At 8000 x 8000 pixels, this “Blue Marble” image of the earth is NASA’s highest resolution image to date. It was composited from several pictures taken from Suomi NPP, the newest earth-observing satellite. See more pictures of earth from space in Flickr. (NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring)
Students hold on to the side steel bars of a collapsed bridge as they cross a river to get to school at Sanghiang Tanjung village in Lebak regency, Indonesia's Banten village January 19, 2012. Flooding from the Ciberang river broke a pillar supporting the suspension bridge, which was built in 2001.
Our parents complain when their kids have to walk through a lil water to get to school. Not saying it's right, but i guess everything is really relative.
The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, are seen near the city of Tromsoe, northern Norway, late Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Stargazers were out in force in northern Europe on Tuesday, hoping to be awed by a spectacular showing of northern lights after the most powerful solar storm in six years. See incredible photos of the Aurora Borealis in Flickr. (AP Photo/Scanpix Norway, Rune Stoltz Bertinussen)
Riders compete on the road between Templers and Freeling in South Australia during stage one of the 2012 Tour Down Under on January 17, 2012 in Adelaide, Australia. See more race shots in Flickr. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)...
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in honor of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses trough the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the 'Luminarias' a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. See more Saint
Indian soldiers from the Border Security Forces atop camels stand at attention in front of the Presidential Palace during a ceremony in preparation for the annual Beating Retreat in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. India marks Republic Day on Jan. 26.
Surprised no one posted this one yet. From National Geographic Magazine cover June 1985, simply titled "Afgan Girl." Almost like something out of Dune.
maj. tom wrote:Surprised no one posted this one yet. From National Geographic Magazine cover June 1985, simply titled "Afgan Girl." Almost like something out of Dune.
