Photo of the Day: The Show Must Go On
A man dressed as Darth Vader, a character from the Star Wars movies, arrives for a promotional event for “Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace 3D” in Tokyo, Japan. (AP)
Photo of the Day: Aurora Borealis Near Yellowknife, North West Territories
The largest solar storm in five years sent a huge wave of radiation into earth’s atmosphere, creating a brilliant show of the aurora borealis near Yellowknife, North West Territories. Yellowknife, which is situated directly under the auroral “oval,” has some of the best northern lights viewing in the world. (Bill Braden/The Canadian Press) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Pussy Riot Strikes Back
“Feisty anti-Kremlin activists — the ones that terrorized the Red Square with purple smoke bombs and an illegal performance of their hardcore tune Putin Pissed Himself – strike again! Pussy Riot crashed Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour with their new anthem Virgin, Exorcise Putin! and its catchy chorus of “Holy shit, shit, shit/Holy shit, shit, shit.”
Photo of the Day: Carphead
Tenor singer Florian Simson poses after make-up artists transformed his head into a carp during a press conference for the “make-up artist design show 2012” trade fair in Duesseldorf, western Germany. (AFP)
Photo of the Day: Cocoa Puff
“Cocoa Puff” sits on the welcome desk at The Cat’s Meow. Bikini Beach Cat Rescue of Surfside Beach, South Carolina, hosted a low cost spay/neuter clinic to bring awareness to World Spay Day, an international campaign of The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society International which will be officially observed on February 28. (Steve Jessmore/The Sun News) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Walk Alone
A man walks along a snow-covered railway track in Shimla, India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh. (AFP)
Photo of the Day: Icy Promenade
People walk along an icy promenade past ice-covered cars and trees on the shores of Lake Geneva in Versoix, Switzerland. Across Eastern Europe, thousands of people continue to dig out from heavy snow that has fallen during a cold snap that struck more than a week ago and has killed hundreds of people. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Across the Country
Competitors make their way during the Marcialonga cross-country ski event, in Cavalese, Italy. (AP)
Photo of the Day: Noachis Terra, Mars
This enhanced-color image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona)
Photo of the Day: Northern Lights
The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, are seen near the city of Tromsoe, Norway. 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. (Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/Scanpix Norway) Click image to zoom.
