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A photo of a melting glacier dubbed "Mother Nature in Tears" has been seized by environmentalists as the latest sombre reminder of the effects of climate change. Environmental lecturer Michael Nolan captured the image on a trip to Norway in July while he was observing the ice-shelf, Austfonna, which is shrinking by almost 50m each year. "This is how one would imagine mother nature would express her sentiments about our inability to reduce global warming," Mr Nolan said.
They are called Morning Glory clouds and, says NASA, no-one is quite sure what causes them. This shot was taken by photographer Mick Petroff from a plane near the Gulf of Carpentaria and posted online by NASA. A Morning Glory cloud can roll for 1000 kilometres at altitudes up to two kilometres high. These, over Burketown in Queensland happen every spring, says NASA.
Cool shot of a thunderstorm in Pompano Beach, June 2009. Clouds look awsome!
A birds' eye view of a clear cut which ironically looks like a tree.
This is the first image released showing the July 20th 1969 moon landing sight. The Apollo 11 descent stage is clearly visible as a white spot with a black shadow to its right side.
Reminds me of the Dreamworks logo.
Langkawi sits 30 km off mainland Malaysia in the Andaman Sea and consists of 99 islands, offering miles of sandy coastline and the scary looking Sky Bridge, which sits 700 meters above sea level.
Our place in the universe.
