National Geographic Photo of the Day

Apr 17

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

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

Apr 11


Radiant at sunrise, the Matterhorn towers over Riffel Lake near Zermatt, Switzerland.
Photograph by Verena Popp-Hackner

Radiant at sunrise, the Matterhorn towers over Riffel Lake near Zermatt, Switzerland.

Photograph by Verena Popp-Hackner

Apr 09


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.
Photograph by Michael Roberts

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.

Photograph by Michael Roberts

Apr 08


This fragile poppy looked rather strong against the wind in a large wheat field just outside the city center of Geneva, Switzerland.
Photograph by Gulen Erendag Legrand

This fragile poppy looked rather strong against the wind in a large wheat field just outside the city center of Geneva, Switzerland.

Photograph by Gulen Erendag Legrand

Apr 07


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.
Photograph by Pascal Maitre

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.

Photograph by Pascal Maitre

Apr 06

 
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

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

Apr 05


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.
Photograph by Joel Sartore

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.

Photograph by Joel Sartore

Apr 04


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.
Photograph by Kevin Azzouz

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.

Photograph by Kevin Azzouz

Apr 03


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.
Photograph by Patrick Lienin

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.

Photograph by Patrick Lienin