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Eye-Opening Entries From the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest
Photo and caption: David Edgar. I took this photo of an adolescent humpback whale in the South Pacific, several miles off the coast of Tongatapu, Tonga. I captured this as a split-shot with half my dome port submerged, and the … Continue reading
2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest | National Geographic
Valley of Dreams by Gokul Kanagarajah “Sunset at alpine meadows in Dolomites, Italy. I had to cycle 5kms uphill from the hotel to catch the sunset, as I got to know at the last moment that visitors were not allowed … Continue reading
Have you ever seen an atom?
Scientists at the University of California Los Angeles have found a way to create stunningly detailed 3D reconstructing of platinum nanoparticles at an atomic scale. These are being used to study tiny structural irregularities called dislocations.
How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman
TED Published on 28 Apr 2017 At the heart of the Milky Way, there’s a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close — even light. We can’t see … Continue reading
Photographer Shares Cyber-Punk View of Tokyo at Night in New Book
“My background in video games has shaped the way I view the world through a lens.” Art director, graphic designer, game developer, and photographer Liam Wong is pushing his creativity with a series of new ventures. Since 2015 he’s been honing his … Continue reading
Black Bodies Painted and Photographed Like the Cosmos by Mikael Owunna
Mikael Chukwuma Owunna, a queer Nigerian-Swedish artist raised in Pittsburgh, has spent the past two and a half years photographing Black men and women for a series titled Infinite Essence. Hand-painted using fluorescent paints and photographed in complete darkness, Owunna’s … Continue reading
Self-Taught Nature Photographer Alison Pollack Tracks the Fascinating Fungi of Northern California
Avid photographer and retired environmental consultant Alison Pollack documents the fascinating phenotypes of mushrooms and slime molds she encounters on hikes in northern California. Her images show shaggy white Comb Tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides), Stemonitis slime molds that wouldn’t look out of … Continue reading
25 gorgeous photos of cherry blossoms
Embrace spring with these fleeting blooms around the world. Source: 25 gorgeous photos of cherry blossoms
Amazing Winners of International Landscape Photographer Contest
For the fifth year, the International Landscape Photographer of the Year contest brings amateur and professional photographers together to celebrate the majesty of nature. Over 800 landscape photographers from around the world submitted their best shots for a chance to win, … Continue reading
Intertwined and Contorted Figures Form Surreal New Portraits by Brooke DiDonato
Brooklyn-based photographer Brooke DiDonato (previously) poses bodies in twisting forms, skewing the viewer’s perception of where one body ends and the next begins. DiDonato also combines subjects and scenes in surreal ways that question the division between human and nature, presenting limbs … Continue reading