Category: TRAVEL

August 29, 2014 at 5:04 pm

Picture of the Day: Arpino, Italy

Picture of the Day: Arpino, Italy

Photograph by Raffaele Camardella Arpino is a comune (municipality) in the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio in central Italy. Its Roman name was Arpinum and the ancient city dates back to at least the 7th century BC. [source] As of 2007, Arpino had a population of 7,684 over an area of…

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August 27, 2014 at 5:09 pm

Picture of the Day: Abandoned Courtyard

Picture of the Day: Abandoned Courtyard

Photograph by Roberto Venegoni In this eerily serene capture, we see an overgrown courtyard at an abandoned psychiatric hospital. I came across the photo while looking through abandoned images on Flickr. Photographer Roberto Venegoni didn’t specify the exact location of the derelict building, but you can see more images from the set here. …

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August 26, 2014 at 11:07 am

The Clearest Lake in the World is in New Zealand

The Clearest Lake in the World is in New Zealand

Located in Nelson Lakes National Park, Blue Lake—also known as Rotomairewhenua—holds the title of the world’s clearest lake. Scientific tests carried out in 2011 by New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) showed Blue Lake to be the clearest natural body of fresh water known to man. According to the NIWA…

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August 25, 2014 at 5:54 pm

Picture of the Day: A Snowplow for Train Tracks

Picture of the Day: A Snowplow for Train Tracks

Photograph by Freekee on Wikimedia Commons Seen here is a rotary snowplow which is used for clearing train tracks after heavy snowfalls. The machine’s precursor was the wedge snowplow. The one seen above was built in 1899, retired in 1964 and later restored in 1995, getting occasional use on the White Pass and Yukon…

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August 25, 2014 at 3:27 pm

This Windowless Plane Wants to Bring the Outside World In

This Windowless Plane Wants to Bring the Outside World In

The IXION Windowless Jet Concept was created specifically for the 2013 NBAA Business Aviation Show. Created by Technicon Design, it was also a recent winner at the 2014 International Yacht & Aviation Awards in the Exterior Design category. The idea is to remove all windows, instead turning the interior cabin into a giant screen,…

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August 25, 2014 at 11:19 am

15 Reasons Why You Will Never Regret Sleeping in a Tent

15 Reasons Why You Will Never Regret Sleeping in a Tent

“I’ve never crawled out through a tent door and not had an incredible day.” Those were the words of Cort Muller who took the first photo seen below. Sure it can rain, the ground can be hard and the temperature can drop, but when you wake up to views like these, it makes…

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August 20, 2014 at 2:26 am

12 Photos That Look Straight Down from Perilous Heights

12 Photos That Look Straight Down from Perilous Heights

Photographer and urban explorer Ivan Kuznetsov shows us the world from a vantage point many of us will never experience first hand. Based in Moscow, the Russian photographer is a well-known ‘rooftopper’, which means he scales tall buildings and structures (often illegally) to take dizzying aerial photos of the world below. While ‘extreme’ rooftopping…

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August 17, 2014 at 1:01 pm

Picture of the Day: Cabin on the Matterhorn

Picture of the Day: Cabin on the Matterhorn

Photograph by Juan Rubiano | juanrubiano.com A beautiful view of the Swiss landscape with a cabin in the foreground and the mighty Matterhorn looming in the background. What a view! The photograph was taken by Juan Rubiano, who says this photo was not retouched or ‘enhanced’ in Photoshop and that it isn’t HDR; just…

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August 13, 2014 at 5:37 am

Picture of the Day: Tide Pools at Rocky Point, Mexico

Picture of the Day: Tide Pools at Rocky Point, Mexico

Photograph by Dune Newhouse Seen here are the beautiful tide pools at Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, also known as Rocky Point. The sunset capture by Dune Newhouse shows Gavin Beschen and his daughter exploring the area at this fast-growing, northern Mexico beach town. Puerto Peñasco has two distinctive beaches separated by Whale Hill. Located to…

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August 11, 2014 at 6:10 am

Picture of the Day: Valley Fog in Lower Austria

Picture of the Day: Valley Fog in Lower Austria

Photograph by Uoaei1 on Wikimedia Commons Seen here is a dramatic view from Blassenstein mountain near Scheibbs (Lower Austria) to the west, with fog over Erlauf valley and Danube. The photo was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Uaei1. You can see the full size 5958 x 2979 pixel panoaramic here. via Uoaei1 on…

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