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Matterhorn at Night
Photo of the Day, June 13, 2012
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The Matterhorn, 14,691 feet (4,478 meters), at full ...
Mountain Biker, South Africa
Photo of the Day, May 30, 2012
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The town of Hilton in South Africa is known ...
Underwater Surfer
Photo of the Day, May 21, 2012
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Surfer Coco Ho is momentarily suspended weightless between the ...
Arrigetch Peaks, Alaska
Photo of the Day, May 12, 2012
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Arrigetch Peaks, August 23, 2010
"These teeter-tottering granite boulders ...
Surfer and Seagulls, Malibu
Photo of the Day, May 6, 2012
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A picture that depicts Malibu's beauty from a ...
Aspen Leaf
Photo of the Day, March 26, 2012
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Frost filigrees a quaking aspen leaf in late October ...
Shadow Creek, California
Photo of the Day, March 5, 2012
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Melting snowpack sluices down Shadow Creek.
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Zebras, Zambia
Photo of the Day, February 16, 2012
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A three-week-old zebra plays with an older zebra.
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Foxes, New Jersey
Photo of the Day, February 13, 2012
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This photo was taken in Island Beach State Park, New Jersey ...
Gray Wolf, Washington
Photo of the Day, February 3, 2012
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A gray wolf rests at Wolf Haven International, a wolf sanctuary ...
Gelada, Ethiopia
Photo of the Day, December 8, 2011
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An adult male gelada rests in the ...
Street Scene, Rio de Janeiro
Photo of the Day, September 18, 2011
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The choice to make an ...
Alpine Climbers, Midi-Plan Traverse, France
Photo of the Day, September 13, 2011
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When I was a novice ...
Dog Tag Chandelier, Fayetteville Veterans Park
Photo of the Day, September 4, 2011
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Sometimes there’s a beauty ...
Round Tower, Copenhagen
Photo of the Day, June 5, 2011
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The Round Tower is a 17th-century tower built under the ...
Buffalo, Indonesia
Photo of the Day, February 7, 2011
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This buffalo was cooling down in a puddle of muddy water ...
Chinatown, New York
Photo of the Day, January 22, 2011
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Reflections on the road after a wet afternoon. Chinatown, New York ...
Ganges River
Photo of the Day, August 25, 2010
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People, dogs, and birds share space ...
Millennium Bridge, London
Photo of the Day, August 5, 2010
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St. Paul's Cathedral stands above ...
Giraffe, London Zoo
Photo of the Day, July 29, 2010
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A giraffe casts a shadow against a wall at the London Zoo ...
Children Playing in Rain, Bangladesh
Photo of the Day, April 28, 2010
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Children playing in seasonal rains are a great sight of ...
Lowland Gorillas, Bronx Zoo
Photo of the Day, February 13, 2010
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This photo of two lowland gorillas was taken at the Bronx ...
Hidden Face
Photo of the Day, January 18, 2010
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I found this woman waiting for her husband after finishing her ...
Humpback Whales, Tahiti
Photo of the Day, December 19, 2009
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When you swim with humpback whales it's ...
Lightning Model
Photo of the Day, December 15, 2009
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Westinghouse engineers use this miniature system for tests ...
Crowded Street, Kathmandu
Photo of the Day, November 1, 2009
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Kathmandu has become such a chaotic place. The streets are crowded ...
Persian Scholars, Iran
Photo of the Day, October 30, 2009
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With the exception of their veils, these ...
Gingerbread Fair, Paris
Photo of the Day, October 29, 2009
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At the Gingerbread fair, Place de la ...
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 ...
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