Category: Open thread

December 8, 2017

Hatching Out

An emu chick hatches at the Wild Rose Emu Ranch in Hamilton, Montana. Your Shot photographer Pam Voth waited for hours, watching the chick work on coming out of its shell. “What surprised me was the delicate, tiny little whistling call it made as it was hatching,” she remembers. “In the wild, this chick’s whistle would have been answered by the male on the nest.”

December 1, 2017

Soft Rock

This white cliff in Sicily is called “Scala dei Turchi,” or the Turkish Steps. Natural erosion has softened the limestone and marl cliff, and the aerial view of visitors reminds Your Shot photographer Placido Faranda of “a big meringue covered with sprinkles.”

November 24, 2017

Bringing up the Caboose

Men hitch a ride on the back of a train in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dhaka has a population of more than 8.5 million people, and clocks in at the 4th most densely populated city in the world.

November 17, 2017

Fox and Ice

“I wanted to photograph the rare blue morph species of arctic foxes in their harsh winter environment,” says Your Shot photographer Sonalini Khetrapal. “To photograph these miraculously tough animals, I went to the uninhabited Hornstrandir Nature Reserve in northern Iceland. I captured my dream image as she stared straight at me, making fleeting eye contact, while we both braced ourselves against the roaring winds.”

November 10, 2017

Friends and Anemones

A clownfish hides within a sea anemone in the waters off Indonesia. Clownfish always make their homes in anemones, and the species share a mutually beneficial, or symbiotic, relationship. The anemone’s stinging tentacles ward off fish that predate on clownfish. In return, the clownfish clean the anemone, and its waste provides nutrients for the anemone.
Photograph By Gregory Piper

November 3, 2017

Springing Snake

On a rainy day in the rainforest of Agumbe, India, a green vine snake reacts to what it perceives to be a threat. “They are very hard to spot because they blend into their habitat, usually bushy vegetation,” says Your Shot photographer Vinod Nicholas. “When they feel threatened they puff up giving them a green white checkered appearance.”

October 27, 2017

Monastery in the Mist

Near the town of Kalambaka, Greece, six Eastern Orthodox monasteries are built on top of a series of tall rock formations called the Meteora. Pictured here is the Roussanou Monastery, which was founded sometime in the mid-16th century. Today, a small group of nuns resides there.