Whether you haven't yet been, or you've visited it many times, Washington's Lincoln Memorial never fails to inspire and amaze. Today's photo, by Flickr user Christian Carollo Photography, provides a unique angle on this most famous of American monuments. The photo's ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: Lincoln Memorial
Whether you haven't yet been, or you've visited it many times, Washington's Lincoln Memorial never fails to inspire and amaze. Today's photo, by Flickr user Christian Carollo Photography, provides a unique angle on this most famous of American monuments. The photo's ...Photo Of The Day - San Francisco Supermoon
Oh the San Francisco Supermoon. It is so big in this image that it almost looks Photoshopped into this otherwise delicate depiction of the City by the Bay. Flickr user jrodmanjr documents San Francisco's recent encounter with the rare supermoon – the coincidence of ...Photo Of The Day: Pink For Peace
It's not often that you see a cheerful military tank, but this pink-painted tank in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is almost cuddly. According to Flickr photographer Bob Ramsak and his blog Piran Cafe, the tank was made over in March by some anonymous artists, who also placed some ...Video Of The Day: How Humans Have Fundamentally Changed The Earth
Over the past 250 years, humans have impacted the Earth irreversibly. This three-minute short film, commissioned by the Planet Under Pressure conference, uses stunning visuals to show how population growth, combined with rapid industrialization and globalization, have ...
Photo Of The Day: A Glimpse Of The Dargah
Behind a lattice gate at the end of an alleyway in India lies the Sufi Islamic dargah shrine to Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, a renowned mystic, saint and scholar. Flickr user The Delhi Way offers us a tantalizing glimpse at what lies inside this sacred space in today's Photo ...Photo Of The Day: Hidden Rock Wall
This Photo of the Day comes from Gadling Flickr pool member James Wheeler who captured the image using a Nikon D5000. The image is titled "Hidden Rock Wall."
James add this caption to the image: "These days, the mountains to the North of Vancouver are mainly used for ...Photo Of The Day: Black Rock Beach
Summer advances slowly. Flickr user LadyExpat (Back in Daejeon) captured this idyllic springtime scene on Black Rock Beach in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this past Wednesday.
It wasn't always quite so lovely round these parts. Black Rock Beach, situated in Point Pleasant ...Video Of The Day: Time Brushing Istanbul
Recently a Turkish friend asked my daughter Vera's middle name. It's Alcazar, my grandmother's maiden name from Trinidad, and more commonly known as a Moorish Spanish word for fortified palace. I was surprised to hear the response, "Oh, like the cinema?" It turns out there ...
Photo Of The Day: Meet The Princesses
Who is the fairest of them all? It's a tough question for guests aboard the new Disney Fantasy cruise ship, who spend their days surrounded by dozens of Disney's famed princesses. Flickr user David Lytle is one of the lucky few to experience the Disney Fantasy ...Photo Of The Day: The Wave In Utah
The amazing rock formation above, captured by Flickr user oilfighter, is called The Wave. Set near the border of Utah and Arizona, the intricate lines have been etched into the sandstone by millions of years of erosion and wind. It makes for a visually stunning setting ...Photo of the Day: Bicheno Rocks
This Photo of the Day comes from Gadling Flickr pool member BaboMike who captured the image using a Canon EOS 40D and is titled Bicheno Rocks.
Bicheno is located on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia, 185 km north-east of Hobart on the Tasman Highway and is ...Photo of the Day: Sudanese Desert Landscape
A Sudanese desert landscape like this one doesn't materialize everyday here at Gadling. Sudan isn't the easiest country to visit, nor the least expensive. It's also not the very safest place to spend time as a tourist in the aggregate. Both the US State Department and ...Photo Of The Day: Summer In The City
It's only April, but many of us have already switched to iced coffee and put away our sweaters. Now's the time to start thinking about summer vacation, whether you plan to explore a national park or soak up the culture in a city like Havana. When you're a kid, summer is ...Photo Of The Day: Concrete Jungle
When you're traveling, art can pop up to surprise you in the most random of places. This elaborate piece of rooftop graffiti was captured by Flickr user Aviv from the heights of Parc Guell in Barcelona, Spain. Judging by the comments on Flickr, this street artist might ...Photo Of The Day: Cabin In The Woods
I like this image of a cabin in the woods, despite its slight seasonal dissonance, because it resembles a scrapbook image. "This is Terry in front of that awesome cabin right before she spied a moose and freaked out," it could be annotated.
Or not.
This moody and ...Photo Of The Day: Turkish Tulips
April showers bring May flowers, as the saying goes. We're getting plenty of rain this month in Turkey, but we've had flowers. April is the big month for tulips in Istanbul, and you can see them planted all over town as 11.5 million were planted for this year's season. I ...Photo Of The Day: Where Do I Go From Here?
There comes a moment in every great voyage when one finds the need to sit and reflect. That sentiment is captured perfectly by Flickr user Jason Rodman in today's Photo of the Day. Taken on a recent trip to Basel, the image depicts the Statue of Helvetia, mother of ...Photo Of The Day: Krabi Sunset
Perhaps no place is as romanticized as Thailand's exotic stretches of coast and islands. The country's many sugar-sand beaches, dramatic limestone cliffs and enticing emerald-clear waters create some of the most eye-catching scenery on Earth. In today's photo, brought to ...Photo Of The Day: Ordinary Day
This Photo of the Day comes from Gadling Flickr pool member James Wheeler who captured the image using a Nikon D5000 and is titled "Ordinary Day."
James describes the image as, "Yet another 'ordinary' sunrise from a dock near Jericho beach along the shore of ...Photo Of The Day: Gold Coast Surfers
In the hands of Flickr user verargulla, these Gold Coast surfers seem to exist in a silver-gold haze – a dreamy netherworld of mist, skyscrapers and cooperative waves. It's enough to make the idea of surfing attractive even to those who've never successfully ridden ...
