Photo of the day

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October 2011
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31 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A monk emerges from the doorway of an Angkor Wat temple, Siem Reap. Cambodia.
Steve Raymer
30 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Portrait of an endangered white-tailed sea eagle in Ransu, Hokkaido Island. Japan.
Tim Laman
29 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A geisha looks into a mirror to apply red lip colour to her mouth in the Hanamachi or Geiko district of Kyoto. Japan.
Jodi Cobb
28 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
On this day, in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in NYC harbour. USA.
Robb Kendrick
27 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Fall colours of the quaking aspen trees along Lake Sherburne, Montana.
Raul Touzon
26 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
The Elk River Wind Project is a 150 megawatt wind energy project in Kansas. USA
Mark Thiessen
25 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Close view of a Huli Wigme before the sing-sing ritual dance in Garoka. Papua New Guinea.
Jodi Cobb
24 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A young girl wanders the rice fields outside a village in the Guizhou Province. People's Republic of China.
Lynn Johnson
23 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A tagged northern spotted owl in a redwood forest, California. USA.
Michael Nichols
22 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A creek bed gleams crimson from iron-rich rocks in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Canada.
Michael Melford
21 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A buddhist monk lights devotional lamps inside Jokhang Temple, Lhasa. Tibet.
Maria Stenzel
20 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
An unidentified animal reaches through its locked cage in an unidentified zoo.
Michael Posavec/National Geographic My Shot
19 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Portrait of a child. Rwanda.
Adam Sud/National Geographic My Shot
18 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Twenty Walleye pike fish, frozen solid, kiss the snow, in Minnesota. USA.
Thomas J. Abercombe
17 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Hypnotic close-up of a Zebra.
Savay Lieu/ National Geographic My Shot
16 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Mennonite farm children play at a water hole in Peace Valley, Missouri. USA.
Randy Olson
15 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Two divers warm up on springboards before a state diving competition in Arizona. USA.
Erik Guzowski/National Geographic My Shot
14 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A diver in a lake filled with jellyfish, Caroline Islands. Republic of Palau.
David Doubilet
13 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Japanese farmers plant rice by hand, the traditional way, in Yuni. Japan.
Michael S. Yamashita
12 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A one inch translucent goby rests on a giant clam in the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia.
David Doubilet
11 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Parobolic mirrors at a solar thermal plant are used to heat oil. Dagget, California. USA.
Michael Melford
10 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Today is Double Ten Day and these children in Teipei with red umbrellas help celebrate. Double Ten Day commemorates the 1911 The Wuch'ang Uprising. Taiwan.
Jodi Cobb
9 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Irish Road Sign depicting sheep crossing the road. Ireland.
8 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Inuit Eskimos indulge in a traditional nose touching kiss Umingmaktok. Canada.
John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk
7 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A squirrel steals the shot by tripping the wire to a couple's camera, Alberta. Canada.
Melissa Brandts/National Geographic My Shot
6 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Children scavenging in a dump on the outskirts of Johannesburg. South Africa.
Tomasz Tomaszewski
5 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A spider bites a frog, paralising it, La Selva. Costa Rica.
Darlyne A. Murawski
4 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Cowboy Justin Johnson playfully lassoes a kitten, Texas. USA.
Joel Sartore
3 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A wave swinger ride at the New Mexico State Fair, which was bourne out of the first New Mexico Agricultural, Mineral and Industrial Exposition in 1881. USA.
Raul Touzon
2 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Boys use giant alocasia leaves to shield themselves from a storm near Betong. Thailand.
Dean Conger
1 OCTOBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Buddhist monks in yellow robes walk on the main road by the temple in Angkor Wat. Cambodia.
Gilbert M. Grosvenor