Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY

October 22, 2011 at 6:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Fun With Friends

Picture of the Day: Fun With Friends

FUN WITH FRIENDS Photograph by IDMA Just a really fun group shot found on Reddit. Gotta love the effort, particularly the guy in red. Some Redditors complained of the two women in the shot for not only looking at the camera but having both feet firmly planted on the ground despite their…

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October 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Toronto at Night

Picture of the Day: Toronto at Night

TORONTO AT NIGHT Photograph by DMAO11 Fantastic view of my hometown of Toronto, Canada shot from a plane by Dmao11. Photograph was taken using a Nikon D90 with a Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 VC lens Dmao11 on Flickr

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October 20, 2011 at 5:08 pm

Picture of the Day: The Golden Gun

Picture of the Day: The Golden Gun

THE GOLDEN GUN Photograph via Reuters Pictured above is the alleged Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter that first captured former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. In his hand is the supposed gold-plated gun of the now deceased leader who had succumbed to his wounds received during his final stand. The eight weeks…

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October 19, 2011 at 5:03 pm

Picture of the Day: The First People Ever Photographed

Picture of the Day: The First People Ever Photographed

THE FIRST PEOPLE EVER PHOTOGRAPHED Boulevard du Temple, Paris, Daguerreotype 1838 | Photograph by LOUIS DAGUERRE (1787 – 1851) This is purportedly the first picture of a living person ever taken (1838). The image shows a busy street, but due to exposure time of more than ten minutes, the traffic was moving…

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October 18, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Picture of the Day: Biggest. Crocodile. Ever.

Picture of the Day: Biggest. Crocodile. Ever.

BIGGEST. CROCODILE. EVER. Photograph by REUTERS / STRINGER Residents look at a 6.4 meter (21-foot) saltwater crocodile, which is suspected of having attacked several people, after it was caught in Nueva Era in Bunawan town, Agusan del Sur, Philippines, on September 4, 2011. The crocodile weighs more than 1000 kg and is…

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October 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Amazing Turbine Clouds in the North Sea

Picture of the Day: Amazing Turbine Clouds in the North Sea

AMAZING TURBINE CLOUDS IN THE NORTH SEA Photograph by CHRISTIAN STEINESS The photograph above shows the turbulence field behind the Horns Rev 1 offshore wind turbines. Unique meteorological conditions on 12 February 2008 at 1300 hours resulted in the wind turbines creating condensation (i.e. clouds) of the very humid air, thus making…

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October 16, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Flooding in Thailand

Picture of the Day: Flooding in Thailand

FLOODING IN THAILAND Photograph by MATTHIAS HOCH Photograph by Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images Heavy monsoon rains have been drenching Southeast Asia since mid-July, causing mudslides and widespread flooding along the Mekong River. Parts of Thailand are now experiencing the worst floods in half a century, as water inundates villages, historic temples, farms,…

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October 15, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro

Picture of the Day: Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro

MIGHTY MOUNT KILIMANJARO Photograph by MUHAMMAD MAHDI KARIM Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895 metres or 19,341 feet above sea level (the Uhuru Peak/Kibo Peak). In 1889 the peak of Kibo was named “Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze”…

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October 14, 2011 at 5:04 pm

Picture of the Day: The Beachy Head Chalk Cliff in Southern England

Picture of the Day: The Beachy Head Chalk Cliff in Southern England

THE BEACHY HEAD CHALK CLIFF IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND Photograph by DILIFF Beachy Head is a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain,…

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October 13, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Michael Jordan in His College Dorm Room, 1983

Picture of the Day: Michael Jordan in His College Dorm Room, 1983

MICHAEL JORDAN IN HIS COLLEGE DORM ROOM, 1983 Photographs by LANE STEWART for Sports Illustrated Vintage shots of the legendary Michael Jordan in 1983, goofing around in his college dorm room at Chapel Hill at the University of North Carolina. Jordan would join the NBA’s Chicago Bulls in 1984 and go…

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