Saturday, December 31, 2011

End of 2011

bye 2011

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Teachers

The average teacher reads.
The good teacher explains.
The excellent teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires!

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Windmill in Holland

Stunning shot of a beautiful country by Adam Salwanowicz. Colours, clouds and windmills what more could you want!

There’s a Giant Hole in this Dam Water! [Bell-Mouth Spillways]


More hole in water pictures at:

Lucifer Hummingbird

This undated photo courtesy of City of Sierra Vista shows a Lucifer Hummingbird in Sierra Vista, Ariz. From the sandhill crane to the red-faced warbler, rock stars of the birding world have spawned a tourism industry in Arizona that draws bird-watchers from around the world. (AP Photo/ City of Sierra Vista)

Red-faced Warbler

This undated photo courtesy of Tucson Audubon Society/Jim and Deva Burns shows a red-faced warbler. From the sandhill crane to the red-faced warbler, rock stars of the birding world have spawned a tourism industry in Arizona that draws bird-watchers from around the world. (AP Photo/Tucson Audubon Society, Jim and Deva Burns)

Indian roofed turtle

An Indian roofed turtle stands in the hand of a Thai custom official during a news conference at custom office in Bangkok,Thailand, Thursday, June 2, 2011. Thai customs authorities say 431 turtles and other rare reptiles were stuffed into four suitcases and smuggled into the Bangkok airport.

Bear cub playing with Dog

REFILE - ADDING SPECIES OF BEAR Brown bear (Ursus arctos) cub Medo plays with the Logar family dog in Podvrh village, central Slovenia June 1, 2011. The Slovenian Logar family has adopted the three-and-half-month-old bear cub that strolled into their yard about 30 days ago. Although the family would like to prepare a fenced enclosure for it, veterinary authorities would prefer to move it into a shelter for wild animals. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic (SLOVENIA - Tags: ODDLY IMAGES OF THE DAY ANIMALS)

Tornado

This is the terrifying moment a cloud threatened to develop into a full blown TORNADO over a row of family homes. Brave snapper Pat Kavanagh took this shot of an explosive black storm from the roof of his house in Taber, Canada last month. Expecting the sunny weather to take a turn for the worse he watched intently as the billows started spinning into a furious funnel. This pic was created by stitching together multiple photographs in a vertical panorama. (Photo: PAT KAVANAGH / CATERS NEWS)

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

The World at Night Images

http://twanight.org/

The northern lights (aurora borealis) appear in the sky above suburbs of Yellowknife in northern Canada. At the far edge is the band of the Milky Way and the constellation Cygnus. A few minutes later, the shape of aurora is totally changed. Kwon, O Chul - AstroKorea.com/kwon572



The World At Night, or TWAN, recently announced the winners of their 2011 International Photo Contest. A full collection of photos can be viewed at http://twanight.org. This photograph by Stephane Vetter won first place in the Beauty of the Night Sky category; it displays the northern lights and the Milky Way above the arctic landscape of Iceland. (Photo: Stephane Vetter/www.nuitsacrees.fr/TWAN)



First prize in the Against The Lights category went to photographer Thomas Kurat for his photo “Alps at Night”. It shows the starry sky above a misty Alpine valley and village lights in Austria. The Against The Lights category highlights photos that show people how bad the problem of light pollution has become. (Photo: Thomas Kurat/www.tkfotos.at/TWAN)



'Isfahan Milky Way' by Mehdi Momenzadeh won second price in the Against the Lights category. The photo shows the arc of the Milky Way rising above central Iran, and fades away in the northeast because of light pollution in the historic city of Isfahan. (Photo: Mehdi Momenzadeh/www.photographyblog.ir/TWAN)



“Galactic View from Planet Earth” by Alex Cherney from Australia is the second prize winner in the Beauty of the Night Sky category. The central bulge of the Milky Way, the brightest band of the galaxy, is captured in a starry night sky of Australia. (Photo: Alex Cherney/www.terrastro.com/TWAN)



'Lisbon Sky Lights' by Miguel Claro won third prize in the Against the Lights category. Stars and the crescent Moon trail toward the western horizon above the 25 April Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal. There are also many trails by airplanes to or from the Lisbon airport , including the bright light crossing the moontrail. (Photo: Miguel Claro/http://miguelclaro.com/TWAN)



Photographer Luc Perrot won third prize in the Beauty of the Night Sky category with this photo. The band of the Milky Way arcs above Piton de la Fournaise, a very active volcano on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. (Photo: Luc Perrot/www.lucperrot.com/TWAN)



'The Great Wall at Night' by Xiaohua won 4th prize in the Beauty of the Night Sky category. The constellations Scorpio and Sagittarius stand above the Wu Saint Gate in the Great Wall of China. (Photo: Xiaohua/mr_wxh@hotmail.com/TWAN)...

Monday, January 31, 2011

This shot of a road in New Mexico is actually at night. Photo by Adam Wolf/Gizmodo
 
Soaking in the beach in Puerto Rico -- at night. Photo by Juan Lizarzaburo/Gizmodo

Capturing the Curu Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica in the evening hours Photo by Pablo N. Pedra/Gizmodo
 
A moonlit hike in Hueco Tanks State Park in Texas. Photo by Craig Copelin/Gizmodo

Rocky cliffs of Santa Cruz, CA, at midnight.  Jennifer Kehl/Gizmodo

An old oak tree captured before the moon rises. Brandon Caldwell/Gizmodo


A gnarled tree in a park lit by the beams of passing cars. Adam Thurtell/Gizmodo

The lifeguard stand at San Elijo State Beach in San Diego, CA in the middle of the night — the Orion constellation is visible in the clouds to the left of the image. K.C. Alfred/Gizmodo

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Halo forms around Mount Rainier



A halo forms around Mount Rainier as a thin layer of clouds and blowing snow on the mountain are backlit as seen from Seattle, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010.While much of the west battled nasty winter weather, western Washington is expected to have mostly clear skies and moderate temperatures for the next several days.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Saturday, January 1, 2011