Flowing River

Flowing River

Rivers forming tree-like figures on the desert of Baja California, Mexico. Photograph courtesy Adriana Franco/National Geographic Your Shot.

Match Sticks Personification

Match Sticks Personification

Pixar excels in personification, or giving inanimate objects human qualities. This is a nice photograph with the same qualities by Charley Elmaga.

After two hours of experimentation and
tinkering with my cam, I came up with this shot.
(Photograph courtesy Charley Elmaga/
National Geographic Your Shot).

National Geographic Photos

National Geographic Photos: always a viewing pleasure

I see "Nature" and "Photos" I'm there.
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“This shot was taken during our family tour [of] Iceland. The waterfall is called Seljalandsfoss. During this trip we used a motor home, so we camped about 500 meters from the [beautiful] waterfall. Before our dinner at 10 p.m., I took this image with the sunset colors.” Cast your vote and weigh in on the best shots at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/voting-machine. (Photograph Courtesy Amnon Eichelberg / National Geographic Your Shot)

Camera Obscura

Rooms With a View

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Photographer Abelardo Morell’s camera obscura turns darkened rooms into magical landscapes.

The camera obscura (Latin; "camera" is a "vaulted chamber/room" + "obscura" means "dark"= "darkened chamber/room") is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen.

Preacher says world will actually end in October

From his appearance, Harold Camping may be the only one on Earth who will actually be obliterated on or by Oct. 21.

Put Harold Camping's face on a stick and celebrate the end of the world Oct. 21
Just cut out his beady little eyes so you can see what he sees.

He kind of looks like an Madagascar aye-aye...

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National Geographic Photos

I am a huge fan of National Geographic and Traveler magazine. Each edition features amazing photographs and compelling articles. The articles I read in Traveler are as close as I'll get to a lot of places in this world.

Make sure to visit their Photography section. Great inspiration and desktop wallpapers.

The following is a photograph from National Geographic Paris Catacombs. Under Paris lies a secret artistic culture and huge cemetery of lost remains.

Deceptive Display
Behind the neat stacks of skulls, tibias, and femurs in the Paris catacombs lies a chaos of bones. In the 18th and 19th centuries the city dug up millions of skeletons from over-flowing cemeteries and poured them at night into old quarries.