Photography

August 21, 2025

Scientists Highlight the Beauty of Survival in Wildlife Photography Competition

Researchers from around the world entered their best imagery into the BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition. These scientific images are not only aesthetically pleasing; they also show the ways in which wildlife fights to survive. From clever camouflage to battling for resources, these images show both the beauty and struggle of life on Earth. With his beautifully framed photo of two saigas engaged in battle, Andrey Giljov won the competition.

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August 20, 2025

Incredible Finalists of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest

Oceanographic Magazine has sifted through thousands of entrants and narrowed down the finalists of its Ocean Photographer of the Year contest. Presented together with Blancpain, the competition celebrates the beauty of our ocean and highlights why it must be protected at all costs. The 2025 finalists are spread across seven categories that include everything from photographs of extraordinary wildlife to a look at the environmental impact humans have on the ocean.

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August 13, 2025

Couple Creates Epic Proposal Photos in Front of an Active Volcano in Hawaii

We’ve seen some unique proposals, but nothing quite like what Mark Stewart had in store. The photographer was vacationing in Hawaii with long-time girlfriend Olivia Post and planned the perfect scene to pop the big question. After setting up his camera for a time-lapse, he led her to the road just in front of the active Kilauea volcano and got down on one knee.

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August 12, 2025

NASA Releases Closest-Ever Photos of the Sun Shot With the Parker Solar Probe

Since its original launch in 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed several orbits around the sun, gradually moving closer and closer with each trip. In 2021, it became the first spacecraft to fly through the corona (the sun’s upper atmosphere), facing what NASA calls “brutal heat and radiation” for the sake of invaluable interstellar insights. But it was only late last year that the probe achieved one of its greatest feats to date.

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