Thursday, December 3, 2015

Christmas tree lighting in nyc

The Christmas tree lighting took place yesterday December 2, 2015. Tens of thousands typically crowd the sidewalks for the event and hundreds of millions will watch it live across the globe. The tree, traditionally a Norway Spruce, is illuminated by 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights on five miles of wire, and crowned by a Swarovski crystal star. The Tree will remain lit and can be viewed until 8pm on January 6, 2016.
Picture of a market
The Iron Market in Port-au-Prince was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake. The earthquake was rated a 7.0 as it  killed more than 200,000 people also leaving one million people homeless. Angelaure Saint Louis said, “So many people work in the Iron Market. I was happy it was rebuilt after the earthquake.”
 

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

High Hoops

Picture of a fire performer practicing before her performance at the Lantern Fest in Omaha, Nebraska
"At the edge of a field full of expectant festivalgoers, a fire performer practices her hoop routine before her performance at the Lantern Fest in Omaha, Nebraska" The lantern fest participants release rice paper lanterns. "The idea is just letting things go," said Lantern Fest director Spencer Humiston. While people wait for this to occur there is plenty of live music facer painting and many more fun activities. This is national Geographic's best photo of October.