Ontario map

The province of Ontario in Canada is not the largest province in the country, but it is the most populous, and includes both Canada’s biggest city, Toronto, and Canada’s capital city, Ottawa.

 

Puffer Fish

The puffer fish (or blowfish, or globefish) is probably the second most poisonous vertebrate (the most poisonous being a golden frog).

In Japan, Korea and China it is prepared by specially licensed chefs and is often eaten raw. I once ate it. The flavour was good, but no better than many other fish.

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Space shuttle’s last flight

The last flight of the space shuttle happened a few days ago as the Space Shuttle Discovery was taken piggy-back by a 747 Jumbo-jet to a museum in Washington DC. Along the way it passed the Washington Monument for this spectacular photo.

Toronto sunset

Sunset is my favourite time of day, and when there is lightning too it can have a stunning effect, like this scene in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Car in house

This is not a CG. This is a real picture of a car in Brazil that was going a little too fast, and ended up smashing through the wall of someone’s house. No-one was badly hurt.

Dorset rainbow

Found this stunning rainbow over a village in Dorset in the south of England. I don’t know who took the photo but its a beauty.

London, view from above

London will be the first city to stage three Olympic games, and here is a NASA satellite image of this iconic city.

Map of Summer Olympics locations. Countries that have hosted one Summer Olympics are shaded green, while countries that have hosted two or more are shaded blue.