Lancaster over 315 Front

 A tweet from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has a picture taken from their Lancaster bomber on its first flight over Toronto.  The picture was taken on 11 November 1988 and features the still-under-construction Toronto Skydome stadium.  The picture also includes the RBC systems building where I had just started work two weeks earlier.

Sleeping Sperm Whales

Kottke.org has a post with a picture of a pod of sleeping sperm whales.

Photo: Owl and Mouse

National Geogrpahic Photo of the Day has an awesome shot of an Owl about to pick up some lunch.

World's Oldest Aerial Photo

The Smithsonian has a blog post about the world's oldest surviving aerial photography.  It is a picture of Boston taken in 1860.

2013 Dakar Rally Photos

The Atlantic has a nice photo post on this year's Dakar Rally.  I have never understood why this event doesn't get more coverage.

Photo: A Dog Dressed as Two Pirates

I'm not really sure how to categorise this but on Twitter we have a photo of, well, a dog dressed as two pirates.

The Shadow of an Eclipse

Astronomy Picture of the Day has a photo of the Earth during the recent annular eclipse.  You can see the shadow of the moon quite clearly.

Airship Photo-gallery

The Telegraph has a nice photo gallery in an article about a huge sale of airship memorabilia.

Photo: Io Over Jupiter

Astronomy Picture of the Day has a nice shot of the moon Io in front of Jupiter.

The Last Swimming Elephant in the Andaman Sea

The Telegraph has a photo gallery about the last sea going elephant in the Andaman Sea.  The elephants and their mahouts used to travel from island to island to do heavy lifting but have now all be replaced by heavy equipment.

Photo: Tungurahua Erupts

Astronomy Picture of the Day has a nice shot of an erupting volcano.

Spiders in the Trees

National Geographic Photo of the Day has a weird picture of a bunch of trees in Pakistan that are covered in spider webs.  This isn't a normal thing, apparently during recent floods the spiders ran up into the trees.

Dubai in the Clouds

National Geographic Photo of the Day has a nice photo of skyscrapers in Dubai poking through the clouds.

Photo: Clouds Over Greenland

National Geographic has an awesome photo of some clouds over Inglefield Bay in Greenland.

Abandoned Submarines

1800Recycling has a post with photos of abandoned Soviet submarines rusting away in a bay in Russia.

via Dark Roasted Blend

Photo: The Earth and Moon

Discovery.com has a post with a picture of the Earth and Moon taken by the Juno space probe which is on its way to Jupiter.

via Slashdot

Photo: Human Stuff on the Moon

Astronomy Picture of the Day has a shot of the Apollo 17 landing site.  You can clearly see the lander, the lunar rover and some tracks on the surface.

Photo: Meteor From Above

Astronomy Photo of the Day has a shot of one of the Perseid meteors taken looking downwards from the Space Station.

Last Photo of Shuttle from Orbit

Astronomy Picture of the Day has a rather sad photo of the last Space Shuttle reentering the Earth's atmosphere as seen from the International Space Station.

Photos of Last Shuttle Mission

The Big Picture has a page of photos of the recent (and final) Space Shuttle mission.