Photo of the Day: Deepwater Dweller
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released this photo, taken in 2002 about one mile deep near a huge underwater volcano near Monterey Bay, which shows this strange marine animal, thought to be a new species that has yet to be described or named. It is a type of mollusk, called ‘nudibranch’, that sheds its shell early in life. Scientists think there are millions of species, like this one, that have yet to be named or even discovered. (NOAA)
Photo of the Day: Dangerous Kiss
A python regius inspects the head of a bunny on August 17, 2011 in Leipzig, eastern Germany, during a photocall to promote the “Hund & Heimtier” pet fair. Organisers of the fair running from August 20 to 21, 2011 expect among others about 5,000 dogs to be presented. (PETER ENDIG/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Wooded Walk in Nepal
A Nepalese devotee walks to a temple to offer prayers on the occasion of the Janai Purnima festival, or Sacred Thread festival, in Kavre district, 28 miles east of Katmandu, Nepal, Aug. 13. On Janai Purnima, Hindus take holy baths and perform their annual change of the Janai, a sacred cotton string worn around their chest or tied on the wrist, in the belief that it will protect and purify them. (Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi / AP) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Don’t Bear with Me
Siku, one of the twin polar bear cubs of the Ouwehand zoo, plays with frozen food at Ouwehand Zoo in Rhenen on August 12, 2011. (Koen van Weel/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Hunting Dog… No, It’s a Hunting Fox!
As the fox hunting debate continues to rage across the globe, we’d like to think that some comic relief comes in the shape of this image, taken in Canada. Naturalist and photographer Mircea Costina captured the chortlesome scene in a forest north of Montreal. Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Cats of War
A Somali government soldiers mans a position inside Bakara market on August 8, 2011. Residents of Somalia’s war-torn capital fled fighting Monday after remnants of extremist Shebab rebel forces, who pulled out of Mogadishu at the weekend, battled with government troops overnight. The Al-Qaeda-affiliated rebels – who had controlled around half of Mogadishu – abandoned their positions in a surprise withdrawal on Saturday. Fighting late on Sunday took place in several locations in the south and north of the city, as African Union-backed government troops set up bases in former Shebab strongholds. (MUSTAFA ABDI/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Men Fish Near Black Sea Resort of Sochi
A woman sunbathes as men fish on a lake outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Aug. 7. (Mikhail Mordasov / AFP – Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Entire Crew of Sinking Ship Rescued from Peril at Sea
In this photo provided by the Indian Ministry of Defense shows a Seaking helicopter from the Indian Navy hovering over of the sinking ship MV Rak Carrier off the coast of Mumbai on August 4, 2011. The Panama-flagged MV Rak Carrier, a 220-meter (722-feet) long vessel transporting 60,000 tonnes of coal from Indonesia to India, sank off the coast of Mumbai after its 30-strong crew were rescued when it began taking on water in stormy seas. The MV Rak Carrier went down about 22 nautical miles from India’s financial and entertainment capital, just hours after it made an emergency distress call. (MINISTRY OF DEFENCE/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Mayor Crushes Illegally Parked Mercedes with a Tank in Vilnius, Lithuania
Arturas Zuokas, the 43 year old mayor of Vilnius drives over a car parked illegally on a main street in Vilnius city center with a military vehicle, August 2, 2011. The mayor took the drastic action after becoming infuriated with motorists parking their luxury cars illegally around the city. (Vilnius City Municipality via AP) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Crazy, Brave or Oblivious?! Cow Navigates a Field Full of Crocodiles.
According to photographer Robert Mooney, who took the photo in The Pantanal, a tropical wetland in Brazil, the cow appeared to walk directly towards the crocodiles after wandering away from its herd in search of food. He said that he, “was amazed the cow dared to stroll among the crocs with such apparent ease.” (Robert Mooney / Solent News & Photo Agency) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Beach Shower
A woman takes a shower on a temporary beach on a bank of the Moskva river opposite Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow as the city suffers through a heat wave. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Summer Child
A girl on her father’s shoulders looks through a maze of sunflowers during a sunflower festival in the town of Nogi, Tochigi prefecture, Japan. A total of some 200,000 sunflowers welcomed guests for the summer festival, an annual draw for the small town. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) Zoom.
Photo of the Day: Spectacular Photos of World’s Largest Fish Whale Sharks Seen Almost Swallowing Dive
A diver was almost swallowed by a whale shark while he was staring into the mammoth jaws of the largest fish in the world that feed mainly on plankton. The breathtaking photograph was captured by photographer Mauricio Handler in the waters of Mujeres Island in Mexico. (Mauricio Handler/handlerphoto) Zoom.
Photo of the Day: Face On
In this composite, Getty photographer Ezra Shaw captured unique images of diver’s contorted faces during the Men’s 3m Springboard preliminary round during Day Six of the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center on July 21, 2011 in Shanghai, China. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Chemical Silence
A couple walks in the world’s largest salt flat, in Uyuni, Bolivia. Uyuni also has one of the world’s richest deposits of lithium. (Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images) Zoom.
Photo of the Day: Monster Croc Brutus Thrills Australian Tourists
Yes, it’s real. Nothern Territory News photographer Katrina Bridgeford took this amazing front page photograph of Brutus, a 5.5m (~18 feets) saltwater croc, giving a boatload of tourists a moment they’ll never forget on the Adelaide River, just over 100km south of Darwin, Australia, last week. The huge saltwater crocodile, which is missing its right front leg (a shark issue), is a favourite with tourists on the Adelaide River Jumping Croc Cruises, because he loves his meal of buffalo meat and always puts on a good show for it. (Katrina Bridgeford/Nothern Territory News)
Photo of the Day: Synchro Light
JULY 16: Lights on the costumes of performers shine during the opening ceremony of the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. FINA is the international governing body of swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water swimming. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) Zoom.
