Wiki Pictures Of The Year

June 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Wikimedia Commons, the file repository serving Wikipedia and other projects, has over ten million files freely available for everyone. Every year a vote is held to select the picture of the year. Below are the top ten pictures of 2010, plus previous years' winners. Enjoy in beautiful Digital Photography bellow... In mid-August 2010 ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large … [Read more...]

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US Virgin Islands

June 24, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The British Virgin Islands are a group of idyllic islands located in the Caribbean Sea. In total there are around 60 islands in the group, some of which are uninhabited. The four main islands are Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke. Totola being the largest island in the group and most populated, British Virgin Islands beach villas are very popular in this destination. Most time of the year, tourists will enjoy a tropical climate on the islands, in the summer the temperature averages around 90 degrees Fahrenheit, whilst winter temperatures average at about 82 degrees … [Read more...]

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Beautiful Summer Nights

June 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Amazing beautiful moments are captured in photographs by Muha artist.  Apparently, they were taken in several tropical paradises and there are several water scenes. These photos are simply beautiful. Why spending time to choice hotels when you can spend whole day and night at beach and enjoy in beautiful scenes. Also, on this beautiful places you can even choose cheap hotel, it does not matter, we'll sure you will have perfect vacation...   … [Read more...]

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Glow and Lightings of the Chilean volcano

June 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Flames reach up to the heavens as lightning flashes criss-cross the sky. These extraordinary images show the full force of Mother Nature as a Chilean volcano erupts for the first time in 50 years. Ash has been thrown six miles up into the sky and the South American government has ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents. Winds fanned the ash toward neighbouring Argentina, darkening the sky in the ski resort city of San Carlos de Bariloche, in the centre of the country, and its airport has also been closed. The eruption in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle … [Read more...]

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Stunning shots of Milky Way with simple Digital Camera

June 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Taken from the surface of the Earth using a digital camera, these beautiful images show the Milky Way in all its awe-inspiring glory. Created by up-and-coming photographer Bret Webster, they are all the more remarkable because he has been taking pictures for only three years. But since one of them - called Balanced - appeared in National Geographic magazine, his life has taken a new direction. Though his photos of our galaxy look more like something that would be captured by sophisticated equipment aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, Mr Webster takes them using the simple digital camera his … [Read more...]

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Wildlife Series Animals in habitat

May 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
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While some people like beautiful scenery, while others - pictures of animals, the English photographer Ben Hall combined the two genres. The result was magnificent, breathtaking, a series of photographs of wild animals in their natural habitat. Admire the simple and timeless beauty and rich flora and fauna of our planet! This beautiful Wildlife photos are like ones you can watch on Animal Planet. To have their needs satisfied, animals should have big naturals resorts and help from mother nature. … [Read more...]

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Photography by Adam Taylor

April 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Adam Taylor is young extreme sport lover. He was crazy about snowboarding and surfing, but after his snowboarding injury he focused on photography. Now Adam Can't imagine his life without traveling, photographing, family, creativity and music. About Photographer: My fathers slide nights on our lounge room wall were my first introduction to the possibilities of photography. At 15, I convinced my father to turn our basement into a darkroom. I shot rolls and rolls of photos of my friends, athletes and landscapes. I was and still am, fascinated with … [Read more...]

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Fairy houses the British province

April 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Thatched roof  not uncommon in the English private sector and over the years are gaining in popularity. For the manufacture of environmentally friendly thatched roof using water reed and wheat straw dlinnostebelnoy. Thatching is really good because it use only nature materials as straw, water reed, sedge, layering vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.Thatching is well known method for developing countries, because of low-cost materials. On photos bellow you will see Thatching in British provinces. They use Thatching not because of money, but for style and culture. … [Read more...]

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Breathtaking Landscapes by Maciej Duczynski

April 7, 2011 By 3 Comments
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Maciej Duczynski was born in southern Poland in 1975. More than anything, loves to travel and take photographs. Prefers cold and bleak beauty of the Scandinavian countries. … [Read more...]

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Amazing Photos from Kamchatka at Winter

March 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Learn-to-user Igor Shpilenok wrote: In this collection there is no image area of the reserve, the only path from "home" volcanoes of Kamchatka's capital city to the river Old Semyachik, which is the southern boundary of federal protected area.Looking at the pictures, it is easy to understand that miracles and the harsh beauty of nature are not only Kronots and generously scattered throughout the peninsula. … [Read more...]

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