Photo of the day

[texan]

Super moon shot from Phoenix Arizona a few days ago.

 

[texan]

Seasonal fog is illuminated by the lights of the city of Cape Town.

 

[texan]

In this Saturday, May 12, 2012 photo, a fire blazes in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest, near Payson, Ariz.
The fire has grown to more than three-square miles as air tankers and helicopters
assist ground crews in beating back flames.

 

[dilligaf]

Gladiator Fire - Crown King AZ I can see some of the smoke plume from my kitchen window.

 

[texan]

Francois Hollande has been sworn in as president of France.
Outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy shook hands with his successor in the palace's courtyard
before leading him inside for a private meeting, at which time the nuclear launch codes were handed over.

 

[texan]

Four-week-old Florida Burrowing Owls stand in their nest in Miami, Florida.

 

[dilligaf]

Aaaaah, look at those faces. Sooo cute!

 

[moreluck]

Aaaaah, look at those faces. Sooo cute!

But sooooo serious !!!

 

[cachsux]

Four-week-old Florida Burrowing Owls stand in their nest in Miami, Florida.

regular, extra crispy ,bbq

 

[over9five]

Avoidable?

MBTA bus roof is torn off by railroad bridge | South - WCVB Home

 

[moreluck]

Now it's a touring Bus......"is that Fenway over there, Marge?"

 

[dilligaf]

An annular solar eclipse creates a "ring of fire" in the skies over China NatGeo

 

[texan]

Zookeeper Behcet Ali, 82, hand feeds eight-month-old lion cubs in a tiny zoo in Razgrad Bulgaria.
He has raised 15 lion cubs in his 33 years at the job.

 

[rod]

Zookeeper Behcet Ali, 82, hand feeds eight-month-old lion cubs in a tiny zoo in Razgrad Bulgaria.
He has raised 15 lion cubs in his 33 years at the job.

And the next day you read how poor Behcet was ate by a mountain lion like that guy in Alaska who thought his Grizzly bears loved him.

 

[cachsux]

And the next day you read how poor Behcet was ate by a mountain lion like that guy in Alaska who thought his Grizzly bears loved him.

Behcet doesn't have to be the best lion keeper. He just has to be better than all the partners he goes through.

 

[texan]

Behcet doesn't have to be the best lion keeper. He just has to be better than all the partners he goes through.

As long as he keeps them fed and happy....

As a child, Born Free really moved me, but as an adult, I agree with Ron.

One must do this very carefully not to be lunch one day.

 

[texan]

Tokyo Sky Tree, which is under construction, tops the 600-metre (1,969-feet) mark in Tokyo March 1, 2011.
Already the tallest stand-alone communications tower in the world, Tokyo Sky Tree will stand
634 metres (2,080 feet) high upon completion, Kyodo news reported.

 

[texan]

Egyptians are voting for the second day in the country's first free presidential election - 15 months after Hosni Mubarak
was ousted. Protesters in Cario threw shoes and stones at candidate Ahmed Shafiq.

 

[rod]

Egyptians are voting for the second day in the country's first free presidential election - 15 months after Hosni Mubarak
was ousted. Protesters in Cario threw shoes and stones at candidate Ahmed Shafiq.

That would be neat if we could do this at our upcoming elections. I'm going to go find me a big brick.

 

[texan]

Older photo, but Edmonton Canada at night.