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Photo of the Day | January 11 | The Show Must Go On, by Eyad Al Shami

Jan 11, 2012 No Comments by

Dubai Fountain is considered to be the biggest in the world… Thousands of visitors come daily to watch the dancing fountain doing spectacular shows. It was a rainy day, and people were hiding under the roof of the mall when these 3 friends came outside under a single umbrella… They were determined to take a [...]

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Photo of the Day | December 24 | Beast Master, by Eyad Al Shami

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This elephant trainer has spent 32 years with this single elephant since it was born, training him and being his master… The elephant clearly respects and responds to each signal and sound that the master says to him, I felt the strong bond between the two and how amazingly can this big mammal be tamed [...]

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Photo of the Day | December 21 | Elephant Safari, by Kamalesh Das

Dec 21, 2011 1 Comment by

This is the Murti riverside elephant safari in Dhupjhora range of Gorumara wildlife Sanctuary, West bengal, India. This shot was taken at early morning of first day of our tour. Dense fog slowly disappeared with the advent of the first light of the day. I took this shot from our elephant. In the picture there [...]

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Photo of the Day | December 13 | Sri Lankan Train Ride, by Greg Goodman

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As my train turned a corner high up in the mountains of Sri Lanka’s tea country, I grabbed hold of a shaky pole, leaned out as far as I could and captured the scene through the eyes of a local crossing a wooden bridge at 50kph.

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Photo of the Day | November 29 | Mekong Monk, by Greg Goodman

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During my backpacking adventure across India and SouthEast Asia, I encountered countless Monks working on everything from building houses to selling prayer beads. However, this scene on a wide stretch of the Mekong River in Northern Laos struck me as the most odd of all of them all. To this day, I still wonder why [...]

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Photo of the Day | November 25 | Tanah Lot, by Greg Goodman

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Tanah Lot – the most photographed location in Bali – is an ancient temple situated on an large rock just off the shore of Tabanan. In addition to being a tourist trap, the temple also is a pilgrimage location for thousands of locals who flock to the site every day. This leads to one of [...]

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Photo of the Day | November 23 | Hot and Cold, by Anindya Chakraborty

Nov 23, 2011 4 Comments by

On a cold morning the sand dunes in Death Valley looked beautiful as the first rays of sun fell on the distant dunes. My fellow photographer sat to photograph and I framed this keeping him in the frame.

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Photo of the Day | November 21 | Boy in Rickshaw, by Jan Møller Hansen

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The photo is taken one morning in Dhaka in May 2011. It was a Friday morning, which is the weekly holiday in Bangladesh, and the boy and his mother were on their way to meet some friends. Dhaka is the world’s capital of rickshaws. More than 400.000 rickshaws provide transport for a large part of [...]

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Photo of the Day | November 17 | Volcanic Onion Fields, by Greg Goodman

Nov 17, 2011 No Comments by

The town of Toya Bungah is a popular tourist destination in Bali due to its proximity to Mount Batur – an inactive volcano. Despite having erupted dozens of times over the centuries, a community contines to thrive beneath its hollowed out cone and rivers of dried lava. It was there, in the shadows of Mount [...]

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Photo of the Day | November 11 | Curvy Tea, by Greg Goodman

Nov 11, 2011 1 Comment by

While backpacking through Malaysia, I managed to break the world’s largest flower, get a self-diagnosed case of swine flu and take a tour BOH Tea Plantation in Tana Rata. With a sea of green tea fields and spots of workers’ heads stretching into the horizon, the plantation was a scene of unparalleled tranquility and beauty. [...]

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