View image | gettyimages.com Why? Does it really matter? No, it doesn’t. It’s a ferry, and it’s colorful.
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Photo of the Day, Drought Porn Edition
View image | gettyimages.com BIG WATER, UT – MARCH 29: People walk on a beach that used to be the bottom of Lake Powell at Lone Rock Camp on March 29, 2015 near Big Water, Utah. As severe drought grips parts of the Western United States, a below average flow of water is expected to […]
Photo of the Day, Enormous Man Edition
View image | gettyimages.com A tot is understandably distressed at being hauled up to participate in the opening ceremonies of a sumo tournament in Himeji, Japan. Equally distressed is the guy on the right, who is appalled at this blatant violation of sumo tournament rule 62.a.(1), which reads in its entirety, “No babies.”
Photo of the Day, Mature Butt-Kickers Edition
View image | gettyimages.com That, of course, is Venus Williams. At the age of 34, and despite suffering from Sjogren’s syndrome, a chronic autoimmune disorder, Williams is staging a mini-comeback of sorts. She just beat former world #1 Caroline Wozniacki to reach the quarterfinals at the Miami Open.
Photo of the Day, Human-Powered Locomotion Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Megan Giglia of the Great Britain Cycling Team in action during the bronze final of the Women’s C-3 3km Pursuit on day two of the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images for British Cycling)
Photo of the Day, Wrath of the Moon Goddess Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Children in Madrid, Spain, catch a glimpse of the partial eclipse.
Photo of the Day, Not-Dead Strongman Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Vladimir Putin-or, if you’re of a certain bent, the actor portraying him-attempts a smile at his meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, the first time the Russian leader had been seen in many days.
Photo of the Day, Back From the Heavens Edition
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying American astronaut Barry Wilmore and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova back to earth after six months aboard the International Space Station (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Photo of the Day, CPAC Edition
View image | gettyimages.com What’s that you say? There’s a biology teacher at your local high school trying to indoctrinate students into believing that the earth is 4.5 billion years old? Not to worry-AmericaMan is on his way! Good thing I wore the Sweatband of Liberty today!
Photo of the Day, Bad to the Bone Edition
View image | gettyimages.com On the day I was born The nurses all gathered ’round And they gazed in wide wonder At the joy they had found The head nurse spoke up Said “leave this one alone” She could tell right away That I would change Senate rules to allow certain executive branch nominations to […]

