Category: TRAVEL

November 2, 2012 at 7:10 pm

Picture of the Day: Dubrovnik from Above

aerial photograph of dubrovnik croatia

DUBROVNIK FROM ABOVE Photograph by Michaelphillipr on Wikimedia Commons In this amazing aerial photograph we see the beautiful city of Dubrovnik from above. Dubrovnik is a city on the Adriatic Sea coast of Croatia, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. The sea port city is one of the…

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October 31, 2012 at 8:47 pm

Picture of the Day: The Berry Head Arch in Newfoundland

Picture of the Day: The Berry Head Arch in Newfoundland

THE BERRY HEAD ARCH IN NEWFOUNDLAND Photograph by Rexton on Flickr Located on the East Coast Trail to the south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, is an incredible rock formation known as the Berry Head Arch. The arch overlooks the sea and it’s quite the view for hikers who are willing…

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October 31, 2012 at 5:29 pm

Souvenirs in Front of their Real Life Counterparts

Souvenirs in Front of their Real Life Counterparts

Michael Hughes is a photographer from London, England, who now calls Berlin home. In his ongoing series entitled Souvenirs, Hughes takes pictures of tiny souvenirs in front of their real life counterparts. Using a technique called forced perspective, Michael is able to bring the tiny objects to life. The idea first came to him…

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October 29, 2012 at 4:49 pm

Picture of the Day: Purple Haze over Edinburgh Castle

Picture of the Day: Purple Haze over Edinburgh Castle

PURPLE HAZE OVER EDINBURGH CASTLE Photograph by Scott Hutcheson (SMHutch Photography on Flickr) In this amazing shot by Scott Hutcheson, we see a hazy purple twilight over Edinburgh Castle. In the picture comments on Flickr Scott says the purple colour was completely natural. Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the…

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October 29, 2012 at 12:14 am

Picture of the Day: The Dine-In Theater at Disney World

Picture of the Day: The Dine-In Theater at Disney World

THE DINE-IN THEATER AT DISNEY WORLD Photograph by Joe Penniston (Express Monorail on Flickr) The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater restaurant in Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park (one of the four theme parks that make up Disney World) serves American cuisine for lunch and dinner. Like a night at the old drive-ins, servers…

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October 28, 2012 at 7:39 pm

Exploring the Longest Underwater Cave in Russia

Exploring the Longest Underwater Cave in Russia

Ordinskaya or the Orda Cave is the longest underwater cave in Russia. Accoridng to the Orda Cave Awareness Project it is the first and only underwater gypsum excursion cave in the world. The two founders of the project are Vitya Lyagushkin, a famous underwater photographer, journalist and dive-instructor; and Bogdana Vashchenko, a diving journalist.…

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October 27, 2012 at 4:15 pm

A Restaurant Beside a Waterfall

A Restaurant Beside a Waterfall

Located at the Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort in the Philippines is the Labassin Waterfall Restaurant. The restaurant is only open for lunch and guests dine from a buffet-style menu and eat at bamboo dining tables. As you can see from the pictures it’s not a natural waterfall but a spillway from the Labasin…

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October 26, 2012 at 6:19 pm

Picture of the Day: Subterranean Super-Columns in Japan

Picture of the Day: Subterranean Super-Columns in Japan

SUBTERRANEAN SUPER-COLUMNS IN JAPAN Photograph by Dddeco You are looking at the world’s largest underground flood water diversion facility. The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also known as the G-Cans Project, is an underground water infrastructure project in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. It was built to prevent overflow of the city’s…

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October 26, 2012 at 3:27 pm

15 Haunted House Photos of Terrified People

15 Haunted House Photos of Terrified People

Last year the Sifter featured 21 hilarious photos of terrified people as they made their way through the Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Canada. Legend has it the building used to be an old coffin factory, and now it is open to the public, but you enter at your own risk… The popular…

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October 25, 2012 at 6:13 pm

Picture of the Day: Preacher’s Pulpit, Norway

Picture of the Day: Preacher's Pulpit, Norway

PREACHER’S PULPIT, NORWAY Photograph by John & Tina Reid | NomadicVision.com In this beautiful photograph by travel photographers John & Tina Reid, we see the view rewarded to those who make the hike to Preikestolen, a massive 604 metre (1982 feet) cliff in Forsand, Ryfylke, Norway. The top of the cliff…

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