Summer’s here, and perhaps you’ve been contemplating taking a jaunt in the family automobile, or maybe even that long hoped for cruise or transatlantic flight.  Then reality sinks in, and you’re reminded of the sky-high gas prices, or that gauntlet of TSA  screeners eagerly groping you in hopes of finding a ‘loaded’ Depends.  Despair not!  We’re going to take you on a little trek right in front of your own computer. 
Every year Wikimedia Commons, the file repository serving Wikipedia and other projects, has over ten million files freely available for everyone.  Every year they hold a vote to select their picture of the year.  Below are the top ten photos chosen for 2010.  (more…)