Very blue pool of water in the forest

The water really is that color blue. See more photos of my visit to the Kuang Si Waterfalls in Laos.

Related: View from Bear’s Hump Trail, Waterton International Peace Park, CanadaMosaic Art at Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, LaosWater Buffaloes, Cambodia
Waterfall, Swiftcurrent Lake Trail, Glacier National Park

photo of ginkgo tree bearing fruit

Ginkgo tree bearing fruit in Washington DC.

Fairly large lizard - 30 inches?

Lizard on the Lost Maples Trail in Texas.

Related: photos of lizards via Curious Cat Travel photosBuddha Statues, Borobudur Temple, Java, IndonesiaLeopard at the Timbavati Game Reserve in South Africa

Stave style church in Norway

Related: USAF Academy Cadet Chapel, ColoradoBayon Temple, Siem Reap, CambodiaCeramic Tile Art on Chinese Temple Roof

Phillips Museum interior

Inside of the Phillips Collection Museum in Washington DC with “Figure of the Oriental Theater,” by Paul Klee in the foreground and “Luncheon of the Boating Party” (1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the background.

The Phillips Collection, opened in 1921, is America’s first museum of modern art.

Related: Starry Night Over The Rhone by Vincent van GoghSelf Portrait by Vincent van GoghSunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

canoe with a drink bar

I took a day trip tour from Khao Lak, Thailand which included riding sea kayaks through mangrove swamps. This shows a canoe selling fresh coconuts and other drinks to tourists on sea kayaks.

Related: Sunset over the Andaman Sea, ThailandMangrove Forest at Tanjung Piai National Park – the Southernmost Point in AsiaRaft Floating Down the River in Yangshuo, ChinaFraser Island, Australia

These were the most popular photos on our blog last year (based on number of views):

  1. Marina Bay Sands: “Ocean Liner” Skyscraper, Singapore (posted on our blog in 2012)
  2. photo of Marina Bay Sands Casino and Luxury Hotels

    Marina Bay Sands Casino, Singapore

  3. Statue of King Mankaure and His Queen, Egyptian art at Boston Museum of Fine Arts in USA (2011)
  4. Cypress Garden Swamp, South Carolina, USA (2011)
  5. Goat Skull Sculpture by Pablo Picasso, 1951 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA (2011)
  6. Bugatti Veyron on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, USA (2013)
  7. Candi Sewu, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2012)
  8. Sunset over the Andaman Sea, Thailand (2011)
  9. photo of Sunset over Andaman Sea

    Sunset over Andaman Sea, Khao Lak, Thailand.

  10. Unicorn at the Singapore Zoo (2012)
  11. Bee on a Yellow Flower, Antelope Island, Utah (2010)
  12. Rose Garden at the White House, Washington DC, USA (2012)

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stone carvings of people on a wall

I think this areas is called the Leper King Terrace on the North end of the Terrace of the Elephants in the Angkor Thom complex, north of Bayon temple (Siem Reap, Cambodia). There is a narrow pathway that winds between the wall of the terrace.

Related: Buddhist Temple Adjacent to Bayon TempleBayon Temple, Siem Reap, CambodiaCarving at Angor Wat

This photo still isn’t any good but I was amazed what happened when I just clicked adjust color and then auto levels in Apple’s Preview application.

Possum photo unadjusted (essentially all black)

So essentially you can see nothing. But just that one click resulted in this:

blurry photo of a possum

It is still a bad photo but you can see much more. This is a photo of a possum in my backyard at night.

Related: Backyard Wildlife: FoxBackyard Wildlife: TurtleBackyard Wildlife: 2 Raptors Over Johor Bahru, MalaysiaBackyard Wildlife: Sharpshinned Hawk

Flower Dome with iconic Marina Bay Sands building the in the background

Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay, with the iconic Marina Bay Sands (ship building) in the background (Singapore).

Related: more Singapore photosSingapore ZooSungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore