To see our planet from space is a powerful experience. It’s humbling, beautiful and inspiring. I hope one day more people will have the ability to see our home from space (myself included!). For now, please enjoy these ten breathtaking views of Earth from space. Images courtesy of NASA. 1. The…
Used with permission from Microsoft Recognize this photo? It’s the default wallpaper for Microsoft Windows XP. Released in 2001, there were over 400 million copies in use as of January 2006 (not including pirated copies). Now imagine how many friends, family members, work colleagues and people using public workstations have no doubt used…
THE THICK RED LINE Photograph by Palindromo Meszaros | palindromo.info On October 14, 2010 at 12:25pm in Ajka, Veszprém county, Hungary; around a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of toxic waste was released after a retaining wall in one of the reservoirs used for the accumulation of red mud (a…
THE CHICAGO SKYLINE FROM INDIANA Photograph by Tom Adams on Reddit This incredible photograph of the Chicago skyline by photographer Tom Adams was number one on the front page of Reddit a couple days ago. The striking view was captured from a beach in Porter, Indiana (approx. 1 hour drive from Chicago).…
MICKEY MOUSE ON MERCURY Photograph by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Spotted just northwest of the recently named crater Magritte in Mercury’s south, the image above is not map projected; the larger crater actually sits to the north of the two smaller ones. The shadowing helps define the…
As you would imagine, the highest point is found at the peak of the continent’s highest mountain. In mountaineering this is known as the Seven Summits, which was first postulated and achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass. Below you can see the highest points on every continent compared to the “Eight-Thousanders“,…
A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS Photograph by Jeffrey Pang on Flickr In this fabulous capture by Jeffrey Pang, we see two canoers paddling through Lake Louise as a break in the clouds reveals the majestic Victoria Glacier in the background. Lake Louise is a glacial lake located in Banff National Park in…
Olympus America Inc. is in the ninth year of sponsoring the BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition. It honours the world’s most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects. The Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition recognizes outstanding images of life science specimens captured through light microscopes, using any magnification, any illumination technique and any brand…
HAFRAGILSFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND Photograph by Alexander Shchukin In this wonderful capture by Alexander Shchukin, we see the beautiful Hafragilsfoss waterfall located in Jokulsargljufur National Park in Iceland. The waterfall has a single drop of approximately 27 meters (89 feet) and an approximate width of 91 meters (300 ft). The falls are just…
The Greatest Purely Vertical Drop in the World Photograph by Peter Morgan Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak, is a mountain with an elevation of 1,675 m (5,495 ft) located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The mountain is located 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Pangnirtung and…
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