THE BLUE MILK MUSHROOM Photograph by DAN MOLTER Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo (or blue) Lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family of mushrooms. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and…
THE STUNNING FLY GEYSER [BLACK ROCK DESERT, NEVADA] Photograph via Reddit Fly Geyser, also known as Fly Ranch Geyser is a small geothermal geyser that is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Gerlach, in Washoe County, Nevada. The Geyser is located in Hualapai Flat less than a mile from State…
STARGAZING Photograph by BEN CANALES Photographer Ben Canales is the grand prize winner of the National Geographic Traveler’s Photo Contest for 2011. His stunning self-portrait was taken at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Ben’s submission details as follows: Here on my first time visit to Crater Lake National Park, I wanted…
SOME KIND OF SUPER CLOUD! Photograph by PAT KAVANAGH There’s a lot of activity in this cloud. Down below we see a rainbow amidst a dark and menacing storm cloud. Yet as we go higher, the cloud gets fluffier and friendlier, as the sun tries to penetrate through. Photographer’s Description: I climbed…
Caterpillar 30x Magnification (5mm width) | Photograph by OLIVER MECKES Electron microscopes help bring nanoscience to life, providing a level of detail to scientists that was simply not available mere decades ago. The FEI Company is a worldwide leader in electron microscope technology. Below you will find a small collection of images from scientists…
SUDDENLY… A BEAR! Photograph by PAUL NICKLEN / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Photographer’s Description: In a forest dominated by second-growth trees (in British Columbia), a young [Kermode] bear settles into a mossy day bed at the foot of a giant, old-growth western red cedar. Bears use such day beds to rest and sleep after…
THE EDGE OF EARTH – BUNDA CLIFFS OF AUSTRALIA Photograph via Reddit The vast Nullarbor Plain is the world’s largest limestone karst landscape covering an area of 270,000 square km, extending 2,000 km between Norseman and Ceduna. Two thirds of the Nullarbor is within Western Australia and one third is in South…
LADYBUG LANDS WITH STYLE Photograph by LENTILCIA @ deviantART This wonderful shot by Lentilcia has been making the rounds on the Internets for good reason. Hailing from Lubawa, Poland, you can find her blogging at: http://www.photoblog.pl/lentilka/ Model: Canon EOS 1000D Shutter Speed: 1/512 second Aperture: F/5.6 Focal Length: 90 mm ISO Speed:…
FLOODED RUINS OF VILLA EPECUEN IN ARGENTINA Photography by JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images Back in the 1920s, a tourist village was established along the shore of Lago Epecuen, a salt lake some 600 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The resort town, named Villa Epucuen, soon had a railroad station, and it…