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Big Snapshot News

Big Snapshot

The environmental world is filled with amazing photo opportunities. We bring you a huge photo every day — like this tiger beating the heat. We've pulled them all together for your convenience.

Articles about Big Snapshot

  • Photos: Soda can tab art lifts up residents of slum

    Thu, Jun 14 2012 at 11:45 AM

    In the midst of the most notorious slum in the Philippines — the Smokey Mountain garbage dump — residents are producing and selling one-of-a-kind fashion items — and transforming their lives in the process.

  • Photos: Brazil faces eco-challenges ahead of Rio+20

    Wed, Jun 13 2012 at 11:58 AM

    More than 100 world leaders and tens of thousands of protesters will descend on Rio de Janeiro next week for the Rio+20 summit in hopes of overcoming years of deadlock over environmental issues.

  • Photo: U.S. aircraft zoom past Japan's highest peak

    Tue, Jun 12 2012 at 11:31 AM

    A formation of U.S. cargo aircraft fly past Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan, after completing a training mission at a nearby U.S. military base.

  • Photo: Pet lovers rally against Spanish greyhound cruelty

    Mon, Jun 11 2012 at 10:57 AM

    Hundreds of thousands of Spanish greyhounds, also known as galgos, are abandoned, tortured or killed by their owners every year at the end of each rabbit hunting season.

  • Photos: Arctic blooms prove researchers wrong

    Fri, Jun 08 2012 at 12:08 PM

    After punching through several feet of sea ice, scientists discover that Arctic waters are teeming with enormous green blooms of microscopic phytoplankton.

  • Photos: What giant pandas do for fun

    Thu, Jun 07 2012 at 11:40 AM

    Adorable giant pandas play, sleep and eat inside the famous Panda House of the Beijing Zoo.

  • Photos: Skygazers wowed by transit of Venus

    Wed, Jun 06 2012 at 11:42 AM

    Skywatchers around the world directed their telescopes and viewing glasses towards the sun to watch the rare planetary event that only occurs twice in a lifetime — if you're lucky.

  • Photos: Star-studded lineup at Diamond Jubilee concert

    Tue, Jun 05 2012 at 12:44 PM

    Tens of thousands of spectators attend the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert featuring Grace Jones, Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue and Elton John.

  • Photos: All hail the queen for her Diamond Jubilee

    Mon, Jun 04 2012 at 12:00 PM

    Thousands of well-wishers descend upon London to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the throne.

  • Photo: Eden Project welcomes a taste of Cornwall

    Fri, Jun 01 2012 at 2:12 PM

    Rhododendrons, palms, ferns and other plants are nestled beside granite pools in this garden, which was inspired by the artist's childhood memories of the moorlands and coastal region of Cornwall.

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