Category: TRAVEL

January 3, 2012 at 9:13 am

Earth at Night: 30 Photos from Space

Earth at Night: 30 Photos from Space

Aurora Australis Over New Zealand, Tasman Sea – Photograph by NASA NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has an incredible 62-picture album on Flickr that shows stunning views of the Earth at night. All photographs were taken from the International Space Station since May 1st, 2003. Below is a collection of 30 of the…

Read More »

January 2, 2012 at 4:54 pm

Picture of the Day: Godzilla’s Footprint – Palmachim Beach, Israel

Picture of the Day: Godzilla's Footprint - Palmachim Beach, Israel

GODZILLA’S FOOTPRINT – PALMACHIM BEACH, ISRAEL Photograph by ILAN SHACHAM Photographer’s Description [Ilan Shacham]: I went with my kids to the beach on a winter’s day, and we stood on this rocky outcrop, me enjoying the photography, and the kids enjoying the waves wetting their feet. Well, until a few seconds after…

Read More »

January 1, 2012 at 8:28 pm

Picture of the Day: First Rising Sun of 2012

Picture of the Day: First Rising Sun of 2012

FIRST RISING SUN OF 2012 Photograph by JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images The first rising sun of 2012 appears above Mt. Fuji, observed at Yamanashi prefecture on January 1, 2012. All Nippon Airways (ANA) had organized a rising sun observation flight with 137 passengers on New Year’s Day. via The Atlantic’s…

Read More »

December 27, 2011 at 4:57 pm

Picture of the Day: Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, Iceland

Picture of the Day: Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, Iceland

SELJALANDSFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND Photograph by Noelia Magnusson Seljalandsfoss Falls in Iceland is located between Selfoss and Skogafoss on the Southern Ring Road down to Vik. It is a picturesque waterfall that plummets two hundred feet (60 meters) to a deep pool below. It is a unique and popular tourist attraction because visitors…

Read More »

December 27, 2011 at 10:43 am

Capturing Speed on a Tokyo Train [15 pics]

Capturing Speed on a Tokyo Train [15 pics]

Photograph by APPURU PAI Photographer Appuru Pai took this incredible series aboard the Yurikamome Transit Line in Tokyo, Japan. Yurikamome is Tokyo’s first fully automated transit system, controlled entirely with computers with no drivers on board. There has been some interesting debate online as to whether these can be considered ‘long exposure’ shots…

Read More »

December 23, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Central Park from Above

Picture of the Day: Central Park from Above

CENTRAL PARK FROM ABOVE Photograph via Reddit Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on 843 acres (3.41 km2) of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve…

Read More »

December 22, 2011 at 8:51 am

29 Exotic McDonald’s Dishes Around the World

29 Exotic McDonald's Dishes Around the World

McDonald’s Tamago Double Mac – Japan Serving approximately 64 million customers daily in 119 countries around the world, Mcdonald’s is easily the world’s largest fast food restaurant chain. Employing over 1.5 million people in more than 31,000 chains, McDonald’s offers a variety of exotic dishes to cater to the unique local tastes of…

Read More »

December 15, 2011 at 5:36 pm

Picture of the Day: Meanwhile in Norway

Picture of the Day: Meanwhile in Norway

MEANWHILE IN NORWAY Photograph by MACIEJ DUCZYNSKI PHOTOGRAPHY Maciej Duczynski took this incredible photograph of the stunning Lake Strynevatn from Hjelle, Norway. Hjelle lies at the eastern end of Lake Strynevatn, midway between Stryn Sommerskisenter (20 km) and Stryn township (27 km). Jostedal Glacier National Park Centre is just 5 km away…

Read More »

December 13, 2011 at 5:01 pm

Picture of the Day: The Definition of Extreme

Picture of the Day: The Definition of Extreme

THE DEFINITION OF EXTREME Photograph by MICHAELA REHLE/REUTERS Freddy Nock from Switzerland balances on the ropeway of a cable car leading to Germany’s highest mountain, the 9,718-ft. (2,962 m) Zugspitze, near the southern Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, on Aug. 20, 2011. Nock balanced on the 3,264-ft. (995 m) rope to break his…

Read More »

December 13, 2011 at 9:00 am

The Beaches and Resorts of Turks and Caicos [40 photos]

The Beaches and Resorts of Turks and Caicos [40 photos]

Photograph via Remax Elite Collection The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre. The islands lie…

Read More »

Page 170 of 188