Weather & wonder
When clouds fill the Grand Canyon
A look back at the SKYGLOW Project’s view of a remarkable cloud inversion, where the landscape becomes a sea of fog.
Image: SKYGLOW Project
Wedding vows at Everest Base Camp
A mountain wedding photographed by Charleton Churchill, from our 2017 archive.
Image: Charleton Churchill
A proposal beneath the northern lights
An aurora-lit moment in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, captured by DK Photography.
Image: DK Photography
An iceberg off Newfoundland
An icy visitor to Ferryland, on Canada’s Atlantic coast, from our 2017 archive.
More from the archive
Stories in publication order
Northern Lights Destinations: Places, Conditions and Different Ways to Experience the Sky
There is a lovely moment on an aurora night when everyone stops checking their phone and simply looks up. Choosing where to travel can help...
Svalbard Glacier Comparisons: What the Historic and 2002 Photographs Reveal
At first, the mountains make these photographs look familiar. Then your eye reaches the waterline, and the difference becomes clear: places...
Amtrak Meets a Snow-Covered Track: Nick Colvin’s Slow-Motion Film
The train arrives—and the snow arrives with it. Nick Colvin’s slow-motion film turns a wintry platform scene into a curling white wave, wit...
A Moose in Broken Lake Ice: The Swedish Rescue Account
A skating outing became an unexpected wildlife encounter when a group in Sweden found a moose struggling in broken lake ice. The animal cou...
The Viral Penguin Fight: Pair Bonds, Nests and Human Storytelling
A wildlife clip became a miniature relationship drama when National Geographic presented a fight between penguins as a husband discovering ...
30 Creative Snowmen: Expressions, Animals and Winter Scenes
A scarf and a carrot are a fine start. Then someone gives their snowman a phone, turns it upside down or builds an entire crowd—and a snowy...
Kristina Makeeva’s Frozen Lake Baikal: Ice Patterns, Reflections and Scale
White cracks run across deep blue ice like branches, while bubbles seem to hang beneath the surface. In Kristina Makeeva’s photographs of f...
The Gimmelwald Cat and the Hiker: An Unexpected Alpine Encounter
A black-and-white cat, an Alpine trail and a hiker with a sore ankle: it is an excellent beginning for an unexpected mountain story. The en...
Snow on the Sahara’s Edge: Karim Bouchetata’s Aïn Séfra Photographs
Orange dunes striped with white snow are a wonderful double take. In December 2016, photographer Karim Bouchetata captured that contrast ne...