TIME’s Drones Issue: Go Behind the Cover
TIME MagazineIt’s the most fascinating magazine cover I’ve seen in years. Here’s how TIME Magazine made a large drone take a picture of a thousand small drones, arranged just in the right way.
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Diorama Map
Sohei NishinoThis week, I fell in love with these composite images of cities around the world. Abstract and realistic at the same time. Can’t stop looking at them.
Lapland’s changing seasons by drone – in pictures
The GuardianGive yourself a break from everything and marvel at those beautiful images from Lapland.
A Japanese Photographer Traces How Cities Are Built and Destroyed
The New YorkerA beautiful photo essay.
Earth’s Wonders Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before
Planet«Like getting a view out the window of an airplane 450 kilometers high.» Stunning images.
If I remain alive: The Ghouta diaries
AFP«The things that I have witnessed here, I will never forget. If I remain alive.» The bombardement of Eastern Ghouta in Syria, as seen by a local photographer.
The Opioid Diaries
TimeJames Nachtwey, a war photographer for 35 years, on documenting the USA’s ongoing opioid crisis: «In revisiting my own country I discovered a national nightmare.»
2000 Days on Mars With the Curiosity Rover
The AtlanticIt never ceases to amaze me that we get to see such detailed images from a place that is millions and millions of kilometers away from earth. Sometimes, just for fun, I try to think of everything that needed to be invented and discovered to get so that I can see those images on a mini-computer in my hand. Inconceivable.
Published in Weekly Filet #264
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The way the sun shines on the picture
RedditJust an oddly satisfying image, brought to you by Edward Hopper and the sun.