Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY

February 7, 2013 at 8:20 pm

Picture of the Day: The Sri Lankan Leopard

Picture of the Day: The Sri Lankan Leopard

THE SRI LANKAN LEOPARD Photograph by Rohit Varma on 500px In this beautiful capture by photographer Rohit Varma we see a Sri Lankan leopard in Wilpattu National Park. The Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) is a leopard subspecies native to Sri Lanka. Classified as Endangered by IUCN, the population is believed…

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February 6, 2013 at 6:28 pm

Picture of the Day: The Space ‘Selfie’

Picture of the Day: The Space 'Selfie'

THE SPACE ‘SELFIE’ Photograph by NASA International Space Station astronaut, Aki Hoshide (Japan), recorded this striking image while helping to augment the capabilities of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS). Visible in this outworldly assemblage is the Sun, the Earth, two portions of a robotic arm, an astronaut’s spacesuit, the deep darkness…

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February 5, 2013 at 7:47 pm

Picture of the Day: Cloud City, Dubai

Picture of the Day: Cloud City, Dubai

CLOUD CITY, DUBAI Photograph by Sebastian Opitz | AblazeWithLight.com Photographer Sebastian Opitz took this amazing cityscape of Dubai from the 85th floor of the Princess Tower just as a heavy fog began to roll in. The Princess Tower, located in the Marina district of Dubai, UAE, is the world’s tallest residential building…

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February 4, 2013 at 6:38 pm

Picture of the Day: Contrast in Krakow

Picture of the Day: Contrast in Krakow

CONTRAST IN KRAKOW Photograph by Marcin Ryczek In this stunning black and white photograph we see a man feeding birds in Krakow, Poland. The contrast is mesmerizing and strangely reminiscent of an yin yang symbol or even a ‘spy vs spy’ comic. According to commentor genjew, this is a walking path by…

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February 2, 2013 at 6:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Inside the Stuttgart City Library

Picture of the Day: Inside the Stuttgart City Library

Inside the Stuttgart City Library Photograph by Frank Karlitschek After winning a design competition for the project in 1999, the new city library for Stuttgart, Germany, was unveiled on October 21, 2011. The building was designed by Yi Architects and takes the form of a cube with each side measuring 45 meters…

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February 1, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Baby on Board

Picture of the Day: Baby on Board

BABY ON BOARD Photographed and Edited by centsless43 on Reddit When the wife of Redditor centsless43 asked him to take a photo of their six-month old baby this is not what she expected. Fear not, this is not another Tony Hawk controversy but rather a clever use of photoshop to remove himself…

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January 31, 2013 at 4:05 pm

Picture of the Day: New Zealand’s Most Active Volcano

Picture of the Day: New Zealand's Most Active Volcano

New Zealand’s Most Active Volcano Photograph by x-oph on Flickr Whakaari/White Island is an active stratovolcano, situated 48 km (30 mi) from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. It is New Zealand’s most active cone volcano, and has been built up by continuous…

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January 30, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: The Hoggar Mountains of Algeria

Picture of the Day: The Hoggar Mountains of Algeria

The Hoggar Mountains of Algeria Photograph by Brigitte Djajasasmita In this beautiful photograph by Brigitte Djajasasmita we see the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria. The Hoggar Mountains, also known as the Ahaggar, are a highland region in central Sahara, or southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. They are located about 1,500 km…

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January 29, 2013 at 4:15 pm

Picture of the Day: The Singing Ringing Tree

Picture of the Day: The Singing Ringing Tree

THE SINGING RINGING TREE Designed by Tonkin Liu The Singing Ringing Tree is a musical sculpture standing in the wind on a hill (Crown Point) overlooking Burnley, UK. From far and wide, the tree’s profile is visible on the horizon, appearing and disappearing in the mist. The tree is constructed of stacked…

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January 28, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Saturn’s Polar Vortex

Picture of the Day: Saturn's Polar Vortex

SATURN’S POLAR VORTEX Photograph by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute The center of this vortex was imaged in unprecedented detail by the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn. These clouds lie at the center of the unusual hexagonal cloud system that surrounds the north pole of Saturn. The sun rose on Saturn’s north pole just…

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