Photo of the Day : Nature & Weather
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Red Flower, Friendswood, Texas
Photo of the Day, November 8, 2009
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The second Friendswood, Texas, flood of 2009 settled to reveal this ...
Thunderstorm Clouds, Colorado
Photo of the Day, November 6, 2009
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A southern Colorado rancher's field following a massive thunderstorm
This ...
Smith's Green-Eyed Gecko
Photo of the Day, November 5, 2009
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Staying in Asia for many years has given me the opportunity ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Roosevelt Elk Cows
Photo of the Day, September 20, 2009
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Roosevelt elk cows scatter across a meadow in Prairie Creek ...
Candle Spruces at Night, Finland
Photo of the Day, September 15, 2009
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Candle spruces stand frozen before a backdrop of the northern ...
King Spider Orchid
Photo of the Day, September 11, 2009
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Following a perfume trail to its source, male wasps in ...
Brown Bear Under Water
Photo of the Day, September 9, 2009
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Fattening up for winter, a brown bear waits to snatch ...
Iron Hoop Cave, Alabama
Photo of the Day, September 8, 2009
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Millennia in the making, fantastical chambers like this are decorated ...
Santa Lucia Green Roof
Photo of the Day, September 6, 2009
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The irrigated roof of a house in the exclusive Santa ...
Lightning, Superstition Mountains
Photo of the Day, July 21, 2009
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A thunderstorm strikes over the foothills ...
Blackpool Tower, England
Photo of the Day, July 12, 2009
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Blackpool Tower in Blackpool, England, is ...
Puu Oo Vent on Mount Kilauea
Photo of the Day, July 9, 2009
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When Kilauea volcano's Puu Oo ...
Santa Monica Shore
Photo of the Day, July 2, 2009
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The low tide uncovered this vibrant ...
Decoy, Indus River, Pakistan
Photo of the Day, May 6, 2009
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A hunter peeks from inside a decoy on ...
Coastline, The Snares
Photo of the Day, May 5, 2009
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Bull kelp clings to the coastline of New ...
Mt. Kilauea Eruption at Night, Hawaii
Photo of the Day, April 24, 2009
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Lava from Mt Kilaeau flowed down the slopes via lava ...
Porcupine Mountains Waterfall, Michigan
Photo of the Day, April 23, 2009
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This is the result of a ten-second exposure on a ...
Blurred Trees, Georgia
Photo of the Day, April 22, 2009
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Trees whiz by on the way to the Okefenokee swamp ...
Bonneville Salt Flats at Night, Utah
Photo of the Day, April 21, 2009
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The electric blush of Salt Lake City, more than a ...
Drill Pad on Wetlands, Russia
Photo of the Day, April 19, 2009
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A drill pad built on top of fragile wetlands probes ...
Dry Ranch, Australia
Photo of the Day, April 18, 2009
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Simon Booth remembers when he grazed 250 head of cattle ...
Green Roof, New York City
Photo of the Day, April 17, 2009
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Some green roofs can be far simpler to create than ...
Polar Bear on Brown Soil, Svalbard, Norway
Photo of the Day, April 16, 2009
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In Svalbard, Norway's Arctic archipelago, a camera trap catches ...
Green Window Frame and Silhouette
Photo of the Day, April 15, 2009
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While exploring Walkerville, Ontario's vacant, leafy icon known as ...
Giraffes at Sunset, Masai Mara Park, Kenya
Photo of the Day, April 14, 2009
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After a safari in the Masai Mara Park we were ...
Hanging Laundry, Kansas
Photo of the Day, April 13, 2009
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"We're farm people," says Janice Haney of Greensburg, Kansas. "I enjoy ...
Mangrove Saplings, Bali
Photo of the Day, April 12, 2009
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To reestablish mangroves on the island of Bali, workers set ...
Jellyfish Swarm, Palau
Photo of the Day, April 11, 2009
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Waters boil with jellyfish in one of Palau's marine ...
Butterfly and Trees, Madidi National Park, Bolivia
Photo of the Day, April 10, 2009
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The locals say palm trees here grow legs and walk ...
Gray Reef Shark, Kingman Reef
Photo of the Day, April 9, 2009
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Gray reef sharks and red snappers hover above a patch ...
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