We’ve all seen photos of the Grand Canyon, but I’ll bet you’ve never seen one like this. Last year, Travis Roe captured this image of a lightning bolt striking the rim of the Grand Canyon. Roe submitted the image to the U.S. Department of Interior who released the image. It has become one of their […]
Operation Crossroads. It was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the USA at Bikini Atoll island in 1946, which consisted of two detonation tests, named Able and Baker — the first nuclear bomb detonations after Hiroshima and Nagasaki disasters in 1945 —, to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships. The following picture was taken […]
Look at this! There aren’t very many photographs of photographers photographing that are quite as impressive as what you see in this setup. I don’t know about you, but I’ve just figured out what I want to do when I grow up. Adventure photographer Corey Rich is seen here capturing a shot of famous free […]
Sometimes, a location is best shown as a combination of multiple exposures. Stacking the images can create different effects, add detail, and widen the perspective. In this case, the vertical view is lengthened to create a tunnel of blooming cherry blossoms. The effect is mesmerizing and creates a visual tunnel for the viewer to ‘walk’ […]
It appeared to be a gloomy evening when photographer Jim Richardson’s boat arrived at Boreray, a remote island off of Scotland’s west coast. He was in for a surprise though, as thousands of birds from the island’s large Gannet colony flew out to greet him: Gannets are large seabirds, typically found on the North Atlantic […]
The Northern Lights are the envy of many after-dark photographers who haven’t yet caught sight of them. They make for beautiful, other-worldly images. However, there are plenty of other awe-inspiring happenings in the nighttime sky for photographers to seek out. Finnish photographer Pauli Hanninen shot this almost mystical photograph of his family gazing at the […]
July 14 is already a pretty big day in France as locals celebrate Bastille Day, or rather la Fête nationale, but 2014 was extra special. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of WWI, the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris came with a brilliant fireworks display. dishesRdone captured the dramatic display that lit up the Eiffel Tower: The 14th of […]
Northern California provides many a photo op, with its lush forests, high mountains, gorgeous rivers and expansive lakes; it’s truly a nature photographer’s playground. In the Cascades, just southeast of Mount Shasta, runs the McCloud River, with a bunch of spring-fed streams and waterfalls. The McCloud Waterfalls are picturesque at any time of day, but […]
A photographer captured this almost ethereal sunrise picture in Death Valley. Death Valley, one of the United States’ largest national parks and the hottest and driest among all the national parks in the country, has been a favorite destination for landscape photographers for years: Its arid landscape, almost devoid of natural vegetation, has its own […]
When you look at this photo, you may think, how was this photographed? Was this just a lucky capture? What you’re seeing in this photo is actually two different phenomena. The first is the unique smoke pattern caused by a plane deploying its flares. These smoke shapes left behind are often referred to as “smoke […]
