Category: NATURE/SPACE

March 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: GOOD BOY!!!

Picture of the Day: GOOD BOY!!!

GOOD BOY!!! Photograph by MICHEL BELLEKENS Fetched. via Michel Bellekens on 1x.com

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March 15, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Certified BADASS

Picture of the Day: Certified BADASS

CERTIFIED BADASS Photograph by VIACHESLAV SMILYK A hunter in Mongolia + Riding a horse + Armed with a Golden Eagle = CERTIFIED BADASS via Viacheslav Smilyk on 500px

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March 14, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Great Place to Put a Bench

Picture of the Day: Great Place to Put a Bench

GREAT PLACE TO PUT A BENCH Photograph by GIAN ANDRI GIOVANOLI Photographer’s Description: A photo from one of those summer days when the wind from the south brings up the clouds from Italy towards the valley of Engadine in Switzerland. Picture taken at late afternoon with my father looking down towards Maloja, a…

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March 12, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Devastation in Japan

Picture of the Day: Devastation in Japan

DEVASTATION IN JAPAN Photograph by REUTERS/KYODO Houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-meter tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. (REUTERS/KYODO) …

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March 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Crystal Clear Waters

Picture of the Day: Crystal Clear Waters

CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS Photograph by Gerald Backmeister Photographer’s Description: A diver explores Lake Sameranger in Tyrol, Austria. The photo was taken in a depth of approx. 3m (~9 ft.) in the fore waterside of the lake. Camera: Olympus E-510 Lens: Zuiko 8mm Focal Length: 8 mm Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec. Aperture: 6.3 ISO/Film:…

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March 6, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: A Murder of Crows

Picture of the Day: A Murder of Crows

A MURDER OF CROWS Photograph by Jamie Zarza via National Geographic

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March 2, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The Biggest Lava Lake in the World

Picture of the Day: The Biggest Lava Lake in the World

THE BIGGEST LAVA LAKE IN THE WORLD Photographs by Olivier Grunewald The permanent lava lake of the Nyiragongo Crater is the biggest in the world with an estimated 282 million cubic feet of lava. The volcano’s rim lies 11,380 feet above the ground. At 1,300 feet deep, the lava lake has created one of the…

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March 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Giant Wisteria Vines in Japan

Picture of the Day: Giant Wisteria Vines in Japan

GIANT WISTERIA VINES IN JAPAN Photograph by Brian Young This stunning picture of giant Wisteria vines was taken in Ashikaga Flower Park in the Tochigi Prefecture of Japan. Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and…

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February 27, 2011 at 5:03 pm

Picture of the Day: Awww Yeah Flowers!

Picture of the Day: Awww Yeah Flowers!

AWWW YEAH FLOWERS! Photograph by ANDREA ZAMPATTI @ WILDLIGHTS.IT The Hazel Dormouse or Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a small mammal and the only living species in the genus Muscardinus. It is 6 to 9 centimetres (2.4 to 3.5 in) long with a tail of 5.7 to 7.5 centimetres (2.2 to 3.0…

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February 26, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Discovery’s Final Launch

Picture of the Day: Discovery's Final Launch

DISCOVERY’S FINAL LAUNCH Photograph by AP Photo/Chris O’Meara The space shuttle Discovery lifts off at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Discovery, the world’s most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station with a crew of six on a journey that…

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