Category: NATURE/SPACE

January 22, 2013 at 4:15 pm

Picture of the Day: Canada’s Strongest Tornado Ever

Picture of the Day: Canada's Strongest Tornado Ever

Canada’s Strongest Tornado Ever Photograph by Justin Hobson The Elie, Manitoba Tornado was an F5 tornado that struck the town of Elie, Manitoba, Canada, (40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Winnipeg) on June 22, 2007. While several houses were levelled, no one was injured or killed by the tornado. Two well-built homes…

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January 21, 2013 at 9:30 am

15 Surreal Satellite Images of Earth

15 Surreal Satellite Images of Earth

Across four decades since 1972, Landsat satellites have continuously acquired space-based images of the Earth’s land surface, coastal shallows, and coral reefs. The Landsat Program, a joint effort of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was established to routinely gather land imagery from space. The result of…

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January 20, 2013 at 2:22 pm

Picture of the Day: Giant Corn Field Maze from Above

Picture of the Day: Giant Corn Field Maze from Above

A Giant Corn Field Maze from Above Photograph by Pierre Lesage In this amazing aerial photograph by Pierre Lesage we see a giant maze in a corn field in Hastings, New Zealand. According to Lesage, the design changes each year; this particular design was from 2008. The photograph was taken with a…

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January 17, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Long Exposure Lightning Storm

Picture of the Day: Long Exposure Lightning Storm

LONG EXPOSURE LIGHTNING STORM Photograph by Amery Carlson In this incredible long exposure capture by fine art photographer Amery Carlson, we see a dramatic lightning storm off the coast of Ventura, California (officially the City of San Buenaventura). In the comments Avery says he can’t recall exactly how long the exposure was…

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January 15, 2013 at 10:34 am

15 Ominous Photos of Dust Storms

15 Ominous Photos of Dust Storms

A haboob is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current. Haboobs occur regularly in arid regions throughout the world. They have been observed in the Sahara desert (typically Sudan, where they were named and described), as well as across the Arabian Peninsula, throughout Kuwait, and in the most arid…

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January 12, 2013 at 3:47 pm

Picture of the Day: The Earthquake Rose

Picture of the Day: The Earthquake Rose

THE EARTHQUAKE ROSE Photographs by Norman MacLeod On February 28, 2001, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, located some thirty miles (48 km) below the surface of the Earth moved the ground for a bit more than half a minute. Damage was surprisingly light on account of the epicenter’s depth. A sand tracing pendulum…

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January 9, 2013 at 4:18 pm

Picture of the Day: Inside a Fallen Giant

Picture of the Day: Inside a Fallen Giant

INSIDE A FALLEN GIANT Photograph by thecynicroute on Reddit In this awesome capture we get a real sense of the size of these Coast Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens). The photograph, shot by Redditor thecynicroute, was taken at the Avenue of the Giants, a scenic highway in northern California that runs through Humboldt…

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January 8, 2013 at 4:05 pm

Picture of the Day: Nature Overtakes the Great Wall

Picture of the Day: Nature Overtakes the Great Wall

Nature Overtakes the Great Wall Photograph by Trey Ratlcliff @ StuckInCustoms.com Travel photographer Trey Ratcliff took this incredible photograph that shows nature slowly overgrowing a section of the Great Wall of China. Trey says it was in the northern part of the wall, about a half-mile hike from a resort called ‘Commune…

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January 6, 2013 at 7:59 pm

Picture of the Day: Hanging Bridge in the Zillertal Alps

Picture of the Day: Hanging Bridge in the Zillertal Alps

Hanging Bridge in the Zillertal Alps Photograph by Böhringer Friedrich A family is spotted crossing the Drahsteg pedestrian hanging bridge in the Zillertal Alps in Austria. The Zillertal Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy. The range is named after the Zillertal…

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January 4, 2013 at 7:11 pm

Picture of the Day: The Berg Glacier

Picture of the Day: The Berg Glacier

THE BERG GLACIER Photograph by Jeffrey Pang The Berg Glacier feeds into Berg lake, which is located on the Robson River and within Mount Robson Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies. The lake and glacier are at the doorstep of the north face of Mount Robson (3,954m/12,972ft) which is the highest peak…

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