This hour-long exposure shows the circular trails stars make as a result of the Earth's rotation. In the foreground, 2500-year-old tombs of ancient Persian kings tower high above a site near Persepolis in southern Iran. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts, your parents were once free-wheeling, fashion-forward, and super awesome. picked by suckersklub 2 months ago

China formally kicked off its mass celebrations of 60 years of communist rule with a 60-gun salute that rung out across Beijing's historic Tiananmen Square earlier today. Hundreds of thousands of participants marched past Tiananmen Square in costume or uniform, with floats and dancers mingling with soldiers and military hardware. Collected here are photographs of the once-in-a-decade National Day... read full post picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Mormon Lake is in the Holy Cross Wilderness Area, Colorado. picked by cecilberman 2 months ago

Raindrops on an airplane window in Istanbul, Turkey picked by suckersklub 2 months ago

The Missed Connections section on Craigslist has proven a muse to many, and most recently has inspired an artist to illustrate listings. Sophie Blackall says, "Every day hundreds of strangers reach out to other strangers on the strength of a glance, a smile or a blue hat. Their messages have the lifespan of a butterfly. I'm trying to pin a few of them down." picked by suebe 2 months ago

Violence in Afghanistan has reached its most intense of the eight-year-old war despite record levels of U.S. and NATO troops being sent to fight the Taliban. July and August were the two deadliest months to date for coalition forces, and September is already the 3rd-deadliest, with 38 U.S. deaths - 68 total including all coalition members. With an apparently resurgent Taliban and over 120,000 fore... read full post picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

India - playing with snakes picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Chinese bath picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

China picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Islet and sea bed, Exuma Cays, Bahamas picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Windmills of Banning Pass, Palm Springs, California, US picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Dust storm in Sydney today. picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Fashionable Swine Flu Masks
~more in link~ picked by Bingo 2 months ago

Seven-year-old Martin Fortunato, left, son of Lieutenant Antonio Fortunato, one of the victims of an attack on an Italian military convoy in Kabul that killed six Italian troopers on Thursday Sept. 17, wears his father's cap as he salutes during the state funerals in St. Paul out of the Walls Basilica, in Rome. He simply said "Ciao, Papa". picked by suebe 2 months ago

"AIDS is a mass murderer" - part of a controversial German ad campaign for safe sex. Click through for more info and images. picked by suckersklub 2 months ago

Amazing collection of photos taken during the WW2 and nowadays.
The WW2 photos were taken during the invasion of Normandy on and after D-Day.
Normandy 1944. Then and Now (204 pics) picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Rubber masks of Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama picked by kakana 2 months ago

Members of “gulabi gang” — or “pink gang,” a women’s group — shouted slogans at a protest in New Delhi Thursday picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Insects About to Kill Their Partners picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Instead of using their tongues to munch on prey, snakes use them to sniff prey out. Smell is a snake’s means of tracking its victims: its forked tongue is used to collect airborne particles that are then passed onto special organs in the mouth for analysis. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Penguins playing with bubbles at the Melbourne Aquarium in Australia


Picture: REX FEATURES picked by kakana 3 months ago

Worshippers in Kathmandu carry Kumari - a little girl praised as a living goddess - to her golden chariot at the Indra Jatra Festival.

Picture: AFP, September 8, 2009 picked by kakana 3 months ago

105 Alphorn blowers from Switzerland, Austria, Germany and France play together on the mountain Feldberg in southern Germany.

Picture: AP, September 6, 2009 picked by kakana 3 months ago