A little inspiration from National Geographic

[RangerWickett]

About once a month I browse through the National Geographic website to see the beautiful photographs they host there. In particular, the Photo of the Day series is a great source of interesting images. It's a bit humbling to realize there are sights on our own earth far more mystical and fantastic than anything in a roleplaying game.

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/

Today happens to be a bit of a mediocre one, actually, but consider these ones:

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=15&month=8&year=03

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=28&month=2&year=06

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=11&month=12&year=05

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=10&month=7&year=06

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=29&month=10&year=05

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=13&month=1&year=05

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=14&month=7&year=04

Another great aspect about these photos is that each one includes a brief comment, often a quote from whatever issue the picture was originally published in. Some of the older ones are quite intriguing.

Also, y'know, some people who might be working on a Ceramic DM competition might be interested in checking this site out.

 

[Woas]

Oh I love NG pictures. I like to grab them and print out small wallet sized pictures as hand outs for the players.

 

[megamania]

I've once used the layout for an aztec pyramid and surrounding structure for the layout of ancient ruins.


Don't believe the players ever knew.....