Thinking about discontinuing this blog because some other blog is doing the same thing…whether they came before or after me, they’re getting much more reblogs and followers, so what’s the point…they’re better at getting the photos out there.
In the meantime, please check out my other general photo blog, HERE.
A glacial remnant boulder is surrounded by grassland in Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Park in South Dakota. A growing number of tribes across the United States are making moves to bring back land crushed over generations of human use.
Photograph by Jack Dykinga
Radiant at sunrise, the Matterhorn towers over Riffel Lake near Zermatt, Switzerland.
It rains almost every afternoon in the sunshine state. I work in a strip mall and left work to threatening, but beautiful, skies. I put on a long lens, intending to shoot only these treetops and sky. It immediately poured rain, forcing me into the car. What a blessing. I used the long lens and focused on the rain-covered windshield. It lessened the depth of field, adding to image distortion, eliminating strip mall clutter, and creating an image with the feel of a Florida afternoon thunderstorm.
This fragile poppy looked rather strong against the wind in a large wheat field just outside the city center of Geneva, Switzerland.
Pockets of eroded earth create leaf shapes in the landscape in Madagascar. Erosion is one of the long-term consequences of forests plundered for the illicit rosewood trade.
On the remote Hermit’s Trail off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, a rare occurrence of rain brings joy to a cold November day.
Photograph by Akshay Sateesh
Half a million sandhill cranes pause on the Platte River in Nebraska to fatten up on corn waste, worms, and other food in nearby fields. The break occurs on their spring flight from Mexico and the southern U.S. to breeding grounds in the far north.
I was on the grass flats just offshore in Key West Florida and I found myself with sharks and rays swimming close to my small boat. They stayed with me for a few minutes and then meandered away.
While hiking at Jasmund National Park in northwest Germany, a rainstorm passed by and created a stunning scene! The sea was completely flat and the only thing out there was the tiny sailing boat.
Posting the National Geographic Photo of the Day here. I do not claim any ownership of these photos.
