Photo of the day

Corpus Christi, Texas, USA: Zoey, now as Shivers, and Willy, now as Quivers, sit on their couch at home. This image is from Taboo USA.

Queen Maud Land, Antarctica: Two members of the team ski through the Antarctica dusk. In the polar summer, this is as close to night as the team will see. This image is from National Geographic Photographers: The Best Job in the World.

Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA: With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rides smoke and flames as it rises from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:02 a.m. EST Nov. 26. MSL's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological or geological source. This image is from Ultimate Mars Challenge.

Centennial Park, Arizona, USA: Hyrum and Kellie celebrated their wedding. This image is from Polygamy Town.

Mumbai, India: An Indian boy is dusted with red powder during Ganesh Chaturthi. This image is from National Geographic Photographers: The Best Job in the World.

Russia: Vinnie Jones stands armed with a hand gun. This image is from Vinnie Jones: Russia's Toughest.

Denali National Park, Alaska, USA: The sun drops over the horizon in prime moose rutting habitat. This image is from America The Wild.

Lancaster, California, USA: Johnny examining some of his own artwork. This image is from Taboo USA.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: The lava at Nyiragongo is made of an alkali-rich volcanic rock. This image is from National Geographic Photographers: The Best Job in the World.

Dubois, Wyoming, USA: A bachelor group of bighorn rams begin pre-rut behavior. This image is from America The Wild.

Unknown: The cassowary is a large, flightless bird most closely related to the emu. Cassowary's are generally jet black as adults, but the fabulous skin colors on their faces and neck vary according to species and location. This image is from Badass Animals.

Boulevard, California, USA: Yogi Zen exercises on a large boulder, next to his cave home. This image is from Taboo USA.

Lima, Peru: Matadors dress in the Plaza de Acho, oldest bullring in the Americas. This image is from National Geographic Photographers: The Best Job in the World.

Tofino, British Columbia, Canada: The sun sets over the hardly typical wolf habitat of rocky outcroppings and kelp forests of Tofino, British Columbia. This image is from America The Wild.

Centennial Park, Arizona, USA: Young community members of Centennial Park dance at the annual New Year's Eve ball. This image is from Polygamy Town.

Staten Island, New York, USA: Marilyn sits on the couch with a collection of her unborn dolls. This image is from Taboo USA.

Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, New Mexico, USA: The uniquely penetrating stare of a hybrid wolf-dog, peers directly into the lens at the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico. This image is from America The Wild.

Wohlthat Mountains, Antarctica: Mike Libecki and Freddie Wilkinson walk across vast ancient glacial ice in the Wohlthat range. Because the katabatic winds were so strong and had blown the ice free of snow, the team could no longer ski but were forced to use crampons on their boots to walk and drag their sleds during much of the circumnavigation. This image is from National Geographic Photographers: The Best Job in the World.

Deng Sheng Valley, Wolong nature reserve, Sichuan Province, China: Xiao Xi Xi (1 year old) panda at Deng Sheng Valley, Wolong, Sichuan, China. This image is from Giant Pandas.

Unknown: A honey badger is perched on a log. This image is from Badass Animals.

USA: January 23, Colombo Crime Family underboss, John "Sonny" Franzese (center) leaves court with his lawyer Murray Edelbaum (left). This image is from Secret History of the Mob.

Deng Sheng Valley, Wolong nature reserve, Sichuan Province, China: One year old Xiao Xi Xi at Deng Sheng Valley, Wolong, Sichuan. - with tracking collar. This image is from Giant Pandas.

Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: Model KC shows her facial body modifications and her split tongue. This image is from Taboo USA.

Antarctica: Close view of a leopard seal's tooth-filled mouth. This image is from National Geographic Photographers: The Best Job in the World.

Kalispell, Montana, USA: Casey Anderson goes head to head with "Roosevelt" a bighorn decoy. This image is from America The Wild.

Kaziranga National Park, India: A camera trap captures a bloodied Indian one-horned rhino. This image is from National Geographic Photographers: The Best Job in the World.

Kalispell, Montana, USA: Kali, a young adult female mountain lion stalks across the rocks. This image is from America The Wild.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: A coffee creamer explosion. This image is from None of the Above.

Near Puno, Peru: A car killed six of this tattered clothed young shepherd's flock. This image is from National Geographic Photographers: The Best Job in the World.

Bifengxia Panda Breeding and Research Centre, Sichuan Province, China: Two pandas are relaxing in a tree. This image is from Giant Pandas.

Toms River, New Jersey, USA: Dave and his action figure collection. This image is from Hardcore Hobbies.