Articles in the “people” category

The Top 25 Photo Galleries of 2011

Posted Monday, last week

A great collection of photos from the Twisted Sifter – the top galleries from 2011. Often the most popular posts on the site, the galleries not only take our readers around the world, but back in time as well. Some galleries even show us the farthest reaching points of the Cosmos and the thriving microscopic world [...]

Coffee or Tea?

Posted last year, at the end of July

Steve McCurry has pictures of the world in your cup. I love this quote: Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.  -Turkish Proverb (via)

The Situation Room

Posted last year, at the start of May

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. (White House Flickr stream)

Satellite Photos of Sendai, Japan Before and After the Tsunami

Posted last year, mid-March

The Atlantic: It’s almost impossible to grasp the scale of the tsunami that slammed into Japan yesterday following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast near Sendai. The quake was a global-scale event, shifting the axis of the entire earth by four inches. These satellite photos may help you grasp just how much water moved from [...]

The year in photos 2010

Posted 2 years ago, at the end of December

The Big Picture has chosen its best photos of the year for 2010. Part one, part two, part three.

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