Explore and Interestingness
Explore is a Flickr feature with the intent of showing you "some of the most awesome photos on Flickr." Photos are automatically selected by computer according to a secret algorithm called Interestingness. Interestingness is what Flickr calls the criteria used for selecting which photos are shown in Explore. All photos are given an Interestingness "score" that can also be used to sort any image search on Flickr. The top 500 photos ranked by Interestingness are shown in Explore. Interestingness rankings are calculated automatically by a secret computer algorithm. The algorithm is often referred to by name as the Interestingness algorithm (BigHugeLabs).
My "explored" photos (dropped included) sorted by best position - Last Updated: August 24, 2014.
1. The Sky Beneath My Feet, 2. A Vendre- On Sale, 3. Chalkis-Town Hall, 4. "Aris III" in the winter light, 5. 'Casablanca', 6. Hasta la muerte, todo es vida― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 7. Vavin Blues, 8. Meaningless Railings, 9. Little Green in a hostile world, 10. Urban Night Oasis, 11. The smell of rain, 12. Sunday Coffee, 13. A fly on the wall (Literally), 14. Broken Orange Dreams, 15. Encircled by blue calmness, 16. Repeating Pattern, 17. Rue de l'économie-Spaarzaamheid straat, 18. Blue Fishing Winch, 19. Side Wall, 20. Image of a Look, 21. I met Béla Bartók in Brussels, 22. Le Laurier (The Laurel), Julien Dillens, 23. Le Soliste-The Soloist, 24. Misty Tranquility, 25. Opposite styles, 26. February Blues, 27. Le Botanique, 28. The "North Sea", 29. Βreakwater Minimalist View, 30. Afternoon Sun, 31. Le Phare-The Lighthouse, 32. In the afternoon light, 33. Urban Blue Hour, 34. An exhibition's end, 35. Urban Exploration I, 36. Opera 14-15, 37. Message to the Sun, 38. Metropolis Sidewalk VII, 39. Afternoon Serenity, 40. Leaving the shadows behind, 41. Good Friday Sunset, 42. Plat du Jour, 43. Around the corner, 44. Capital General Store, 45. Running Clouds, 46. Metropolis Sidewalk III, 47. The lights come on, 48. Untitled, 49. Under red lights, 50. Full Moon Rising - a minimalistic view, 51. Abandoned Mailboxes, 52. Metropolis Sidewalk VI, 53. Remembering Tony Curtis, 54. Ridge, 55. Wounded but alive, 56. Do you have any plan to escape ?, 57. Le bar du ciné, 58. Ascending structure, 59. Waiting Bicycle, 60. Goodbye Friends! Thank you!, 61. Sic transit gloria mundi, 62. Salon de Chocolat, 63. Full Moon Rising, 64. Untitled (Nocturnal loneliness), 65. Central Station-Nocturne for Violin, 66. Under and Over the Sea Surface, 67. Celestial chaos-Terrestrial order, 68. Tintin v Asterix, 69. Looking at the Graffiti, 70. Watching the pigeon, 71. Rolling Grilles, 72. On the breakwater
1. Lazy afternoon, 2. Sun Blinds, 3. Joyful Sadness, 4. Black Figure, 5. Skeptical admirer, 6. Everyone has a favorite place, 7. "Écharpe bleu" Evening, 8. The only possibility to escape, 9. Dreaming new horizons, 10. Vanity, 11. Red and White, 12. Broken lantern, 13. Night Ferry, 14. Something red for today (Sunday 6 April 2014), 15. Movement and Immobility, 16. Lonely afternoon, 17. The pool game is over, 18. Saint-Sulpice Chairs, 19. A slide revisited, 20. Red Signs of City Summer, 21. The last sunshine of October, 22. Late Night Discussion, 23. Couple, 24. Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie- Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, 25. Sunset without Sun, 26. Au revoir, Bruxelles, 27. Everyday life: In the big world with the grandfather, 28. Some notes before the show, 29. Fish market colors, 30. Red in the City, 31. Coffee Corner, 32. The Invisible Painter, 33. Ecrasé par Hergé, 34. Pale Afternoon, 35. (Dec 8) The Suspended Step (of Flickr), 36. Summer Bijection, 37. The Βeautiful Dona Flor, 38. No pigeons anymore, 39. Easy Days of Summer II, 40. Indiscernible door, 41. Sounds of the pavé II, 42. Sad Princess, 43. I dream to be footballer, 44. In the B&W city III, 45. Sounds of Brass, 46. Metropolis Sidewalk II, 47. Quiet Evening on August 18, 48. Golden Hour Tree, 49. Inexplicable Loneliness, 50. Full moon in sunset sky, 51. Euripus Strait Early Morning Sky, 52. Dark Figures, 53. Song for the Coming Summer, 54. Night Scene II, 55. Curious Composition, 56. Quiet Sunday, 57. Human Directions, 58. Untitled, 59. Colorful Sadness, 60. Aged Red, Troubled Waters, 61. Shiny Rust, 62. Collage, 63. The Tidal Current (B&W version), 64. Towards the Bright Future..., 65. 'Brussels Underground' Quartet, 66. There's a new world coming, 67. The guardian of the treasure, 68. Sunday Afternoon-Line 38, 69. Joyfull Lights, 70. Old Woodstock Typewriter, 71. Distant loneliness, 72. Night Scene
1. Pallas Athena keeps vigil over her city, 2. Untitled II, 3. There goes another summer, 4. Member of the Executive Board, 5. Consumer dreams on board, 6. Urban Path, 7. Exploring "Vivid Style", 8. Admiring Cloudy Brussels, 9. The Spirit of Escape, 10. Waiting the first warm day of Spring, 11. Jellyfishes (II), 12. Untitled, 13. Urban Toucan, 14. Enjoy your break!, 15. Urban Sky Substitute, 16. Saturday evening laundry, 17. Time to rest for the little street musicians, 18. Learning to Love the Sea, 19. Traversing a B&W photo by Gerda Saelens, 20. Enclosed by Vertical Monotony, 21. Marina Sunset, 22. 1658-An afternoon glass of wine, 23. Seaweeds, 24. Watermelons Street Vendor, 25. To be there to welcome them, 26. By a restaurant window
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