276 – Red Hat Mandala

Now this is a beautiful red hat! Indonesian photographer, Victor Djaja, captured this stunning photograph by placing his camera as … More

274 – Peacock Spider Mandala

Nature photographer and lover of Maratus speciosus, Jurgen Otto, captured this delightful photo of the Australian Peacock Spider (maratus s.). What an amazingly colorful creature. I love the vibrancy of its colors and the beautiful pattern on its “tail”. And check out the four green (mandala) eyes.

272 – Mars Mandala

Big news yesterday…NASA confirms evidence of intermittent liquid water on present-dayMars! And in honor of this announcement, I present to you one of NASA’s more interesting photos of Mars (IMHO). While Earth is considered the blue dot in space…Mars would be the red dot.

270 – Angelica Archangelica Mandala

What a delightful looking plant that Mother Nature offers up to us today: Angelica Archangelica, also known as garden angelica, Holy Ghost, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica.

269 – Sound and Water Mandala

When I spotted this beautiful mandala I immediately knew I wanted to showcase it here on the MotD. Upon further research I found out that the people of cymatics.org captured this image by adding sound to water.

267 – Oak Gall Mandala

Woodcarving artist Janel Jacobson capture this delightful photograph of an oak gall. On a morning hike yesterday we saw a … More

255 – Terrapin Mandala

I love when I find mandala-like patterns on our earthen creatures…in this case the malaclemys terrapin littoralis (more commonly known as the Texas diamondback terrapin) usually found from the middle of Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texas.