Beautiful and Rare High-Altitude Clouds Captured Shimmering over Mars

The Mars Perseverance Rover has captured images of rare, high-altitude noctilucent clouds shimmering over the Red Planet.

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2023-3-24 15:47

UFO-Shaped Clouds Photographed in Hawaii

Strange UFO-shaped clouds were spotted over the Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes by space observatory workers in Hawaii last week. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-17 20:26

BMX Biker Captured Among Glowing Clouds of Fireflies

Sports photographer Robert Snow captured Flatland BMX pioneer and Red Bull athlete Terry Adams performing tricks in woodlands while illuminated by the light of glowing fireflies. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-6-21 18:09

Dunes and Clouds: Photographing Symmetry in the Desert

In 1991, near the end of some book projects that took me on some lengthy photographic journeys through the American West by car for two years, I came up with the idea of creating posters of some of my black and white images for a few of our western National Parks. My idea was to […] petapixel.com »

2021-10-9 21:32

NASA's Curiosity rover photographs rare shimmering clouds on the Red Planet

While NASA's Perseverance rover has been getting a lot of attention following its arrival on Mars in February, the Curiosity rover is still working on the Martian surface, where it's been since August 2012. dpreview.com »

2021-6-4 23:16

I Take Digital Pictures Of Flowers, Clouds, Sunrises & Sunsets And Use An Art Program To Colorize And Manipulate Them Into Designs

I take (too many) pictures of flowers, clouds, sunrises & sunsets, then upload them to the "art" laptop my husband bought for me. Then I use an "Art Program" to colorize & manipulate them into multiple designs. boredpanda.com »

2021-6-10 13:03

NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Captures Rare Photos of Shimmering Clouds

The thin atmosphere of Mars makes the appearance of clouds a rare sight, though they can form around the planet’s equator in the coldest time of the year. Last year, NASA noticed that some clouds were forming earlier than expected, and were ready this year to document them when they formed again. In early January, […] petapixel.com »

2021-6-3 19:44

Photographer Captures Skyscrapers in Dubai Rising Above the Clouds

There are a handful of times each year when the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates gets blanketed in a thick layer of fog. Photographer Albert Dros has captured beautiful photos of skyscrapers rising above the clouds after spending years trying to experience the fog for himself. Dros just spent 2 weeks in […] petapixel.com »

2021-2-26 21:31

This ‘Hole in the Clouds’ Photo Looks Like a Glitch in the Matrix

Kentaro Fukuchi was walking on a sidewalk in Japan on Monday when he captured this mind-bending photo that looks like a Photoshop job or some kind of glitch in the Matrix. The building’s mirror-like surface was reflecting the blue skies behind Fukuchi, creating what looked like a geometric hole in the cloud cover. In case […] petapixel.com »

2021-2-19 19:37

Pics Of Bizarre Iridescent Clouds Over Siberia Go Viral (11 Pics)

Roughly 20 years ago, Svetlana Kazina quit her job in the city to follow her true calling -- nature. She and her two kids moved to a wooden hut in the mountain village of Uznezya in Russia's Altai Krai region, near the border with Kazakhstan. boredpanda.com »

2020-2-4 16:57

I Am An Airline Pilot, Photographing The Pyrocumulus Clouds Created By The Devastating Australian Bushfires

I am an airline pilot in Australia who flies throughout Australia almost every day of the week. Although it is normally an amazing view from my "office" the terrible bushfires over the past month have caused severe devastation on an unprecedented level. boredpanda.com »

2020-1-8 11:52

Juno Captures Magnificent Swirls of Jupiter’s Clouds and Storms

Are you a fan of all things space and astrophotography? We're sure Juno is currently one of your favorite photographers -- or will now be. NASA has recently shared some JunoCam snaps from the spacecraft's latest Jupiter flyby, and they're all, literally and figuratively, out of this world. thephoblographer.com »

2018-11-19 11:00

Here’s a Close-Up Photo of the Swirling Clouds on Jupiter

NASA just released this new close-up photo of the swirling clouds found on Jupiter. It was captured by the Juno spacecraft on October 29th, 2018, during its 16th close flyby of the gas giant. The clouds in the photo were seen in Jupiter’s North-North Temperate Belt (NNTB), one of the distinct cloud bands. The white […] petapixel.com »

2018-11-9 21:54

I Caught The Beauty Of The Clouds

I'm Davide Sasso and I've just finished my photographic project called "Cloud Catchers". I've always enjoyed looking at the sky, especially when there are those beautiful cotton clouds. I have always loved them, they remind me a lot of those japanese anime that inspired me during the shots. boredpanda.com »

2018-8-16 18:49

Photos of Mushroom Clouds Made of Mushrooms

For their new project The Fallout of the Food System, photographer Henry Hargreaves and stylist Caitlin Levin created photos to capture the threat of nuclear war to the global food system. The series shows images of mushroom clouds created with actual mushrooms. petapixel.com »

2018-6-25 20:49

Michael Schauer’s Landscapes Emphasize the Clouds and the Greenery

We like to think that landscape photographers aren't very picky when it comes to scenic locations to capture. Sometimes, however, it's also easy to see that some locations captivate differently than others. thephoblographer.com »

2018-3-13 01:00

I Photograph The World Above The Clouds

My name is Roberto Bertero, I am a musician and mountain photographer based in Turin, Italy. I am presenting you a selection of shots taken in high mountain, all in very special moments: when I happened to find myself above the clouds, or fog and haze (often a mix of these elements). boredpanda.com »

2017-10-31 20:24

Traveling Above The Clouds

It’s been a year that the project “Seasons-photo diary” is collecting Georgia’s most distinguished and interesting places in its photo-shoots. We are traveling two, me and my husband, David Khelashvili. Locations, colors, heroes change according to the seasons. boredpanda.com »

2017-10-17 19:36

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captured Time-Lapses of Clouds on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured a series of photos showing what clouds look like as they float across the sky on Mars. The photos are the clearest images of clouds seen so far by Curiosity since the rover arrived on Mars 5 years ago. petapixel.com »

2017-8-12 22:55

NASA Curiosity Rover captures rare photographs of clouds on Mars

Clouds drift across the sky above a Martian horizon in this photograph captured on July 17, 2017 by the Navcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/York University Last month, NASA's Curiosity Rover captured something (appropriately enough) curious in the Martian sky: clouds. dpreview.com »

2017-8-12 19:38

Storm Clouds Ripple and Writhe at Sunset in This Incredible Timelapse

Just plain stunning. Storm chaser Mike Olbinski has made his mark in the world of photography with some pretty incredible timelapses, but this short timelapse of a storm in North Dakota takes the jaw-dropping cake. petapixel.com »

2017-6-7 23:35