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Web's Best Photo and Art Links
From Magic Mike
My collection of recommended links to photos of the best Hubble Space Telescope photos and other NASA photos, incredible landscapes, scenic wonders and wildlife animals, AND the Renaissance Art Masters, art work of the 10th through 20th Centuries from World Museums.
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Discovery Spring (Incredible uncropped version - Mike's note: "What I did was reduced it to half the memory with Photo Smart Saver and then used LView to resize it to down to 800x600. Looks great on my desktop".) Credit: NASA - Explanation: Welcome to the equinox! Moving northward in Earth's sky, today the Sun crosses the celestial equator at 13:31 Universal Time bringing Spring to the north and Fall to the south. The change of season is known as an equinox as the Sun rises due east on the horizon and sets due west -- providing an equal night, 12 night and 12 daylight hours, for both northern and southern hemispheres. In this picture from March 8, the Sun peers over the eastern horizon at the space shuttle Discovery's dramatic morning launch on mission STS-102. Having delivered supplies and taxied crew to the International Space Station, Discovery will remain in orbit for this first day of northern hemisphere Spring. Discovery is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida early tomorrow. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/G
Cardinal on a snowy branch - Original Photographs by Michael Myers.
360° Tour of The Grand Palace Bangkok, Thailand - Wat Phra Kaew. You're standing in the royal temple compound inside Bangkok's famous Grand Palace. The most sacred site in Thailand, it's also the biggest attraction for travelers.Bangkok is a busy modern city, but behind the white palace walls lies a magical oasis of color and light. Here, religion and royalty, the two things Thais prize the most, meet in a dazzling display of Buddhist architecture and imagery. - Expedia.
Newport Sunset - This was taken at Beaver Tail State Park in Jamestown, RI (close to Newport, RI) at sunset. In the Spirit of Nature - by Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Taj Mahal - Agra India - Discover India.
Taj Mahal - Agra India - 360 degree movie - Labor of love Dawn lifts the veil of night from the garden of India's most beautiful-and extravagant-tribute to love, the Taj Mahal. You stand at the central reflecting pool, transfixed by the serenity of this monumental tomb, its luminous white marble suffused with the changing colors of the day. For more than three centuries curious travelers have journeyed here, drawn no doubt in part by the legends surrounding its creation - Expedia.
A Sun Pillar Credit & Copyright: Stan Richard - Explanation: Have you ever seen a sun pillar? When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or setting, falling ice crystals can reflect sunlight and create an unusual column of light. Ice sometimes forms flat, stop-sign shaped crystals as it falls from high-level clouds. Air resistance causes these crystals to lie nearly flat much of the time as they flutter to the ground. Sunlight reflects off crystals that are properly aligned, creating the sun-pillar effect. In the above picture, a sun-pillar reflects light from a setting Sun. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/GSFC & Michigan Tech.
360 degree movie of View from Brocade Hill Guilin, China - Classic view. You are standing on Folded Brocade Hill, surrounded by mist-coated scenery that seems otherworldly. Limestone pinnacles rise abruptly from the terrain, their bizarre forms hulking yet graceful. Celebrated in Chinese art and history for centuries, this river valley in southern China risks becoming a dreary cliché. But nothing-neither the hawkers nor the throngs of tourists-can take away the magic of Guilin's scenic beauty. - Expedia.
The first manned flight in history: December 17, 1903. At 10:35 a.m. Orville Wright takes off into a 27 mph wind. The distance covered was 120 feet time aloft was 12 seconds. Wilbur is seen at right. Picture was taken with Orville's camera by John T. Daniels. Photo of a photo that is on display at the Wright Brothers Museum in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Desktop Pictures Original Photographs by Michael Myers.
360 degree movie of Machu Picchu in Peru - Recent studies show that this famous ancient seat of civilization may be destroyed by landslides on the mountain. You're in the fabled "Lost City of the Incas," the most awesome ruins in South America. As you climb the ancient stone steps, you pause to marvel: Terraces drop off steeply to the river far below. Mystery shrouds Machu Picchu like the clouds that wrap around its towering peaks. Why did the Incas build this incredible city? - Expedia.
Birdseye View - This great blue heron was taken in Everglades National Park (main entrance - near Homestead, FL). It was about a half hour after dawn and I was photographing an egret with a 300mm lens when this heron flew up behind me on the railing of the boardwalk. I swung around and was able to get this close-up shot with the warm morning light. In the Spirit of Nature - by Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Butterfly - This butterfly was taken with the camera hand-held with a diffused small flash and a macro lens. It was taken at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida. In the Spirit of Nature - by Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
An eagle from the eastern shore of Maryland. - Michael Myers Photo Gallery.
Olympic National Park - This was taken in the Lake Quinault rainforest area of Olympic National Park. It's a magnificent forest where it rains a LOT. The magnificent trees and many shades of green is awe-inspiring. In the Spirit of Nature - by Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA .