Photo of the Day : Nature & Weather
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Black-Browed Albatrosses, Falkland Islands
Photo of the Day, November 16, 2010
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After wintering as far from the Falklands as South Africa ...
Mexican Free-Tailed Bats, Texas
Photo of the Day, November 15, 2010
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Mexican free-tailed bats spiral out of Eckert James River Bat ...
Whale Shark, Australia
Photo of the Day, November 14, 2010
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Huge, docile whale sharks live in oceans around the world ...
Elephant Seals and King Penguins
Photo of the Day, November 13, 2010
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Giant petrels patrol the beach at St. Andrews Bay, thronged ...
Samburu Elephants, Kenya
Photo of the Day, November 12, 2010
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An elephant group is on the move in Samburu National ...
Flamingos, Yucatán Peninsula
Photo of the Day, November 11, 2010
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A shifting flock of flamingos assumes a whimsical shape in ...
Jellyfish, Palau
Photo of the Day, November 10, 2010
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Each day five million jellyfish glide across the surface of ...
Snow Geese, New Mexico
Photo of the Day, November 9, 2010
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Snow geese in New Mexico’s Bosque del Apache National ...
Pronghorn, Wyoming
Photo of the Day, November 8, 2010
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In the untamed early days of the American West, pronghorn ...
Pacific Salmon
Photo of the Day, November 7, 2010
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Six Pacific salmon species migrate back to Russia’s remote ...
White Pelicans, Mississippi
Photo of the Day, November 6, 2010
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White pelicans are among the largest Mississippi Flyway migrants. At ...
Walruses, Svalbard
Photo of the Day, November 5, 2010
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Tusks of all lengths suggest a mix of ages among ...
Zebras, Botswana
Photo of the Day, November 4, 2010
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In Botswana, one of the largest zebra migrations on the ...
Gentoo Penguins, South Georgia
Photo of the Day, November 3, 2010
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A squadron of gentoo penguins wings through the waters of ...
Wildebeests, Zambia
Photo of the Day, November 2, 2010
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A dust storm of migrating wildebeests pounds through Zambia’s ...
Monarch Butterflies, Mexico
Photo of the Day, November 1, 2010
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Millions of monarch butterflies travel to ancestral winter roosts in ...
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland
Photo of the Day, October 29, 2010
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Lightning veins the Eyjafjallajökull volcano's ash plume, which ...
Sand Dune, Fraser Island
Photo of the Day, October 28, 2010
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Pioneering plants get a toehold above the tide line ...
Bowerbird, Papua New Guinea
Photo of the Day, October 27, 2010
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A subspecies on the Huon Peninsula adds white flowers ...
Baobab Trees, Madagascar
Photo of the Day, October 26, 2010
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Avenue of the Baobabs, an area near Morondava protected ...
Butterfly Egg
Photo of the Day, October 23, 2010
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Dryas iulia
Perched on the tendril of a Passiflora ...
Ice Canyon, Greenland
Photo of the Day, October 16, 2010
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Meltwater has carved a canyon 150 feet (45 meters ...
Tea Plantation
Photo of the Day, October 13, 2010
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At a tea plantation bordering Kaziranga National Park, women ...
Orange Beach, Alabama
Photo of the Day, October 12, 2010
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"Mix two parts sugar white sand with one part ...
Mount St. Helens Shadow
Photo of the Day, October 10, 2010
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Even with its top 1,300 feet (396 meters ...
Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Photo of the Day, October 7, 2010
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Waves of sand, firmed by an overnight rain, flow ...
Wind River Roadless Area, Wyoming
Photo of the Day, October 6, 2010
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No signs point the way here, only the arthritic ...
Tiger
Photo of the Day, October 1, 2010
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Hunted to death in much of India, tigers survive ...
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