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Crewleader

(17,005 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:41 PM Mar 2015

Photo of the Day

March 20, 2015

Fearless Symmetry

Photograph by Souvik Kundu, National Geographic Your Shot

It’s a rare and privileged experience to witness the interaction of tiger cubs in the wild, says Souvik Kundu, a member of our Your Shot photo community. After learning that a tigress had given birth to cubs in India’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Kundu visited the sanctuary a number of times to photograph the family. On this day his group was treated to an “unforgettable display of tender bonding,” with “the cubs engaged in several bouts of play-fighting under the watchful eyes of the mother.”

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i can't even handle this fizzgig Mar 2015 #1

What an amazing and loving photo, my dear Crewleader! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #2

It looks like one is looking in a mirror. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #3

Cool photo! Wonder what happened to the tail of the closer one?!? mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #4

It's all there, it's just hard to see. alfredo Mar 2015 #7

I looked and looked and just looked again. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #8

The tail is foreshortened, and curves up. The tip blends in with the rest of the tail. alfredo Mar 2015 #9

Oh look a Marx Brothers skit juxtaposed Mar 2015 #5

"The Tyger" William Blake alfredo Mar 2015 #6

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

1. i can't even handle this

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 02:33 PM

Mar 2015

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,620 posts)

2. What an amazing and loving photo, my dear Crewleader!

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 04:47 PM

Mar 2015

We are so lucky to see it, thanks to you and the photographer!

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

3. It looks like one is looking in a mirror.

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 05:01 PM

Mar 2015

What a great shot! Makes me smile.

mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)

4. Cool photo! Wonder what happened to the tail of the closer one?!?

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 05:24 PM

Mar 2015

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

7. It's all there, it's just hard to see.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:49 PM

Mar 2015

mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)

8. I looked and looked and just looked again.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 09:08 AM

Mar 2015

So much for being observant the first time!

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

9. The tail is foreshortened, and curves up. The tip blends in with the rest of the tail.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 12:49 AM

Mar 2015

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)

5. Oh look a Marx Brothers skit

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 08:06 PM

Mar 2015

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

6. "The Tyger" William Blake

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:47 PM

Mar 2015

TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies 5
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart? 10
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp 15
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee? 20

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

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