Photo of the Day: the greener side of Antarctica

by Meg Nesterov on

We see a lot of amazing images from Antarctica, some with jaw-dropping glaciers and icebergs, others with cuddlier subjects like penguins. Seeing the greener side of Antarctica is rarer, as we tend to envision the continent as perennially covered in ice and snow. While no trees and few leafy plants grow there, you can still see green fields like the one above captured by Flickr user SummitVoice1 on some of the sub-Antarctic islands. The almost plush animal-like chinstrap penguins pop against the background of green grass and white feathers.

Add your unusual travel photos to the Gadling Flickr pool and you may see one featured as a future Photo of the Day.

Photo of the Day: Pueblos blancos of Vejer de la Frontera

by Jessica Marati on

Today’s Photo of the Day depicts a stunning vista of white homes and colorful rooftops in Vejer de la Frontera, a tiny hilltop town at the tip of Spain overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The town, like many in the Andalusian region, is split into two parts: the old Moorish medieval quarter and the newer district with characteristic pueblos blancos, pictured here. Flickr user Kurt Schmidt captured this image using a Canon EOS 7D on a recent jaunt through Spain.

Does your photo belong here? Upload your favorite travel shots, whether pro or Instagram, to the Gadling Group Pool and your image could be selected as our Photo of the Day.

Video of the Day: Tilt-shift Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro

by Mike Barish on

Carnaval (or, as we like to write it, Carnival) was last week, but we’re just not done celebrating here at Gadling HQ. This video is from Carnaval 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, but we can’t stop watching it. Of course, we love tilt-shift and this video uses the technique perfectly. Though, we’d like some explanation about why it opens with someone getting rescued from the ocean by a helicopter. Well, Carnaval is crazy like that.

Photo of the Day: Milky Way

by Chris Owen on

This Photo of the Day comes from Gadling Flickr Pool member John Overmeyer, captured with a Canon EOS 7D and taken at the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 180 km (110 mi) west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania.

“The tree is located at the top edge of the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania,” John captions. The Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic caldera, lies within a conservation area administered by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, an arm of the Tanzanian government

Upload your best shots to the Gadling Group Pool on Flickr. Several times a week we choose our favorite images from the pool as Photos of the Day.

Photo of the day: Lombok landscape

by Alex Robertson Textor on

Sometimes you want to look at a pristine landscape completely devoid of humans. Other times, as in this wonderfully verdant Lombok landscape snapped by Flickr user Bernard-SD, the inclusion of a human being is an engaging detail. This blue-shirted fellow, after all, allows viewers to imagine themselves within the scene itself.

And there are certainly worse prospects than imagining oneself wandering Indonesia‘s Lombok island. Situated east of Bali–still Indonesia’s biggest tourism draw–Lombok boasts rural charms and beautiful beaches both.

Upload your photos of landscapes (peopled by solitary humans or otherwise) to the Flickr Gadling Group Pool. We pick our favorites from the pool to be future Photos of the Day.