Photo Of The Day

marcom emailed and requested I post this link to his Flickr, so here it is.

He should have been posting his own photos all along

http://www.minds.com/blog/view/174411/you-are-here-distant-space-probes-capture-extraordinary-new-images-of%C2%A0earth

http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e0fff323eb6cea903c3704bb5d989f5/tumblr_mqhktxoDAd1qke845o1_1280.jpg

*Utah’s Bingham Canyon Mine, one of the largest active copper mines in the world, had a massive landslide on April 10, 2013. Engineers had been detecting ground movement as far back as February and were expecting an impending slide any day.
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^^ I nearly posted that the other day but decided against it because of the stupid arrow.

without arrow.

Much better, thanks.

Which one's Earth?

Waterspouts over the Adriatic.

Image credit: Roberto Guiducci

For the benefit of anyone having problems picking out the waterspouts...

Lol. Repped.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e0fff323eb6cea903c3704bb5d989f5/tumblr_mqhktxoDAd1qke845o1_1280.jpg

*Utah’s Bingham Canyon Mine, one of the largest active copper mines in the world, had a massive landslide on April 10, 2013. Engineers had been detecting ground movement as far back as February and were expecting an impending slide any day.
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A real relief they saw it coming

Dome of the Khalid bin Walid mosque in Khalidiya, Homs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/31/rainbow-mountains-china-danxia-landform_n_3683840.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

prompted by spatr to cross post here

Speaking of post processing, the mountains behind looks to have the same stripes, no?

Sediment layers no?

Yes. The super-coloured post-processing makes my eyes hurt. The originals look better imo.

Masters of disguise. The Eastern Screech Owl is seen here doing what they do best. You better have a sharp eye to spot these little birds of prey.

Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, USA

Graham McGeorge

These images were taken in 1990 in the Persian Gulf. US carriers and B-52s were conducting joint exercises when two of the bombers requested permission for a low pass. While it's a high altitude bomber, the B-52s also fly at low altitudes to avoid enemy radar and air defenses. When the B-52s approached the carrier, they announced they were six miles away but the carrier controllers couldn't see them because they weren't looking down.

*"Here's what that low pass looked like from on board the squid's boat. If you'll note, you can see the helo from where the 1st pic was taken from. Fighters are fun, but bombers make national policy."
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Jim Meacham, MSgt, USAF, Ret.

The Murmansk was a light cruiser of the Soviet and later the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet. She was laid down in Severodvinsk in 1953 and commissioned on 22 September 1955.
In 1994 she was sold to India for scrapping but ran aground off the Norwegian village of Sørvær during the transfer. It was first estimated that the winter storms would destroy the parts of Murmansk above the water, but in 2009 funding was allocated to pay for the dismantling of the vessel. The project has started and a dry dock has been built around the ship to allow heavy machinery to access her. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2013.

Norwegian Coastal Administration

I rather like this photo of her before the dry dock was built too:

Karl Jakob

Carl Blessing jumping over New Hanover airport in 1963.

Jerry Irwin

South Africa's Riaan Van Niekerk rides his KTM during the 5th stage of the Dakar Rally from Arequipa in Peru to Arica in Chile.

January 9th 2013.

Jacky Naegelen / Reuters

Cracking work spotter