Category: NATURE/SPACE

August 8, 2012 at 5:12 pm

Picture of the Day: Room With a View

Picture of the Day: Room With a View

ROOM WITH A VIEW Photograph by Jeremy Duguid on Flickr In this beautifully ‘framed’ photograph, we see the stunning Teton Mountain Range from the inside of Cunningham Cabin in Wyoming. Photographer Jeremy Duguid said he wasn’t even sure if he was going to post the photo to his Flickr account. It’s…

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August 7, 2012 at 4:27 pm

15 Stunning Photos of Lavender Fields Around the World

15 Stunning Photos of Lavender Fields Around the World

Lavender is a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, southern Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, south west Asia to south east India. Many members of the genus…

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August 6, 2012 at 8:21 pm

Picture of the Day: Curiosity Lands on Mars

Picture of the Day: Curiosity Lands on Mars

CURIOSITY LANDS ON MARS Photograph by NASA/JPL-Caltech This image taken by NASA’s Curiosity shows what lies ahead for the rover — its main science target, Mount Sharp. The rover’s shadow can be seen in the foreground, and the dark bands beyond are dunes. Rising up in the distance is the highest…

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August 4, 2012 at 6:35 pm

Picture of the Day: An Olympic Full Moon

Picture of the Day: An Olympic Full Moon

AN OLYMPIC FULL MOON Photograph by REUTERS/Luke MacGrego (via Reuters Olympics on Facebook) On August 3rd, 2012 a full moon graced the London skies. Reuters photographer Luke MacGregor took this incredible shot of the moon rising through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath the Tower Bridge. This was one of eight captures…

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August 2, 2012 at 5:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Refractions in Space

Picture of the Day: Refractions in Space

REFRACTIONS IN SPACE Photograph by André Kuipers on Flickr In this amazing shot we see an air bubble, inside a drop of water, suspended in space. Pretty much any photo shot in ‘zero gravity’ is cool by default, but when you incorporate a refraction (where an image reverses as it passes…

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August 1, 2012 at 9:22 am

12 Amazing Pictures of Lava Tubes Around the World

12 Amazing Pictures of Lava Tubes Around the World

Lava tubes are natural conduits through which lava travels beneath the surface of a lava flow. Typically they are expelled by a volcano during an eruption and can be actively draining lava from a source; or they can be extinct, meaning the lava flow has ceased and the rock has cooled and left a…

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July 30, 2012 at 8:42 am

Beautiful Land Art by Sylvain Meyer

Beautiful Land Art by Sylvain Meyer

Swiss artist Sylvain Meyer creates incredible works of temporary land art using only found materials in nature. From fallen bark, to acorns, leaves and decaying wood, Meyer immortalizes his work though photography. Sylvain creates both patterns and creatures in his artwork, even delving into anamorphic art using Ying & Yang symbols. The ‘canvas’ for…

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July 29, 2012 at 9:40 am

Reflective Beauty at the World’s Largest Salt Flat [10 pics]

Reflective Beauty at the World's Largest Salt Flat [10 pics]

At 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi), the Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the largest salt flat in the world. It is located in the Potosi and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, and is elevated 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above the mean sea level. The…

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July 28, 2012 at 5:55 pm

Picture of the Day: Lone Sailboat at Sea in Germany

Picture of the Day: Lone Sailboat at Sea in Germany

LONE SAILBOAT AT SEA IN GERMANY Photograph by Patrick Lienin for National Geographic In this incredible photograph by Patrick Lienin, we see a lone sailbaot at sea as a rainstorm looms in the distance. The photograph was submitted to the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest and later featured as a Nat…

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July 24, 2012 at 6:42 pm

Picture of the Day: The Lion’s Mane Jellyfish

Picture of the Day: The Lion's Mane Jellyfish

THE LION’S MANE JELLFISH Photograph by Alexander Semenov on Flickr We’ve already featured the astonishing undersea photography of Alexander Semenov before, and his active Flickr page is a constant source of undersea awe. In this photograph we see a popular subject of Alexander’s photographs, Cyanea capilata, commonly known as the Lion’s…

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