Commended, Toxic Beauty: spills from the copper mine in Riotinto, Spain, cast an ironically beautiful glow. The prettier and brighter the colors, the greater the toxicity. The ‘Photo Of The Year’, ...

Cranberry harvest, People category. Native to Massachusetts, cranberry bogs dot the landscape in the state's southeastern region. A bird's-eye view of the annual fall harvest taken with a drone. The ...

Drones are often celebrated for their ability to capture a new vantage point on the world, revealing the beauty of our planet from high above. But they are only the latest development in a long ...

Aerial photography is the taking of photographs from above with a camera mounted, or hand held, on an aircraft, helicopter, balloon, rocket, kite, skydiver or similar vehicle. It was first practiced ...

Viewing aerial imagery today is as easy as reaching into your pocket and opening your phone, but how did we get to this amazing technology? Beginning in the early 1800s, cartographers began production ...

© Xuecheng Liu, China Mainland, Winner, Open Competition, Architecture, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards. Image © Xuecheng Liu The heritage of Mexico City is ...

This year’s finalists carry us across landscapes and cultures, into moments with people and wildlife. Now, you too can select the one you deem most deserving of the Readers’ Choice award. Smithsonian ...