{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000175-9842-d2d8-a9fd-fff328750002","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/day-one-staff-picks-our-favorite-photos-of-2017","headline":"Day One staff picks: our favorite photos of 2017","description":"From the Seattle Spheres, to dogs at work to partnering with non-profits, these are Amazon's favorite photos of 2017.","datePublished":"2017-12-14T17:27:04.970Z","dateModified":"2017-12-14T17:27:04.970Z","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/5028f22/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1000+0+70/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fb8%2F45%2Fdca0fd9348efb9c8e59e2d5cd8c5%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-26.JPG","width":"1200","height":"600"},"articleBody":"# Day One staff picks: our favorite photos of 2017\n\n*Take a look at some of our team's favorite images, from stories we covered this year *\n\nThe Day One blog team gathered our favorite photos from the stories we covered this year. You'll find everything from dogs in costume to wind farms to the Seattle Spheres to non-profit groups we've supported. \n\nHere's to another fantastic year, and enjoy! \n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_01.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/623ecf7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1401+0+0/resize/767x537!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F50%2F93%2F44af96d04f108b81394c9f68acb0%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-01.JPG)\nJohn Schoettler, VP of Corporate Real Estate at Amazon, posed with the star of the day May 4th, as an Australian tree fern became the first plant inside The Spheres.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_02.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/71e7d68/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd2%2Fb5%2F64436c8742d895f13ded3dfcc86a%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-02.JPG)\nAn Amazon associate fulfills customer orders at a Prime Now hub in Seattle.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_03.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/d3cb02e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa1%2F91%2F6b57ade948a9993b9e306e334402%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-03.JPG)\nAnyone - employee or not - strolling through Seattle's South Lake Union or Denny Regrade neighborhoods can swing by our two community banana stands to pick up a free, healthy snack. Amazon \"banistas\" hand out as many as 5,000 fruits a day.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_04.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/87e5e16/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F69%2Fd6%2Fc4acce7e487395fdf6f81b50903c%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-04.JPG)\nThe tenth anniversary of Kindle on November 19th gave us a fun excuse to look back at how the device and service have evolved over the last decade.\n\n![An Amazon associate, dramatically back lit by his work light, stacks shipping boxes labeled with the Amazon smile to the ceiling of a semi trailer.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/30a3119/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F74%2Fbc%2F6f776304469aa4c1bf5522c778d3%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-05.JPG)\nAt Amazon's BFI4 Fulfillment Center in Kent, Washington, an associate solves the puzzle of making the most efficient use of a truck's cargo space.\n\n![A Prime Air plane taking off.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/6db13d6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F7d%2Fc5%2F46fccb054af28e312fbe531332be%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-06.JPG)\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_07.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/461542d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fbb%2F69%2F115ea60e43cd8a2a8684814582dc%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-07.JPG)\nThis ice cave bear skeleton on display at the Van Vorst office building was purchased on Amazon Auctions, a \"failed\" experiment that ultimately led to Amazon Marketplace. Today, half of the items sold on Amazon worldwide are from small businesses that offer their products through Marketplace.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_08.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/01bbb17/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ff6%2F59%2F60086de3464abed5a789cd3d66cc%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-08.JPG)\nAn associate packs a customer order at BFI3, an Amazon fulfillment center in DuPont, Washington. Amazon employs more than 200,000 in the U.S., and over 540,000 worldwide.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_09.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2377229/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F7a%2F87%2F498e872a4d068aed4f7b3f766e0b%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-09.JPG)\nSeattleite Joyce Irish, 97, had been dreaming of seeing inside The Spheres. Her grandson reached out to Amazon, and she got her wish on May 25th.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_10.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/961d01d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe4%2F73%2Fe66ab3434357825b0807a75eb190%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-10.JPG)\nOn June 20th, The Spheres welcomed their largest inhabitant. The 55-foot-tall Ficus rubiginosa known as \"Rubi\" arrived from above after a ride on a crane.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_11.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2c26784/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd0%2F16%2F7557a4124e07b25563ec92a6a587%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-11.JPG)\nOn September 6th, the BFI4 Fulfillment Center welcomed young cancer fighters and their families to a kickoff event for Amazon Goes Gold, a monthlong push to raise awareness about childhood cancers. We also donated $1 million to the American Childhood Cancer Organization.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_13.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/e8f0417/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1334+0+0/resize/767x512!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd2%2F4f%2Fd40c85bb4830b0d3a04e3a06b104%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-13.JPG)\nAssociates help make fast deliveries happen at BWI5, a sortation center in Baltimore, Maryland.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_14.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1981f94/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1334+0+0/resize/767x512!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F81%2Fbf%2F01c152504751b1ea292f80b78cca%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-14.JPG)\nThese colorful pipes are part of \"district energy\" - the efficient, underground heat recycler that warms some Amazon office buildings.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_15.