Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Elephants playing basketball
Thailand is country which is well known by often use of elephants as a working force. Elephants are one of the symbols of Thailand and they are part of its everyday life. If you ever decide to visit Thailand you’ll probably experience at least a ride on elephant’s back there. If you are lucky enough, you will have a chance to see howelephants are playing basketball. Yes, those animals are pretty intelligent and they can learn basics of basketball playing in just a three months.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
National Geographic's Top 2009
National Geographic's International Photography Contest attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year. While this year's entry deadline has passed, there is still time to view and vote for your favorites in the Viewer's Choice competition.
National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose a few of their entries from 2009 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 25 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers.