Astrophotography
September 19, 2025

Inouye Solar Telescope Captures Most Detailed Images Ever of Powerful Solar Flares

Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation emitted by the sun during solar storms, standing as the most powerful explosions in the solar system. According to NASA, the biggest flares can have as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs, and yet astronomers have only recently obtained record-breaking photographs of the phenomenon. On August 8, 2024, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope at Maui’s National Solar Observatory (NSO)

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Store
September 19, 2025

Clip-on Prism Transforms Your Phone’s Photos Into Rainbow-Drenched Scenes

Photo filters haven’t always been digital. Long before VSCO, Instagram, and TikTok, if photographers wanted to add tints, distortions, or other special effects to their images, they’d have to use analog lens clips to manipulate the camera lens. This tool hasn’t gone away—many DSLR and film photographers still use them to create great effects in-camera.

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Social Cause
September 18, 2025

Subterranean Library Built in Metro Station Encourages Commuters To Read

Reading a book while riding the subway is nothing new, but Poland’s capital has recently taken that trend to the next level. Nestled in Warsaw’s Targówek district is a new subterranean library, offering locals a radical alternative to smartphone usage during their commutes. Metroteka opened its 150-square-meter (about 1,615-square-foot) space in the Kondratowicza M2 line station earlier this month. Inside, visitors can explore some 16,000 books, all available for loan through an “express” checkout machine.

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Photo Contest
September 18, 2025

Vote for Your Favorite Finalist From the 2025 Weather Photographer of the Year Contest

For the past 10 years, the UK’s Royal Meteorological Society has been reminding us of the extraordinary beauty of weather with its Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year contest. And by looking at this year’s shortlist, 2025 is no exception to the high caliber of submissions the contest has become known for. Whether documenting rare cloud formations or powerful storm waves, the contest brought out the best in photographers.

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