Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY

September 21, 2012 at 5:04 pm

Picture of the Day: Hiking in the Andes

Picture of the Day: Hiking in the Andes

HIKING IN THE ANDES Photograph by Trey Ratcliff (Stuck in Customs on Flickr) HDR wizard Trey Ratcliff of the wildly popular Stuck in Customs blog took this ‘painting-esque’ photo while hiking in the Andes. The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world. It is a continual range of…

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September 20, 2012 at 5:42 pm

Picture of the Day: Lionesses at the Watering Hole

Picture of the Day: Lionesses at the Watering Hole

LIONESSES AT THE WATERING HOLE Photograph by Ranger Chad Cocking of the Motswari Private Game Reserve Taken at the Motswari Private Game Reserve in South Africa, we see two lionesses having a drink at a watering hole. On the right is a rare white lion from the Xakubasa Pride. The photograph…

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September 19, 2012 at 6:14 pm

Picture of the Day: Dark Side of the Loom

Picture of the Day: Dark Side of the Loom

DARK SIDE OF THE LOOM Photograph by Aldo Cavini Benedetti on Flickr In this awesome recreation of the iconic album cover for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Aldo Cavini Benedetti uses thread and a needle to replicate the prism and spectrum of light. Aldo’s original version was featured last…

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September 18, 2012 at 4:55 pm

Picture of the Day: The Hall of Mirrors

Picture of the Day: The Hall of Mirrors

THE HALL OF MIRRORS Photograph by Ed Roppo (rustyjaw on Flickr) In this fantastic capture by Ed Roppo (rustyjaw on Flickr), we see how a thin layer of water on the floor creates the perfect reflection, turning this space into a hall of mirrors. The shot was taken at an abandoned…

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September 17, 2012 at 6:36 pm

Picture of the Day: Death Begets Life

Picture of the Day: Death Begets Life

DEATH BEGETS LIFE Photograph by Ireena Worthy on Flickr In this stunning capture by Ireena Worthy we see a small fir tree (which has become a bonsai) growing atop a dead log in the waters of Fairy Lake, which is near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Fairy…

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September 16, 2012 at 9:36 pm

Picture of the Day: A Tornado Roping Out in North Dakota

Picture of the Day: A Tornado Roping Out in North Dakota

A TORNADO ROPING OUT IN NORTH DAKOTA Photograph by Mitch Dobrowner In this incredible photograph by Mitch Dobrowner we see a tornado in North Dakota dying out. These tornadoes are said to be “roping out”, or becoming a “rope tornado”. When they rope out, the length of their funnel increases, which…

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September 15, 2012 at 5:19 pm

Picture of the Day: Top Spin

Picture of the Day: Top Spin

TOP SPIN Photograph via riboflavins on Reddit In this perfectly timed shot, we see droplets of water spiralling outward from a spinning tennis ball. For some reason it reminds me of our own Milky Way Galaxy. A search through comments on Reddit along with a reverse image search on Google and…

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September 14, 2012 at 5:17 pm

Picture of the Day: A Grizzly Bear Guards Its Meal

Picture of the Day: A Grizzly Bear Guards Its Meal

A GRIZZLY BEAR GUARDS ITS MEAL Photograph by Doug Smith/Yellowstone Wolf Project In this remarkable capture from above, we see a grizzly bear guarding a massive bison carcass. The photograph was taken by Doug Smith at Yellowstone National Park. Smith, who is the leader of Yellowstone’s Wolf Project, suspects that the…

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September 13, 2012 at 5:57 pm

Picture of the Day: Mount Fuji From Above

Picture of the Day: Mount Fuji From Above

MOUNT FUJI FROM ABOVE Photograph via news.mydrivers.com In this jaw-dropping photograph we see the majestic Mount Fuji soaring above the clouds. The picture, along with two others (that are equally amazing), was posted to the Chinese website news.mydrivers.com. I was unable to find the name of the photographer but this aerial…

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September 12, 2012 at 7:12 pm

Picture of the Day: Skydiving Into Burning Man

Picture of the Day: Skydiving Into Burning Man

SKYDIVING INTO BURNING MAN Photograph via opi8 on Reddit In this incredible photograph we see a skydiver looking upward before his descent to the Burning Man Festival. Now in its 26th year, the annual festival takes place on the playa of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. More than 50,000 participants attended this…

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