Tag: united states

January 14, 2013 at 10:26 am

The Glass Beach in California

The Glass Beach in California

Photograph by Jef Poskanzer In MacKerricher State Park, near the city of Fort Bragg in northern California, you will find a beach littered with glass. Over decades of crashing waves the glass has been smoothed and rounded, transforming the shoreline into a colourful palette of pebble-like glass and sand. Photograph by Molly (teeping…

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January 13, 2013 at 5:31 pm

Picture of the Day: Times Square, 1943

Picture of the Day: Times Square, 1943

TIMES SQUARE, 1943 Photograph by John Vachon | Prints available In this vintage black and white photo, we see the famous Times Square in New York City on a rainy day in March of 1943. The photograph was taken by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. Times Square is a…

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January 9, 2013 at 4:18 pm

Picture of the Day: Inside a Fallen Giant

Picture of the Day: Inside a Fallen Giant

INSIDE A FALLEN GIANT Photograph by thecynicroute on Reddit In this awesome capture we get a real sense of the size of these Coast Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens). The photograph, shot by Redditor thecynicroute, was taken at the Avenue of the Giants, a scenic highway in northern California that runs through Humboldt…

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January 8, 2013 at 11:56 am

A Year in the Life of a White House Photographer

A Year in the Life of a White House Photographer

Pete Souza is the Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and Director of the White House Photography Office. He was also the official White House photographer during President Ronald Reagan’s second term. Souza and Obama first met on January 3, 2005 on Obama’s first day in Senate. Souza at the time…

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December 29, 2012 at 6:24 pm

Picture of the Day: Canyon Riders

Picture of the Day: Canyon Riders

CANYON RIDERS Photograph by Edward S. Curtis In this beautiful photograph by E.S. Curtis (1862-1952), taken in 1904, we see seven Navajo riders on horseback and a dog trekking across the Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931 as a unit of the National Park…

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December 27, 2012 at 1:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Behind a Frozen Waterfall

Picture of the Day: Behind a Frozen Waterfall

BEHIND A FROZEN WATERFALL Photograph by Matt Sepeta Located in Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnehaha Falls can be found near the entrance to Minnehaha Park, a 193-acre park divided into two main portions: an upper section above the falls which is kept trimmed and maintained like many other city parks, and the lower section…

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December 14, 2012 at 7:25 pm

Picture of the Day: Bowling Ball Beach

Picture of the Day: Bowling Ball Beach

BOWLING BALL BEACH Photograph by Brocken Inaglory Located along the Mendocino coast of California, USA, Bowling Ball Beach is located about three miles south of Point Arena, where Schooner Gulch Road intersects State Highway 1. Until recently there were two trailheads from this location. The Southern trail still leads visitors to Schooner…

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December 12, 2012 at 11:21 am

An Abandoned School in Detroit – Now and Then

An Abandoned School in Detroit - Now and Then

Through photography, detroiturbex.com seeks to raise awareness of the social and economic challenges facing the city of Detroit. Over the course of 100 years the population level has rapidly expanded and contracted. In the 1950s the population was approximately 1.85 million, in 2010, it was 713,000. The recent contraction means many of the buildings…

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December 9, 2012 at 10:46 pm

Picture of the Day: Chicago from Afar

Picture of the Day: Chicago from Afar

CHICAGO FROM AFAR Photograph by Robert Elves on Flickr In this stunning capture by Robert Elves we get a different view of the city of Chicago. I was personally surprised to see so much greenery! With one of the most incredible skylines in the world, this distant view of Chicago is reminiscent…

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December 7, 2012 at 4:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Valley Fog in Yosemite

Picture of the Day: Valley Fog in Yosemite

VALLEY FOG IN YOSEMITE Photograph by David Kingham on 500px In this beautiful capture by David Kingham we see the famous ‘Tunnel View’ in Yosemite National Park, California. For many of the park’s visitors, this is one of the first views they see as they enter Yosemite Valley. While the valley only…

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