Himalayas – Beautiful but fragile

The Himalayas spanning for over two thousand kilometers through several countries from Pakistan to Myanmar via Nepal, India, Tibet, and Bhutan, where the world’s religions of Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are interspersed with ancient shamanic beliefs, where different cultures exist in these isolated mountain valleys, Modernity and tradition collide while the great powers fight for…

Incredible views of Jupiter

The  James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) the World’s largest and most powerful space telescope took infrared images of the Solar System’s biggest planet, Jupiter, in July 2022. The images revealed auroras, giant storms, moons, and rings surrounding Jupiter in detail that astronomers have described as “incredible”. Planetary astronomer Imke de Pater of the University of…

London’s Mystic Myths

Bronze Lion Heads with mooring rings in their mouth line the Victoria Embankment, on the northern bank of river Thames, was created for Bazalgette’s new embankments in 1868, with a Mystic rhyme “ accessible via Temple ( Circle and District line), When the Lions drink, London will sink. When it’s up to their manes, we’ll…

iPhone 14 Pro with enhanced camera

  iPhone 14 Pro is Apple’s upcoming flagship smartphone with a new 48 MP camera, a 6.06-inch 120 Hz LTPO OLED, with a massive resolution of 2532 x 1170 and joined by a 12 MP ultra-wide-angle shooter and 12 MP telephoto lens. The 48 MP main camera will be paired with an f/1.3 lens with…

Sony World Photography Awards 2021

Sony announced the winners of the professional category of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards. With Craig Easton named as the Photographer of the Year for his work on the representation of communities in northern England. His project addresses issues of social deprivation, housing, unemployment and immigration as well as the impact of past and…

Real-life mermaid in seas and lochs

Kate MacLeod 24-year-old from Uig, Lewis is often swimming in seas and lochs around the West coast of Lewis during gale-force conditions complete with her own Ariel style tail fin, in summer and winter at the Outer Hebrides. She started her interest in wild swimming when she was a girl and for the last 10…

Science Photographic competition

The Royal Photographic Society has announced the winners of its Science Photographer of the Year competition, which celebrates the stories behind scientific exploration and application with over 1, 000 entries by both amateur and professional photographers, from microscopic observations to images showing climate change in action. The photos will be displayed at a virtual exhibition…

Irwin’s image of bushfire biodiversity depiciting loss caused by the detrimental impacts of climate change, habitat loss, and pollution wisn Wildlife photographer of the year

Robert Irwin’s drone capturing a dramatic bird’s-eye view depicting the destruction wreaked by a bushfire in Northern Australia wins the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2020.  Robert Irwin, son of the late conservation activist Steve Irwin is a wildlife photographer and children’s TV personality, whose drone image was taken in Cape York,…