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March 22, 2010

Atlas Obscura Day

Last weekend Atlas Obscura held events at obscure and curious locations around the world. Above are a few photos from Flickr members that attended these events. You can see more by doing a search for atlas obscura or checking out their group.

Photos from FARRAYM, Heidelberg Project, Grufnik, cosmicautumn, e mueller, and TreLost.

Posted by Zack Sheppard
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March 19, 2010

Shopping at the Souk

Photos from Fil.ippo, André Pipa, **Anik Messier** really busy!, and atsjebosma.

Posted by Zack Sheppard
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March 18, 2010

Exhibition in Istanbul

Also available in: Deutsch

Members of the Turkish Flickr group dostr recently put on a gallery exhibit in Istanbul. The exibition was called “Ruya” which translates as “Dream” in English. In this article you can see photos of the event and read more about it. (Even if you don’t speak Turkish the article is worth it to just check out the pretty pictures of the exhibit.)

Above are a few photos from the exhibition and of the exhibition. To see more from this group of photographers, check out the dostr Group Pool.

Photos from Hodolomax™, Tûba, Emre [ 2006 - 2010 ], g a m z e, and ışık tanesi.

Posted by Zack Sheppard
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March 18, 2010

In Suburbia

A selection of photos depicting suburban London selected from the London Transport Museum’s Show Us Your Suburbia group.

Photos from ca1951rr, BisForBabb, ale2000, miss kernow.

Posted by Fiona Miller
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March 17, 2010

The Emerald Isle

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day NASA Goddard Photo and Video has uploaded a few satellite images with Ireland showing off its natural color. To see more, check out their images tagged with St. Patrick’s Day.

Posted by Zack Sheppard
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March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Photos from sebastien.b, Flipped Out, Saintbridge, john.karpinsky, vjstark, Paul Swortz, and Ivan Walsh.

Posted by Zack Sheppard
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March 16, 2010

Here’s to the land of the Shamrock so green

We’ve had a terrific response to our call for Then & Now photos celebrating the Library of Congress’ photochroms of Ireland! From Kylemore Abbey to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and over to the Lakes from Kenmare Road or Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge…. enjoy a bit of Irish charm today.

See more or add your own in the Irish Then & Now topic in the Flickr Commons group. The Commons on Flickr holds publicly-held photography collections and provides a way for you to contribute information and knowledge to the collection.

Photos by private miguev, _Inez, JessX, murphman61, JUDGE DREDD76 and Glenn Cartmill. Historical images from the Library of Congress.

Posted by Cris Stoddard
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March 16, 2010

Storm batters the Northeastern U.S.

Above are a few photos from Flickr members documenting heavy rainstorms over the last 3 days that have uprooted trees and caused flooding in the northeastern U.S.

Photos from Dave*B, nickdamiano, Nikonsharpshooter, Mundomatic, toolbags, and V-tography.

Posted by Zack Sheppard
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March 16, 2010