LOOKING DOWN THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT Photograph by NASA/Bill Ingalls In this fabulous capture by Bill Ingalls for NASA, we get a rare glimpse of the iconic Washington Monument from above. The symmetry, the perspective, the photograph is simply stunning. The Washington Monument is an obelisk near the west end of the National…
SNOW CHAPEL IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Photograph by RADEK CAMPA @ Panoramio.com Radek Campa took this stunning photograph of the snow-covered chapel of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, located in the village of Trojanovice in the Czech Republic (population of 2,237 as of 2009). Trojanovice lies beneath the Beskydy mountains of Norici 1047…
In this series by photographer Alejandro Cartagena entitled Car Poolers, we get a rare view into how car-pooling is practiced by workers in Mexico. Alejandro sees it as an acute observation to overgrowth issues in Mexico, where suburbs are being built in far away lands with no proper public transportation to the urban centers.…
ELEPHANT HERD IN CHIANG MAI, THAILAND Photograph via Biggieholla on Reddit This beautiful photograph was apparently captured at the Patara Elephant Farm in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Patara is currently ranked as the #1 attraction in Chiang Mai on Trip Advisor with an average 5 star rating from 699 reviews. A reverse image…
The Solvay Hut is the highest hut on the Matterhorn at 4,003 meters (13,133 ft). Situated on a ledge immediately above the Moseley Slab on the Hörnligrat, it’s a small emergency refuge that can accommodate about 10 people. It is strictly to be used in the event of an emergency but many climbers…
BORA BORA FROM SPACE Photograph by PLEIADES-HR SATELLITE This dramatic aerial photograph of Bora Bora was taken by France and Italy’s recently launched Pleidades-HR Satellite in January of 2012. The satellite orbits the Earth at an altitude of 694 km (431 miles). Pleiades is made of two “small satellites” (mass of one…
Artwork by Florentijn Hofman Florentijn Hofman is a Dutch artist based out of Rotterdam. He’s internationally renowned for his large-scale sculptures which often originate from recognizable, everyday objects. In his ongoing Rubber Duck series, Florentijn takes the iconic rubber duck (that children around the world can identify), and takes it to a massive…
THE GIANT THREE STOREY INDOOR SLIDES IN MUNICH, GERMANY Photograph by MARTIN ROELL The Technische Universität München (TUM; University of Technology, Munich; Technical University of Munich) is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan. It is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable…
Photograph by SHANE TORGERSON The Barringer Meteor Crater is a meteorite impact crater located approximately 43 miles (69 km) east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States. Because the US Department of the Interior Division of Names commonly recognizes names of natural features derived from the nearest…
VOLCANO FIRE PIT ON THE BEACH Photograph by KRIS KRÜG (kk+ on Flickr) My friend @TrusthSeerum sent me this awesome picture of a huge fire pit on the beach. It was probably a raging bonfire at one point in the evening; but as the fire burned down and only the glowing red…
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