Steve’s Rock - Olmstead Point, Tioga Pass, CA - 1983, originally uploaded by Sharper24.
The photographer: “This boulder is sitting just above Tioga Pass at 8,500′ Elevation overlooking Half Dome and the Yosemite Valley”…
click on the picture to read more about it at Flickr
Andromeda Galaxy, originally uploaded by DJMcCrady.
The photographer: “The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is one of the nearest galaxies in our local neighbourhood, and is visible to the naked eye from a dark site. Being so near, it also has a very large apparent size: the width of 6 full moons. The bright blue patch near the top left is designated NGC 206, and is a very large open cluster within M31. It has two satellite galaxies, M32 near the top left, and M110 near the bottom left.
The HII regions have been emphasized by layering an H-alpha exposure into the red and luminance channels.”
Tuolumne Meadows, originally uploaded by Misha Logvinov.
The photographer: “The Sierra Wave is forming over Tuolumne Meadows.
Yosemite NP, California”
Sunrise in the Himalayas, originally uploaded by acastellano.
The photographer: “Annapurna Circuit - Trek Day 17
Each morning dozens of trekkers wake up at 5am to begin the thousand-foot climb from Ghorepani (9,500′) to the summit of Poon Hill (10,531′). They make this pilgrimmage in the dark in order to witness one of the most spectacular scenes in the Himalayas (or the planet for that matter)…sunrise on Poon Hill. From this perch, you can watch as the sun’s first rays light up the entire Annapurna range and then light up the imposing face of Dhaulagiri across the Kali Gandaki valley. It is well worth the climb…and worth the effort to carry your best camera, a tripod and lots of film!
This is a photograph scanned from a film negative. It was not “photoshopped”, other than to adjust the brightness/contrast levels. I used a print from the original negative as my target for the adjustments. I also performed a small amount of noise reduction to eliminate some of the scanner noise, but I had to leave some of the graininess in there, otherwise it looked completely fake!”
Time stands still, originally uploaded by Skyburst.
The photographer: “Our second evening a dramatic Sunset tonight, I caught this just before it dissapeared behind the cloud on the horizon, I have cropped this one as I was using a short lens just before, thank goodness for all those pixels 
”
Rainy Morning, Grand and Victoria, St Paul, originally uploaded by y entonces.
Tall grass setting sun, originally uploaded by Kevin van Vliet.
The photographer: “Sometimes the simplest things in life give the most beautiful view.”
misty sunrise, originally uploaded by adrians_art.
The photographer:
“Taken in a wooded park near to where I live early in the morning, I was greeted with this vista the mist and fog enhances all the colours and light , I love this shot!”
More photos by Adrian on his own website.
Pleiades Star Cluster, originally uploaded by hisglassworks.
The photographer: “Also known as THE SEVEN SISTERS. It is high in the Northern sky in the fall and winter. About 390 light years from earth. It measures 13 light years across.”
Sunset Horse ride, originally uploaded by GazzaP.
The photographer: “I was shooting this sunset when 2 horseriders appeared from the field behind, what a bonus!!”
sky lanterns of PingSi on Feb 4, ii, originally uploaded by dans.photo.
the photographer: “it was at a rainy night to watch the releasing of large, balloon-shaped lanterns into sky. Hundreds slowly rise into air, creating beautiful, peaceful scene.
this is one of traditional events at“Taiwan Lantern Festival”since 1990…”
burning the midnight oil, originally uploaded by derequito.
Also see the room in its daytime glory or see the modern section of the library.
Uploaded by derequito on 2 Dec ‘05,
trees watch the sun set, originally uploaded by algo.
Wendover Lake (called Western Turville Reservoir).
A while after the previous photo, but facing SW, instead of northwards.
Morning Has Broken, originally uploaded by wmchu.
Morning Has Broken
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Sunset over Sydney Harbor, originally uploaded by Ypsoon.
Mrs Macquarie’s Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Canon AE-1, 28mm, Linear Polarizer, Fujichrome Velvia 50, aprox 8 minutes exposure
The photographer: “Breathtaking view of the Coat Hanger and the Opera House from Mrs Macquarie’s Point.
Shot during the most beautiful sunset I ever saw over Sydney on one of my last days in Australia.”
“Elephants playing as the sun goes down…
Chobe National park
Botswana 2002″
New Mexico State Fair 2005
The photographer: “Part of a series of shots from the same “Passerelle“
Part of “A stroll in Paris“”
the photographer: “St Paul, Minnesota
Looking out my window this morning, before sunrise.
I removed the screen and storm window to get a good clear shot.”
Flipped sunset, reflected in a puddle
“Some “excluded from society” people carry paper on those troylers to try make their living. They perform a very important environmental task doing it.”
taken one night during a stroll over the “Old Market” in the town of Wuxi / China
MARBLEHEAD MORNING, originally uploaded by snowriderguy
Almost 6am Saturday morning and as I quickly drive by this scene in a clearing, I do a double take - stop - back up - and take this series of two shots.
originally uploaded by lorenzodom
the photographer: “As the breeze shimmered the leaves, I shook the chill out of my shoulders and I felt that the cold season was upon us.
I had not begun begrudging just yet, and reminded myself to reserve judgment until winter was over. For there was fun to be had—along with all the sludge and shoveling. ”
more…
The photographer: “This is the reflection off the filter on my wide angle. I happened to notice it when I was changing lenses… No photoshop here except some slight desaturation of the background.”
originally uploaded by alterednate
“ride into the blue
through your eyes
heart flew”
[text by cllover]
Nijmegen, Netherlands
The photographer: “Here’s to new beginnings - just follow your dreams!
“The Plaza Hotel, surrounded by the fog-shrouded skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan, towers over the Gates on a rainy evening.”
The photographer: “Got a good clear shot of the moon this evening and was taking pics when a tree branch blew across my view. Busy snapping away and this was the result, quite like it.”
Sunrise over Hilo.
In observance of the International Day of Peace 2005.
The International Day of Peace “is meant to be a day of global cease-fire, when all countries and all people stop all hostilities for the entire day. And it is a day on which people around the world observe a minute of silence at 12 noon local time. […]And let us pledge to do our utmost to carry out the important decisions on peace taken by last week’s 2005 World Summit.”
– Kofi Annan –
United Nations Secretary-General
21 September 2005
Sunset at Pigeon Point
“She was in the cold, having a cigarette and waiting for me to finish whatever stupidness I was up to this time….”
The photographer: “..near my home..Nice evening everbody..”
This just looks like the colours I imagine on a sunrise over the African savannah, the only thing to watch out for round here though are grumpy cows
:)
The photographer: “ISO 100, F-22, somewhere around 3 seconds. It really captures the motion of the swirls that the spikes make. Again, I love this sign! It brings joy to my neighborhood.”
