Sarah Jones Reports: The News in Photos

guardian: Dhaka, Bangladesh: A child dressed as Krishna takes...

sarahjonesreports — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:15:50 -0400

guardian:

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A child dressed as Krishna takes part in Janmashtami celebrations Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP

npr: What Really Happened To The National Cathedral During the...

sarahjonesreports — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:15:21 -0400

npr:

What Really Happened To The National Cathedral During the #DCQuake

latimes: From May to mid-June, Times reporter Patrick McDonnell...

sarahjonesreports — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:13:40 -0400

latimes:

From May to mid-June, Times reporter Patrick McDonnell stayed at the Rixos Hotel, home to the foreign press, reporting on the Libyan civil war. In the waning days of Moammar Kadafi’s rule, the hotel was the surreal stage for a daily drama pitting edgy journalists against regime information managers.

Photo: Journalists sit it out in a hallway as gun battles continue around the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli, Libya. Credit: Dario Lopez-Mills / Associated Press

latimes: Of course. Photo: Stephen Estes, 23, planks on the 405...

sarahjonesreports — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:14:52 -0400

latimes:

Of course.

Photo: Stephen Estes, 23, planks on the 405 Freeway just before the Carmageddon closure came to an end Sunday. Credit: Donna Estes Antebi

ature fuses one half of a male and one half of a female...

sarahjonesreports — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:15:48 -0400

ature fuses one half of a male and one half of a female butterfly in this unusual specimen from the Natural History Museum in London. Known as a gynandromorph, this great mormon butterfly (Papilio memnon) sports the longer antennae and darker colouration characteristic of males on the left side with the lighter tortoiseshell pattern of females on the right. The insect hatched two weeks ago at the Sensational Butterflies exhibit, which runs through 11 September.

tballardbrown: Marine: ‘We’re Starting To Fall To The...

sarahjonesreports — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:52:42 -0400

tballardbrown:

Marine: ‘We’re Starting To Fall To The Wayside’ : NPR

A sergeant in Afghanistan says he has to convince himself to go out each day and risk his life.

soupsoup: Space shuttle Atlantis is seen through the window of...

sarahjonesreports — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:49:33 -0400

soupsoup:

Space shuttle Atlantis is seen through the window of a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) during today’s launch of #STS135 via Bob Jacobs

latimes: Skateboarders take “pretty awesome” ride through...

sarahjonesreports — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:58:08 -0400

latimes:

Skateboarders take “pretty awesome” ride through downtown L.A.

Photo: Skateboarders take over a portion of 6th Street on International “Go Skateboarding Day” in downtown Los Angeles. Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

latimes: They celebrated Go Skateboarding Day in Kabul,...

sarahjonesreports — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:57:41 -0400

latimes:

They celebrated Go Skateboarding Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, too!

Photos credit: Musadeq Sadeq / Associated Press

The Emperor penguin photographed walking along Peka Peka Beach...

sarahjonesreports — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:52:47 -0400

The Emperor penguin photographed walking along Peka Peka Beach in New Zealand. Photograph: New Zealand Department of Conservation

Travel-sick penguin put on drip in NZ

A captive Huon or Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus...

sarahjonesreports — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:43:54 -0400

A captive Huon or Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei), National Botanic Gardens, Port Moresby. Despite a body designed to hop along the ground, many species in New Guinea have evolved to live in the forest canopy, where there are rich pickings of food

New Guinea’s newly discovered species - in pictures

Photographs of New Guinea’s incredible range of previously unknown species

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2011/jun/26/wwf-animal-research#/?picture=376126195&index=7

latimes: Steampunk culture goes full speed ahead. Fans of the...

sarahjonesreports — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:34:28 -0400

latimes:

Steampunk culture goes full speed ahead. Fans of the Victorian-influenced movement have an eye for antiquarian style and do-it-yourself ingenuity.

Photo: Members of The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparition Management). Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

latimes: A behind-the-scenes look at the planned Legoland...

sarahjonesreports — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:33:27 -0400

latimes:

A behind-the-scenes look at the planned Legoland Malaysia.

