WATER BUBBLE REFLECTION IN ZERO GRAVITY Photograph by NASA Astronaut Clayton Anderson watches as a water bubble floats in the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during the STS-131 mission. Note that his image in the bubble is upside down because the bubble refracted the light. (Taken April 12, 2010). [Source] via…
CRATER LAKES IN THE ALBERTINE RIFT OF AFRICA Photograph by JOEL SARTORE | PRINTS AVAILABLE Photographer’s Description: In a region bursting with people, a few big open spaces remain—like the Rift floor in Queen Elizabeth Park, pocked with crater lakes formed by volcanic explosions. If protected areas hadn’t been set aside in…
SOLAR ECLIPSE AT SUNSET Photograph by JANNE PYYKKO On July 11, 2010, after a long trek eastward across the southern Pacific Ocean, the Moon’s shadow reached landfall in South America. In a total solar eclipse close to sunset, silhouetted Moon and Sun hugged the western horizon, seen here above the Andes mountains…
GODZILLA’S FOOTPRINT – PALMACHIM BEACH, ISRAEL Photograph by ILAN SHACHAM Photographer’s Description [Ilan Shacham]: I went with my kids to the beach on a winter’s day, and we stood on this rocky outcrop, me enjoying the photography, and the kids enjoying the waves wetting their feet. Well, until a few seconds after…
FIRST RISING SUN OF 2012 Photograph by JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images The first rising sun of 2012 appears above Mt. Fuji, observed at Yamanashi prefecture on January 1, 2012. All Nippon Airways (ANA) had organized a rising sun observation flight with 137 passengers on New Year’s Day. via The Atlantic’s…
SELJALANDSFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND Photograph by Noelia Magnusson Seljalandsfoss Falls in Iceland is located between Selfoss and Skogafoss on the Southern Ring Road down to Vik. It is a picturesque waterfall that plummets two hundred feet (60 meters) to a deep pool below. It is a unique and popular tourist attraction because visitors…
THE INDIAN-PAKISTAN BORDER AT NIGHT FROM SPACE Photograph by NASA A night time view of India-Pakistan borderlands is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 28 crew member on the International Space Station. Clusters of yellow lights on the Indo-Gangetic Plain of northern India and northern Pakistan reveal numerous cities both…
MEANWHILE IN NORWAY Photograph by MACIEJ DUCZYNSKI PHOTOGRAPHY Maciej Duczynski took this incredible photograph of the stunning Lake Strynevatn from Hjelle, Norway. Hjelle lies at the eastern end of Lake Strynevatn, midway between Stryn Sommerskisenter (20 km) and Stryn township (27 km). Jostedal Glacier National Park Centre is just 5 km away…
THE GREAT DESCENT Photograph by CHRIS MCLENNAN Posted this weekend on Reddit, a TinEye search revealed the photographer to be Chris McLennan, a travel, adventure and tourism photographer (check out his site, his work is awesome!). This stunning shot was taken at the beautiful Waitomo Caves in New Zealand. The Waitomo Caves…
MYSTERIOUS ROVING ROCKS OF RACETRACK PLAYA Photograph via NASA/GSFC/Cynthia Cheung Photograph via NASA/GSFC/Maggie McAdam In a particularly parched region of an extraordinary planet, rocks big and small glide across a mirror-flat landscape, leaving behind a tangle of trails. Some rocks travel in pairs, their two tracks so perfectly in synch along…
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