statue of liberty.......

Statue of Liberty, New York, 1930

The Greenland

Scientists Jason Box of Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center and polar expedition expert Eric Philips, both members of the Greenpeace Arctic Impacts tour, assisted by experts in ice logistics, set up one of a series of time-lapse cameras surveying the 16km wide Petermann Glacier, in northwest Greenland on July 29, 2009. The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has arrived in the area, to carry out several weeks scientific research into the impacts of climate change, and to bear witness to the glacier's disintegration

observe it.......

 Thor Hushovd of Norway and the Cervelo Test Team rides along Lake Annecy during stage 18 - a 40km time trial in the 2009 Tour de France on July 23, 2009.







 Decorations on the bicycle of US cycling Team Columbia-High Road (THR)'s leader Mark Cavendish of Great Britain, on July 17, 2009 during the thirteenth stage of the 2009 Tour de France.

luk at dis....

The peloton leaves Marseille behind during stage three of the 2009 Tour de France on July 6, 2009 in Marseille, France.

The longest solar eclipse of the century

Earlier today, the moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a total solar eclipse that crossed nearly half the Earth - through India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. Today's was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting as much as 6 minutes and 39 seconds in a few areas. Despite cloudy skies in many of the populated areas in the path, millions of people gathered outside to gaze up and view this rare event. Collected here are a few images of the eclipse, and those people who came out to watch.