Photo of the Day 11 June 2008


Nighttime Igloo, Moriusaq, Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain
Light shines between the ice blocks of an igloo in Moriusaq, Greenland. Igloos are usually dome-shaped and are made of large slabs cut from compacted snow. A skilled native Greenlander can build one in just a couple of hours.