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/32cd454/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F29%2F5e%2F216e355942e9927c11eeb82fb7c2%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-15.JPG)\nAn associate at NGO2, a fulfillment center in Tajimi, Japan. In 2017 alone, we have created 100,000 new jobs worldwide.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_16.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f643211/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F08%2F74%2F015e31e447ab875ed13f648d7f73%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-16.JPG)\nAmazon's neighbors celebrated during the 2nd Annual \"Fun in the Sun\" BBQ at Mary's Place, a shelter for homeless families. Starting in 2020, Mary's Place will have a permanent shelter within one of our corporate office buildings.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_17.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/4c42ec4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F5a%2Fc6%2F410dfa0e4a139429b85e08a2b760%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-17.JPG)\nA few of the more than 8,000 children who joined in the fun for Bring Your Kids to Work Day at our Seattle headquarters on June 30th.\n\n![Interior view of The Spheres](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/98230b5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F03%2F21%2Ff19216984586aece97f2f83e4451%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-18.JPG)\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_19.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/e0420a2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F65%2Fee%2Fdce9e0ff4d9a95903382c5becf06%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-19.JPG)\nAmazonians gathered next to the Day One office building to view the August 21st eclipse.\n\n![A black and white dog stares into the camera. The dog is dressed for Halloween at Amazon, and is wearing a red wig and blue eye glasses on his head. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/be42360/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F7e%2Ff5%2Fe7c0b1754ab7a9ae8e5185785367%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-20.JPG)\nMore than 4,000 dogs are registered to \"work\" with their owners at Amazon. Many of them got fully into the Halloween spirit again this year.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_21.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/a1867c9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ff1%2F87%2F18211cc745348358f1ba1adfd159%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-21.JPG)\nOn September 6th, the BFI4 Fulfillment Center welcomed young cancer fighters and their families to a kickoff event for Amazon Goes Gold, a monthlong push to raise awareness about childhood cancers. We also donated $1 million to the American Childhood Cancer Organization.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_22.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/3eb2321/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F44%2F5e%2F22341fc343d9a144a2489db9e145%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-22.JPG)\nNiamani Knight is a 16-year-old junior at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California. She founded an organization to teach students about tech and is an enthusiastic advocate for Hour of Code. Amazon invited her to come to our Seattle headquarters to address more than 400 students.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_23.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/d8251a7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ff7%2F14%2F3cd89ca34c35ab5df71cbfba0f4d%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-23.JPG)\nThousands of employees showed their parents around campus September 15th during our second annual \"Bring Your Parents to Work Day.\"\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_24.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/beae655/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2b%2Fad%2F5523d1af41d0a248f3761fe4fe73%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-24.JPG)\nDiscoverU students take part in activities at the Expressions Lab in the Doppler office building.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_25.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/9bb6bb2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F26%2F84%2F6b4240264491b88cbc253e097c2b%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-25.JPG)\nOur newest, largest wind farm - Amazon Wind Farm Texas - is up and running, adding more than 1,000,000 MWh of clean energy to the grid each year. To date, we've launched 18 wind and solar projects across the U.S., with more than 35 additional projects to come.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_26.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2abd227/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fb8%2F45%2Fdca0fd9348efb9c8e59e2d5cd8c5%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-26.JPG)\nAll memory of Leonardo Dicaprio's \"I'm the king of the world!\" scene was obliterated when Frankie became Amazon's Dog of the Week.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_27.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/8ef9b8b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fee%2F98%2F345b780645c8a55aac7797f3782b%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-27.JPG)\nA barista prepares an espresso drink at Elm Coffee Roasters in the Day One office building. There are a dozen coffee roasters from the Pacific Northwest in Amazon's Seattle offices - a handful of which are even open to the public\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_28.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f2a1494/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F95%2F07%2F1a87f3784444962617e1f3fb078a%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-28.JPG)\nStudents from Hillview Middle School in Palmdale, California, try out their engineering skills during a lesson about Hour of Code.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_29.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/7aea3ce/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1334+0+0/resize/767x512!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F05%2F19%2F2f32b9c1451ab5694a3fa42b99ad%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-29.JPG)\nA student reaches high while participating in the \"A to Z Experience,\" Amazon's free summer STEM camps.\n\n![Day1PhotosOfTheYear_blog_30.JPG](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/3e3b8d4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2f%2F74%2F54893f614d36809b084bd5894173%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-30.JPG)\nSarah Bak shapes one of the bowls that she sells through Amazon Handmade, which offers customers hundreds of thousands of handcrafted items from thousands of artisans across more than 30 countries.\n\n![Amazon Spheres lit up at night, with lighting reflection in the glass. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/cc37e7c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2a%2Fba%2Ffdd902454a318e49950accceca5d%2Fday1photosoftheyear-blog-31.JPG)\nThe Spheres at daybreak.","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}