André Kuipers is a physician and ESA astronaut. He is the second Dutch person to ever fly in space and the first Dutch astronaut to ever return to space. On Flickr, Kuipers has shared over three hundred of his amazing photographs from space. From Auroras and the Milky Way, to never seen before views…
A SEE OF CLOUDS IN BULGARIA Photograph by cellskey on Reddit Redditor cellskey took this incredible night time photograph from a cabin on a cliff in Bulgaria. According to cellskey’s comments, the photo was taken from the Okoltchitsa Monument in Vratshanski Balkan, Vratsa, Bulgaria. The exact coordinates are: 43.152248,23.586059 The picture…
Photographer cock_a_doodle_doo on Flickr took these incredible photographs of an abandoned building complex in the Jhongjheng District of Badouzi, Taiwan. With the man-made structures completely deserted, nature has slowly started to overtake the concrete buildings. As the density of trees continues to grow it will be fascinating to see what this place looks like…
TURTLE RIDING A JELLYFISH Photograph by Super Jolly @ DivePhotoGuide.com In this remarkable shot we see a toy turtle catching a ride on a jellyfish. Initially some thought it was a real turtle, but turtles are actually known to prey on jellyfish, so Reddit user AmbiguousStatement did some detective work and…
THE MOSS COVERED FOREST OF YAKUSHIMA Photograph by Balu991 on deviantART Yakushima is one of the Osumi Islands and has an area of about 500 km² and a population of roughly 15,000. It lies to the south of Kyushu in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is covered in dense forest noted especially…
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC FROM SPACE AT NIGHT Photograph by NASA Earth Observatory Early on August 28, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi-NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of Tropical Storm Isaac and the cities near the Gulf Coast of the United States. The image was acquired…
THE DEEPWATER HORIZON EXPLOSION Photograph by Unnamed Worker on Nearby Boat Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig owned by Transocean. Built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the rig was leased to BP from 2001 until September 2013. In September 2009, the…
THE VIEW FROM RHUMSIKI, CAMEROON Photograph by Kyle Mijlof @ kylemijlof.blogspot.com This is the view from the tent of photographer Kyle Mijlof during his stay in the village of Rhumsiki, located in the Far North Province of Cameroon. Rhumsiki is located in the Mandara Mountains 55 km (34 mi) from Mokolo…
THE POWER OF ONE SMALL STEP Photograph by NASA In the photograph above we see astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of his historic moonwalk. The following is an excerpt from NASA’s obituary on Neil Armstrong: Neil…
MOTH TRAILS AT NIGHT Photograph by Steve Irvine for National Geographic In this beautiful long exposure photograph (i.e., the camera shutter is left open for a period of time) by Steve Irvine, we see a group of moths swarming around a floodlight at night. The 20-second exposure lets us revel in…
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