WORLD’S OLDEST MARATHON RUNNER, 100 YEAR-OLD FAUJA SINGH Photograph via Reddit Fauja Singh (born April 1, 1911) is a centenarian Sikh. He is a marathon runner of Indian descent who is a world record holder in his age bracket. His current personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6 hours…
SNOW MONKEYS LOUNGING IN HOT SPRINGS Photograph by YOSEMITE Seen here are Japanese Macaques, commonly known as Snow Monkeys, lounging in the Jigokudani Hot Spring in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Jigokudani Monkey Park is famous for its large population of wild Japanese Macaques that go to the valley during the winter, foraging elsewhere…
INSTANT VERTIGO ACROPHOBIA Photograph by VINCENT LAFORET Deke Johnson, left, and Tom Silliman work 1,385 feet (422m) above street level to repair the electrical connections of an FM antenna atop the Empire State Building. Below you can see the heads of onlookers looking up from the observation deck. Acrophobia is an extreme…
BURNING MAN FESTIVAL FROM ABOVE Photograph by JIM URQUHART/REUTERS The 25th Burning Man festival, with a theme of “Rites of Passage,” took place Aug. 29 to Sept. 5, 2011, 120 miles outside Reno, Nev., in the Black Rock Desert, its home since 1990. Some 50,000 people attended the week-long celebration, which is…
THE GRAND PRISMATIC SPRING IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Photograph by JIM PEACO, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Photograph by MILA ZINKOVA The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, next to those in New Zealand. It is…
SPEARFISHING IN NEW CALEDONIA Photograph by STEPHANE DUCANDAS An incredible capture by Stéphane Ducandas of a man spearfishing on the island of Maré in New Caledonia. Really digging the technique that shoots subject matter both above and below the water. Such a great effect! National Geographic via Reddit …
SACREBLEU! LIGHTNING STRIKES THE EIFFEL TOWER Photograph via BERTRAND KULIK / CATERS NEWS AGENCY A lightning strike gives a vivid backdrop to the iconic Eiffel Tower, while the Paris landmark is illuminated in vibrant blue lights. Amateur photographer Bertrand Kulik captured the shot which will appear in an exhibition titled “Lumieres celestes,…
VANITY FAIR’S ‘NEW HOLLYWOOD ELITE’ COVER Photograph by NORMA JEAN ROY For the 17th annual Hollywood Issue cover, Vanity Fair went back to the basics—no teenagers, no penguins, no (full-on) nudity (although Olivia Wilde’s dress is pretty scandalous), just the most exciting actors and actresses of the moment. Sure there are some…
ROLL CLOUD OVER URUGUAY Photograph by DANIELA MIRNER EBERL Pictured above, a roll cloud extends far into the distance in 2009 January above Las Olas Beach in Maldonado, Uruguay. A roll cloud is a low, horizontal, tube-shaped, and relatively rare type of arcus cloud. Roll clouds usually appear to be “rolling” about…
GLORIOUS SEA CAVE – ALGARVE, PORTUGAL Photograph via Reddit Apparently this cave is quite near Benagil Beach in Algarve, Portugal. A sea cave, also known as a littoral cave, is a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion. Sea caves are…
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