Our favorite abstract wonders of 2022
It’s not hard to imagine what drove our paleolithic ancestors to go to 39,000 BC n. no. began creating art on cave walls. After all, the world around us is often shockingly, even eerily beautiful. In our series An abstract wonderwe explore stories in 2022 that featured unexpected moments of beauty captured by photographers around the world.
Author: Gemma Tarlach
When winter descends on Slovenia, the shallow water of Lake Šobeška turns into a dazzling fractal art. Amateur photographer Aleš Komovec used a drone and a little ingenuity to capture images that even Elsa would love to see Frozen to breathe.
Author: Gemma Tarlach
It’s a rare, serendipitous moment when humanity’s future intersects visually with its ancient history. Astronomer and astrophysicist Gianluca Masi managed to capture such a scene when the International Space Station (ISS) passed directly over the almost 2000-year-old Colosseum in Rome.
Author: Gemma Tarlach
Photographer Tom Hegen has been hunting these naturally occurring Rothkas in the world’s salt pans for years. In the latest installment of his “Salt Series,” he traveled by helicopter to Utah’s Great Salt Lake to capture the vast expanses of color created by the flamingo-pink brine shrimp, pale greens and reds. Dunaliella algae and other microbes.
Author: Gemma Tarlach
Just around the corner from Canada’s Yukon, the Malaspina Glacier, or Sít’ Tlein, in Lingít covers about 1,500 square kilometers, making it the largest glacier in all of North America. Ancient, vast and on the move, this ever-evolving ice field has a lot to tell scientists about climate change.
Author: Skylar Knight
From an aerial view, South Bay’s salt ponds look like a canvas splashed with vibrant crimson, emerald and other hues rarely associated with waterscapes. For more than a century, the high salinity levels here have caused microorganisms to thrive, creating spectacular patterns in the process.