If you’re Boris Behncke, you can photograph strombolian eruptions and lava flows from the comforts of home. Boris lives in Tremestieri Etneo, Sicily, where he tracks the nearby activity of Europe’s tallest volcano nearby, Mount Etna. He’s not alone in aiming his camera to capture earth ruptures and molten rock.
The perennial family of plants called Polemoniaceae — mostly known by the vibrantly pink flowers of the moss phlox species — bloom in dazzling fashion during the spring in Japan. The gardens of the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, Tokyo, and Hitsujiyama Park, Chichibu City, feature grand displays and arrangements of these plants.
We did a little digging this week for these photographic gems from Flickr contributors of Throwback Thursday. Leading with a celebrity portrait and ending with ’30s cheerleaders literally throwing back, here’s a 9-photo journey on memory lane.
Are you ready for one of the biggest and most beloved sporting events on the planet? The world is arriving in Brazil to cheer on their country in football’s biggest stage, the World Cup, and we invite you to share how you experience this event.
We introduced our Wildlife Wednesday weekly series last week. And to our delight, you shared a nice batch of photography of wild animals.
At the break of dawn, many of you are already up and busy shooting landscapes bathed in dramatic sunlight. There’s a staggering abundance of exceptional pictures from a “morning” image search.
Around 350 million years ago, the sedimentary rock domes of the Bungle Bungle Range in Australia were formed. Their layering of orange and grey bands in beehive-like shapes make up a distinctive landscape in Purnululu National Park, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 2003.
We asked you to join us in exploring the past with your photos by introducing Throwback Thursday last week. Here’s highlights for this week’s throwback assortment, including a huge crowd of people filling Ludgate Circus in London probably to watch the Lord Mayor’s Procession held just before the armistice that ended World War I.