Daily Dose Of Imagery has a ton of great photos. Shot at Toronto’s Centre Island. A great example of being in the right place at the right time. My sister and I went to the Island after work for some photos and this amazing sunset started to form, so I quickly put the camera on [...]
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Well, this is just about the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. It’s a lightning bolt that’s shooting down from the sky, shot in slow motion. I’m not sure exactly how fast this camera is, but it’s got to be shooting at a speed faster than the Casio EX-F1 can shoot at, at least at [...]
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There is little doubt left in the minds of professional biologists that Earth is currently faced with a mounting loss of species that threatens to rival the five great mass extinctions of the geological past. Some biologists have begun to feel that this biodiversity crisis, this “Sixth Extinction” is even more severe, and more imminent… [...]
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2008-02-21 ~ Moon watchers blessed with clear skies over the Americas, Europe, Africa and western Asia enjoyed a total lunar eclipse this week. Catching eclipsed moonlight, astroimager Jerry Lodriguss offers this view of the inspiring celestial event with the shadowed Moon accompanied by wandering planet Saturn at the left, and bright Regulus, alpha star of [...]
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Photographed from the International Space Station (Expedition 7) on July 21st, 2003. Many other great photos and images from the space station as well. read more | digg story
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Did you know that there’s a continent-sized vortex of plastic waste blighting the Pacific. read more | digg story
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I know that this is really just a promo-spot on TF for this guy’s book, but I still thought it was a good read. Pirates are innovators, they signal market problems and lead the way to new business models. Nevertheless, they are tagged as thieves by many. We invited Matt Mason, author of the book [...]
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Although technically the winter solstice only lasts a moment, this time-lapse wide screen format photo shows the path of the sun as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, of course. read more | digg story
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What would it be like to stand atop the tallest mountain on Earth? read more | digg story
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The Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador erupted last year and thankfully an excellent photographer was there to capture this awesome pic. read more | digg story
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