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Picture of the Day: Titanic’s Engines Underwater

In this underwater photo we see two of Titanic’s engines lying exposed in a gaping cross section of the stern. They are draped in “rusticles”—orange stalactites created by iron-eating bacteria.

27 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: The Edge of Insanity

The photograph was taken well above the observation deck (located on the 124th floor, 820m), this is literally the highest point on the planet a person can be, on a man-made structure.

26 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Waves of Time

Shaped over thousands of years by the crashing waves, Kannesteinen Rock is a beautiful, heart-shaped formation located in the village of Oppedal, Norway, approximately 10 km west of the centre of Måløy. While difficult to gauge the size in the particular photograph, the rock is about three feet high (0.9 meters) and wide enough for three or four people to stand on.

25 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Coolest Duck. Ever

22 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: The Crane Operator’s View

In this fantastic shot by MildlyReactive we see what a crane operator’s view would be like at night. The photographer is not actually a crane operator, he’s an Urban Explorer or ‘Rooftopper‘ who likes to scale buildings and other objects of significant height for interesting shots like this.

21 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Beautiful Lake Bondhus in Norway

In this incredible photograph, we get a view of the beautiful Lake Bondhus in Norway. In the background you can see the Bondhus Glacier (Bondhusbreen) which is an offshoot of the large Folgefonna glacier, with a length of approximately 4km and a height of 1,100 meters.

20 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Avenue of the Baobabs

The Avenue or Alley of the Baobabs is a prominent group of baobab trees lining the dirt road between Morondava and Belon’i Tsiribihina in the Menabe region in western Madagascar.

19 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Turtle Riding a Jellyfish

In this remarkable shot we see a toy turtle catching a ride on a jellyfish. Initially some thought it was a real turtle, but turtles are actually known to prey on jellyfish, so Reddit user AmbiguousStatement did some detective work and discovered that it was actually a toy turtle.

15 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara.

14 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Forces of Nature

This incredible photograph by Martin Rietze was NASA’s Astronomy. In it we see the Sakurajima Volcano erupting with lightning.

13 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Moon Beam

In this creative shot, photographer Steve Nilsen shines his flashlight towards the moon as a beautiful halo is also seen encircling the moon. This phenomenon is known as a ‘moon ring’ or ‘winter halo’.

11 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Bali’s Tanah Lot Sea Temple

Tanah Lot is a rock formation off the Indonesian island of Bali. It is home of a pilgrimage temple, the Pura Tanah Lot (literally “Tanah Lot temple”), and a popular tourist and cultural icon.

01 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Somewhere A Shark Is Having Fishballs For Dinner Tonight

28 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Duct Tape Landscape

Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki carved this amazing miniature landscape into a roll of duct tape. Born in 1975, Iwasaki works and lives in Hiroshima, Japan.

27 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Turn that Frown Upside Down

In this awesome shot, we see GoPro’s Senior Director of Global Communications and Social Marketing, Kash Shaikh, inverted while flying with the Patriots Jet Team for the launch of the Hero3 last fall.

26 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: The Longest Bridge in Europe

The Vasco da Gama Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and rangeviews that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nações in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

20 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Singapore Snake Lantern

According to the Chinese Lunar calendar, 2013 marks the year of the snake and began on February 10th. In Singapore, photographer Choo Yut Shing took this fantastic overheard capture of a snake lantern sculpture made from 850 yellow sky lanterns.

19 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day : the Ghost Town of Kolmanskop

In this fantastic shot by Chris Gray, we see insides of an abandoned house in Kolmanskop, Namibia overtaken by sand.

18 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Building Blocks

EVOL is a German street artist living and working in Berlin. He’s well known for transforming pillars, electrical boxes, garbage cans and signs into miniature apartment blocks. This particular piece was spotted somewhere in Farringdon, a historic area of London, England.

15 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu

Picture of the Day: Long Exposure Lightning Storm

In this incredible long exposure capture by fine art photographer Amery Carlson, we see a dramatic lightning storm off the coast of Ventura, California (officially the City of San Buenaventura).

14 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu