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Fog, Spokane

Photo of the Day, June 16, 2011

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I love Spokane, one of the hidden gems of the ...

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Aurora Borealis, Iceland

Photo of the Day, May 19, 2011

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This photo was taken in Iceland.

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Lago di Olginate, Italy

Photo of the Day, April 30, 2011

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A layer of low clouds covers the alpine valleys ...

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Morning Fog, Canada

Photo of the Day, April 29, 2011

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The Lethbridge Viaduct is the largest railway structure in ...

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Cottonmouth, North Carolina

Photo of the Day, April 28, 2011

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While working as a field researcher for a biodiversity ...

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Freestone Climb, Yosemite Falls

Photo of the Day, April 27, 2011

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Kate Rutherford can't hear a thing while climbing ...

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Praying Mantis, Panama

Photo of the Day, April 26, 2011

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A praying mantis on high alert waits for insects ...

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Oak Tree, Sweden

Photo of the Day, April 25, 2011

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My daughter Kina is playing with her dog Noppe ...

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Rio Negro, Brazil

Photo of the Day, April 24, 2011

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Water dark with tannin inspired the name Rio Negro ...

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Badab Sourt Spring, Iran

Photo of the Day, April 23, 2011

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Main spring in Badab Sourt in winter time. Badab ...

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El Capitan, Yosemite National Park

Photo of the Day, April 22, 2011

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This is a photograph of the reflection of El ...

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Point of the Arches, Olympic National Park

Photo of the Day, April 21, 2011

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A winter sunset at Point of the Arches in ...

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Painted Dunes, Lassen Volcanic National Park

Photo of the Day, April 20, 2011

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Painted Dunes can be seen atop Cinder Cone at ...

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Arches National Park

Photo of the Day, April 19, 2011

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The mighty weight of the entire Milky Way teeters ...

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Thermal Pool, Yellowstone National Park

Photo of the Day, April 18, 2011

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A close-up shot of a thermal pool in Yellowstone ...

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Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Park, South Dakota

Photo of the Day, April 17, 2011

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A glacial remnant boulder is surrounded by grassland in ...

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Kemeri National Park, Latvia

Photo of the Day, April 16, 2011

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Left behind when the Baltic receded millennia ago, the ...

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Lightning, Arizona

Photo of the Day, April 15, 2011

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This is a time exposure of four lightning strikes ...

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Spring Field

Photo of the Day, April 14, 2011

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The slim sun of February heats the ground waiting ...

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Nyiragongo Lava, Congo

Photo of the Day, April 13, 2011

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Cradling one of the world's largest and least ...

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Matterhorn

Photo of the Day, April 11, 2011

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Radiant at sunrise, the Matterhorn towers over Riffel Lake ...

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Polar Bear and Cub, Svalbard

Photo of the Day, April 10, 2011

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As we watched from our Zodiac, this polar bear ...

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Thunderstorm, Florida

Photo of the Day, April 9, 2011

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It rains almost every afternoon in the sunshine state ...

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Poppy in Field, Geneva

Photo of the Day, April 8, 2011

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This fragile poppy looked rather strong against the wind ...

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Eroded Landscape, Madagascar

Photo of the Day, April 7, 2011

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Pockets of eroded earth create leaf shapes in the ...

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Hermit’s Trail, Grand Canyon

Photo of the Day, April 6, 2011

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On the remote Hermit’s Trail off the South ...

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Sandhill Cranes, Platte River

Photo of the Day, April 5, 2011

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Half a million sandhill cranes pause on the Platte ...

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Sting Ray, Key West

Photo of the Day, April 4, 2011

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I was on the grass flats just offshore in ...

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Sailboat at Sea, Germany

Photo of the Day, April 3, 2011

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While hiking at Jasmund National Park in northeast Germany ...

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Cowboy, Cabo San Lucas

Photo of the Day, April 2, 2011

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This photo of a cowboy in Cabo San Lucas ...

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Mount Merapi, Indonesia

Photo of the Day, April 1, 2011

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On this day the sun rose directly behind the ...

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Nyiragongo Volcano, Congo

Photo of the Day, March 24, 2011

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An expedition member walks on the cooled lava floor ...

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Lynx

Photo of the Day, February 27, 2011

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A lynx sits on a snow-covered rock.

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Honeybee, Kauai

Photo of the Day, February 25, 2011

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The perfume of the rare caper flower on Kauai tempts a ...

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Steller’s Sea-Eagle

Photo of the Day, February 21, 2011

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The keen eyes of a Steller's sea-eagle seek the flash ...

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Red Squirrel, Poland

Photo of the Day, February 19, 2011

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Red squirrel in the snow. Winter 2010 in Poland was long ...

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