Image of the Day – Trail in Gentle Snowfall
Category: Image of the Day
Image of the Day – Broken Tree
Image of the Day – Photograph of meteorologist in Antarctica
Frank Hurley was an Australian photographer, explorer, and filmmaker. Among his adventures were Antarctic expeditions including the legendary Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition under Ernest Shackleton (the aborted attempt to cross the continent) and the earlier, lesser-known, Australasian Antarctic Expedition, a successful scientific effort led by Douglas Mawson.
Here we see a portrait from Mawson expedition. The subject is of of meteorologist Cecil Madigan, who has returned to camp in the middle of a blizzard, resulting in dramatic ice buildup over his face and goggles.
Image of the Day – Hell Hollow Brook
A water re-supply stop along Vermont’s section of the Appalachian Trail and the Long Trail.
Image of the Day – Roof on Hut
Image of the Day – Log covered in moss and snow
Image of the Day – Dead tree
Image of the Day – Study of Tree Trunks
Image of the Day – Misty Snow Over Street at Night
Image of the Day – The Chasseur in the Forest
Scholarly interpretation of this piece usually notes the context of the Napoleon’s French Empire encompassing all of Germany when considering this scene of a lone French cavalryman. He is dismounted, carrying just a saber, which seems so feeble in the dark German forest. A crow looks on from atop a cut tree stump to give certainty to the coming conclusion of the story.
But here, we’ve included it for its more superficial themes.