The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100

Another year, another fantastic Audubon Photography Awards. For the 14 installment of our annual competition, we had more than 2,200 individuals from across the United States and Canada submit almost 9,000 photographs and videos. Then the hard part begins: After reviewing every anonymous image and video file, three panels of expert judges selected just 13 winners and honorable mentions. Be sure to check them out if you haven’t already.

But as always, with so many amazing submissions, we couldn’t stop there. So here are 100 more of our favorite photos for your enjoyment. Shared in no particular order, these shots

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Hot! How a Backyard Photographer Captured Some of the Most Detailed Images of the Sun

For much of the past decade, Andrew McCarthy has been exploring the universe—albeit from his backyard in Arizona.

Using telescopes with specialized filters, planetary cameras, and astro-specific software, he captures the happenings of the universe in all their beguiling and beautiful detail. McCarthy has photographed the passage of the International Space Station, the crimson glow of nebulae, the glint of asteroids, and the pockmarked face of the moon.

“I impulsively bought a telescope after fondly remembering looking through my father’s telescope as a child,” McCarthy said. “One look at the planets through the eyepiece and I was hooked. I became

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This Camera Is Taking a 1,000-Year-Long Exposure Photo of Tucson’s Desert Landscape | SmartNews

Millennium Camera

The Millennium Camera, set on the path of a hiking trail in Tucson Arizona, is capturing an image over the course of 1,000 years.
The University of Arizona

While most cameras snap photos in a matter of milliseconds, Jonathon Keats, an experimental philosopher at the University of Arizona, is slowing things down: He has set up a camera to capture a single image of a desert landscape in Tucson over the span of 1,000 years. The image will be ready in 3023.

The recently installed “Millennium Camera” is located on the path of a hiking trail facing Tumamoc Hill, according

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Viral theory new Kate Middleton photo is actually 8 years old

Kate Middleton has admitted she was responsible for altering the first official photo of herself post-surgery.

As a result, the number of conspiracy theories circulating online has escalated – including claims old photos of the Princess were superimposed onto the Mother’s Day portrait.

One theory that a photo from Kate’s 2016 Vogue photo shoot was repurposed has been viewed more than 25 million times on X, formerly Twitter, with more than 130,000 likes.

“My analysis of the Kate Middleton photo saga is that they took her face from the Vogue cover she did years ago and edited it in,” said

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