MOON AND VENUS OVER SWITZERLAND Photograph by DAVID KAPLAN Lit from beneath by lights from the village of Trubbach, Switzerland, a snow covered mountain, Mittlerspitz, poses dramatically on the upper left, hovering over the small town of Balzers, Liechtenstein far below. Peaks from the Alps can be seen across the far right,…
SERENITY NOW Photograph by ZAK NOYLE for SURFER MAGAZINE Sun, water, wave, surf. Oh and a rainbow. This gorgeous photograph by Zak Noyle was the winner of Surfer Magazine’s ‘photo of the year’ and it’s easy to see why. The image was taken with a fisheye lens at Teahupoo in Tahiti. The…
THE MIGHTY FLATIRONS OF BOULDER, COLORADO Photograph via Reddit The Flatirons are rock formations near Boulder, Colorado. There are five large, numbered Flatirons ranging from north to south (First through Fifth, respectively) along the east slope of Green Mountain, and the term “The Flatirons” sometimes refers to these five alone. Numerous additional…
WATER BUBBLE REFLECTION IN ZERO GRAVITY Photograph by NASA Astronaut Clayton Anderson watches as a water bubble floats in the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during the STS-131 mission. Note that his image in the bubble is upside down because the bubble refracted the light. (Taken April 12, 2010). [Source] via…
CRATER LAKES IN THE ALBERTINE RIFT OF AFRICA Photograph by JOEL SARTORE | PRINTS AVAILABLE Photographer’s Description: In a region bursting with people, a few big open spaces remain—like the Rift floor in Queen Elizabeth Park, pocked with crater lakes formed by volcanic explosions. If protected areas hadn’t been set aside in…
SOLAR ECLIPSE AT SUNSET Photograph by JANNE PYYKKO On July 11, 2010, after a long trek eastward across the southern Pacific Ocean, the Moon’s shadow reached landfall in South America. In a total solar eclipse close to sunset, silhouetted Moon and Sun hugged the western horizon, seen here above the Andes mountains…
GODZILLA’S FOOTPRINT – PALMACHIM BEACH, ISRAEL Photograph by ILAN SHACHAM Photographer’s Description [Ilan Shacham]: I went with my kids to the beach on a winter’s day, and we stood on this rocky outcrop, me enjoying the photography, and the kids enjoying the waves wetting their feet. Well, until a few seconds after…
FIRST RISING SUN OF 2012 Photograph by JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images The first rising sun of 2012 appears above Mt. Fuji, observed at Yamanashi prefecture on January 1, 2012. All Nippon Airways (ANA) had organized a rising sun observation flight with 137 passengers on New Year’s Day. via The Atlantic’s…
SELJALANDSFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND Photograph by Noelia Magnusson Seljalandsfoss Falls in Iceland is located between Selfoss and Skogafoss on the Southern Ring Road down to Vik. It is a picturesque waterfall that plummets two hundred feet (60 meters) to a deep pool below. It is a unique and popular tourist attraction because visitors…
THE INDIAN-PAKISTAN BORDER AT NIGHT FROM SPACE Photograph by NASA A night time view of India-Pakistan borderlands is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 28 crew member on the International Space Station. Clusters of yellow lights on the Indo-Gangetic Plain of northern India and northern Pakistan reveal numerous cities both…
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