Photography

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These Ocean Waves Look Like Liquid Sculptures

Photographer Pierre Carreau captures waves mid-break, showing the surf's delicate balance of power and fragility

Fall Foliage on Cuejdel Lake, Neamt, Romania

Best Autumn Photographs from the Last Ten Years of Photo Contests

As the weather grows colder, leaves burst into color around the northern hemisphere

Bacterial Dragon (Paenibacillus dendritiformis), by Eshel Ben-Jacob

Colonies of Growing Bacteria Make Psychedelic Art

Israeli physicist Eshel Ben-Jacob uses bacteria as an art medium, shaping colonies in petri dishes into bold patterns

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Nobel Prize Winners Are Put to the Task of Drawing Their Discoveries

Volker Steger photographs Nobel laureates posing with sketches of their breakthrough findings

That little blue dot floating in the black is every single one of us.

NASA Goes All the Way to Saturn, Takes a Stunning Selfie

Here it is: Earth, as seen from Saturn

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Smile! A Satellite Around Saturn Is About To Take Your Picture

NASA is taking of Earth as seen from Saturn

We’re not lying. It’s really in this photo.

Can You Spot the Mars Rover in This Gorgeous Photo?

It's in there somewhere, we swear!

Neptune’s new moon, S/2004 N 1, is the planet’s 14th.

In Archival Photos, Astronomer Discovers Neptune’s 14th Moon

The little moon had ignored detection until a veteran moon hunter spotted it in old photos

What do you see?

Fruits and Veggies Get a Close-Up

In the darkroom, photographer Ajay Malghan creates abstract art by casting light through thin slices of produce

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Contributors

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Two Faces, One Portrait

A collage artist combs through glamour shots of forgotten Hollywood actors to create compelling celebrity mashups

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The Big Bang: Enthralling Photos of Exploding Bullets

Houston photographer Deborah Bay captures the violent power of projectiles lodged in bulletproof plexiglass

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This Stunning, Six-and-a-Half Hour Video of the Night Sky Will Transport You to the Desert

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Check Out This Beautiful Gigapixel Panorama of Mars

This huge gigapixel panorama gives a stunning view of the red planet

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Watch New York City Come Alive in This Amazing Timelapse

Take a sped-up tour of Midtown Manhattan and its residents, non-stop traffic and historic landmarks

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This New Photo App Can Help Doctors Brainstorm What, Exactly, That Weird Thing Growing on Your Leg Is

It's like Instagram but with rotting toes and tumors instead of filters

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San Francisco From the Air, 1938 and Today

This amazing composite photo gives a scrollable, zoomable high-resolution view of 1938 San Francisco

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The Vibrant Patterns of Portuguese Men-of-War

Beachgoers despise the stinging animals, but photographer Aaron Ansarov finds surreal beauty in them

The Amazing Grace of Underwater Portraits

Photographer Henrik Sorensen takes a fluid approach to the body in motion

Spotlight

What's new at the Smithsonian in June

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