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January 22, 2014 at 7:15 pm

Picture of the Day: A Fox Says What?

Picture of the Day: A Fox Says What?

A FOX SAYS WHAT? Photograph by Gabriel Ciora-Márkus In this fantastic capture by Gabriel Ciora-Márkus, we get a candid close up of a fox in the mountains of Transylvania, Romania. I’m not 100% sure (maybe a Fox enthusiast can confirm?), but I believe this is a red fox (Vulpes vulpes). The red…

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January 21, 2014 at 7:29 pm

Picture of the Day: Looking Up to Giant Sequoias

Picture of the Day: Looking Up to Giant Sequoias

LOOKING UP TO GIANT SEQUOIAS Photograph by xeno_sapien on reddit In this breathtaking photograph by xeno_sapien on reddit, we look skyward, surrounded by giant sequoia trees. The photograph was taken at Sequoia National Park which is located in the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. Established on…

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January 21, 2014 at 4:19 pm

This Looks Like a House but You Already Know It’s Not One

This Looks Like a House but You Already Know It's Not One

Image via Eric Mennel/WUNC In the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, at 3215 Wade Avenue, you will find this building that looks like a house. If you look a little closer you may notice there isn’t a driveway or mailbox. Image via Eric Mennel/WUNC Image via Eric Mennel/WUNC As you approach…

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January 21, 2014 at 11:48 am

A Mother’s Touching Portraits of Her Sons Bonding with Animals

A Mother's Touching Portraits of Her Sons Bonding with Animals

Elena Shumilova is mother to two young boys, Yaroslav (5) and Vanya (2). An architect by trade, the Russian artist only took up photography in 2012, wanting to capture the precious moments a mother witnesses as her children grow up. The family owns a farm in Adreapol, Russia, where they have many animals including…

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January 20, 2014 at 8:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Underneath the Palace of Versailles

Picture of the Day: Underneath the Palace of Versailles

UNDERNEATH THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES © EPV/Jean-Marc Manaï Seen here are the underground resevoirs underneath the Palace of Versailles. Once a year on ‘maintenance day’, the water parterre reservoirs are emptied a few weeks before the Fountains show. The Château de Versailles, which has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage List for 30…

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January 19, 2014 at 2:12 pm

Picture of the Day: Split Apple Rock

Picture of the Day: Split Apple Rock

SPLIT APPLE ROCK Photograph by Rosino on Flickr Split Apple Rock is a geological rock formation in The Tasman Bay off the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The rock, made of granite, looks like an apple split in half. The popular tourist attraction is located in the Tasman…

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January 18, 2014 at 2:49 pm

Instead of Shooting People, this Guy Plays Grand Theft Auto as a War Photographer

Instead of Shooting People, this Guy Plays Grand Theft Auto as a War Photographer

Talk about choosing your own adventure! Reddit user cy_sperling decided to participate in Grand Theft Auto V’s online multiplayer mode as a war photographer/photojournalist. To avoid being targeted as an enemy and notify other online players of his ‘reporting’, his custom character wears a black jacket with ‘MEDIA’ printed across the back. He also…

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January 17, 2014 at 4:52 pm

Picture of the Day: This Contact Lens Could Save Your Life

Picture of the Day: This Contact Lens Could Save Your Life

THIS CONTACT LENS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE Photograph by Google Google is well known their ambitious and audacious side projects and their latest idea is no different. Announced yesterday on their official Google blog, project co-founders Brian Otis and Babak Parviz unveiled an intriguing image of a contact lens with a tiny…

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January 17, 2014 at 4:18 pm

This Furniture Gives New Meaning to the Term ‘Ceiling Cat’

This Furniture Gives New Meaning to the Term 'Ceiling Cat'

Stefan Hofmann is a designer, carpenter and cat lover. Through his company Goldtatze, he designs and installs modular cat furniture for your home, which is now your cat’s home. Like a feline jungle gym, Goldtatze offers various units that can be connected and pieced together to create the ultimate play space for your furry…

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January 16, 2014 at 12:46 pm

The Unseen Beauty of High Speed Water Drop Photography

The Unseen Beauty of High Speed Water Drop Photography

There are entire worlds out there that humans cannot see with the naked eye. With powerful microscopes we are able to observe life at the microscopic (and even atomic) level; and with high-speed cameras we are able to observe events that happen in fractions of a second. Photographer Markus Reugels focuses on the latter,…

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