An extraordinary high quality color pictures of Riyadh in 1950, taken by Dr. Darrell Crain. The photos came from the Crain family who donated the photos to the Washington D.C. public library. Dr. Crain was an American doctor who was brought to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in April 1950 to treat the late founding King Abdulaziz… Continue reading Stunning High Quality Color Photos of Saudi Arabia in 1950s
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Spectacular Timelapse of Mount Etna Eruption
On December 3, 2015, Photographer Marco Restivo, 29, captured an incredible time-lapse video of Mount Etna, Europe’s tallest active volcano spitting fire and sending plumes of smoke into the air. This is the first eruption to reach the surface of Etna’s Voragine crater in two years. Marco used photo editing software to overlap five images to create one… Continue reading Spectacular Timelapse of Mount Etna Eruption
Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
Astronomers at Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum have created the largest astronomical image of space to date. The image is composted from some 268 individual shots captured over the past five years and spans a staggering 46 billion pixels, or 46 gigapixels. That’s 855,000 by 54,000 pixels. The university has created an online viewer to explore the… Continue reading Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
Lazy Crow Takes a Free Ride on Top a Bald Eagle
Photographer Phoo Chan has captured some remarkable photos of a fearless crow hitching a ride on the back of a bald eagle in mid-air at Seabeck, Washington. The predator looks like it didn’t care and carried on as if nothing had happened. The incident only lasted a few seconds before the birds parted and went their separate ways.
365-Gigapixel Panoramic Image of Mont Blanc
An international team led by Italian photographer Filippo Blengin publishes an enormous 365 gigapixel panoramic photograph of Europe’s highest mountain setting a new record for the world’s largest photo. The team Used a Canon 70D DSLR, a Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 II IS, and a Canon Extender 2X III on a special robotic mount, they… Continue reading 365-Gigapixel Panoramic Image of Mont Blanc
Man of Steel Restored in Color
VideoLab posted a video that showcases what DC Comics superhero film Man of Steel would have looked like with the natural color and brightness. Watch the two clips of the original movie with the digitally altered version in the video below.
Daredevil Climbers Scale Hong Kong’s 650 Metre-high Skyscrapers
Two climbers dedicating their lives to scaling some of the world’s tallest and most iconic buildings without safety harnesses have revealed their latest exploits to MailOnline. Vitaliy Raskalov, 22, and Vadim Makhorov, 25, climbed to dizzying heights to take these vertigo-inducing pictures from the tips of skyscrapers looking down on Hong Kong and Shenzhen last… Continue reading Daredevil Climbers Scale Hong Kong’s 650 Metre-high Skyscrapers
Stunning Photos Of Airplanes Cockpit View
These photographs, taken on board an Airbus A320 by cabin crew worker Sikander Naveed, provide a stunning series of views from the plane’s sky-high cockpit above Nepal and Bangladesh. The 31-year-old photographer says he took the job on board the commercial passenger jet airliner so he would have the opportunity to photograph the view from… Continue reading Stunning Photos Of Airplanes Cockpit View