The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2011 Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day. Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the year that was. iceland » one big photo Random photo Submit your photo Stumble Thru Most Amazing Clouds You’ll Ever See top galleries aurora borealis behind clouds nature photography aerial shot of a river delta in iceland landscape photography geyser in iceland, just a seconds before eruption nature photography icebergs at dusk, iceland nature photography aurora lights over gulfosom, iceland landscape photography, nature photography little church made from wood and peat, iceland nature photography northern light over wildflowers, iceland landscape photography, nature photography beautiful sunset over ólafsfjörður, iceland landscape photography icelandic green rocks coast landscape photography, nature photography World’s Most Amazing Active Volcano Photos top galleries stunning northern lights in iceland landscape photography fog over black sand beach, iceland landscape photography the lost airplane, iceland machine photography svartifoss waterfall, iceland landscape photography Most Amazing Photographs of Iceland top galleries Next → About 2694 photos uploaded
The Top 25 Photo Galleries of 2011 Dec 29, 2011 Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s top 25 galleries posted in 2011. Often the most popular posts on the site, the galleries not only take our readers around the world, but back in time as well. Some galleries even show us the farthest reaching points of the Cosmos and the thriving microscopic world invisible to the human eye.
Illustrations by Daniela Uhlig | Designerscouch National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - In Focus National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30. For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle. Beluga whales in the arctic having fun. This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies. Russia, polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula.
Art Renewal Center® Scholarships and Programs with On-Line Museum HE DEATH KNELL OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN classical-subject tradition could be heard from many directions. It was sounded in scientific "natural selection", religious "higher criticism," economic "international depression" and in militarism's "total war." These demoralizing effects conspired to kill Greco-Roman classical-subject painting. Most of all its demise came through the challenge of the New Art which emphasized anti-idealist vocabulary. The idealistic discourse of Classicists of the first third of the century seemed effete or enervated in the face of these blast-furnace onslaughts. It was the relentless attack from these Modernist forces which overwhelmed entrenched Classical and academic realism. The slashing of Velasquez's Rokeby Venus by a suffragette in 1914 was indicative of the anti-classical sentiments for displaying idealized female form on a 'pedestal'. A principal cause is the change in the status of women achieved by legislation. Even painters of the stature of Wm.
Awesome pictures from around the world | Vivi The Mage Someone sent me these in a chain email, it was horribly formatted. I also do not know who made the comments, or how accurate they are. I take zero credit in the pictures, I just wanted to compile them nicely for all to see. The world’s highest chained carousel, located in Vienna, the height of 117 meters. Thor’s Well – “the gates of the dungeon.” Emerald Lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. Restaurant on a cliff on the east coast of Zanzibar.Depending on the tide the restaurant can be reached both on foot and by boat. Office of Selgas Cano in Madrid Desert with Phacelia (Scorpion Weed). Balloons in Cappadocia, Turkey. Dubai. And this is the view down These trees grow in the forest near Gryfino, Poland. The border between Belgium and the Netherlands in a cafe Twice a year in the Gulf of Mexico rays migrate. In the resort town of Skagen you can watch an amazing natural phenomenon. In the Chinese province of Shandong is a bridge across the Gulf of Jiaozhou. Day and night. Family photo Share!
Incredible Space Pics from ISS by NASA astronaut Wheelock Go Discovery! It was October 23, 2007 at 11:40am EST when I had my first ride to space on Discovery. She’s beautiful… just sad that this will be her last voyage. Looking forward to climbing aboard the flight deck when Discovery arrives at the Space Station in November. (9-23-2010). Incredible Photos from Space: Larry Tanner, NASA. Special thanks: Bethbeck’s blog On September 22, 2010, with the departure of the Expedition 23 crew, Colonel Douglas H. We thought that we should put some of the space photos together as a tribute to him and the whole ISS crew. The following space photos are all visible on Astro_Wheels’ twitpic account, and we are eternally grateful to him for sharing these space photos with the world. Incredible Photos from Space: ‘Earthshine’… The Space Station basking in blue Earthshine as the rising sun pierces our razor-thin atmosphere to cover the Space Station with blue light. NASA astronaut Douglas H.
Wild Scenics Pictures [ View fewer images per page ] Click here to show (or hide) search and display options [ For a large image and details: click on photo to stay in current window, click on photo ID to open new window.] The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall By Eric • Apr 7, 2011 • Selected Work Located near near the village of Mevagissey in Cornwall, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, are one of one of Cornwall’s must-visit gardens. Originally owned by the Tremayne family for over 400 years, the gardens fell into a state of neglect after the first World War when many of the gardeners sadly lost their lives. It wasn’t until 1990 that the derelict gardens were discovered by Tim Smit (who went on to create Cornwall’s Eden Project) and John Willis, who was a descendant of the Tremayne family. Via DesignYouTrust Click any photo to see a larger image - Use buttons or j/k/arrow keys to navigate through the articles