HIGHLINING YOSEMITE FALLS Photograph by JIMMY CHIN / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC “It feels like I’m hovering in space,” says Dean Potter, perched on a highline above Yosemite Falls. Gusting winds and blinding mist make it tough to balance on the inch-thick rope 2,600 feet above the valley, but a tether attached to his…
INVERTED THUNDERBIRDS Photograph by DAVID ARMER The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform an airshow after the 2007 U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony May 30 in Colorado. The ceremony marks the culmination of four years at the academy and their transition from cadet to the Air Force’s newest second lieutenants. The Thunderbirds…
GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A DRINK Photograph by PROJECTOR5 Unreal scenery in Murren, Switzerland. What a great location for a bar! The perfect way to enjoy any beverage 🙂 Projector5 on Flickr via Reddit SEE MORE ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’
HURRICANE IRENE POOL PREPARATIONS Photograph via REDDIT Pretty clever if you ask me! via Reddit SEE MORE ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’
THE PARIS OPERA GRAND STAIRCASE Photograph by BENH LIEU SONG The Palais Garnier, known also as the OpĂ©ra de Paris or OpĂ©ra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris OpĂ©ra, is a 1,600-seat opera house on the Place de l’OpĂ©ra in Paris, France, which was the primary home of the Paris Opera…
IRIDESCENT RAINBOW CLOUD Photograph by ESTHER HAVENS Description by NASA: Pictured behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The above image was taken just after the picturesque sight…
CARACOL FALLS, BRAZIL Photograph by TIAGO FIOREZE Caracol Falls, or Cascata do Caracol, is a 426-foot (130 meter) waterfall about 4.35 miles (7.00 km) from Canela, Brazil in Caracol State Park (Parque do Caracol). It is formed by the Caracol River and cuts out of basalt cliffs in the Serra Geral mountain…
VINTAGE STREET GANG FROM 1916 Photograph by LEWIS WICKES HINE June 27, 1916. Springfield, Massachusetts. “Street gang, corner Margaret and Water streets — 4:30 p.m.” Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. via SHORPY.COM – Always Something Interesting
THE END IS NIGH Photographs by AP Photo/ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI People celebrate the capture in Tripoli of Muammar Qaddafi’s son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Monday, on August 22, 2011. Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday that met little resistance…
THE IGLOO VILLAGE RESORT IN FINLAND Photographs courtesy of HOTEL KAKSLAUTTANEN Located in the Arctic Circle of Finalnd, Hotel Kakslauttanen can be found in the Saariselkä fell area amidst beautiful Lapland scenery in the vicinity of the Urho Kekkonen National Park. In the winter, the Igloo Village of Kakslauttaner offers a variety…
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