Nine Climbers on the Jungfrau: A Mountain Turned into a Tiny Planet
The summit seems to curl into a small planet, with climbers standing around its edge. Mammut’s Jungfrau image is immediately playful: a fam...
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Chuck Berry’s 5X1NZ: Five Adventures in One Film
One adventure finishes just as the next begins. In 5X1NZ , Chuck Berry links skydiving, snowboarding, mountain biking, bungy jumping and je...
The Matterhorn Lit in Red: A Photograph with 150 Years of History
A trail of red points climbs the dark outline of the Matterhorn. The lights make a route visible in a way that a daytime photograph cannot, ...
Kaspars Daleckis’s Latvian Aurora Time-Lapse
Dark trees hold their shape while the sky changes colour above them. Kaspars Daleckis’ Latvian aurora film finds its drama in that contrast...
Highline Hammocks in the Italian Alps: The Work Behind the Picture
From a distance, the hammocks resemble bright punctuation marks between the cliffs. Move closer and the scene becomes more surprising: peop...
Peter Oswald and the Sheep: A Rescue Photographed in New Zealand
It is an unusual passenger for a ski descent. In Dan Power’s photographs, Peter Oswald carries a sheep through snowy mountain terrain, crea...
The Luca Vuerich Bivouac: Shelter High in the Julian Alps
The hut is small enough to seem almost misplaced against the bare rock around it. That contrast gives the Luca Vuerich bivouac its striking...
Twelve Remarkable Weather Photographs—and What They Show
Hair standing straight up makes an unforgettable photograph. In a storm, however, it is a reason to think about lightning exposure, not a r...
Ten Ways to Make a Ski Season More Memorable
A satisfying ski season does not require a bigger jump or a more remote slope. Sometimes the best improvement is finishing a day more comfo...
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Peak Walk by Tissot: A Bridge Between Alpine Viewpoints
Two nearby summits become one continuous viewpoint at Glacier 3000. The Peak Walk by Tissot makes the short gap between them the centre of ...
Log-Pile Art: Owls, Trees and Other Shapes in Stacked Wood
A woodpile usually reads as a collection of separate pieces. These arrangements invite the eye to do something else: step back, join the sh...
A Bear Cub Investigates a Backyard Playset
A familiar backyard object becomes something rather different when a bear cub investigates it. The small visitor and the oversized playset ...
Preikestolen: Appreciating the View with Space Around You
From the side, Preikestolen looks like a stone platform pushed out over the fjord. From above, the people scattered across it reveal a broa...
The Bear in the Water Barrel: A Backyard Photo Sequence
First there is a barrel. Then there is a bear investigating it. By the final image, the animal has made itself the unmistakable centre of t...
Alpine Ibex on a Dam Wall: Paolo Seimandi’s Photographs
At first the wall seems almost empty. Then the small shapes resolve into ibex, standing on a surface that looks astonishingly steep from th...
Lake Puma Yumco: A Mosaic of Fractured Ice
From orbit, Lake Puma Yumco looks almost like a blue mosaic assembled from uneven pieces. Pale lines cross the surface, while darker blocks...
Raised Footprints in Snow: When the Surface Around a Step Disappears
A footprint normally goes down into snow. These appear to do the opposite, standing above the surface like tiny pedestals. The surprise com...
Tavurvur’s 2014 Eruption: A Powerful Sequence Across the Water
The bay initially gives the scene a sense of distance. Then an eruption plume rises above Tavurvur, and the quiet foreground becomes part o...
Cryoconite Holes: Small Habitats on a Glacier Surface
A glacier can look empty from a distance. Move closer to its surface and small dark pockets interrupt the pale ice. Cryoconite holes are a ...
The Orange Solar Tent Concept: Shelter with an Energy Budget
A tent with its own curved canopy of solar panels is an appealing idea: somewhere to sleep, with a little power gathered during the day. Or...
Sonja Hinrichsen’s Snow Drawings: Six Stages of a Growing Project
On the ground, the activity can look as simple as following the person ahead. From above, those steps become sweeping loops, repeated circl...
Yellowstone’s Wolves: Understanding a Trophic Cascade
A wolf steps into the story, and the consequences seem to travel through an entire landscape. Sustainable Human’s How Wolves Change Rivers ...