Lüderitz is a harbour town in south-west Namibia, lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island but most of all Lüderitz is home to the Lüderitz Speed Challenge, the only international sporting event held in the town. This is an annual month-long speed sailing event held in the last quarter of the year under the auspices of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC).

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Sometimes, while I'm writing this post it has been raining for the last three days,  we are used to think that autumn is the grayest of seasons, but skillful photographers easily show us that Fall has got instead a rich and
colourful palette. Enjoy a gallery from this first month of Autumn coming from all over the Boreal Emisphere:

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Huntington Beach hosted the second annual Surf City Surf Dog competition last Sunday, raising money for animal charities while letting dogs strut their stuff in a costume contest, a one-mile walk, and of course, a surfing competition.

The most famos Paul after Sir McCartney, also known as the Oracle Octopus, passed away in the night aged two and a half years, when all three of his hearts ceased to beat at once. He was unmarried and leaves no larvae so unfortunately he couldn't transmit its magical genes leaving the world without its unerring forecastings.

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Another amzing picture from the Your Shot section of National Geographic website. The photographer, Massimo Santoni, shot this boy using a coffin as a boat in the holy Bagmati River, at Pashupatinath, Nepal.We don't know anything more about the story behind, but probably this just adds some mistery to this wonderful shot.

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I've always been a great fan of Carl Warner's foodscapes, those wonderful landscapes made up with just... food!
He is getting more and more famous thanks to his creative idea and many food-producing brands has used his masterpieces for their advertising campaigns. Obviously at the same time many other photographers are trying to copy the idea but, as usual, Warner's work, with ten year experience and a lot of passion, is always the best.

I've seen many many bizarre umbrellas in my life, but this is by far the most unconventional one and, if it works, I really would like to have one!
Imagine the faces of your friends, when during a rainy day you draw an umbrella with no canopy... you push a button and a sheet of air becomes a barrier between you and the raindrops!

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A wonderful shot of an Atlantic Tarpon hunting a school of Silversides. The picture was taken by Mike Sutton Brown and uploaded on the Your Shot section of National Geographic website, a place where it's possible to submit a favorite photo for possible publication in National Geographic. Just like in this case you can find many wonderful and ispiring shots there. You can also download this photo as a wallpaper.
The picture was taken at Eden Rock, Grand Cayman. For just a short time every year these silversides swarm caves and swim-throughs at Cayman's dive sites. The picture was taken late afternoon just as the sun was going down. The photographer was hiding behind the silversides, low in the rocks. As the tarpon swam through the silversides, they eventually saw him and turned away. Just like you see in the picture. 

Photo: Banksy.co.uk
Banksy, the famous British graffiti artist, political activist and painter, whose identity is unconfirmed, has always had environmental issues as one of his favourite themes.
This time he has cleverly "reconditioned" a dolphin shaped kiddie ride in a anti-BP statement with the help of an oil drum and a tuna net.