Japan’s Scenic Hitachi Seaside Park
Filled with woods, gardens, a mini amusement area and cycling courses sprinkled throughout the park, Hitachi Seaside Park is a must-see for anyone venturing to Japan.
NASA hails SpaceX launch as ‘a new era’ for spaceflight: The era of government-run missions into space was historically altered Tuesday morning when SpaceX, a private rocket company in Hawthorne, launched a capsule into orbit to later dock with the International Space Station.
Photo: The Falcon 9 rocket streaks into the sky behind a model of NASA’s space shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center, heading for a rendezvous with the International Space Station and opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. Credit: Craig Rubadoux / Associated Press
Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut, has one-upped us all.
He shot a series of 30 second exposures and stacked them make this amazing photo.
Star trails from space are so much cooler than star trails from Earth, in part because the city lights on Earth make trails, too!
Atlantic on the move: As Los Angeles’ boulevards reassert their place in the public realm, the transformation along Atlantic offers glimpses of a new city identity taking shape.
This is the first of an ongoing series on iconic L.A. thoroughfares.
Photo: The view along Atlantic, as seen in Long Beach, showcases the long, meandering path the boulevard takes through Los Angeles. Credit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
Here are photo ideas for shooting when the weather’s not so great: snow, fog, humidity. Check it out at Dennis Calvert’s blog below.
Ideas for Shooting in Bad Weather
via Reddit
100,000 LED Lights Illuminate a Japanese River
Tokyo Hotaru Festival 2012 took place recently, releasing 100,000 blue LED lights to float in the Sumida River. The bulbs rolled along the waves of the river bank, mimicking hotaru (the Japanese word for “fireflies”), for the festival that celebrates the Japanese tradition of watching fireflies float along a watercourse. The spectacular event lit up the waterway with a sparkling sapphire radiance against the night sky.
The solar-powered LED balls, known as prayer stars, were designed to illuminate when they came in contact with water and were provided by Panasonic, one of the event’s sponsors. At the close of the festival, the bulbs were gathered by giants nets and removed from the stream.
Moonbow: a rainbow made by the light of the moon.
Our pal Mcheung tells us all about how he shot this one this past weekend!
This weekend was the best moonbow-photographing weekend of the year!
A moonbow is essentially the same thing as a rainbow, except that it happens at night. It’s a pretty rare phenomenon that only occurs in a few places on earth.
Iceland’s Collision Of Two Worlds
In this impressive photograph, an aurora meets a volcanic eruption in Iceland. Even though its photographic display is a strange one. it certainly is captivating.
Photographer: Nathan Spotts
By Mike Berenson
Winter Night In Iceland (by KristjánFreyr)
