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Chunk of Lava Strikes a Camera Drone Flying Over Volcano Twitter 0 comments The recently awakened Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland has been burping up and drooling lava since March. And nearly the whole time drone pilots—the real MVPs of nature photography in 2021—have captured the epic scenes of spewing lava from above. At the peril of their drones’ safety too, as this quick clip of a chunk of lava nailing a DJI Phantom demonstrates. Peta Pixel picked up on the harrowing, six-second cl...

Wedding Photo Taken as Photographer Falls Sparks Wave of Wedding Fail Tales On 4/19/21 at 5:44 AM EDT A picture taken by a wedding photographer in mid-fall is going viral and inspiring social media users to share their own funny wedding photo fails. The black and white photo, which showed the wedding party looking shocked as they watch the fall, was taken by Chase Richardson of Followell Fotography at a wedding at Mcclain Lodge in Mississippi on June 21, 2014. It first went viral in 2015 when i...

On July 23 of 2020, China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) launched its Tianwen-1 robotic probe into space, on a journey to Mars. Now, since February of this year, the spacecraft has been parked in orbit around the Red Planet. Although it’s not just chillin’, even though it is currently in near-absolute-zero degree temperatures. It’s also taking incredible, high-definition images of the Martian surface. CNSA CNSA recently released the high-resolution images (which come via Peta P...

10 March 2021, 9:10 am EST By Scams are almost everywhere, especially in the cyberworld. Phishing emails are already common, yet there is another type of scam that is discovered in emails that are disguised as a photo copyright takedown request that is written in the eyes of an annoyed photographer. This serves as a warning, as once you fall for this trap, your computer might be at risk through malware that may harm your files, documents, and other important information stored on your device. ...

Image © Jason De Freitas, shared with permission On December 22, Jupiter and Saturn appeared closer together in the sky than they have since March 4, 1226. The nearly 800-year event is known as the Great Conjunction, which occurs to some extent every two decades. In true 2020 fashion, though, this year’s meeting was the most acute in centuries. Like others around the globe, photographer Jason De Freitas shot the event, although his image is particularly fortuitous because it frames the Inter...