Some good images | Since 1989

Wonder why this image isn’t as famous as its cropped down cousin. Surely, is more awe-inspiring

An aerial view shows the snow covered church of the village of Jenisberg near the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 23, 2012.

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Siena Skyline (2004, N. de Wolff)

In Romania…

Afghan women clad in burqas walk past a tree in Bagram, north of Kabul January 3, 2012.

REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Residents along the northern border of Dhaka, Bangladesh, climb atop a train and squeeze into every available space during a Muslim congregation event. Photographer Yeow Kwang Yeo is the winner in the “Best Single Image” category.

“I look at this photo and I’m terrified, but then you look at the people’s faces and they’re all happy and enjoying themselves,” Rossow said. “It’s just an amazing moment.”
Yeow Kang Yeo

parisianism.

Carole Zavala

Quintessentially French — what is traveling to you? For me, it is absorbing the essence of the place, not just the sites. This image shares the essence of Paris.

Marcin Ryczek spotted the contrast between river and bank on Krakow’s Grunwaldzki Bridge, and mentally composed the shot.

Ukranian artists Dmytro and Iuliia create hand-cut paper silhouettes using a single sheet of paper. “Paper cutting is a very amazing process, when you start with just a piece of paper and finish with a beautiful work of art. This process can take several hours or even several days to completely finish. To us these silhouettes are not just sheets of paper, but something we have put our love, care and happiness into”

Source : Moucha v kávě…

After a long research, this picture first appears in 2005 in a blog about Cairo (Egypt) : From Cairo, with love – Free thoughts and reflections of an ordinary Egyptian. Participants said that it is “Mohammad Ali Mosque” in Cairo, but it is not …

Today, 25th april 2014, many thanks to Emerson Camaya ; Emerson found the place : Blue Mosque in Istanbul, the city “where Occident meets Orient”.

Source : Blue Mosque arches

ABHINAV DHAR

If you’re a visual learner, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that.

Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you’ll learn something new. A few are important to know, some interpret and display data in a beautiful or creative way, and a few may even make you chuckle or shake your head.

1. Where Google Street View is Available

Map by Google

2. Countries That Do Not Use the Metric System

Map via Wikimedia Commons

3. The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded (not shown: Sao Tome and Principe)

Map by Stuart Laycock (via The Telegraph)

4. Map of ‘Pangea’ with Current International Borders

Map by eatrio.net via Reddit

Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. It began to break apart around 200 million years ago. The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa.

5. McDonald’s Across the World