Photo: Lego models of the storefronts along Jalan Wong Ah Fook, one of the busiest roads in the city of Johor Bahru, planned for Legoland Malaysia. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

latimes: Is this the skeleton of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona...

sarahjonesreports — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:00:45 -0400

latimes:

Is this the skeleton of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”?

Photo: A skeleton recently unearthed in Italy that could be the remains of the model for “Mona Lisa.” Credit: Maurizio Degl’Innocenti / European Pressphoto Agency

Japan Defense Agency Photo...

sarahjonesreports — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:00:06 -0400

Japan Defense Agency Photo Credit: Kyodo News/AP Photo

A Japanese soldier is tested for radiation exposure at J-Village, a soccer training complex now serving as an operation base for those battling Japan’s worst nuclear disaster, northeastern Japan in this April 12, 2011 photo released by the Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News. The sports complex is about about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

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Terror in Abyei The first interviews with fleeing residents of...

sarahjonesreports — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:53:56 -0400

Terror in Abyei

The first interviews with fleeing residents of this Sudanese border town make one thing clear: the regime in Khartoum knows exactly what it is doing.

BY REBECCA HAMILTON | MAY 31, 2011

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siddman: Manhattanhenge Rises This Monday!: Gothamist New...

sarahjonesreports — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:29:45 -0400

siddman:

Manhattanhenge Rises This Monday!: Gothamist

New Yorker’s favorite urban phenomenon is almost upon us—the first date for Manhattanhenge 2011 is happening this Monday. And it’s the perfect excuse to head into the abyss of Manhattan this Memorial Day weekend!

The visually stunning event occurs twice a year, when the sun sets in perfect alignment with Manhattan’s street grid—it will fully illuminate every single cross-street for the last 15 minutes of daylight. It will take place on Monday at 8:17 p.m. according to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. There will also be a half-sun effect on Tuesday at 8:25 p.m. The second date this year will take place on Monday, July 11 at 8:25 p.m., and there will be a half-sun on Tuesday July 12 at 8:25 p.m.

NY Daily News photographer John Taggert, gave some tips for Manhattanhenge enthusiasts who want to capture the event: “[Manhattanhenge] passes by very quickly, so you’ll want to set a high aperture of about 11, a shutter speed of 1/2500 of a second, and shoot the sun from an overpass…the sun is moving quickly; you have to keep shooting until it’s perfectly centered between the buildings.”

For newcomers to the event, he suggests you position yourself as far east in Manhattan as possible, while making sure when you look west across the avenues you can still see New Jersey. Ideal streets include 14th, 23rd, 34th. 42nd, and 57th.

ver2go: The chief Raoni cries when he learns that brazilian...

sarahjonesreports — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:29:22 -0400

ver2go:

The chief Raoni cries when he learns that brazilian president Dilma released the beginning of construction of the hydroelectric plant of Belo Monte, even after tens of thousands of letters and emails addressed to her and which were ignored as the more than 600,000 signatures. That is, the death sentence of the peoples of Great Bend of the Xingu river is enacted. Belo Monte will inundate at least 400,000 hectares of forest, an area bigger than the Panama Canal, thus expelling 40,000 indigenous and local populations and destroying habitat valuable for many species - all to produce electricity at a high social, economic and environmental cost, which could easily be generated with greater investments in energy efficiency.

It was brought to my attention that there is a petition we all can sign to help support these indigenous people and the Amazon. Please take a second to check it out below or comparable petitions that are available. Thank you.

http://amazonwatch.org/take-action/stop-the-belo-monte-monster-dam

thepoliticalnotebook: Sana’a, Yemen. Friday, May 20th. Her...

sarahjonesreports — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:28:44 -0400

thepoliticalnotebook:

Sana’a, Yemen. Friday, May 20th. Her face reads “Forgive us, he will not leave.” AP Photo/Hani Mohammed. via.

latimes: At least two tornadoes touched down near Chico in...

sarahjonesreports — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:04:17 -0400

latimes:

At least two tornadoes touched down near Chico in Northern California on Wednesday, causing some damage to structures but no injuries.

Photo: Scene in Butte County as tornado hit. Credit: Trenton Workman / For Fox 40