Picture: Her eyes just mesmerise..

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by egor.gribanov

Kruger National Park, South Africa

At 18,989 square km Kruger is South Africa's largest game reserve. The park lies in the east of South Africa. It is also one of the largest national parks in the world.
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A wild elephant patrols the only road. There's no getting past him.
by Mister-E




The silhouette of a giraffe against the backdrop of a beautiful African sunset.
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The most common crocodile at Kruger is the Nile Crocodile. These fearsome hunters sit right on top of Kruger's food chain. They have been known to hunt and kill big cats such as the leopard.
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An infant Vervet Monkey peeks through the branches for a closer look.
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A curious leopard cub moves in for a closer look. Mum can't be too far behind.
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A leopard tortoise appears to sprint across the road.
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One of the few places one can still see a Rhino in the wild. These amazing creatures have been driven into extinction by man's ignorance and selfish needs.
by Mister-E

The Amur Tiger

The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is also known as the Amur tiger. This magnificent beast is pictured here at the Philadelphia Zoo. It is a protected species. World Wildlife Fund says there are no more than 500 of these tigers left in the wild. Want to know more? Watch 'Siberian Tigers' by David Attenborough

The original shot was taken by fPat. It has been Remixed by me under a Creative Commons license. This is the original image.

by fPat.

George W. Bush's America? It's that way..

This way for progress...

by Siemar.

Prostitute in Tijuana, Mexico

She waits for her next client in Tijuana, a border town close to the US/Mexico border. Tijuana is a short drive for some Americans who cross over to party in the tourist town. US laws prohibit persons under 21 to consume alcohol. Most drive to Tijuana, where prohibition is non existent.

The original image was shot by Tomas Castelazo. The above image is my rendition of Tomas' shot under this licensing agreement.

Shark

The cycle of life..

This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raven_scavenging_on_a_dead_shark.jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license.

Habiba Akumu Obama

This is Habiba Akumu Obama, Barak Hussein Obama's grandmother. Seated on her lap is Barack Obama, Sr., the current U.S. President's father.

This work is in the public domain because the copyright protection under Kenyan law has expired. By virtue of Copyright Act 2001, sec. 23(2) and 25(2), works are protected for the periods shown below:

a) literary, musical or artistic works other than photographs - 50 years from the end of the year of the author's death; Government works of this type - 50 years from the end of the publication year

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The Kilt

Do you see a Kilt in the picture? I think I do.

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Close call

Japanese battleship Yamato maneuvers while under heavy air attack by US Navy Task Force 58 planes in the Inland Sea off Kure, 19 March 1945. She was not seriously damaged in these attacks. Photographed from a USS Hornet (CV-12) plane.

This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945

The mushroom cloud of death resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter.

80,000 people perished by the end of 1945 as a result of this atomic bomb. Thousands continue to die even to this day as a result of leukaemia and cancer.

This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

The aftermath of Sri Lanka's war

A Sri Lankan soldier carries a Tamil child away from the conflict zone on May 17 2009. Thousands of civilians had been held against their will by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a human shield. The child is not accompanied by family members. Perhaps another orphan of this brutal war which lasted from 1982 to 2009.

The Tamil extremist waged war on successive elected governments, in order to carve out a mono-ethnic state for Tamils. They claimed to be fighting discriminatory laws, and for equal rights for Tamils. However, records indicate that any Sri Lankan government law or policy, which was deemed to be discriminatory, had been changed prior to the Tamil Tigers' existence. The Tamil Tiger movement's propaganda wing was tasked with making the movement appear as a liberation movement.

The photo above was taken by a staff photographer of the Sri Lanka Army.

I see the ocean when I look in to your eyes..

Just a stunning shot by Kathryn. Displayed here thanks to a Creative Commons license.

A galaxy far, far away..

Not quite.. The Orion Nebula is about 1500 light-years away from us (a mere 8.8 trillion miles), which makes it relatively close on an astronomical scale, allowing us to study in detail its structure. The Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years across, and so not only is Orion in our galaxy, it is in our section of the galaxy.[Source]

This is an actual image. Not a painting. In one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced, NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula. ... This extensive study took 105 Hubble orbits to complete. All imaging instruments aboard the telescope were used simultaneously to study Orion. The Advanced Camera mosaic covers approximately the apparent angular size of the full moon. [Source]

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Public Washroom

I took this in Sri Lanka. I just can't recall where. In case you can't read Sinhalese, the sign is universally understood.


Public Washroom by Pinthuraya.blogspot.com is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

Friend or Foe?

A little boy sits and holds the hand of U.S. Army Sgt. Resolve Savage, from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona National Guard, while he pulls security outside of a hospital during a medical capabilities program and humanitarian assistance supply hand out in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan June 28, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac A. Graham. Courtesy of the US Army.

I got ants in my pants & I need to dance

This was taken at Niagara Falls, Canada. The outside wall of the restaurant (Bar & Grill) had several pieces of graffiti, but this caught my eye.

I got ants in my pants & I need to dance by Pinthuraya is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at pinthuraya.blogspot.com.

Beach+Ball+Butt+Babe+Bikini=Old Pervert

Move it grandpa! I don't blame him. Who wouldn't turn to look? This fabulous photograph is courtesy of Raimundo Lagos/Creative Commons license.