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Filed under “Looks Like A Painting” — the Bisti Badlands in New Mexico, with a bit of gorgeous Milky Way thrown in for good measure. This photo is a sci-fi story waiting to happen… (Click the image to embiggen. Photo … Continue reading →

While the headlines and social media are saturated with news of the terrorists attacks in Paris, I’ve seen almost no coverage of the terrorist attacks in Beirut, which occurred one day earlier. The latest report from CNN lists 43 dead … Continue reading →

Purists might object to the front-lit rocks in this image, but I love the warm tones of the boulders contrasting with the cool tones of (most of) the sky. Photo by Wayne Pinkston in what appears to be Joshua Tree … Continue reading →

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been fantasizing about snow-covered mountains…but this works, too. Photographer Dominic Kemp writes: Skógafoss is a waterfall situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline and is … Continue reading →

Beverly Houwing took this impeccably timed sunset photo in Namibia. In her caption for the National Geographic Photography contest, she wrote: The dead trees at Dead Vlei, in Sossusvlei, Namibia, create stark silhouettes against the intense orange color of the … Continue reading →

I love the symmetry of this photo: Mt. Fuji at dusk, taken by Kenichi Sunata. (Click the image to fujify.)

Photographer Dan Atkinson captured this shot of a wave crashing over the Warrnambool Breakwater (Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia) on 24 July 2014. He titled the photo “Smashing” and made the finals of the National Geographic Photo Contest. (Click the image to … Continue reading →

Photographer Paul Zizkas has created a portfolio of the ultimate selfies. In this one, he is boulder hopping on the Snowbird Trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. I wonder how many times he made that leap to … Continue reading →