Photo of the Day (1.24.2010)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

You know when you look at a photo and can’t quite figure out why you like it? That’s how I feel about today’s selection, courtesy of Flickr user zackly76, who took this photo in Tel Aviv. Perhaps its the creepy “stalkerish” perspective? I feel like I’m spying out from behind a bush at this peculiar old gentleman. But more importantly, I like that the image feels like an unfinished story. Who is this man? Where’s he going? And why am I spying on him? The answer, it seems, is up to the viewer to decide.

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Photo of the Day (01.23.10)

by Mike Barish on
Pictures of animals are always a crowd pleaser. But while everyone oohs and ahhs over the cuddly creatures, the story of what is actually happening is often lost. This picture, by Flickr user Jenna Schnuer (who is also one of the talented writers at the fantastic Flyover America blog), allows us to get a sense of what these penguins were thinking that day in Cape Town, South Africa. From what I can tell, the female penguin standing in the middle is married to the penguin on the right. Her husband has been coming home late recently and often smells like another penguin. Today, she found another female’s feathers in his beak. He just told her that it’s not what it looks like but, as you can tell, she’s not buying it. She’s packed her things to stay with her mother (the penguin on the left).

The animal kingdom is truly fascinating.

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Photo of the Day (1.22.2010)

by Aaron Hotfelder on

Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us courtesy of Morrissey (no, not that Morrissey), who took this magnificent shot at dusk in Parque Chacabuco in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The church standing in front of the gorgeous amber sky is the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa, or the Church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.

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Photo of the day 1.21.10

by Kent Wien on

Take a close look at these clouds. Just a bit of high cirrus, you’d probably think, right? Well, not exactly.

Today’s Photo of the Day manages to capture a very rare type of cloud that I’ve written about before; the ultra-high altitude Noctilucent cloud. These wisps of ice crystals can only be seen just before sunrise and in certain latitudes and most often within a month plus or minus of summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.

As Flickr user Kanelstrand mentions:

They are the highest clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere. They occur during summer, from mid-May to mid-August in the northern hemisphere and between mid-November and mid-February in the southern hemisphere. They are normally too faint to be seen, and are visible only when illuminated by sunlight from below the horizon while the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the Earth’s shadow. Noctilucent clouds are not fully understood and are a recently discovered meteorological phenomenon; there is no evidence that they were observed before 1885.

Noctilucent clouds can form only under very restrictive conditions; their occurrence can be used as a sensitive guide to changes in the upper atmosphere. Since their discovery the occurrence of noctilucent clouds has been increasing in frequency, brightness and extent. It is theorized that this increase is connected to climate change.

from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctilucent_cloud

I’ve managed to capture these clouds in 2008 from the cockpit while flying to Europe just before the sun rises. It took years of crossings before I was able to finally see them inflight.

Thanks Kanelstrand!

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Photo of the Day (1.20.10)

by Stephen Greenwood on
Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot captured by photographer jtwalter. I love everything about this shot; the lighting, the setting and the pure exhilaration captured in this classic childhood moment. jtwalter has a series of beautiful shots from across America on his website that really capture the ‘American spirit’ and are worth checking out.

The shot was taken in the Cornhusker State – Nebraska – evidence that you don’t need to travel very far to take great travel photography. If you have some shots you’d like to share with us, send them in at our Gadling Flickr Pool!