THE ONLY AMERICAN NOT ON EARTH ON SEPT 11 Photograph by NASA FROM NASA: Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City (and other parts of New…
THE LONE FISHERMAN Photograph by Taro Taylor In this beautiful and slightly haunting photography we see a lone fisherman out on the water as Tavurvur, an active volcano near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea, releases plumes of ash and pumice into the twilight sky. Mount Tavurvur is the most well known…
INFLATING A HOT AIR BALLOON Photograph by Benh Lieu Song In this vibrant and colorful photograph we see a hot air balloon being inflated before an air trip over Cappadocia, Turkey. The image was a finalist in the 2011 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year finishing in 16th place. …
THE VENEZUELAN POODLE MOTH Photograph by Arthur Anker on Flickr The photograph above, taken by zoologist Arthur Anker, has been making the rounds online, as the bizarre creature looks straight out of a fantasy world. The moth was spotted in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela’s Canaima National Park several years…
THE PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWER Photograph by David Kingham on Flickr | Prints Available In this stunning capture we see the Perseids meteor shower as observed from the Snowy Range in Wyoming. The photograph was taken the night of August 11th by professional photographer David Kingham. Kingham explains: “I went out to…
BARREL FEVER Photograph by Agustin Munoz/Red Bull Content Pool In this incredible capture we see surfer Mick Fanning about to enter a beautiful barrel (where the wave is hollow when it is breaking). The photo was taken off the Mentawais Islands in Indonesia back in 2009. You can feel the impending…
AN X-RAY OF A STINGRAY Photograph by Ken Jones The photograph above is an x-ray of a freshwater stingray species discovered in 2011 in the Amazon rain forest. The discovery was made by the research team of Nathan Lovejoy, a biologist at the University of Toronto in Scarborough; and Marcelo Rodrigues…
THE GRAND CANYON SKYWALK Photograph via skywalk-tour.blogspot.com The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a transparent horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge and tourist attraction in Arizona near the Colorado River on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon. USGS topographic maps show the elevation at the…
A SEE OF CLOUDS IN BULGARIA Photograph by cellskey on Reddit Redditor cellskey took this incredible night time photograph from a cabin on a cliff in Bulgaria. According to cellskey’s comments, the photo was taken from the Okoltchitsa Monument in Vratshanski Balkan, Vratsa, Bulgaria. The exact coordinates are: 43.152248,23.586059 The picture…
TURTLE RIDING A JELLYFISH Photograph by Super Jolly @ DivePhotoGuide.com In this remarkable shot we see a toy turtle catching a ride on a jellyfish. Initially some thought it was a real turtle, but turtles are actually known to prey on jellyfish, so Reddit user AmbiguousStatement did some detective work and…
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