Best posts on Yield to Pedestrian: from Apr 2009

I continue to get a lot of search traffic for “coolest picture ever taken” and “best nature photographs”, which leads me to think that people are really hungry for images of the world around them! I love it. I’m always ready for great photography as well.As many of you know, I moved most of my photography and short stories of Asia travel to Pics Remix, my new site dedicated to giving you “The Story Behind the Photography”.

[/caption]I love writing short stories, and for that reason, I launched a website dedicated to telling the short story behind travel photography (because let’s face it, with great photography, there is always a story involved – that’s half the fun of taking the photo!)Stories of countries and places from around the world, combined with photos of nature, make up the narrative of who we are, where we go, and what we learned along the way.

Image Credit: MPIA/NASA/Calar Alto Observatory This star exploded more than 400 years ago. How mind-blowing is that (pardon the pun)? This is the remnant of the Tycho supernova, and while technically it is already done exploding, the debris is still expanding and visible (green and yellow). The ultra-energetic electrons of the blast’s outer shock wave are still visible as well (blue).

I am always writing about how fantastic astronomy is, how much I love the science of the stars, and so on. I decided that this week, I would let these photos of nature at work explain and justify my passion for the current events astronomy provides for our intellectual and visual amusement. Click on the photos to learn more!