Photography

March 7, 2019

Spectacular Photo of the Northern Lights Looks Like a Dragon in the Sky

We've all seen countless photos of the Aurora Borealis; so dazzling are the spectacular lights that photographers flock to photograph them. But you've never seen anything quite like this image from photographers Jingyi Zhang and Wang Zheng. Take in Iceland, the array of green lights actually take on the shape of a giant dragon. Zhang, a Perth-based student studying jewelry design, clearly has a passion for astrophotography.

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March 6, 2019

150,000 Photographs Used to Show the Hidden Colors of the Moon

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy continues to wow us with his brilliant photos. He recently pulled together an incredible, high-resolution image of the moon from 50,000 photographs. While working on that project, he took the opportunity to also create a colorful version that shows off the moon's geological makeup. Taking the color data from 150,000 moon photos, he's come up with an artistic 64-megapixel color photograph of the moon.

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March 3, 2019

Interview: Photographer Creates Surreal Self Portraits to Deal with Terrifying Sleep Paralysis

Photographer Nicolas Bruno is no stranger to a bad night of sleep. When he was just seven years old, he began experiencing sleep paralysis, a disorder in which you are conscious but unable to move. (The episodes are often more intense than that and include hallucinations.) As Bruno grew older and was in high school, his sleep paralysis started occurring every night. He didn’t know what was happening to him and became depressed.

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