Underwater Photography
September 17, 2025

Underwater Photographer Reveals Surprising Wreckage Lurking at the Bottom of the Sea

Photographer Przemek Przystałka spends his days exploring the depths of the sea. Seeking out shipwrecks, he uses his talents to document these relics lost in the waters. Interestingly, his work reveals just how much is hidden underwater. Not only boats, but also trucks, cars, and airplanes lurk below the surface. Przystałka primarily explores the waters across Europe, with Malta being a favorite spot thanks to its myriad shipwreck dive sites.

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Underwater Photography
September 16, 2025

Expressive Underwater Photos Inspired by the Grandeur of Baroque Paintings

The ocean flows with metaphors. It can be calm and tempestuous, liberating but also stifling. Water represents birth and renewal. For over 20 years, artist Christy Lee Rogers has been fixated on water and crafting images within it. Now, ART LABOR Gallery in Shanghai is presenting a major retrospective of her work titled Aqueous Renaissance, which highlights her singular vision of photographing bodies and fabric underwater with a grandeur that recalls Baroque-era paintings.

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Astronomy
September 16, 2025

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Has Discovered Potential Signs of Ancient Microbial Life on Mars

Since its arrival on Mars in February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has explored the red planet to look for clues of past life and whether it was ever habitable. Now, it seems to have found its most significant lead. According to a paper published in Nature, a sample collected by Perseverance could hold evidence of ancient microbial life. The key piece was found on an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater.

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Drawing
September 15, 2025

Chess-Inspired Drawings Fuse Fragmentation and Contrast Into a New Way of Storytelling

Chess is all about strategy and rules, but luck and fate also seem to play a hand. Sydney-based artist Sasha Krautman believes that there’s “so much symbolism to be found in one game, in one simple black and white pattern.” Drawing inspiration from the classic two-player board game, she created the Chess Collection, a series of 12 colored pencil drawings where two contrasting images share the same wooden panel.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.