Stargazers looking to escape a city full of lights and enter a sky full of stars are in luck thanks to the many parks and monuments that provide beautiful scenic views.
States like California, Colorado, and Utah have popular camping locations known for breathtaking views of the night stars.
Some locations have dangerously hot temperatures while others are well-known locations for people who are looking to ski in the winter.
The areas that provide travelers with the famous night skies
The Northern and Southern Lights put on quite a show this year – and some of the world’s most talented photographers were on hand to capture them in all their dazzling glory.
As we reveal.
Here we present the best aurora pictures taken around the world in 2023, as carefully chosen by the travel and photography blog Capture the Atlas. The images feature in the blog’s Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collection, which it presents each year to
First-look photographs have been unveiled of the brand-new Piccadilly line Tube train, showing the first nine-carriage set to come off the production line.
It is the first of 94 new Siemens Mobility trains destined for the London Underground and was built at a factory in Vienna before being moved to Siemens’ Test and Validation Centre in Wegberg-Wildenrath, Germany.
Photographs show the train leaving the factory
Comedian Al Murray once said that Australia is great around the edge – but a bit more work is needed in the middle.
But perhaps Australians simply can’t tear themselves away from the edge. After all, it’s home to some of the very best beaches in the world.
And here we present the photographs that prove it. Twenty-one images of beaches, from Perth to Sydney via Tasmania, that have it all – powder-soft white sand, other-worldly turquoise water, epic surf
Buckingham Palace tonight released intimate behind-the-scenes pictures of the royals which revealed all the extraordinary detail of the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
The official images showcase a series of special moments for the couple, who are dressed in their full regalia in each shot.
One shows the pair looking out onto The Mall from the Palace balcony, waving to the tens of thousands of cheering Royal fans who waited patiently to catch a glimpse of them.
Two
Japan, high on the bucket list for many travelers due to its popular culture, food, history and art, but often unaffordable for many or overcrowded for others, is now in a “sweet spot” to visit.
Japan was among the countries that took longer to reopen to foreign travelers after COVID pandemic closures, finally welcoming visa-free tourism in October 2022. And the first foreign tourists to return to historically expensive Japan have found a much more affordable country to visit.
The
Tomasz Szpila’s wildlife photos are utterly jaw-dropping – and incredibly, he just does photography as a hobby.
The 38-year-old, from Poland, photographs scenes from Africa’s animal kingdom with great flair, turning his lens on everything from lions devouring their prey to gorillas gently cradling their newborn infants.
Documenting Africa’s wildlife has been a passion of Szpila’s since 2016, when he first visited Kenya. ‘It was then that African nature stole my heart, and I am under its spell to this
It’s an extraordinary tale of derring-do told in a mesmerising new book via fascinating archive pictures – and worthy of a Hollywood movie too.
The Nansen Photographs by Geir O Klover, published by Teneues, tells the story of 12 intrepid men, led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who set off from Norway in June 1893 with the aim of reaching the North Pole.
They sailed in a wooden ship called Fram – packed with skis, kayaks, very woolly jumpers and
A stunning display of photos and artwork of trees and woodlands dedicated to the late Queen will go on display at one of the top fine art galleries in the country.
Sotheby’s is showing an exhibition of artworks called The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) from December 10 in London.
It comes after King Charles III, who is patron of the QGC, unveiled a nationwide network of 70 ‘irreplaceable’ ancient woodlands and trees yesterday that are dedicated to the Queen in
From beautiful sunsets in the UK to fog-filled skies settling over a highway in Slovenia, this incredible array of images showcases the work of some of the world’s finest photographers.
The stunning pictures were taken by the finalists of the prestigious Weather Photographer of the Year competition which is being run by the Royal Meteorological Society, in association with AccuWeather.
This year’s shortlisted photographs feature huge waves smashing against a lighthouse in West Sussex, UK, during Storm Eunice, and the
