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Smithsonian Announces Eye-Opening Finalists of Their 14th Annual Photo Contest | Colossal

Posted on March 7, 2017 by agogo22

Smithsonian just released the 70 finalists for their 14th annual photo contest and is currently accepting votes for their Readers’ Choice award. This year Smithsonian received some 48,000 submissions from photographers in 146 countries and territories from which they selected … Continue reading →

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Michael Farrell & Cliff Haynes – Straw Camera

Posted on February 19, 2017 by agogo22

Source: Michael Farrell & Cliff Haynes – Straw Camera

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New Photographs of Monumental Waves Crashing in Australia by Warren Keelan | Colossal

Posted on February 14, 2017 by agogo22

Australian photographer Warren Keelan (previously) captures crashing waves from beside, and sometimes within their swell. Clad in a wetsuit he takes to the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia to photograph the dazzling curvature of waves right as they break. … Continue reading →

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Thousands of Birds Photographed Atop Snow-Laden Trees in Downtown Portland, Oregon | Colossal

Posted on January 25, 2017 by agogo22

One evening last week, C.S.I. Walker Berg of the Portland Oregon Police Bureau looked out a window on the 12th floor of the Justice Center to discover an incredible sight: trees freshly covered in thick white snow were covered in … Continue reading →

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New #ComboPhoto Mashups from Stephen McMennamy | Colossal

Posted on January 4, 2017 by agogo22

Atlanta-based photographer and art director Stephen McMennamy (previously) continues his humorous split-image photo juxtapositions that he refers to as #combophotos. It would be easy enough to sort through countless images on the web to find unusual ways to overlap images, … Continue reading →

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Photographer Nicky Bay Documents Mirror Spiders Adjusting their Silver Plates to Appear More Reflective | Colossal

Posted on October 5, 2016 by agogo22

For the last several years Singapore-based photographer Nicky Bay (previously here and here) has been documenting the life of the mirror spider, an unusual arthropod whose abdomen is covered in bright reflective panels that appear almost metallic. Bay recently noticed … Continue reading →

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The Annual ‘Corso Zundert’ Flower Parade Features Radically Designed Floats Adorned with Dahlias | Colossal

Posted on September 6, 2016 by agogo22

Founded in 1936, the annual Corso Zundert parade is a celebration of the Netherlands’ most iconic exports: flowers. The event is held every year in the small town of Zundert where 20 teams of volunteers from different hamlets compete for … Continue reading →

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A Purple Cuttlefish with Comically Giant Googly Eyes Spotted on the Ocean Floor | Colossal

Posted on August 24, 2016 by agogo22

Nope, it’s not a rare Pokemon or even a plastic toy. Behold the Rossia pacifica or stubby squid, an altogether ridiculous looking relative to the cuttlefish that was recently spotted by the E/V Nautilus off the coast of California at … Continue reading →

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“C’é chi..”

Posted on June 7, 2016 by agogo22

C’è chi ti legge come un libro aperto, chi ti chiude come un libro letto, chi ti scrive come un libro bianco, chi ha perso il segnalibro, chi voleva leggerti ma le emozioni non erano in saldo, chi … Source: … Continue reading →

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Imaging Brazil 134: Cormorant Couple in Belo Horizonte, MG (2007) — Inside Brazil

Posted on June 4, 2016 by agogo22

A personal selection of photographs with their stories in English, Portuguese, and Dutch (scroll down for the Portuguese and Dutch texts). 134. Cormorant couple / Casal de cormorões / Aalscholverkoppel DECEMBER 2007: Cormorant couple December 2007. Dozens of large yellow … Continue reading →

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