11/09/2011
10/09/2011
Picture of the Day: Raging Rhino!
RAGING RHINO!
Photograph by PETER DELANEY
Photographer’s Description [Peter Delaney]: While on a lion photo shoot in the Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West province of South Africa, my guide and I saw two black rhinos, a critically endangered species. Suddenly the adult and calf began running headlong in our direction. Believe it or not, my first response was to get the shot. When the rhinos had filled my viewfinder, I looked up and realized they were charging our vehicle! We shouted and banged on the doors and they skidded off in a cloud of dust. We not only escaped the heart-stopping experience unharmed, but with vivid memories and this great image. Equipment: D3 200-400mm bean bag.
via EARTHSHOTS.ORG Photo of the Day Contest
Picture of the Day: Burning Man Festival From Above
BURNING MAN FESTIVAL FROM ABOVE
Photograph by JIM URQUHART/REUTERS
The 25th Burning Man festival, with a theme of “Rites of Passage,” took place Aug. 29 to Sept. 5, 2011, 120 miles outside Reno, Nev., in the Black Rock Desert, its home since 1990. Some 50,000 people attended the week-long celebration, which is billed as “an annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance.” The event, which is more a temporary city than a traditional festival, arose from a bonfire held on the Summer Solstice at Baker Beach in San Francisco.
The Burning Man 2011 “Rites of Passage” arts and music festival is seen in this aerial view taken in the Black Rock desert.
09/09/2011
Worst Penalty EVER!!
September 7th, 2011. Terrible.While most of the world's attention on Tuesday was focused on the international arena, in Egypt the latest round of the cup was underway.Al Ahly roasted Kima Aswan 4-nil, however the win wasn't all smiles for the hosts as Amir Sayoud spectacularly fluffed a penalty. Sayoud's intention was to try and fake-out the Kima Aswan goalie through a stuttered penalty approach, but instead of fooling the keeper it was the taker who ended up with egg on his face.
The striker managed to get his foot stuck in the ground as he faked a shot on goal. That caused him to loose his footing, resulting in the taker falling flat on his face as his effort trickled humiliating to the goalie.
Adding insult to injury, Sayoud was booked by the referee for taking an illegal spot-kick.
اغنية شمس " اشطح " شوفوا وتعلمو الابداع
انا بصراحة تلعمت اشياء وايد من الاغنية صراحة ابداااااااااااااااااااااع شي خيالي يعني نظرتي للحياة تجددت بصراحة , ابداااااااع يعني فعلا صرنا نواكب العولمة صرنا مع باقي الشعوب بالنهظه الثقافية والفكرية.
مشكوووورة وايد شمس على الابداع والتميز الللي انتي فية وابدا يخسي اللي يقول انج اتصنعين او تقلدين غيرج .
للة درك يا شمس واللة اني احبك باللة :,,( .
ملاحظة : أستغفر اللة ولا حول ولا قوة الا باللة !!
Picture of the Day: Glorious Sea Cave – Algarve, Portugal
GLORIOUS SEA CAVE – ALGARVE, PORTUGAL
Photograph via Reddit
Apparently this cave is quite near Benagil Beach in Algarve, Portugal.
A sea cave, also known as a littoral cave, is a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion. Sea caves are found throughout the world, actively forming along present coastlines and as relict sea caves on former coastlines. Some of the largest wave-cut caves in the world are found on the coast of Norway, but are now 100 feet or more above present sea level. These would still be classified as littoral caves. By contrast, in places like Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay, solutionally formed caves in limestone have been flooded by the rising sea and are now subject to littoral erosion, representing a new phase of their enlargement. [Source: Wikipedia]
08/09/2011
Picture of the Day: Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park
THE GRAND PRISMATIC SPRING IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Photograph by JIM PEACO, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Photograph by MILA ZINKOVA
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, next to those in New Zealand. It is located in the Midway Geyser Basin. The spring is approximately 250 by 300 feet (80 by 90 m) in size and is 160 feet (50 m) deep. The spring discharges an estimated 560 US gallons (2,100 L) of 160 °F (70 °C) water per minute.
The vivid colors in the spring are the result of pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich water. The bacteria produce colors ranging from green to red; the amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids and on the temperature of the water which favors one bacterium over another. In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green.
The center of the pool is sterile due to extreme heat. The deep blue color of the water in the center of the pool results from the intrinsic blue color of water, itself the result of water’s selective absorption of red wavelengths of visible light. Though this effect is responsible for making all large bodies of water blue, it is particularly intense in Grand Prismatic Spring because of the high purity and depth of the water in the middle of the spring. [Source: Wikipedia]
07/09/2011
Picture of the Day: Instant Vertigo
NSTANT VERTIGO ACROPHOBIA
Photograph by VINCENT LAFORET
Deke Johnson, left, and Tom Silliman work 1,385 feet (422m) above street level to repair the electrical connections of an FM antenna atop the Empire State Building. Below you can see the heads of onlookers looking up from the observation deck.
Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort that share both similar etiology and options for treatment. Vertigo is often used (incorrectly) to describe a fear of heights, but it is more accurately a spinning sensation that occurs when one is not actually spinning.
It can be triggered by looking down from a high place, or by looking straight up at a high place or tall object, but this alone does not describe vertigo. True vertigo can be triggered by almost any type of movement (e.g. standing up, sitting down, walking) or change in visual perspective (e.g. squatting down, walking up or down stairs, looking out of the window of a moving car or train). Vertigo is qualified as height vertigo when referring to dizziness triggered by heights. [Source]
