Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY

June 20, 2016 at 11:05 am

Picture of the Day: Frosted Sand Dunes on Mars

Picture of the Day: Frosted Sand Dunes on Mars

Sand dunes cover much of this terrain, which has large boulders lying on flat areas between the dunes. It is late winter in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and these dunes are just getting enough sunlight to start defrosting their seasonal cover of carbon dioxide. Spots form where pressurized carbon dioxide gas escapes to the surface

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June 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Officer Attends Graduation of Student, Whose Life He Saved When She Was 5

Officer Attends Graduation of Student, Whose Life He Saved When She Was 5

This past May, Josibelk Aponte graduated ‘magna cum laude’ from Eastern Connecticut State University

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June 15, 2016 at 7:12 pm

Picture of the Day: Perfect Rainbow Over Mount Vesuvius

Picture of the Day: Perfect Rainbow Over Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in Italy and the only one on European mainland to have erupted in the last 100 years

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June 13, 2016 at 12:40 pm

Kevlar Helmet Saves Officer’s Life During Shootout With Orlando Killer

Kevlar Helmet Saves Officer's Life During Shootout With Orlando Killer

The Orlando Police Department posted the photo on Twitter

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June 9, 2016 at 3:58 pm

Picture of the Day: This Bird’s Beak Looks Like Another Bird

Picture of the Day: This Bird's Beak Looks Like Another Bird

Duuuuuuuuuuuude

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June 7, 2016 at 9:53 am

Picture of the Day: Into the Jaws…

Picture of the Day: Into the Jaws...

“Into the Jaws of Death” is a historic photograph taken on D-Day, June 6, 1944 by Robert F. Sargent of the United States Coast Guard

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June 3, 2016 at 4:08 pm

Picture of the Day: The Day Sweden Switched to the Other Side of the Road

Picture of the Day: The Day Sweden Switched to the Other Side of the Road

On 3 Sept. 1967, all traffic in Sweden switch from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. It was known as ‘Dagen H’ (H day)

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June 2, 2016 at 3:03 pm

Picture of the Day: Street Heart

Picture of the Day: Street Heart

Street artist Lonac cleverly incorporates the building’s pipes as part of the mural

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June 1, 2016 at 11:07 am

Picture of the Day: Stargazing from the International Space Station

Picture of the Day: Stargazing from the International Space Station

With the Earth below and Milky Way above, the views from the ISS never get old

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May 23, 2016 at 2:57 pm

Picture of the Day: Subtle Sideshow Bob

Picture of the Day: Subtle Sideshow Bob

Street artist OakOak uses a plant’s purple flowers as the hair for the popular Simpsons character, Sideshow Bob

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