Puyehue Volcano Eruption in Chile

Scary, but awesome. Reminds me of Mount Doom.

Afghanistan April 2011 @ The Big Picture

More From Iceland’s Mount Doom: Eyjafjallajokull

The Eye of Sauron

The fires of Mordor

Le néant envahi l'Histoire Sans Fin

Backs and Birds

Beach-goers watch C-101s in Spain

Sarychev Peak Volcano As Seen From ISS

Pyroclastic flows can be seen tumbling down its slope via The Big Picture

Civil Unrest in Teheran

Protesteres in Iran unhappy with the results of the sham election

Sled-Doggies in Alaska

Cute looking dogs and a musher looking on. They just look happy!

President Barack Obama’s Inauguration

Vertie Hodge, 74, via The Big Picture

Ice and Snow Festival

Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China via Big Picture

Balls in Reservoir

Plastic balls are released into a reservoir to protect it from sunlight

Workers from the Department of Water and Power empty bales of plastic balls into the Ivanhoe reservoir in LA. A total of 400K 4-inch balls were released, the first of about 3 million to cover the entire 7 acres of the reservoir to protect it from sunlight. If sunlight combines with bromide and chlorine, a carcinogen named bromate can be formed.