Photo Of The Day: Spot Of White

by Chris Owen on

This interesting Photo of the Day, titled “Spot of White,” comes from Gadling Flickr pool member Mark Fischer and was captured in Bangkok’s Siam Square using a Nikon D90.

Mark captions the image:

“On Sunday, May 8th, 2011, an estimated 100,000 people attended a ceremony to give alms to 12,600 monks in front of CentralWorld in downtown Bangkok. Almsgiving is a daily event in Thailand and is a way for lay people to support the monks and to gain merit. This ceremony was organized as a symnbolic and practical gesture of support for 286 temples in Southern Thailand. Monks at those temples are unable to collect alms due to the risk of being shot and killed. The food and other items collected here will be sent to support the temples in the South.”

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[Photo Credit Gadling Flickr pool member Mark Fischer]

Photo Of The Day: Mongolian Ger

by Chris Owen on

This Photo of the Day, titled “Mongolian Ger,” comes from Gadling Flickr pool member Mark Fischer who captured the image with a Nikon D90.

Mark describes the photo as “A ger, sometimes called a yurt, sits on the Steppes near Mandalgovi, Mongolia.”

A ger or yert is a portable, bent wood-framed dwelling structure traditionally used by nomads in the Mongolian-Manchurian Steppes, which covers an area of 887,300 square kilometers. Mandalgovi is the capital of the Dundgovi Province of Mongolia on the border of the Gobi Desert.

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[Photo Credit- Flickr user Mark Fischer]

Photo Of The Day: Summer Sailing In Puget Sound

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This Photo of the Day comes from Gadling Flickr pool member APANCHA who captured this image of summer sailing in Puget Sound using a Nikon D90.

Puget Sound is a system of interconnected marine waterways and home to whales, eagles, herons, seals and salmon in the state of Washington. The South Puget Sound Region offers 30 recreational sites that include trailheads and picnic areas for day use and campgrounds for overnight use.

Recreational opportunities include hiking, mountain biking, 4×4 rock climbs, quad and bike trails, horseback trails, natural areas, paragliding, plus diving, boating and other marine activities.

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Photo of the Day: Highlight of the show

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This Photo of the Day, called Highlight of the Show, comes from Gadling Flickr Pool member mmusnjak. Captured using a Nikon D90, the photo is described as a “winter sunset near Zavižan hut in North Velebit, Croatia. The sunset was worth the three hour hike through the snow.”

North Velebit National Park is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Croatia known for its geomorphological phenomena – the pits. There are more than 150 pits discovered, out of which the most famous is Luke’s pit, discovered in 1992.

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