Ever since the camera was first invented, there have been plenty of incredible images snapped. Many years later,photography technologyhas progressed in leaps and bounds.
We’re travelling into the depths of space with amazing lenses and almost everyone has acamera phonein their pocket.
As a result, there are plenty of incredible photos to see if you have the time to look. We’ve collected a gallery of what we think are some of the most interesting that you might not have seen.
Jupiter viewed from its south pole
Here’s a view of Jupiter you’ve probably never seen before. It’s amap of the south poleconstructed from 36 images captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft as it flew by Jupiter on the way to Saturn. Fascinating.
An award-winning atom
At the very centre of this image is a single atom caught in an Ion trap. It was photographed by David Nadlinger from the University of Oxford.
Both the image and the feat behind it are fairly awesome. As such it won the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’snational science photography competition in 2018.
David Nadlinger, explained the wonder of this image in a bit more depth: “The idea of being able to see a single atom with the naked eye had struck me as a wonderfully direct and visceral bridge between the minuscule quantum world and our macroscopic reality. A back-of-the-envelope calculation showed the numbers to be on my side, and when I set off to the lab with camera and tripods one quiet Sunday afternoon, I was rewarded with this particular picture of a small, pale blue dot.”
Incredible.
A successful surgery
This interesting image from 1987 shows a heart surgeon sitting with his patient after a 23-hour-long heart transplant.
It’s a fascinating image for several reasons, one of which is the surgeon’s assistant slumped sleeping in the corner of the room.
The patient was Tadeusz Żytkiewicz, the former Minister of Health of Poland. He went on to be the longest-living person to have had a heart transplant in the country until he sadly passed away in 2009 from lung cancer.
The image is a testament to the incredible medical feats surgeons like this carry out every day across the world.
Sunset on Mars
There are plenty of brilliant images of sunsets taken across our home planet, but how often do you get to see a sunset from another world?This imagewas captured by NASA’sMars Exploration Rover Spiritin 2005 and shows a view of the Sun sinking below theGusev craterat around 6 pm.
The gas mask wearers
This image is the subject ofsome debate. It has been suggested that it showsViktor Bulla’s Pioneers in Defense Drill from Leningrad in 1937. A group of well-trained and well-equipped young fighters ready for anything.
Anopposing viewis that it shows inhabitants of the island of Miyakejima, Japan where an active volcano regularly spews toxic gas into the atmosphere and the residents are thereforerequired to carry gas masks. Whatever the truth behind the image, there’s no denying it’s awesomely interesting.
Underwater hotel rooms
At the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island owned by Hilton Hotels, there’s not only anunderwater restaurantbut also rooms you can stay in that give you a fairly epic view of the local aquatic wildlife.
These bedrooms are located 5 metres under the Indian Ocean and the view is something pretty special.
Queen Elizabeth was once a mechanic
Queen Elizabeth was once a truck mechanic. This photo shows her changing a wheel back in 1945. During wartime, the then Princess joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service where she helped with the war effort after learning how to change wheels, rebuild and repair engines and much more besides.
This fact makes her the only living head of state to have served in World War II.
The MGM screen credits
This image from 1928 shows the filming of the screen credits for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
A terrifying health and safety nightmare that would probably never happen today, but a brilliant view of the history behind the imagery.
An upside down truck?
This truck looks like it has flipped and landed on its roof while pulling in for some petrol. It is, however, designed to look that way.
Take a closer look and you’ll see a windscreen on what should be the underside you probably didn’t notice before.
The human frame
This is a mock-up image to show the skeletal frame of Keith Martin. The man who claimed the title of “the fattest man in the world” before sadly passing away at the age of 44.
Keith Martin weighed 70 stone (980lbs) at his peak yet this image shows what his skeletal structure might have looked like. It also demonstrates how the human body is not really designed to take all that extra weight.
