Category: NATURE/SPACE

August 17, 2015 at 11:22 am

Picture of the Day: Cheetah at Sunset

Picture of the Day: Cheetah at Sunset

In this photo by Arturo De Frias, we see a Cheetah (Acinonyx juvatus) silhouetted against a fiery sunset in the Oakavango Delta, Botswana.

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August 11, 2015 at 3:06 pm

A Tour of the French Alps with Lukas Furlan

A Tour of the French Alps with Lukas Furlan

Photographer Lukas Furlan recently spent a few days hiking through the French Alps and shared an amazing series of photos from his travels.

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August 10, 2015 at 11:08 am

Earth View: A Curated Collection of 1500 Google Earth Wallpapers

Earth View: A Curated Collection of 1500 Google Earth Wallpapers

A curated collection of 1500 striking and enigmatic landscapes available in Google Earth as desktop and mobile wallpapers.

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August 7, 2015 at 4:40 pm

Picture of the Day: Hollow Rock – Berdorf, Luxembourg

Picture of the Day: Hollow Rock - Berdorf, Luxembourg

From the Middle Ages to the 1800s this area was excavated for mill stones which left strange patterns on the rock and created this cave.

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August 6, 2015 at 11:28 am

Picture of the Day: Butterflies Drinking Tears from Turtle Eyes

Picture of the Day: Butterflies Drinking Tears from Turtle Eyes

Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) are seen drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador. The phenomenon is known as lachryphagy.

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August 6, 2015 at 9:48 am

NASA Captures Dark Side of the Moon as it Crosses Earth

NASA Captures Dark Side of the Moon as it Crosses Earth

The same side of the moon always faces Earth but this view was captured by a NASA satellite one million miles away.

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August 5, 2015 at 10:59 am

Picture of the Day: Face Cloud

Picture of the Day: Face Cloud

Did you know that seeing faces in things is actually a psychological phenomenon known as ‘pareidolia’?

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August 5, 2015 at 10:41 am

Artists Project Endangered Species on the Iconic Empire State Building

Artists Project Endangered Species on the Iconic Empire State Building

The team had 40 stacked, 20,000-lumen projectors display animals 375 ft tall by 186 ft wide; covering 33 floors of the building’s southern face.

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August 4, 2015 at 10:54 am

The Winners of the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

The Winners of the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

Selected from more than 17,000 entries, an underwater photo of divers near humpback whales has won the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest.

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August 4, 2015 at 9:39 am

When Buzz Aldrin Returned from the Moon He Had to Fill Out a Customs Form

When Buzz Aldrin Returned from the Moon He Had to Fill Out a Customs Form

He also had to fill out a travel voucher form for the historic mission.

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