Scientists Photograph Orangutan Treating Wound with Medicinal Plant in World-First Observation

Scientists photographed an orangutan treating a large wound on its cheek with a medicinal plant in world-first images.

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2024-5-30 19:19

A Photographer Goes Inside the Ruins of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

For more than a dozen years, I have been documenting the aftermath of the disasters at the Chornobyl and Fukushima nuclear power plants, the progress of the cleanup, and the decontamination and revitalization of the contaminated areas. petapixel.com »

2023-11-26 18:38

PictureThis: The Best Plant Identifier Camera App

PictureThis is the most popular plant identifier app, and it works with the camera on your iPhone or Android phone. While the recognition of PictureThis isn't perfect, it generally proves to be remarkably accurate thanks to its well-trained AI. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-2-23 20:53

Salamanders Eaten by a Pitcher Plant Wins Close-Up Photo of the Year

A photo of two salamanders being consumed by a carnivorous pitcher plant has won the fourth annual Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-1-7 22:28

Canon is Building a $345M Chip Plant in Japan, its First in 21 Years

Canon is about to begin constructing a new $345 million plant to build the equipment used in a crucial part of semiconductor manufacturing called lithography. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-10-5 21:50

Macro Photos of Plant Growths Caused by Tiny Wasps

Photographer Timothy Boomer captures beautiful macro photographs of plant galls, which are growths that form in response to some outside stimulus. For his work, Boomer focuses on growths caused by the tiny gall wasp. petapixel.com »

2021-7-6 17:43

Exclusive Photos Inside the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

It’s been nearly 10 years since I first visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It was a great experience for me. I could finally see the place I’d previously only known from books and TV and the tart taste of the Lugol’s iodine I had to drink a few days after the disaster. After many […] petapixel.com »

2021-4-25 19:37

I Visited One Of The Biggest Abandoned Power Plant In Poland

Power Plant Szombierki has been an inherent component of the landscape of Bytom since it was opened on 29 November 1920. The investor and the first owner of the power plant was the German company Schaffgotsh Bergwerksgesellschaft GmbH, belonging to the Upper Silesian family Schaffgotschs. boredpanda.com »

2019-4-17 20:46

Canon to launch new, partially-automated camera plant in Japan in 2019

Photo by Jakob Owens Canon has revealed that it is building a new semi-automated camera plant in Japan, and that it expects to open the plant in 2019. The factory will be located in the Miyazaki Prefecture on a 300,000 square meter land parcel, marking this the first time Canon has built a new camera production facility in Japan since 2010. dpreview.com »

2017-9-2 18:45

Canon Adding New Camera Plant as Production Returns to Japan

Automation makes manufacturing at home more competitive TOKYO — Canon plans to have a new camera plant in Japan up and running by 2019 as it moves more production back home, relying on factory automation to lower the cost of domestic operations. canonrumors.com »

2017-9-1 16:22

The First Video of Sony’s Sensor Plant Getting Devastated by Earthquakes

Sony only recently got its sensor business back on its feet after its main factory was heavily damaged by the the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan. If you’ve been curious as to just how badly the Kumamoto plant was hit, check out the 8-minute video above showing the first public footage of the moments of […] petapixel.com »

2017-8-11 17:53

Company wins $900k in damages after competitor steals images

In 2015, Oregon-based company Under a Foot Plant Co. filed a lawsuit against Maryland-based competitor Exterior Design Inc. over the latter company's alleged copyright infringement. According to the lawsuit, Exterior Design used 24 of Under a Foot Plant Co. dpreview.com »

2017-5-17 22:15

Federal Jury Awards $900K to Plant Retailer in Photo Theft Lawsuit

An Oregon-based plant retailer was just awarded almost one million dollars in actual damages by a federal jury in one of the biggest photography copyright wins of the year so far. Despite the strange circumstances of this case, it’s being called, “a huge win for artists, photographer, and creators.” According to PDN, the case revolves […] petapixel.com »

2017-5-16 22:44

Pictures show how badly earthquakes damaged Sony’s Kumamoto sensor factory

Photo via Sony If you wondered why it took Sony so long to get back on its feet after an earthquake hit its sensor fabrication plant in Kumamoto, this picture taken in the aftermath might give you a clue. dpreview.com »

2017-1-28 12:00

Apple Computers Sprout Plant Life in Odd ‘Plant Your Mac’ Photo Series

Plant Your Mac is a strange, and in some ways ingenious photo series. Created by artist Christophe Guinet (aka. Monsieur Plant), each photo of an Apple computer transformed into a living terrarium is meant to remind us of the conflict between technology and nature. petapixel.com »

2016-12-21 22:46