At the end of each day, North Korean officials would review all of the photographs taken by Tariq Zaidi -- deleting the ones they didn't approve of. But then Zaidi was lucky to be capturing any images at all from inside the hermit state. [Read More]
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A photographer who dived into the water with a huge pod of killer whales only had a few minutes each day to capture a rare shot of an orca bathed in light rays. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-01-26 21:52
A photographer captured a rare Stable Auroral Red (SAR) during a night of geomagnetic activity above the Canadian skies.
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Backyard astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured a stunning shot of the International Space Station (ISS) crossing a crescent moon. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-26 18:21
A photographer captured a rare "spirit moose" on a trail camera he set up after a long fascination with the elusive white moose. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-24 17:16
A photographer worked tirelessly to gain access into the closed world of sumo wrestling, a regimented and revered sport exclusive to Japan. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-01-09 17:56
A photographer spent 33 days in the northern reaches of Canada observing and documenting the lives of polar bears in the summer. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-31 23:13
In December 2021, photographer Jeff Sedlik bid on an old, faded, framed print at an estate sale in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Upon receiving it, he immediately opened the frame to examine the photo. petapixel.com »
2022-10-02 18:44
Starlink satellites are normally invisible to the eye but photographer and aurora tour guide Ronn Murray captured 49 of them as they sailed through the beautiful northern lights in Alaska. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-09-13 14:28
An extremely rare type of bear only found in a small area of British Columbia, Canada, was captured by lucky photographer Jenny Stevens. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-08-10 17:11
Photographer Casey Robertson captured a dramatic waterspout off the coast of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, a set of pictures he had waited "years" to capture. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-08-03 21:45
Wildlife photographer Sascha Fonseca has captured an incredible photo of the ultra-rare Siberian tiger in its snowy natural environment. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-03-08 21:56
Photographer Tony Austin was at the tail-end of a 3-hour nature walk recently when a murder of crows landed nearby. When one of the crows started “acting strangely,” Austin began photographing it. petapixel.com »
2021-06-09 21:53
When we think we've seen all of the awesome things nature can do, we are given yet another marvel. Photographer Eric Gross discovered and snapped some photos of unique frozen waves at Dream Lake, Colorado, USA. boredpanda.com »
2020-03-26 18:08
Late last year, Queensland Museum photographer Gary Cranitch captured one of the most spectacular underwater images we’ve ever seen, a photograph of a fleeting ‘coral spawn’ in the Great Barrier Reef that looks more like a photo of the Milky Way than marine life. petapixel.com »
2019-08-28 23:09
Time-lapse photographer Matthew Vandeputte recently captured something truly awesome. While he was sleeping soundly in a cabin somewhere in Utah, the camera he set up earlier that evening captured the moment when a meteor entered the atmosphere and exploded, leaving behind a green trail of dust and ionized gas. The event happen on May 31st […] petapixel.com »
2019-07-08 18:08
There are many storm-chasing photographers out there, but photographer Paul M Smith is more specialized than most in his pursuits: he hunts for rare red sprites that occur high above thunderstorm clouds. petapixel.com »
2019-05-09 18:52
New Jersey photographer John Entwistle was shooting a sunset recently when an unusual rainbow appeared in the sky: it was what’s known as a supernumerary rainbow, or a rainbow with one or more fainter rainbows stacked with it. petapixel.com »
2018-09-24 19:54
Do sperm whales sleep? It's not a question that gets asked frequently, but when it does, none is the wiser to answer it. That's until now, of course, because now we have photo proof of just how these ocean giants nap. boredpanda.com »
2017-07-14 16:03