The hundreds of glass mirrors break the dusty field in Lancaster, a sea of silver in a landscape of brown. When switched on for the first time today at an opening gala with investors, local politicians and others, they'll make up the first operational solar tower energy facility in the United States. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Somewhere out to sea, the Good Ship Marrow ploughs through a mackerel ocean.

Elsewhere, garlic balloons float over fields of broccoli. At first glance, they may seem like ordinary landscape paintings. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Barely six months into his presidency, Barack Obama seems to be driving south into that political speed trap known as Carter Country: a sad-sack landscape in which every major initiative meets not just with failure but with scorn from political allies and foes alike. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

With the sun dappled across these white clouds and a deep blue sky, it appears dawn is about to break.

But this remarkable photograph of an English rural landscape near was taken at midnight and shows the rare phenomenon of 'night shining.' picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Dr. Jorge Llorente became irritated recently when the fire department kept rejecting his plans to landscape his hacienda-style home with jacarandas and avocado trees.

(I put this under technology, though it's not the kind we normally think of, more innovative thinking) picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson surveys this landscape with unease. A college that champions diversity, he believes, must think beyond courses in gay literature, Chicano studies and feminist theory. “We should also talk about intellectual diversity,” he says. picked by ImNotBlue 2 years ago

Iapetus has a landscape unlike anything else in the solar system: sharp-edged islands of dark material within pale regions, and patches of white ice on the dark mountainsides. "It is startling," says Carolyn Porco, head of the Cassini imaging team at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, US. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Michael Moore says parts of it look like "the landscape of another planet."
Ted Nugent refers to its "embarrassing filth."
Mary Wilson speaks of its beauty and prosperity - from another time, long ago.

What is this woeful place? It's Detroit, a city they all know well and (believe it or not) love dearly. picked by kakana 8 months ago

The armored ground cricket of southern Africa are fat and flightless; two things that make them prime targets in the food scarce African landscape. To keep the crickets from becoming easy prey, evolution has equipped them with an amazing arsenal of self defense mechanisms, including vomiting and squirting blood in every direction. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

“There must have been over 2,000 magazines in his apartment,” says the 53-year-old graphic designer from Manhattan. “There were stacks and stacks of them, columns of them. It looked like the landscape of a city.” picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Anyone with an internet connection can now help to patrol the 1,254-mile frontier through a network of webcams set up to allow the public to monitor suspicious activity. Once logged in, the volunteers spend hours studying the landscape and are encouraged to email authorities when they see anyone on foot, in vehicles or aboard boats heading towards US territory from Mexico. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Here you'll find the highest rated landscape photos from the Unspoilt Nature photo collection. The ranking of the landscape photos shown below is determined by the average rating (1 - 5 stars) given to a photo by web site visitors out of currently 2336 total ratings. picked by studio 3 years ago

Yosemite is best known for the massive granite cliffs and domes found within the park. The landscape began forming about ten million years ago when the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and then tilted to form its relatively gentle western slopes and the more dramatic eastern slopes. picked by Sablewolf 5 months ago

Photographer Simon Roberts has been exploring Russia's Kola peninsula, in winter a region shrouded in darkness nearly 24 hours a day, a phenomenon known as Polyarnye Nochi (Polar Nights)... picked by molnatisi 2 years ago

Despite a few jumps in some countries, the global landscape of press freedom has been slightly degrading over the last 7 years, due to pressure from governments and other factors. Italy, Israel and Mexico included. picked by yugosakimi 7 months ago

Serious eyecandy here.

And if that's not your thing, you can always try counting how many times the cow skull crops up. Sort of like "Where's Waldo" except a bit more macabre. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Taking a walk in magnificent countryside and around you along pathways and in amongst the trees are the monumental sculptures of Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Isamu Naguchi, Anthony Caro, just to mention a few. Is it a dream?
No it is just one day in Yorkshire Sculpture Park. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis You approach Satan's wretched city where you behold a wide plain surrounded by iron walls. Before you are fields full of distress and torment terrible. Burning tombs are littered about the landscape. Inside these flaming sepulchers suffer the heretics, failing to believe in God and the afterlife, who make themselves audible by doleful sighs. You will join the... read full post picked by thenegativeone 2 years ago

Frozen Landscape after a storm near lake Geneva in Switzerland picked by davethefish 2 years ago

Some of them are a bit cliched, with the filters and the colour washes, but some of them are good too. And if you don't like them, click refresh for more. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago