Now you see it… The cunningly camouflaged superyacht ‘Hide’, which is covered in dark reflective materials that mirror the sea ‘Hide’, measuring 164ft in length, is a vessel designed to live up to its name and blend in with the environment She was created by designer Anna Borla, a finalist in Boat’s 2020 Young Designer of … Read more
How beach life could carry on safely in Italy during the coronavirus pandemic – thanks to 15ft-high plexiglass booths By Sadie Whitelocks for MailOnline Published: 15:00 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 15:23 BST, 15 April 2020 Designs for plexiglass booths aimed at safeguarding beachgoers during the coronavirus pandemic have emerged. The firm behind the … Read more
Behold the breathtaking winning and shortlisted images from one of the world’s most prestigious photography contests. The amazing shots are from the open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2020, which received 193,000 entries from photographers in over 200 territories. More than 100 images were shortlisted in this year’s open contest and judges had … Read more
Remarkable flight-tracking images show how the skies above Europe, America and Australia have emptied in the past month A data analyst from Florida-based Stratos Jet Charters used his Flightradar24 account to take the snapshots BA announced it would suspend around 80 per cent of its workforce to see it through the coronavirus crisis In Europe … Read more
Do you think you have what it takes to scoop a prize in the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year contest? If you’re a keen snapper and you’ve yet to enter, there’s still time. The competition – which has a £20,000 prize pot – has had its entry date extended by just over a month … Read more
Wheel-y impressive! Inside the world’s largest bike garage – a vast three-storey subterranean facility with parking spots for 12,500 bicycles and 1,200-metres of lanes The world’s most enormous bike garage is located in the Dutch city of Utrecht below its major train station It’s an impressive three-storey structure with enough space for 12,500 bikes and … Read more
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for some, that principle may seem particularly apt for British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper’s new book – Unintended Beauty. It sets out to challenge the common perception of beauty with Mr Wiper’s photographic eye sweeping across scenes not commonly thought of as aesthetically pleasing … Read more
The competition is fierce in this public-vote photography contest – because all the entries are out of this world. Nasa‘s Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition. The contest is called Tournament Earth and … Read more
Inside the incredible 330ft-long volcanic cavern that’s smothered in lush vegetation and home to an underground lake The Algar do Carvão is a volcanic cavern located on Terceira, one of the largest islands in the Azores The top of the vent is surrounded by green vegetation and there is a manmade staircase inside for visitors … Read more
Millennials love to think they discovered everything and have even come up with a whizzy term – cottagecore – to describe an appreciation of the aesthetic beauty and romance of rural life. Fuelled by the power of social media, the cottagecore trend is currently sweeping the United States, but this idealisation of style has been … Read more