Need some incredible photos!

Kristoph

Kristoph

Kristoph

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Hi,

I'm helping out a family member by creating a little power point presentation for a school assembly for around 500 people at a middle school. Not because they can't make it themselves but because I'm bored, I was feeling helpful, and because I'll probably have to create my own next year.

It's about Earth and how stunning and diverse it can be, and I'm searching for a few photos to link in with certain topics. I've got a few already from the Boston Big Picture and some NASA ones, but was interested to see what sort of suggestions I'd get from here.

Feel free to contribute any pictures you feel would capture the topic best.

Here are the topics I have yet to find decent illustrations for in this short but hopefully interesting assembly.


1. Population - for this I've been searching for a photo of a large crowd of people, something like the Grant Park gatherings for the American elections or similar.

2. Extremes - mainly hottest (El Azizia, Libya) and coldest regions (Vostok, Antarctica).

3. Highest Peaks and (Everest) and Deepest Oceans (Mariana trench)

4. Species adaptation -i.e. something illustrating an extraordinary ability to adapt to an environment, chameleons, polar bears etc.

5. Geology and Features - such as Angel falls waterfall and things like Volcanic eruptions etc.



I've got facts and text to link in with it all that the class will be reading out but even any interesting facts would be a help.

I'm searching myself through a few places but I'm being a bit of a perfectionist about it all and want some stunning photos.

Anything would be appreciated! Meanwhile, I'm carrying on the search...


(I've already done a section on Earth and it's position in the Milky Way, how many stars there are estimated to be in the Milky Way, and how many Galaxies we estimate there to be from current observations!)
 
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Use the Wikimedia Commons for photos. Anything else and you're risking copyright infringement. Although it probably won't be noticed with something like a school presentation, you never know and don't really want to take chances these days.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

All photos define their licensing type, so just do a quick search on your subject and find one you like.
 
Species adaption:

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one to think about, see if you can fit any of natures beauty in and or events that only happen once every so often, northen lights spring to mind on that sort of subject
 
Its São Paulo, I'm pretty sure it's not photoshopped. Space is so limited that people will build anywhere. I like it because it shows how you can have people living in such poverty next to something so extravagant
 
I guess the rich Western tourists pay for this hotel but what the brochure doesn't show them is that it's right next to a shanty town.

Seems a bit odd for security reasons - no real fence or anything to stop the gangs from jumping over and robbing the wealthy tourists.
 
Definately not shppped - I managed to find it on Google Maps here.
Looks like there is a lot of similar areas there.

You will find similar sights along the US/Mexico border too.
 
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