Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY

June 5, 2014 at 5:43 pm

Picture of the Day: The World’s Tallest Lego Tower

Picture of the Day: The World's Tallest Lego Tower

THE WORLD’S TALLEST LEGO TOWER Photograph by Honéczy Barnabás / MTI Students in partnership with LEGO Store Budapest and official Danish LEGO constructors set a new world record on 25 May 2014 by building the world’s highest LEGO tower, eclipsing the previous record set last August by students in Delaware. The tower…

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June 4, 2014 at 4:14 pm

Picture of the Day: Awestruck at the Aquarium

Picture of the Day: Awestruck at the Aquarium

Photograph by Royce Hutain (dopplerizer on reddit) | Facebook Father and redditor dopplerizer captured this smile-inducing scene of his daughter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California. The picture, which was taken on his iPhone, was submitted to reddit on Sunday where it reached the top spot on the front page and has…

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June 3, 2014 at 7:17 pm

Picture of the Day: Mount Fuji from Space

Picture of the Day: Mount Fuji from Space

MOUNT FUJI FROM SPACE Photograph by NASA In this amazing capture, we see Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji from space. The photo was taken by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station on 27 May 2010 using a Kodak DCS460 Electronic Still Camera with a 800 mm lens. Mount Fuji, located on Honshu…

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June 2, 2014 at 2:37 pm

Picture of the Day: Selfie from the Top of Rio de Janeiro

Picture of the Day: Selfie from the Top of Rio de Janeiro

SELFIE FROM THE TOP OF RIO DE JANEIRO Photograph by Lee Thompson / The Flash Pack Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram During a visit to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro; Lee Thompson, founder of the Flash Pack travel company, was granted permission by the Brazilian…

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May 31, 2014 at 6:40 pm

Picture of the Day: Graffiki

Picture of the Day: Graffiki

GRAFFIKI Artwork by COMBO Photograph by boomboompow It’s Rafiki doing graffiti! This street artwork (wheat paste and aerosol) was spotted on a side street just behind Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris, France. The artwork was done by French street artist Combo and spotted by reddit user boomboompow. For those unfamiliar, Rafiki (which means…

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May 30, 2014 at 4:39 pm

Picture of the Day: The Earth Goddess

Picture of the Day: The Earth Goddess

Photograph by Atlanta Botanical Garden Currently on display from now through 31 October 2014 is the Imaginary Worlds: A New Kingdom of Plant Giants exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. The exhibit features 28 giant topiary-like sculptures ranging up to 25 ft tall (7.62 m) and 20 ft wide (6 m) and contain nearly…

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May 29, 2014 at 5:46 pm

Picture of the Day: Rainbow Storm Cloud

Picture of the Day: Rainbow Storm Cloud

RAINBOW STORM CLOUD Photograph by CHRIS LIEDLE Twitter | Instagram KVAL-TV Reporter/Fill-In Anchor Chris Liedle took this amazing photo of a storm cloud and rainbow last week in Eugene, Oregon. Chris said he took the shot whilst hiking Spencer Butte, a prominent landmark in Lane County, Oregon, on the southern edge of…

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May 27, 2014 at 8:19 pm

Picture of the Day: Strokkur Geyser on the Verge of Eruption

Picture of the Day: Strokkur Geyser on the Verge of Eruption

Photograph by HANSUELI KRAPF In this perfectly timed photo we see Strokkur, a famous geyser in Iceland, on the verge of eruption. Located in the geothermal area beside the Hvítá River (in the southwest part of the country, east of Reykjavík), Strokkur erupts about every 4–8 minutes and can reach heights of 15–20 meters…

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May 26, 2014 at 6:52 pm

Picture of the Day: A Thin Sheet of Snow Neatly Folding Over Itself

Picture of the Day: A Thin Sheet of Snow Neatly Folding Over Itself

Photograph by Cathy Hartt via 7NEWS, KGMH in Denver Cathy Hartt was out walking her dog on the morning of 12 May 2014 when she spotted this ‘snowslide’ in Montrose, Colorado that shows a thin sheet of snow neatly folding over itself at the bottom of a slide in Buckley Park. The photo was…

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May 23, 2014 at 3:31 pm

Picture of the Day: Air Meal

Picture of the Day: Air Meal

AIR MEAL © Danny Green/National Geographic Swooping in for a landing, an Atlantic puffin brings a meal for its chick on Scotland’s Treshnish Isles. Puffin parents make up to eight food runs a day; each bird can grip 20 or more fish in its beak. The photo is part of the feature…

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