Photo of the Day Archive for February 2006


by Albert Wen, Nov 15, 2006 | Destinations: India
New Year's feasting begins on New Year's eve. In northern China, families gather at kitchen tables to stuff and steam dumplings. Families in the south like to eat "nian gao", a sweet, sticky rice cake. Platters of delicious, steamy food blanket the table. A fish is served whole to show the family has been given more than enough. Steamed chickens, with their heads, tails and feet still attached, symbolize togetherness. And long noodles are eaten to show hope for a long, long life.

New Year's feasting begins on New Year's eve. In northern China, families gather at kitchen tables to stuff and steam dumplings. Families in the south like to eat "nian gao", a sweet, sticky rice cake. Platters of delicious, steamy food blanket the table. A fish is served whole to show the family has been given more than enough. Steamed chickens, with their heads, tails and feet still attached, symbolize togetherness. And long noodles are eaten to show hope for a long, long life.

New Year's feasting begins on New Year's eve. In northern China, families gather at kitchen tables to stuff and steam dumplings. Families in the south like to eat "nian gao", a sweet, sticky rice cake. Platters of delicious, steamy food blanket the table. A fish is served whole to show the family has been given more than enough. Steamed chickens, with their heads, tails and feet still attached, symbolize togetherness. And long noodles are eaten to show hope for a long, long life.
Huangshan (Yellow Mountains), Anhui Province, China.
The moon at Jiayuguan Pass, China.
The climate of the desert state of Rajasthan, India is hot and dry and the main form of transportation is by camel. I was traveling through on a camel safari when we stopped, late in the afternoon, at a small village. A young woman with a golden bowl balanced on her head came out of an old house near where the camels had been tied. The light was warm and I motioned with my camera. She took the bowl off her head and let me take one frane before she disappeared back into her house. - Kraig Lieb, 1989.

Photo of the Day Archive for February 2006