A stunning white riverbird caught against the steely blue water, the little egret is one of the most accomplished river fishing birds.
Month: January 2013
The Sun
Space Shuttle and the Golden Gate
Two iconic images in the same photo, not bad is it? The space shuttle looks dwarfed by the aircraft, and both are in turn dwarfed by the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.
Mt Fuji from directly above
Cotton wool has often been likened to cloud cover, and in this case it seems especially true, as Mt Fuji, the highest peak in Japan, has its crater entirely circled by a dome of white cloud, a sign of impending rain.
Earth by night
You can make out the night time lights of East Asia and the Indian sub-continent in this NASA snap of the Earth at night.
Lightning over Munich
A spectacular lightning strike over the city of Munich in Germany.
Nacreous Clouds
I have long been fascinated by the various cloud formations, and this one is no exception: nacreous clouds hovering over Aberdeen, Scotland.
Rio de Janeiro night view
The site if the next Olympic Games in 2016, and also the next Football World Cup in 2014, Rio de Janeiro looks stunning by day, and it also looks stunning by night.
Earthrise over moonscape
Which one would you rather live on?
The brown rock, or the colorful marble? Fortunately we are on the marble.
Mercuryscape
Marsscape
A Happy New Year to one and all.
Somewhere out of this world, Mars to be precise.
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