When you think of old photographs, you naturally think in terms of black and white, but as you can see from these stunning photographs from the turn of the 20th century, color photography has been around for a lot longer than you think.

Photos are full of information, from your location to phone model, and digital forensics can help extract it.

The little flower seems happy and there is also plenty to be happy about. It is a very seldom flower in Denmark, but the spread of bee orchid, as it is called, in the area where I found it is increasing :-)

The only way for award-winning photographer Jody MacDonald to go in search of the Mauritania coast was on top of an enormous freight train. Here, she shares scenes from her incredible journey through the Sahara.

And yes, the Eiffel Tower really used to be painted red.

Sometimes you see a picture and you can tell that something’s missing, but you don’t know what it is. By Tim Culvahouse with photos by Virginia Hanusik.

They rise, swell, or crest—but never truly break.

The acclaimed and controversial French author discusses his new show of photographs. By Christian Lorentzen.

Before Joseph Szabo was a world renown photographer, he was a teacher at Malverne High School in Long Island. And on his first days at the job he figured that he's gonna need something special to catch the attention of his pupils. So he brought a camera into class...

A poison frog sits on top of an emerald tree boa in its enclosure at the Singapore Zoo's new Reptopia exhibit.

While swiping pictures on old albums one day, I was full of nostalgia while pissed to the core of my heart at the same time. And I’m sure you will relate to my situation! Out of every 10 photos, at least 3 were perfectly untimed. They had my eyes closed or I had a weird smile or some weird expression. I know you were a victim, too, my friend, of your camera.

People walk on a hill covered with nemophila flowers in full bloom at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

“I’m a surprisingly limited photographer,” Penn insisted to me, “and I’ve learned not to go beyond my capacity. I’ve tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I’ve failed.” Yet it is difficult to deny that Penn was the supreme studio photographer of the twentieth century. His artistry both emerged from and depended on his very specific, highly aestheticized commercial work. By Martin Filler.

Esther Bubley documented the hordes of people who crowded onto buses amid wartime rationing.

Mount Sinabung spews thick ash, as seen from Brastagi, in Karo, North Sumatra province, Indonesia.May 24,17

The edible frog is perhaps an appropriate name in some countries, but in Denmark it is called green frog and is on the list of conservation of species.

Back in 1970, then-President Richard Nixon signed an executive order establishing the Environmental Protection Agency. Just after its creation, the EPA created a photo-documentary project called "Project Documerica." Its purpose? To "record the state of the environment and efforts to improve it."

'Tereska' is one of David 'Chim' Seymour's most famous photographs

It's an unusual sight on Newfoundland's Southern Shore highway: bumper-to-bumper traffic, packed along the side of the road.

These fascinating plants are worlds unto themselves. By Alexa Keefe. Photographs by Christian Ziegler.

If you need a break from whatever Earthly news is terrifying you today, might I suggest the stellar photo above? It’s even better in super high resolution — see for yourself. Click, breathe, and be awed. This is a picture of the Orbital Cygnus spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station this weekend. It’s not a fantastic image because of some particularly deft use of basic photographic technique. Rather, it stands apart because of the wonderful timing. Stress about the basics of photography all you want, but they’ll only get you so far without good timing and, sometimes, a little bit of luck.

Too often the humankind puts itself at the center of any reflection on the meaning of life, but the truth is our planet—not to speak about the entire universe—has existed since long before we came on to the scene, and will probably outlive us. The beauty of Beloved Curve, a recent conceptual photography series by 31 year-old Scottish photographer Sarah Amy Fishlock, is the simplicity with which it connects the existential theme of the incessant cycle of life to her grieving process for her father's death through the intelligent use of double exposures.

Beautiful macro photos of insects by Milan-based photographer, illustrator and designer Francesco Bagnato.

Last year they were a little further in the beginning of May. The April weather must have set them a little back, but now they are here :-)

Landing in the Main river in Frankfurt, Germany.

In 2011, photographer Christopher Michel chanced upon an online course about ancient Egypt and signed up. What was intended to be a diversion led, some six years later, to a voyage of 8,509 miles, to the orange deserts of Sudan. Although it’s less famous than the grouping of pyramids at Giza in Egypt, the complex at Meroë in Sudan is remarkable. More than 200 pyramids, primarily dating from 300 B.C. to A.D. 350, mark the tombs of royalty of the Kingdom of Kush, which ruled Nubia for centuries...

The photographer and visual storyteller on daily life during conflict in Yemen, the necessity of conversation, and why she’s not a war photographer. By Joanna Naples-Mitchell.

John Bevis explores the various feats of cunning and subterfuge undertaken by the Kearton brothers — among the very first professional wildlife photographers — in their pioneering attempts to get ever closer to their subjects.

The history of Bukhara stretches back millennia. It is now the capital of Bukhara Region (viloyat) of Uzbekistan. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. During the golden age of the Samanids, Bukhara became a major intellectual center of the Islamic world, second only to Baghdad.

The abstract beauty of science, made mesmerizingly visible.

Will and Jim Pattiz just released their tenth national park video. What began as a passion project is now a self-sustaining creative business for the brothers.

An illustration depicting the debilitating effects of Crohn's disease takes out the top award in science images for 2017.

The following are images from Encyclopedia of Rainbows: Our World Organized by Color by Julie Seabrook Ream, a book that shows the world arranged by color. Here are a selection of rainbows curated from the natural world.