Photo of the day (9-17-09)

by Kent Wien on

I’ll let my friend Mitch Bell, a pilot and the photographer of today’s photo of the day explain his unique shot:

I flew the 767-300 back from L.A. and when we landed, we took a bird strike on my side. Here is a picture of the bird… The guy landed on my wiper blade and rode the jet from the taxiway to the gate.

Imagine the noise outside and the looks from the inside that this bird got while riding the few minutes it took to get to the gate. After parking, the bird moved over to check out the captain on the left side:

Either picture is good enough for today’s photo of the day. Nice job, Mitch!

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Photo of the Day (9-16-09)

by Jamie Rhein on

This photo of Annie Weaver Norton’s sink is a reminder that objects can evoke images of the people who no longer use them, as well as, provide visual interest and a slice of history. The white tones and shapes of this shot reminds me of a Louise Nevelson sculpture. Norton, also an American female artist, lived and worked in West Palm Beach, Florida where Willy Volk snapped this shot when he recently visited the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens.

At this sink, Norton felt water on her hands as she washed off tools, or perhaps rinsed off an apple–or waited for the phone to ring. This cast iron sink is exactly the kind that was in my grandparents’ basement when I was a child. It was there when they moved into their house in the 1930s.

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Photo of the day 9.14.09

by Karen Walrond on

You may have noticed that today, we at Gadling have been sharing some of the weirder places of the United States. So it seems only fitting that for today’s Photo of the Day, we feature this strange photograph of Mr. Sneffles, shared by AlphaTangoBravo/Adam Baker in our Gadling Flickr Pool. Says the photographer:

“Mr. Sneffels wasn’t happy up on the summit due to the weather. He kept telling me I should stop taking pictures and go down.

It started snowing about 10 min after this shot. Mr. Sneffels is smarter than he looks.”

Okay, then.

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Photo of the Day (9.13.09)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

Take a good look at this towering iron monolith. Is it from the base of the Eiffel Tower? The scaffolding of a New York City skyscraper? It’s actually part of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota. The city is one of the most important shipping ports on the Great Lakes, linked all the way back to the Atlantic Ocean by a series of locks and waterways. Today’s photo by Flickr user mlmartense, shows us the scaffolding of this massive bridge, which allows giant container ships to pass through below. I particularly like the perspective and angle of the shot, which transforms the structure into a kind of Great Pyramid of hulking iron.

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Photo of the day (9-10-09)

by Kent Wien on

Jackson Hole airport is situated at 6,400 feet with numerous 13,000 foot mountains in the area. Today’s photo of the day, by JtisMe73, depicts the challenges pilots face on the arrival into the airport perfectly.

And while we’re getting a little aviation geeky, note the virga – the streaks of precipitation – behind the airplane in the distance. How could I not choose this picture?

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