Galileo Academy of Science and Technology

Photo of the Day

• Sheep, Scotland March 19, 2010
  Tangles of seaweed lure a flock of sheep from Iona's green slopes down to the beach for a mineral-rich graze. In Gaelic this stretch of coast is called Camas Cùil an t-Sàimh, the "bay at the back of the ocean." […]
• Skunk Clownfish and Sea Anemone March 18, 2010
  Amphiprion akallopisos (skunk clownfish); Heteractis magnifica (magnificent sea anemone); photographed in Seychelles […]
• Sea of Galilee March 17, 2010
  Israelis relax by the Sea of Galilee, which is fed by the Jordan River and supplies a third of Israel’s fresh water. Since 1967 Israel has blocked Syria’s access to the lake’s shoreline. […]
• Chimp Call March 16, 2010
  As rain falls in NouabaléNdoki National Park, a chimp adds to the chorus of excited calls ringing through the forest. […]
• Puffin, Shiant Islands March 15, 2010
  Dapper black-and-white razorbills (at right) and bright-beaked puffins (at left and in air, at center) find a haven on the Shiant Islands, just a few miles southeast of Lewis, Scotland. Nearly 8,000 razorbills and more than 200,000 puffins are estimated to use these islands as their breeding grounds each year. […]
• Omo River at Dusk March 14, 2010
  An elder of the Kara tribe, his body decorated with crushed minerals, peers out over the Omo River at dusk. His people once controlled land on both sides of the river, but an enemy tribe has gradually encroached on their territory. […]
• Boreray Island, Scotland March 13, 2010
  Fog lifts to reveal the island of Boreray, in the St. Kilda archipelago, perched far out in the Atlantic. […]
• Sea Stacks, Outer Hebrides March 12, 2010
  Their crumpled layers as old as the continents, the sea stacks and cliffs of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland offer jagged reminders of the forces that drove Europe, North America, and Greenland apart as the North Atlantic began to open 60 million years ago. […]
• Monastery Window, Greece March 11, 2010
  A trinity of sun, sky, and sea paints an inspiring backdrop for the Xenofontos monastery on Mount Athos. According to Orthodox tradition, Noah summoned the animals to the ark by rapping a wooden mallet on a plank. In similar fashion, mallets (in foreground) are used today to call monks to prayer. […]
• Young Indian Nomad March 10, 2010
  A roof overhead is new for Punkti, a shepherd's daughter in Rajasthan. Family men still live under the stars, staying close to their animals. […]