A father comforts his daughter on the steps where their cottage once stood. August 28, 2011, Nags Head, North Carolina (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Although some have claimed that the media over-hyped it, Hurricane Irene still wound up to be one of the top ten most destructive and deadly hurricanes to hit the United States since 1980. The storm killed at least 27…
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Added by Eugene on August 29, 2011 at 11:30am —
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Michael Zhang, founder and publisher of PetaPixel (who you may remember from our
Content Curator series), just wrote to us to tell us about his awesome new
Polaroid Picture Frame… Continue
Added by alice on August 24, 2011 at 10:00am —
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The Great Gatsby
You've heard the old adage "a picture is worth a thousand words" but have you ever seen anything that took it so seriously? Alex and Matt of NovelPoster recently reached out to me to tell about their fantastic art project where they've taken full novels and turned them into…
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Added by alice on March 9, 2011 at 2:30pm —
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As 2010 comes to a close, we take a close-up look at the action-packed year in review. In this three-part series by
The Big Picture , each photo tells its own tale, weaving together an incredible story...…
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Last weekend in Glastonbury, England, on a site covering 1,000 acres, the 40th annual Glastonbury Festival was held at Worthy Farm. Started by a dairy farmer, Michael Evis in 1970 it has grown into the largest music festival in Europe. This year's headline acts on the main stage included Muse, Gorillaz and Stevie Wonder. Thousands of attendees were treated to a sunny…
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Added by Eugene on June 29, 2010 at 5:00pm —
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Model Larissa Riquelme celebrates Paraguay making it to the next round.
Nearly halfway through the month-long 2010 World Cup Tournament in South Africa, over a dozen teams have been eliminated from the original group of 32, with the Round of 16 beginning tomorrow, June 26th.
Collected here are recent photos from the 2010 World Cup, as some of…
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Added by Eugene on June 25, 2010 at 2:30pm —
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Fire and smoke rise from a controlled burn of oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
62 days have passed since the initial explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the crude oil and natural gas continue to gush from the seafloor. Re-revised estimates now place the flow rate at up to 60,000 barrels a day - a figure just…
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Added by Eugene on June 21, 2010 at 1:30pm —
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa is only two days away and I can hardly contain my excitement. South Africa was selected as the host six years ago, and has been preparing ever since, building five new stadiums, upgrading five existing stadiums, and building up public transportation, including a new rapid transit railway. Over the past weeks, the teams and their…
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Added by Eugene on June 9, 2010 at 10:00am —
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Northern Lights above Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano, April 22, 2010
Yesterday was Earth Day. Since 1970, it's been a day set aside to remember and appreciate the Earth's environment and all of our roles within it. As a way to help appreciate and observe our environment,…
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Added by Eugene on April 23, 2010 at 10:00am —
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Haitian officials said more than 100,000 could have died in the Tuesday earthquake that devastated the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The Haitian president, in a CNN interview, said it was too early to give a number, but he said he had heard estimates from 30,000 to 50,000 to 100,000. As expected,…
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Added by alice on January 13, 2010 at 2:00pm —
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Just who will land in the coveted ten Best Picture nominee spots for this year's Oscars? 10, you may ask? Yes, 10. The best picture lineup at the Academy Awards doubled from five films to ten this year. It's the first time since 1943 that the Academy has allowed this many films in that category.
"After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some…
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Added by alice on January 11, 2010 at 1:00pm —
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Earlier today, the moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a total solar eclipse that crossed nearly half the Earth - through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. It was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting as much as 6 minutes and 39 seconds in a few areas. Despite cloudy skies in many of the populated areas in the path,…
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Added by Eugene on July 22, 2009 at 10:00am —
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40 years ago, three human beings left our planet on a successful journey to our Moon, setting foot on another world for the first time. Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the July 16, 1969 launch of Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard. The entire trip lasted only 8 days, the time spent on the surface was…
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The Big Picture has some of the best pictures I've seen covering the drawn out riots in Iran. "Many of the photographs here were taken and transmitted at great risk in the past week, in the hopes that others would be able to see and bear…
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Added by Eugene on June 22, 2009 at 10:30am —
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Today is observed as Memorial Day in the United States, a day for remembering the men and women of our armed services who died while at war.
Collected here are a handful of photographs for remembrance, acknowledging some of the men and women who have passed in…
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Added by Eugene on May 25, 2009 at 9:00am —
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Hurricane Irene's Wrath - The Big Picture
Cool Polaroid Picture Frame and Mirror
