Fall foliage 2014

When autumn comes around, we always look forward to seeing all the vibrant gold and red colors in natural landscapes. Here’s a small sample of the splendid photography that’s showing up in a fall foliage search on Flickr for this year.

Flickr Friday: Mist and Fog

Sometimes the air is so thick that we could not see through it clearly, and everything just becomes blurred. But sometimes it creates a special beauty just because everything is blurred. It the theme for #FlickrFriday this week: #MistAndFog.

Wildlife Wednesday: Cheetahs

For this week, we’re highlighting the lives of cheetahs through exceptional photography. From curious cheetahs on the lookout in Tanzania to a dog playing with a cheetah at the zoo, this picture selection explores the fastest land animals in the world.

Fabulous fog

The fog creates wonderful visual effects in a variety of scenes, and many of you have taken notice, so we put together a photo selection in our “Fabulous fog” gallery last week and asked you to share your favorite photos of fog. Here’s a sample of the outstanding photography that was shared.

Partial solar eclipse 2014

The moon appeared to take a bite out of the sun on Thursday in a partial solar eclipse that was visible to potentially millions of skywatchers across North America. Here’s a photo selection of the celestial event.