
The Storm si coming

Lava from the volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula lights up clouds from below.
This shows the rim of Jezero Crater, Mars, as seen in the first 360-degree panorama taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, February 2021.
The depths of the ocean are a powerful draw for researchers, experienced divers, and photographers alike. The vast bodies of water which cover over 70 percent of the planet’s surface […]
Rare picture of a whole lynx family in nature.
Swamp in autumn, just north of Quebec City, Canada.
The Plosky Tolbachik volcano – one of two volcanoes in the Tolbachik volcanic plateau in central Kamchatka, Russia – had begun to erupt again on 29 November 2012 after 36 […]
Sergey Gorshkov scoured the forest for signs of Amur, or Siberian, tigers, searching for the best place to set up his camera trap. He knew his chance of photographing one […]
Sunset over the Laguna Torre, Patagonia, Argentina. You can see the Cerro Torre mountain in the background.
The Percé Rock (Rocher Percé in French) was named Percé (“pierced rock”) by Samuel de Champlain when he discovered it in 1607, in reference to the holes he had seen in the […]
About 7,000 years ago, a vast lake spread hundreds of square kilometers across north-central Africa. Known to scientists as Lake Mega Chad, it covered more than 400,000 square kilometers at […]
Gentoo penguins are the fastest underwater swimmer of all penguins. This one tries to flee for its life as a leopard seal bursts out of the water. Antarctic Peninsula coast, […]
This is the first image from the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope of the sun’s surface. Released 30 January 2020. This picture is showing the highest ever […]
The incredibly smooth surface of the sea ice indicates that it is topped with ample snow—possibly as much as tens of meters—which also drifted onto the berg’s left side. “That […]
The recently formed volcanic island unofficially known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai in Tonga, Oceania, was not expected to survive the erosive and relentless lashing of the sea. But against the […]
Shpilenka lake, South Kamchatka Nature Reserve, Kurils.
A series of rocky outcroppings are a prominent feature of this Sahara Desert landscape near the Terkezi Oasis in the country of Chad. This image was acquired by Landsat 7 on […]
Lake Natron is a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania. It is in the Gregory Rift, which is the eastern branch of the East African Rift. The […]
Seals are very cautious, but curious animals. To win their trust, you need to spend a lot of time under water. Kuril reserve, Kunashir island, Russia.
Picture taken in Sumba, Indonesia
At a winery in Slovenia, the nearby road looks like a heart. “The owner says when the road was build, the workers drunk so much that they made the road […]
A young polar bear cub facing a giant expedition ship in Svalbard archipelago, 2013.
On August 8, 2019, a team of atmospheric scientists got an exceedingly rare look at these clouds as they were forming. NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory passed directly through a large […]
The sperm whale has the largest brain in the history of the animal kingdom: 8 kg!
Steffen Olsen and his team were collecting equipment from a weather station in the Inglefield Fjord area, Greenland, and as they stepped on the 1 meter thick ice, water began […]
It seems they are fleeing a lion. Sorry, only this retouched picture found.
Divided frogs. Photo: Bence Máté Divided frogs try to come to the surface after being thrown into the water in Covasna, Romania. The sale of frog legs, often cut while […]
« The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find themselves in places no one has […]
So extensive, it is visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem. Stretching 2,300 km along Australia’s northeast coastline, this complex of shallow water […]
Limestone islets in Phang Nga Bay, Ao Phang Nga National Park, Thailand.
Ao Phang Nga National Park is located in Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand. Most of the park consists of an area of the Andaman Sea studded with numerous limestone tower karst islands. The best known of […]
The Cascades in Washington, with Mount Rainier, the range’s highest mountain, standing at 4,392 m. Seen in the background (left to right) are Mount Adams, Mount Hood, and Mount St. […]
For two weeks out of the year, the sun aligns just right with Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park where the waterfall glows like lava a few minutes before sunset.
Jellyfish under the Aurora Borealis off the coast of Northern Norway, close to Tromsø.
This photograph is a fake, but it was so funny that we decided to publish it anyway. It comes from a 2008 Photoshop design contest called “Levitations 7” from the website […]
This shot of Sam Cavallaro falling at Beachers Brook while riding MJP Kendrick at Aintree won the Remarkable Award for Sports in Action of the Siena International Photo Awards.
A leopard seal hides in a lagoon just before low tide, while waiting to ambush young penguins. This seal caught the penguin by its feet, dragging it to the open […]
This very dangerous volcano is the child of the old Krakatoa that erupted in 1883. It was the most powerful recorded volcanic eruption of all times and it killed thousands […]
This very dangerous volcano is the child of the old Krakatoa that erupted in 1883. It was the most powerful recorded volcanic eruption of all times and it killed thousands […]
First image of Ultima Thule, January 2, 2019. This image taken by the Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) is the most detailed of Ultima Thule returned so far by the New […]
Thanks to Eve for sending us the picture.
The best known asterism in northern skies hangs over the Canadian Rockies in this mountain and night skyscape taken last week from Banff National Park. But most remarkable is the amazing […]
On this small remote island live about 150 indigenous people that refuse to have any contact with other humans. Every attempt to set foot on the soil of this island results […]
“I couldn’t believe what was happening in front of my eyes, my friend climbing a massive ice wall under one of the most beautiful and strongest displays of Northern Lights […]
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As the group of Qinling golden snub-nosed monkeys jumped from tree to tree, Marsel struggled to keep up, slipping and stumbling over logs. Gradually he learned to predict their behaviour, […]
Winner of the South Africa Price of the Sony World Photography Awards.