Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY

October 31, 2012 at 8:47 pm

Picture of the Day: The Berry Head Arch in Newfoundland

Picture of the Day: The Berry Head Arch in Newfoundland

THE BERRY HEAD ARCH IN NEWFOUNDLAND Photograph by Rexton on Flickr Located on the East Coast Trail to the south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, is an incredible rock formation known as the Berry Head Arch. The arch overlooks the sea and it’s quite the view for hikers who are willing…

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October 30, 2012 at 7:19 pm

Picture of the Day: A Tiny Hermit Crab Close-up

Picture of the Day: A Tiny Hermit Crab Close-up

A TINY HERMIT CRAB CLOSE-UP Photograph by sleepychinchilla on Flickr In this wonderful close-up taken on the island of Olhuveli in the Maldives, we see the home of a tiny little hermit crab. The photograph was taken back in 2008 by sleepychinchilla. There are over 1100 species of hermit crabs and…

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October 29, 2012 at 4:49 pm

Picture of the Day: Purple Haze over Edinburgh Castle

Picture of the Day: Purple Haze over Edinburgh Castle

PURPLE HAZE OVER EDINBURGH CASTLE Photograph by Scott Hutcheson (SMHutch Photography on Flickr) In this amazing shot by Scott Hutcheson, we see a hazy purple twilight over Edinburgh Castle. In the picture comments on Flickr Scott says the purple colour was completely natural. Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the…

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October 29, 2012 at 12:14 am

Picture of the Day: The Dine-In Theater at Disney World

Picture of the Day: The Dine-In Theater at Disney World

THE DINE-IN THEATER AT DISNEY WORLD Photograph by Joe Penniston (Express Monorail on Flickr) The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater restaurant in Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park (one of the four theme parks that make up Disney World) serves American cuisine for lunch and dinner. Like a night at the old drive-ins, servers…

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October 27, 2012 at 5:39 pm

Picture of the Day: Turbines Above the Fog

Picture of the Day: Turbines Above the Fog

TURBINES ABOVE THE FOG Photograph by iron_mike34 on Reddit Redditor and iron worker iron_mike34 took this amazing shot from a height of approximately 325 ft, as he stands atop the nacelle, which is the cover housing that contains all of the generating components in a wind turbine. This includes things like…

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October 26, 2012 at 6:19 pm

Picture of the Day: Subterranean Super-Columns in Japan

Picture of the Day: Subterranean Super-Columns in Japan

SUBTERRANEAN SUPER-COLUMNS IN JAPAN Photograph by Dddeco You are looking at the world’s largest underground flood water diversion facility. The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also known as the G-Cans Project, is an underground water infrastructure project in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. It was built to prevent overflow of the city’s…

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October 25, 2012 at 6:13 pm

Picture of the Day: Preacher’s Pulpit, Norway

Picture of the Day: Preacher's Pulpit, Norway

PREACHER’S PULPIT, NORWAY Photograph by John & Tina Reid | NomadicVision.com In this beautiful photograph by travel photographers John & Tina Reid, we see the view rewarded to those who make the hike to Preikestolen, a massive 604 metre (1982 feet) cliff in Forsand, Ryfylke, Norway. The top of the cliff…

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October 24, 2012 at 6:43 pm

Picture of the Day: 84 Million Stars in One Image

Picture of the Day: 84 Million Stars in One Image

84 MILLION STARS IN ONE IMAGE Photograph by ESO/VVV Consortium/Ignacio Toledo/Martin Kornmesser Using a gigantic nine-gigapixel image from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, an international team of astronomers has created a catalogue of more than 84 million stars in the central parts of the Milky Way. This…

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October 23, 2012 at 6:15 pm

Picture of the Day: A Sea of Sunflowers in Japan

Picture of the Day: A Sea of Sunflowers in Japan

A SEA OF SUNFLOWERS IN JAPAN Photograph by Jason Arney In this incredible capture by photographer Jason Arney we see a dazzling field of sunflowers in Daisetsuzan National Park (Taisetsuzan) in Hokkaido, Japan. Jason submitted this photo to Gizmodo’s Summer Shooting Challenge, taking home first prize for this amazing shot. The…

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October 22, 2012 at 7:13 pm

Picture of the Day: Remember Your Roots

Picture of the Day: Remember Your Roots

REMEMBER YOUR ROOTS Photograph by Brian Yen (briyen on Flickr) In this incredible capture by photographer Brian Yen (briyen on Flickr) we see an incredible system of roots scaling a wall as a child runs past a group of elderly people. Brian took this moment in time to reflect about our…

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