National Geographic Photo of the Day

The National Geographic Photo of the Day link, is from an old Computer magazine in my collection.

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day

This cropped example is "Today's example is Mexican Free-Tailed Bats, Texas".
Cropped to fit in MG size limit.

Hope you explore this link.

Bazza

 

Nice pic, Bazza.

We have fruit bats in our area - I sit outside at dusk sometimes, watching them feed. They are aeronautic wonders.

 

Hi Caliban. We too have plenty in our area. Sometimes too many. They are protected and sometimes cause problems outside towns, and inside tropical fruit farms.

Bazza

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WOW i never thought someone would get a photo of Kodo in the wild like that!

 

Wait, are those undocumented bats?

Nice picture. National Geographic has some great photographers.

 

Re: Great White Shark---National Geographic Photo of the Day

See picture of a Great White Shark.

Bazza

 

Re: Great White Shark---National Geographic Photo of the Day

Dang good reason not to go swimming in the buffet... I mean ocean.

 

Sharks are awesome and amazing predators. They're intelligent, impressively optimized for what they do, and unfairly vilified for it... kind of like wolf packs on land.

I like wolves too.

 

I have nothing against sharks or wolves. But, if you are not in the water with them, they can't mistake you for food.

 

Well, yeah. I don't go camping with a pack of wolves either.

 

Smart move Mimsy! We are slowly getting Coyotes here. Like to listen to them, unless they are attacking a domestic animal. Sad, but, that is what they do.

 

To all.
I won't post any more pix.
Visit the link in post #1 and create a Shortcut if you like.

Bazza

 

Another picture-of-the-day site. :-D

AP pictures of the Day 11.18.10
http://www.ocala.com/article/20101117/ARTICLES/101119754/1402/NEWS?p=2&tc=pg

Honest, I didn't go searching for it. It popped up while I was checking a Way Off Base link in MG. :-D

Bazza

 

Bazza, I enjoyed the "pic of the day" en bookmarked the site. Even though I had bookmarked National Geographic for their wallpapers, I never came across or didn't see this feature.

 

I am not overly fond of sharks . . . but I have nothing against them. They are just being what they were created to be. I did find it hard to be concerned when I heard the Great White was endangered; C'est La Vie! :-D

I do however love wolves - they are, after all, where all modern dog breeds sprang from. I wonder what manner of man (or woman) it was that first befriended a wolf-pup in the dim, far reaches of our common past . . . or perhaps it was a common occurrence among different tribes or groups of people to thus discover the value of a Canis lupus bond. We will never know. It's enough that we like them, and they like us!

Same with cats . . . but I think that whole relationship was a cat's initial idea. They saw that a relationship between homosapiens and Felis catus would be beneficial to them. Or, you can accept what Fernand Mery said - "God made the cat in order that humankind might have the pleasure of caressing the tiger."

 

There is a NatGeo Wallpaper Downloader.

Untested yet as I don't have time to fire up the Windows side.

I had a CLI to bring the Wallpapers into a folder, but have not installed after my last update. The scripting was based on this Ubuntu Forums Thread. .

 

An update. iPad app of Nat. Geog. photos.

An update. iPad app of Nat. Geog. photos. Beware it is NOT FREE. USD$5, and contains commercials.

50 Greatest Photographs of National Geographic
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/50-best

My note: FYI only. I don't own an iPad, so can't comment on the App.
You pays your money, and all care but no responsibility. :-D:-D

Bazza

 

I think it was the same with the wolves.
Probably some connection with hunting and prey.

 

A photo that should appeal to the animal lovers out there.

Orphan Elephants, Kenya
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day

See attachment.

Bazza

 

Looks like something out of a horror movie. :-D

Photo of the Day --- African Spurred Tortoise
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day

Bazza

 

If you like motor sports or Top Gear ( the TV show), check this road out.

Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
(see thumbnail)

Bazza

 

Worlds Most Dangerous Roads: Pictures

 

For you Horse lovers. Re: National Geographic Photo of the Day

Wild Horse, Mongolia

Bazza

 

Which one do you most resemble?

Which head do you most resemble? :-D :-D
For me, probably the bloke on the far right. :major I've got a bit more hair, but not much.

Summer Festival, Spain
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day#

Bazza

 

Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Bahamas

Look at those eyes, and is that a grin on the sharks face?
And the headless diver? :-D

Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Bahamas
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day

Bazza

 

Re:Celebrating Halloween

Jack-O’-Lanterns, Massachusetts

http://images.nationalgeographic.co...antern-massachusetts-nowitz_41134_990x742.jpg

Bazza

 

An amazing photo through a vehicle windscreen.

Photo of the Day, Geisha, Kyoto.
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day

See thumbnail.

Bazza

 

I just had to post this photo. (see below)

As some of you may remember I was working in Sierra Leone at the start of the Civil War. Fortunately, for me, I left before the war got really, really nasty.
Lots of amputations of legs and arms, and killings, over diamonds.

A movie, based on the conflict, is Blood Diamond (2006) I would recommend.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/

Watch the trailer at:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/
Click on Watch Trailer.
Beware: It is loud.

Back to the photo, this amputee has overcome his trauma, I hope.

Bazza

 

Re: National Geographic Christmas Sale Offers

Shop the National Geographic Store
http://mshop.nationalgeographic.com...ODP94188_store_housebanner&_requestid=1221473

Bazza