Photograph by the_pride_of_VPI on reddit Reddit user the_pride_of_VPI on reddit captured this perfectly timed photo of a cardinal jumping and it looks as if the bird is floating or levitating above the rail. In the comments the photographer says he took the photo in Virginia with a Nikon D7000. Cardinals, in the family Cardinalidae,…
Photograph by Aqwis on Wikimedia Commons A tranquil day in Western Norway captures the beautiful scenery of the Ulvikfjord Mountains reflected in the Hardangerfjord below. The main village in the area is Ulvik, which connects to the high mountain regions in Hol and Aurland. The landscape panorama by Aqwis was a finalist in the…
Photograph by Base64 on Wikimedia Commons In this breathtaking panoramic we see the incredible Hong Kong skyline at night. The image is a 46 segment × 3 exposure HDR panorama taken from Lugard Road at Victoria Peak and was taken back in 2008. To truly appreciate the detail in this photo be sure to…
Artwork by ERIK JOHANSSON Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Prints “The Architect” is the latest photo manipulation by artist and photographer Erik Johansson (featured previously). According to comments by Erik on his official Faecbook page, the image was created over the course of two months and involves numerous individual elements photographed…
Photograph by Terry Virts International Space Station astronaut Terry Virts (@AstroTerry) tweeted this image of a Vulcan hand salute from orbit as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy, who died on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Nimoy played science officer Mr. Spock in the Star Trek series that served as an inspiration to generations of…
Photograph by Jialiang Gao | http://www.peace-on-earth.org In this breathtaking aerial photograph by Jialiang Gao, we see the amazing terraced rice terraces of Yunnan, China. Yunnan’s Yuanyang County is a popular destination with photographers due to the vast areas of nearby mountains which have been cultivated into terraced rice paddies for at least the past…
United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang In this beautiful capture we see Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, above Bear Lake, Alaska. The photo was taken by United States Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Strang, and was awarded first place in the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2006. An aurora…
Photograph by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS [NASA JPL Feb. 24, 2015] This self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the “Mojave” site, where its drill collected the mission’s second taste of Mount Sharp. The scene combines dozens of images taken during January 2015 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end…
Artwork by Alex Chinneck British artist Alex Chinneck reveals his latest illusory artwork in collaboration with Vauxhall Motors. Following 2014’s ‘floating building’ in Covent Garden, ‘Pick yourself up and pull yourself together’ sees the artist hang a new Vauxhall Corsa 15 feet in the air while still attached to the road at London’s Southbank…
Photograph by Bethe (@PuzzleBethe on Twitter) In this fun photo, twitter user @PuzzleBethe and her husband recreated Grant Wood’s famous 1930 painting American Gothic, with a Canadian twist. The real painting is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Fun fact, although many believe the man and woman to be husband and…
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