Category: NATURE/SPACE

May 26, 2014 at 6:52 pm

Picture of the Day: A Thin Sheet of Snow Neatly Folding Over Itself

Picture of the Day: A Thin Sheet of Snow Neatly Folding Over Itself

Photograph by Cathy Hartt via 7NEWS, KGMH in Denver Cathy Hartt was out walking her dog on the morning of 12 May 2014 when she spotted this ‘snowslide’ in Montrose, Colorado that shows a thin sheet of snow neatly folding over itself at the bottom of a slide in Buckley Park. The photo was…

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May 20, 2014 at 8:42 pm

Picture of the Day: of Lava and Snow

Picture of the Day: of Lava and Snow

Photograph by JACOPO MARTOCCHI 500px | Facebook In this beautiful night-time capture by Jacopo Martocchi, we see fog illuminated by the city lights of Chiavenna, Italy. The artificial light gives the fog a ‘lava-like’ quality. Chiavenna is a city (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is located…

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May 19, 2014 at 1:18 pm

Picture of the Day: A Swirling Storm from Space

Picture of the Day: A Swirling Storm from Space

Photograph by NASA Pre-Winter Storm, Southwestern Australia (NASA, International Space Station, 03/29/14) One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station on March 29 used a 14mm lens on a digital still camera to photograph this pre-winter storm located just off the coast of southwestern Australia. A solar array panel on…

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May 16, 2014 at 5:48 pm

Picture of the Day: Cosmic Fairy Lights

Picture of the Day: Cosmic Fairy Lights

COSMIC FAIRY LIGHTS Photograph by ESA/NASA [Cosmic Fairy Lights] This sparkling jumble is Messier 5 — a globular cluster consisting of hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by their collective gravity. But Messier 5 is no normal globular cluster. At 13 billion years old it dates back to close to the…

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May 12, 2014 at 6:39 pm

Picture of the Day: Working the Land

Picture of the Day: Working the Land

WORKING THE LAND Photograph by Jonathan15 on 500px A beautiful Autumn morning is captured in this breathtaking photograph by Jonathan15 on 500px. The image is sparse on details but it looks to be somewhere in Asia. I love the morning mist and yellow leaves in this tranquil capture. Camera details below: Camera:…

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May 8, 2014 at 7:06 pm

Picture of the Day: Hadrian’s Wall, England

Picture of the Day: Hadrian's Wall, England

Photograph by Robert White | Prints available In this fantastic capture by Robert White, we see Hadrian’s Wall, a defensive fortification in Roman Britain, begun in AD 122 during the rule of emperor Hadrian. In addition to its military role, gates through the wall served as customs posts. A significant portion of the wall…

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May 7, 2014 at 5:51 pm

Picture of the Day: The Glacier Skywalk

Picture of the Day: The Glacier Skywalk

THE GLACIER SKYWALK Photograph by Glacier Skywalk | glacierskywalk.ca The Glacier Skywalk is a barrier-free, glass-floored observation platform, situated 280 meters (918 ft) over the Sunwapta Valley in Jasper National Park. Located in Alberta, Canada, the skywalk opened to the public on 1 May 2014 and tickets can be purchased directly through…

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May 7, 2014 at 3:38 pm

Playing with the Moon by Laurent Laveder

Playing with the Moon by Laurent Laveder

In an ongoing series entitled Moon Games, French photographer Laurent Laveder plays with the moon in creative and amusing ways, even inviting his friends and family along for the fun. The 75+ picture gallery can be seen on pixheaven where prints are also available for purchase. Laveder currently lives in Brittany, a region in…

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May 6, 2014 at 5:09 pm

Picture of the Day: Sea of Cherry Blossom Petals

Picture of the Day: Sea of Cherry Blossom Petals

Photograph by @WizardsTools on Twitter The annual blooming of cherry blossoms in Japan is a wildly popular cultural event as people flock to popular blooming locations all over the country. The blossoming begins in Okinawa in January and typically reaches Kyoto and Tokyo at the end of March or the beginning of April. It…

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May 6, 2014 at 3:42 pm

10 Notable Entries from the 2014 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

10 Notable Entries from the 2014 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

CONTEST CLOSES JUNE 30, 2014 The 26th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is well under way, accepting submissions until June 30th, 2014. Official categories include: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place; and Spontaneous Moments. The grand-prize winner will receive an eight-day National Geographic Expedition to Alaska for two aboard the National Geographic…

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