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Interesting Photo of the Day: Down the Drain

Interesting Photo of the Day: Down the Drain

It’s called a Bell-Mouth Spillway, and its an added safeguard against flooding at dam sites. Dams often have human controlled mechanisms for allowing water to pass through downstream, especially in cases where the water is used to generate electricity. But in the case of floods, high water spilling over the dam can damage and sometimes […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Wizard Island in Crater Lake

Interesting Photo of the Day: Wizard Island in Crater Lake

Spanning 21 square miles and reaching depths over 1,900 feet, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States. Located inside a dormant volcano called Mount Mazama, Crater Lake resulted from rain and snowmelt accumulating inside the caldera formed after Mount Mazama’s massive eruption in approximately 5700 B.C. Peeking out of the middle of […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Nighttime Camping

Interesting Photo of the Day: Nighttime Camping

Yummy food, the great outdoors, breathtaking sunsets. Camping is a favorite getaway for millions of people every year. Thankfully, along with these wonderful trips, come plenty of opportunities to shoot outdoor photography. It doesn’t matter if you’re into nature photography, astrophotography, or just capturing images of the family, when you go camping, there’s something for […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: It’s a Bear…er, Dog!

Interesting Photo of the Day: It’s a Bear…er, Dog!

It seems that pet photography can be found at almost every corner of the Internet highway. But once in a while, amidst all the “lolcats” and slobbery dogs, you’ll run across a photo of one of our furry friends that is unusual or remarkable in some way. Or in this case, enormously unusual . . […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Backlit Falcon 9 Rocket Landing

Interesting Photo of the Day: Backlit Falcon 9 Rocket Landing

Private spaceflight company, SpaceX made history yet again on January 14, 2017, with the successful launch and landing of Falcon 9. The rocket launched 10 Iridium satellites into orbit and then returned to Earth for a picture perfect landing. This particular photo captures the Falcon 9 rocket gracefully coming in for landing on a drone […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Didn’t Make the Cut for National Geographic

Interesting Photo of the Day: Didn’t Make the Cut for National Geographic

For the animals living in the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere, it’s always exciting when photographers show up to take their picture. In this case, National Geographic‘s feature on penguins must have been very selective in choosing only the brightest, most active individuals: This reminds me of the penguin Mumble from the movie Happy Feet, […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Thunderstorms from Space

Interesting Photo of the Day: Thunderstorms from Space

Nature can be an incredible thing to witness, especially when you have the opportunity to gaze upon it from an unusual vantage point. For this reason, the images produced by the International Space Station are often stunning, as well as informative. This particular shot from Expedition 49 is just one example of incredible photography sourced from beyond […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Camera Drone Soars with Golden Eagle

Interesting Photo of the Day: Camera Drone Soars with Golden Eagle

Camera-wielding drones are something of a controversial topic of late, given the ease with which drones can be used for ill purposes in the wrong hands. However, drones and other types of remote-controlled and wireless devices also consistently enable photographers document incredible new viewpoints of our world and its creatures. The following image, which recently won the first international drone photography […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Riding Some of the World’s Roughest Seas

Interesting Photo of the Day: Riding Some of the World’s Roughest Seas

Most people think of surfing as a warm weather sport, but Chris Burkard, senior staff photographer for Surfer magazine, sees it a bit differently. For him, combining humans with the wild, surreal landscapes of the North Atlantic and the finesse of professional surfing is near the epitome of art. To feed his passion, he teamed […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Lightning Strikes Near Birds on the Platte River

Interesting Photo of the Day: Lightning Strikes Near Birds on the Platte River

In August 2016, National Geographic published a story about the Ogallala Aquifer and how it is being drained at a concerning rate to supply the Midwest with water. The massive underground freshwater basin was originally used to develop the Midwest and still replenishes it to this day. Irrigation machines drain the supply of water for […]

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