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Picture of the Day: Nowhere, Afghanistan

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Photos from yesterday’s snowstorm

Yes, that is made from crayons: Herb Williams is one of the few people in the world who have an individual account with Crayola. The company is on his speed dial. He’s on a first-name basis with many of the employees. So what merits this special treatment? Because Williams orders a lot of crayons. Boxes of them. Thousands and thousands of them. Three thousand Crayola crayons in a 50-pound case.

Milton Rogovin, Photographer Of ‘Forgotten Ones,’ Dies At 101

The U.S. Postal Service put forth this new collection of stamps that honors American visionaries in industrial design, to be released this summer.

Jason Lazarus is interested in images with intensely personal meaning to their owners — even if he doesn’t know what that meaning is. That’s why he started his project, “Too Hard To Keep,” in which he solicits emotionally charged photographs that people might otherwise destroy.

Creepy 1700s Sculptures by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt.

File this under ‘Likely to destroy your sand castle:’ Nothing says “vacation” like getting blown across a beach by the engine blast of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet — or having one scream past, 30 feet above your head as you lay on a towel sipping your Mai Tai.

Simon Christen lives in Oakland and has been pointing his camera across the bay at San Francisco for the past year, taking time-lapse photos of the city. “About halfway through the project, the fog became the main subject,” he writes in an e-mail, “and I tried to find locations to highlight it.”

Edward Horsford’s high-speed photography freezes the spherical innards of water balloons — just as the balloon skins break open, and just before they splash to the floor. He works at night in his garden in London, using flashes to light the action. Amazingly, he works alone. So how does he do it? And doesn’t he get soaked?

A Day In The Life Of A Tibetan Monk

Ever wondered what goes on inside those tucked-away Himalayan monasteries?