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Ultraviolet Bath, Russia
Photo of the Day, October 26, 2009
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Make-believe summer lasts for a minute or ...
Life in Costa Rica, 1981
Photo of the Day, October 25, 2009
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It's a hardscrabble life, but getting ...
Noodle Maker, Hong Kong
Photo of the Day, October 24, 2009
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In a haze of flour dust, a ...
Horse Rider With Boleadoras
Photo of the Day, October 23, 2009
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"When Luis Marden dropped in by air ...
High Heels on Cobblestones, Louisiana
Photo of the Day, October 22, 2009
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Because the region around New Orleans is ...
Sampling Arctic Ocean Water
Photo of the Day, October 21, 2009
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Fridtjof Nansen takes a reading of deep ...
Divers, Louisiana
Photo of the Day, October 20, 2009
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Swimming and diving are on the curriculum ...
Lightning Model
Photo of the Day, October 19, 2009
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Westinghouse engineers use this miniature system for ...
Icebreaker, Antarctic
Photo of the Day, October 18, 2009
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U.S.S. Atka stands off Crater ...
Light and Shadow, Agra, India
Photo of the Day, October 17, 2009
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The fall of light, Agra
From the ...
Triplet Policemen, New Jersey
Photo of the Day, October 16, 2009
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New Jersey's triple threat: the Koralja ...
Summer Cruise, Paris
Photo of the Day, October 15, 2009
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Good friends celebrating summer with a cruise ...
Festival Dancers, Oman
Photo of the Day, October 14, 2009
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Like swirling desert winds, dancers from Al ...
Maynard Owen Williams Self-Portrait
Photo of the Day, October 13, 2009
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Reflection of photographer Maynard Owen Williams in ...
Bus Terminal, New York
Photo of the Day, October 12, 2009
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Travelers rest on benches in a Greyhound ...
Japanese Destroyer, Pacific Ocean
Photo of the Day, October 11, 2009
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Final moments of a Japanese destroyer
From ...
Dancers, Siam
Photo of the Day, October 10, 2009
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Siamese dancers strike a pose in a ...
Automat, New York City
Photo of the Day, October 9, 2009
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Patrons line up "like payday depositors" in ...
École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Photo of the Day, October 8, 2009
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At the École des Beaux-Arts
From the ...
Tea Ceremony, Japan
Photo of the Day, October 7, 2009
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Tea ceremony
From the National Geographic book ...
Limestone Pillars, Yemen
Photo of the Day, October 6, 2009
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Limestone pillars rear from a temple of ...
Atom Bomb Test, Bikini Atoll
Photo of the Day, October 5, 2009
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The second atomic bomb tested in Operation ...
Jacques Cousteau
Photo of the Day, October 4, 2009
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his "diving saucer"
From ...
Boy and Turkey, Guatemala
Photo of the Day, October 3, 2009
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A boy playing in a marketplace with ...
Attack Bomber Assembly, California
Photo of the Day, October 2, 2009
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Nose assemblies for Douglas A-20 attack bombers ...
Antarctica Lab
Photo of the Day, October 1, 2009
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Dr. Edward Atkinson in his Antarctica lab ...
Northern Spotted Owl
Photo of the Day, September 30, 2009
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A tagged northern spotted owl swoops toward a researcher's ...
Feast of the Sacrifice
Photo of the Day, September 29, 2009
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Facing the dawn, women of the An-Nadzir commune begin Islam ...
Russian Orthodox Priest
Photo of the Day, September 28, 2009
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Father Sevastyan meditates on the Gospels at Svyato-Kazansky hermitage, one ...
San Marco Basin, Venice
Photo of the Day, September 27, 2009
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For every resident Venetian, hundreds of visitors pour into the ...
Iowa State Fair Tent
Photo of the Day, September 26, 2009
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Behind the scenes at the Iowa State Fair, kids tuck ...
Flag-Footed Bug and Passionflower
Photo of the Day, September 25, 2009
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A bird zeroing in on a flag-footed bug perched on ...
King Penguins in Moonlight
Photo of the Day, September 24, 2009
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As sure as moonrise over Possession Island, king penguins gather ...
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Photo of the Day, September 23, 2009
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Fourteen stories up a 30-story tree, Humboldt State University scientist ...
Green Leaf Insect
Photo of the Day, September 22, 2009
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Eyes and antennae barely reveal the head of the leaf ...
Cavern Explorer, Tennessee
Photo of the Day, September 21, 2009
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Underground you can still be the first person on Earth ...
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