This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel and Culture Photos
Strangler fig trees and creeping lichens devour ruins at Ta Prohm, once home to hundreds of monks. To build their magnificent complexes, Angkor’s feudal rulers relied on revenue generated by rice growing.
See more photographs from the June 2008 feature story "Angkor Wat."
This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel and Culture Photos
While riding in the tracking car, following commercial hot-air balloons filled with paid riders in the Serengeti (Tanzania), we found that we didn’t appear to be the only ones keeping an eye on the sky. This female lion traveled slowly in front of us for quite some distance, but finally turned and glared back at us, then within a few seconds, totally disappeared into the nearby brush.
This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.
This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel and Culture Photos
Taken in 1995 in Baltimore from Amtrack Metroliner Train while moving. I comutted every week on Monday morning from Penn Station for a period of two months. It is a lesson in carrying a camera wherever you go.
This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.
This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel and Culture Photos
A glowing top in a dizzying spin, the Remix II dazzles patrons wandering the Kansas State Fair midway after dark. Though state fairs sprang up as agricultural and educational venues, carnival rides are now must-haves. The state fair is the largest annual event in Kansas, and assistant fair manager Lori Mulch says it offers "a perfect blend of old-time favorites and new high-tech scream machines."
See more photographs from the June 2008 feature story "State Fairs."
