Top Photos of the day

FIRST RISING SUN OF 2012

Photograph by JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images

Serenity Now

Photograph by ZAK NOYLE for SURFER MAGAZINE

MAELSTROM AT KAUAI, HAWAII
 

Photograph by PATRICK SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY

THE PRECIOUS BLUE MARBLE

Photograph by NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

SALAR DE UYUNI AFTER SOME RAIN
 

Photograph via Paean on Reddit

ONE BOAT AND 145 WATER-SKIERS

Photograph by MARK SEATON PHOTOGRAPHY

MEANWHILE IN SWITZERLAND

Photograph by Reuters/Denis Balibouse

 PUTTING THE SIZE OF A WHALE IN PERSPECTIVE

Photograph via timz45 on Reddit

GALACTIC MONSOON

Photograph by BRET WEBSTER

 7 HOURS IN ONE IMAGE

Photograph by Isil Karanfil (isilkrnfl on deviantART)

 A POD OF SLEEPING SPERM WHALES

Photograph by Wild Wonders of Europe [www.wild-wonders.com] via Business & Biodiversity Campaign

 THE WATERFALL ISLAND AT IGUAZU FALLS

Photograph via Bregothehorse on Reddit

 THE MOST INCREDIBLE AURORA OF 2012

Photograph courtesy of Jónína Óskarsdóttir for NASA

 FELIX BAUMGARTNER JUMPS FROM 71,580 FEET

© Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Pool

MOUNT KILIMANJARO FROM ABOVE

Photograph by KYLE MIJLOF @ kylemijlof.blogspot.co.uk

 BORA BORA FROM SPACE

Photograph by PLEIADES-HR SATELLITE

A SUNSET ECLIPSE

Photograph by GIL NARTEA

MEDITATING MONKS AT PONGOUR FALLS

Photograph by DANG NGO – Prints Available

WORLD’S EDGE

Photograph by RHYS DAVIES

GÁSADALUR VILLAGE IN THE FAROE ISLANDS

Photograph by GARETH CODD PHOTOGRAPHY on Flickr

 MOON BRIDGE IN DAHU PARK, TAIPEI

Photograph by bbe022001 on Flickr

 MOUNT RAINIER CASTING A SHADOW ON CLOUDS

Photograph by Nick Lippert (via Komo News)

 EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING

Photograph by China Foto Press

AN ILLUMINATED SNOW TUNNEL IN RUSSIA

Photograph by Michael Zelensky

A SEAHORSE INSPECTS A DIVER’S WATCH

Photograph by Don McLeish