Earth Drops

The world in a drop of water. Taken by Jim Salvas

With the kind permission of the photographer this photo - originally posted on the 29th of November this year - is being featured again today.

To all Earthling friends and readers who visit here and make this site what it is may I take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support. To all the photographers may I thank you for being generous with your creativity and allowing and encouraging this site to publish your work.

Earth Drops

"The world in a drop of water. I've been asked how this was done. Easy: one flash on the left, aimed at the background, a NASA view of the globe. The flash was remotely fired, triggered by the onboard flash of my D300, which was set to produce no flash of its own. It took about 50 shots in order to catch one perfect drop". Taken by Jim Salvas - at the photographer's kitchen sink in West Chester, Pennsylvania

Escape Arc

"Sunset launch of the space shuttle. It was hazy but nice". Space Shuttle Discovery, March 2009. Taken by Ron Dubin