THE UMBRELLA COVERED WALKWAY IN PORTUGAL Photograph by Patricia Almeida on Flickr Photographer Patricia Almeida took this beautiful photograph of an umbrella-covered walkway in Águeda, Portugal last month. The sunny day lit up the brightly covered umbrellas, as they provided some shade to the pedestrians below. The gentleman’s expression on the…
AN OLYMPIC FULL MOON Photograph by REUTERS/Luke MacGrego (via Reuters Olympics on Facebook) On August 3rd, 2012 a full moon graced the London skies. Reuters photographer Luke MacGregor took this incredible shot of the moon rising through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath the Tower Bridge. This was one of eight captures…
The Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), located in the city of Amritsar, India is a Sikh gurdwara (place of worship). It is the most well-known gurdwara and is considered a sacred place by Sikhs. It was first constructed in 1604 and was later rebuilt in 1764. Located inside many gurdwaras are common kitchens/canteens known…
ENTRANCE TO THE SAINT PETERSBURG MOSQUE Photograph by Canes @ Wikimedia Commons In this beautiful capture, we see the entranceway to the Saint Petersburg Mosque in St Petersburg, Russia. When the mosque opened in 1913, it was the largest in Russia. Its minarets reach 49 meters (161 ft) in height and…
BASE JUMPING IN RIO © Photograph by Wolfgang Luif/Red Bull Content Pool In this heart-stopping photograph, we see Austrian athlete Felix Baumgartner atop the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brail. The photo shows Felix preparing to BASE jump the iconic statue back on December 3,2001. Cristo Redentor (English:…
A SINGLE BRICK Photograph by muph @ muph.livejournal.com In this photograph we see the difference a single brick can make, as it appears to support the remains of a wall from an abandoned Sugar Mill in Ramon, Russia. The photo was taken by a user named muph on livejournal.com, a photographer…
At 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi), the Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the largest salt flat in the world. It is located in the Potosi and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, and is elevated 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above the mean sea level. The…
LONE SAILBOAT AT SEA IN GERMANY Photograph by Patrick Lienin for National Geographic In this incredible photograph by Patrick Lienin, we see a lone sailbaot at sea as a rainstorm looms in the distance. The photograph was submitted to the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest and later featured as a Nat…
TILT-SHIFT AERIAL OF NEW YORK CITY Photograph by Tim Sklyarov (timsklyarov.com) | Canvas Print For Sale In this incredible aerial photograph by Tim Sklyarov we get a real sense of just how many tall buildings there are in New York City, especially in Manhattan. You can also see how big a…
Photograph via PlanetSolar.org On Septebmer 27, 2010, the MS Turanor PlanetSolar set sail from the port of Monaco. The goal? To become the first solar-powered ship to circumnavigate the globe. On May 6, 2012, 587 days, 28 countries, 3 oceans, 11 seas and 60,006 km later, the PlanetSolar team achieved just that. Below…
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