The Terrible Beauty of Glaciers Melting and Oceans Rising
Daniel Beltra’s aerial photographs reveal the human impact on nature
Someone Built a Bold New Font Out of Buildings
Created out of aerial photography, you’ll never guess where the “O” comes from
Amateur Explorers Are Using High-Res Satellite Images to Search for Genghis Khan’s Tomb
Amateur explorers used ultra-high resolution satellite images to help search for the grave of one of the world’s most powerful rulers
This New Video of the Earth Is the Best Ever Made
The video was made with images taken by a Russian satellite
Tracking Frackers From the Sky
Citizen scientists eyeing Pennsylvania’s natural gas drillers in aerial images may help determine if there is a link between fracking and certain illnesses
Exclusive: The Chimpanzees of Gombe National Park Make Their Street View Debut
For its latest collection, Google traveled to the African rainforest where Jane Goodall pioneered her groundbreaking chimp research
This Artist Finds Strange Beauty in Google’s Apocalyptic Glitches
Clement Valla makes art out of Google Earth’s surrealist irregularities
The Latest Commercial Satellite Can See a Dinner Plate from Space
DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 has a resolution of just over nine inches
Artist Sends a Bouquet and a Bonsai to Space
What happens when you send a Bonsai tree to space? See for yourself
Astronauts Took Pictures of Typhoon Neoguri—And It Looks Huge, Even From Space
Even from space, Neoguri looks huge
Aerial Views of Iceland’s Volcanic Rivers
Andre Ermolaev’s photographs of Iceland’s volcanic rivers can look more like abstract paintings
Take a Lovely Two-Minute Tour of Antarctica From the Air
A brief helicopter trip around Italy’s Mario Zucchelli Research Station
How the Crew of “Aerial America” Gets its Stunning Shots
A new fusion of camera and captor gives us a bird’s-eye view of America
Danger Zones
Warning: David Maisel’s aerial landscapes may be hazardous to your assumptions
Shoot, Don’t Call
Announcing our first-ever photo contest
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