect…

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May 27, 2013 at 3:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Crimson Skies and Mammatus Clouds

Picture of the Day: Crimson Skies and Mammatus Clouds

Crimson Skies and Mammatus Clouds Photograph by beau-dog on Flickr In this amazing photo, we see crimson mammatus clouds over Citi Field in Queens, New York. The photograph of the intense storm was taken before the game on June 26, 2009 by Flickr user beau-dog. Citi Field is the home baseball park…

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May 10, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: The Spirit of Detroit

Picture of the Day: The Spirit of Detroit

THE SPIRIT OF DETROIT Photograph by coreoski on Reddit Located on the westward-facing wall of the Russel’ Industrial Complex’s Building #2 is this colossal 8,750 square foot (813 sq m) mural by artist Kobie Solomon. Dubbed The Chimera, it’s purportedly the largest graffiti mural in the state of Michigan and can be…

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April 17, 2013 at 11:19 pm

Picture of the Day: Vintage Surf Sirens

Picture of the Day: Vintage Surf Sirens

VINTAGE SURF SIRENS Photograph by Ray Leighton (via National Library of Australia) In this vintage photo we see five lovely ladies posing on top of some old-school surfboards. The photograph was taken by Ray Leighton between 1938 and 1946 at Manly beach in New South Wales, Australia. The photograph was uploaded to…

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March 26, 2013 at 11:06 am

Don’t Look at these Photos if you’re Scared of Heights

Don't Look at these Photos if you're Scared of Heights

Mustang Wanted is a daredevil athlete from Kiev, Ukraine. On his website he releases heart-stopping photos and videos of himself climbing and hanging off of extremely high surfaces without the use of ropes or safety harnesses. The activity has become known as rooftopping or skywalking, a blend of death-defying stunts and photography that has…

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March 21, 2013 at 6:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Coolest. Duck. Ever.

Picture of the Day: Coolest. Duck. Ever.

COOLEST. DUCK. EVER. Photograph via ubomw on Reddit Why fly when you can surf? This is without doubt, the coolest duck in the history of our planet. It was uploaded to Reddit earlier this week by ubomw and has since spawned an epic photoshop battle. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to verify…

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March 13, 2013 at 1:51 pm

The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

By Internet standards, a perfectly timed photo occurs when two of the following three conditions are met: 1. Perfect Place 2. Perfect Time 3. Perfect Angle Sometimes the holy trinity of perfectness is achieved and you get an Internet classic like so many of the photographs below. There are countless galleries of these images…

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February 21, 2013 at 10:40 am

The Largest Floating Stage in the World

The Largest Floating Stage in the World

Located in Singapore, the Float at Marina Bay is the largest floating stage in the world. Made entirely of steel, the floating platform measures 120 meters (393.7 ft) long and 83 meters (272.3 ft) wide. The platform can bear 1,070 tonnes and is fixed to the seabed by six pylons. The gallery at the…

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February 7, 2013 at 12:02 pm

The 2013 Sony World Photography Awards [35 pics]

The 2013 Sony World Photography Awards [35 pics]

The World Photography Organisation just revealed the shortlists for the Professional, Open and Youth categories of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards. In a year that saw over 122,000 entries from 170 countries – the highest number of submissions to date – the judges have selected a shortlist of photographs that stood out beyond…

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