Tag: Daily Photograph

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

A baby is given nebulizer therapy at Beijing Children’s Hospital due to excessive levels of air pollution hit in the capital in the past several days. Photograph: Li Wen/Xinhua Press/Corbis

We are already living in our own dystopian science fiction future.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

Snow lies across the landscape of the Peak District. Forecasters predict the cold spell will last for a month. Photograph: Tom Hughes/Rex Features

Just look at that sky.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

Richard and Samantha Stretton from Newcastle looking a bit like the Start-rite kids, enjoy a walk past the Angel of the North near Gateshead, after the heavy snowfall. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

When I think to myself that it’s too cold here in Portland, I shall try to remember just how freezing things look here and feel lucky in comparison.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

This photo, taken on January 9, shows a towering red-dust storm over the ocean, ahead of a cyclone approaching Onslow on the coast of western Australian. Tug boat worker Brett Martin, who captured the fearsome pictures 25 nautical miles offshore, reported conditions were glassy and flat before the storm hit. Photograph: Brett Martin/AFP/Getty Images

Just look at that. That’s both terrifying and beautiful. Mostly terrifying.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

Alannah Weston, Creative Director of Selfridges, officially opens the ‘Silence Room’ as part of ‘No Noise’. The Silence Room was first created by Harry Gordon Selfridge, the founder of the store in 1909 at Selfridges on January 10, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/Getty Images for Selfridges)

The idea of a “Silence Room” in the center of a massive store is kind of wonderful, and kind of ridiculous at the same time. I love it for that very dichotomy.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

Buddhist monks release paper lanterns into the sky in Suphan Buri province, Thailand. The lanterns were released during a traditional pilgrimage to pay homage to Lord Buddha and bless Thailand as it enters the new year. Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Fly, fly, fly.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

A cold snap has created a layer of thick pancake ice in Bohai bay, China. Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features

I have never heard of “pancake ice” before, but now I want to know more. For one thing, why pancake ice? It looks more like pizza dough ice to me.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

A boy looks at waves of the Mediterranean sea in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Wind gusts reached up to 40mph, as waves reached 9 meters high (30 feet). (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

At first glance, I didn’t recognize the waves as waves, if that makes sense; I wondered if the man on the bike was looking at damage on a wall as a result of the winds or something. That instant of confusion immediately won me over to this image.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

Clouds from a nearby bushfire are seen over Mount Wellington during day one of the Hobart International at Domain Tennis Centre on January 4, 2013 in Hobart, Australia. Bushfires are burning across Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria as temperatures soar into the mid to high 40s celsius (110 degrees F) across South Eastern Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

So beautiful and so dramatic.

From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:

Here’s something for the kids to do in the holidays! This Korean student attending a winter military camp endures a character building training exercise in Ansan, south of Seoul. Hundreds of students between 11 and 17 years old attend winter boot camp training courses every year. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

That face is pretty much how I reacted to yesterday.