Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY

August 11, 2015 at 11:00 am

Picture of the Day: Giant Manta Ray Filter Feeding

Picture of the Day: Giant Manta Ray Filter Feeding

Arturo de Frias Marques photographs a giant oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris) filter feeding off the coast of West Papua, Indonesia.

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August 7, 2015 at 4:40 pm

Picture of the Day: Hollow Rock – Berdorf, Luxembourg

Picture of the Day: Hollow Rock - Berdorf, Luxembourg

From the Middle Ages to the 1800s this area was excavated for mill stones which left strange patterns on the rock and created this cave.

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August 6, 2015 at 11:28 am

Picture of the Day: Butterflies Drinking Tears from Turtle Eyes

Picture of the Day: Butterflies Drinking Tears from Turtle Eyes

Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) are seen drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador. The phenomenon is known as lachryphagy.

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August 5, 2015 at 10:59 am

Picture of the Day: Face Cloud

Picture of the Day: Face Cloud

Did you know that seeing faces in things is actually a psychological phenomenon known as ‘pareidolia’?

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July 31, 2015 at 4:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Pluto Says Farewell To New Horizons

Picture of the Day: Pluto Says Farewell To New Horizons

Pluto sends a breathtaking farewell to New Horizons. Backlit by the sun, Pluto’s atmosphere rings its silhouette like a luminous halo.

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July 30, 2015 at 6:25 pm

Picture of the Day: Camels Crossing the Sahara

Picture of the Day: Camels Crossing the Sahara

A group of camels cross Erg Chebbi, located in the Moroccan territory of the mighty Sahara Desert.

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July 29, 2015 at 5:36 pm

Picture of the Day: Barcelona from Space

Picture of the Day: Barcelona from Space

Astronaut Scott Kelly shows us what the beautiful city of Barcelona looks like from the International Space Station.

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July 28, 2015 at 6:26 pm

Picture of the Day: The Bokeh Panorama

Picture of the Day: The Bokeh Panorama

The Brenizer Method (bokeh panorama) allows for the creation of an image exhibiting a shallow depth of field in tandem with a wide angle of view by use of panoramic stitching techniques in portraiture.

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July 26, 2015 at 12:08 pm

Picture of the Day: Alarm Clock by Nature

Picture of the Day: Alarm Clock by Nature

Photographer Jesse Attanasio wakes up to nature on ‘Second Beach’ in Washington’s Olympic National Park.

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July 25, 2015 at 2:38 am

Picture of the Day: This is Hair Ice

Picture of the Day: This is Hair Ice

You may have never seen or heard of it, but hair ice – a type of ice that has the shape of fine, silky hairs and resembles white candy floss – is remarkable.

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