Shocking drone footage shows a huge crack literally splitting apart an Icelandic town, as the country warns of a potential major volcanic eruption. [Read More]
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Shocking footage filmed on Friday shows a press photographer being beaten by Israel Border Police in East Jerusalem.
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petapixel.com »2023-12-18 16:28
Never-before-seen footage shows the moment that a giant triangular-shaped unidentified flying object (UFO) was seen hovering over a Californian military base -- in a sighting that was witnessed by over U.S. 50 marines. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-24 21:28
A professional skier filmed the heart-stopping moment when he got caught in an avalanche -- while his friend was seriously injured trying to save him when he got swept up in a second avalanche that dropped him 1,600 feet at a speed of 50 miles per hour. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-11 00:04
Remarkable 4K drone footage filmed in southeast Kentucky this morning shows the extent of the damage caused by flooding.
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petapixel.com »2022-07-29 00:27
NASA has shared footage that its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured when it landed on the asteroid Bennu which shows that the surface was a lot less stable than anticipated, leading the space agency to compare it to a "plastic ball pit." [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-07-11 19:01
This is the heart-stopping moment a photographer was swamped by a terrifying avalanche as it hurtled towards his trekking tour group while he was taking photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-07-11 16:16
New Hampshire native and photographer Ron Riseman placed a GoPro in the center of the barge that launched his town's Fourth of July fireworks celebration to provide a rare look at the show as seen from directly below it. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-07-06 19:54
An aerial video taken above Yellowstone National Park shows the devastation flooding has caused, as roads are being swept away and tourists are being left stranded. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-06-15 20:29
Qualcomm has released video captured by the world's first smartphone capable of shooting 8K HDR footage. The 1.5-minute video above was shot up and down the west coast, on state beaches from California to Washington. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-05-06 20:41
A wildlife artist has documented the love story between two kestrels during their first year of mating, with the help of crystal clear hidden cameras and smartly-placed manmade nests. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-04-25 23:17
Shanghai is in the midst of a COVID-19 surge and new drone footage shows the eerily empty streets of the normally bustling city of 26 million as it is locked down by the government in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-04-05 18:46
In a recent adventurous event put together by the team at the RedBull Air Force, wingsuit pilots Fred Fugen, Mike Swanson, and Vincent Cotte donned a new wingsuit design and challenged themselves by doing fly-bys so close to the Pyramids of Giza that they could almost touch the magnificent Egyptian monuments. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-01-18 23:17
Photographer Jens Heidler has recorded a fascinating macro timelapse story of ladybugs hatching that gives viewers a rarely-seen glimpse into the lives of insects. Heidler, who is both a photographer and YouTube creator, has previously shared several of his creative ideas — with a strong focus on macro photography and video — such as his shiitake […] petapixel.com »
2021-07-02 19:51
A highly-controversial drone video surfaced online this week that seems to have been captured illegally. In it, the pilot flies shocking close to the US Navy Blue Angels as they performed an “America Strong” flyover in Detroit on May 12th. petapixel.com »
2020-05-14 21:03
A photographer waited three years to capture these epic shots of the northern lights above an erupting volcano.
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A 31-year-old woman holidaying in Indonesia has died after falling 250 feet into an active volcano.
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Researchers from the University of Sheffield in England have developed a relatively affordable sulfur dioxide (SO2) camera that may help predict volcanoes, providing essential warnings to nearby communities and facilitating earlier evacuation and preparation. [Read More]
A team of National Geographic explorers led by Renan Ozturk and Emma Nicholson was able to reach the summit crater of Mount Michel -- a remote stratovolcano -- and confirm the existence of one of nature’s rarest phenomenons: a lava lake. [Read More]
These photos show newly discovered deep-sea creatures living in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean close to underwater volcanos. [Read More]
During his recent trip to Iceland, landscape and adventure photographer Michael Shainblum managed to check a decade-old subject off of his photography bucket list by capturing some incredible images of lava during a volcanic eruption in Fagradalsfjall. [Read More]