Photo of the Day: Best of January 2012

Horses, Iceland

Photograph by Marketa Kalvachova, Your Shot

Icelandic horses are out all year, even through the winter. I captured these in-foal mares in southern Iceland in December 2011.

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Asiago Plateau, Italy

Photograph by Vittorio Poli, Your Shot

The small town where I live (Asiago plateau, Italy) is shrouded in fog in this image taken from the top of a mountain.

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Submerged Plane, Bahamas

Photograph by Bjorn Moerman, Your Shot

While island hopping around the Bahamas in a Cessna C172 aircraft, I made this aerial of a Curtiss C-46 that ditched on November 15, 1980. It crashed while it was on a drug smuggling mission for the Colombian Medellín drug cartel and lies in shallow water east of the Norman's Cay airport in the Exumas, Bahamas. My preflight Internet research paid off!

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Rainbow, Lake Champlain

Photograph by Alan Nyiri, My Shot

This image was made on the afternoon of October 20, 2011, just before sunset, near Lake Champlain in Vermont.

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Silica Pond, Iceland

Photograph by David Remacle, My Shot

One of the highlights of the interior of Iceland: a hot-water pond, charged with silica, glowing in the middle of nowhere.

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Tuscany, Italy

Photograph by Jure Kravanja, Your Shot

When I was driving last year through Tuscany, Italy, I suddenly saw this beautiful image.

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Floating Lanterns, Thailand

Photograph by Patrice Carlton, My Shot

I had planned a recent trip to Thailand in November to coincide with the Loy Krathong celebration because I had seen pictures of the floating lanterns being launched into the sky. However, nothing I had seen prepared me for the incredible magic of experiencing thousands of these lanterns floating into the night sky at once while monks chanted at the Lanna Meditation Center in Chiang Mai. It was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had.

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Iguazu Falls

Photograph by Chris Schmid, Your Shot

Aerial view of Iguazu Falls, Brazil-Argentina border

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Riverbank, Belgrade

Photograph by David Konecny, My Shot

Overhead snapshot of the Belgrade riverbank—summer love, I guess!

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