Photographer Encounters Enormous, ‘Alien’ Fish in the Deep Ocean
A photographer has shared the story -- and a magnificent photo -- of his encounter with a huge alien-like ocean sunfish.
Photographer Stumbles On Rare ‘Alien-Like’ Goose Barnacles on Beach
A photographer stumbled upon rare "alien-like" goose barnacles on a beach that could potentially be worth up to thousands of dollars.
Photographer Couple Captures Photo of ‘UFO’ Above Erupting Volcano
A photographer couple sparked an internet frenzy after they captured an image that appears to show a "UFO" above an erupting volcano.
Desert Photos Illuminated by UV Light Look Straight Out of Science Fiction
Photographer Cody Cobb has a knack for shifting the perception of a familiar landscape photo into an entirely new experience. His ongoing photo series Spectral takes viewers through environments that feel like something out of science fiction.
This Video Was Made from 400,000 Photos of Comet 67p Taken by Rosetta
From 2014 to 2016, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft followed the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67p) around space: collecting scientific data, sending a probe to its surface, and capturing some 400,000 photographs of the comet. This cinematic video was made from those photos.
Photographer Captures ‘Alien Attack’ That Turns Out to Be a NASA Study
Earlier this month, NASA conducted a study in Norway that resulted in out-of-this-world night sky photos and which had photographers in the area scratching their heads.
This Photographer Creates Amazing Planet Photos by Hand
Photographer Adam Makarenko has a portfolio filled with space photos that look like they were shot by NASA probes. But each of the planets and alien landscapes was actually made by hand and then carefully photographed.
Flipping Photographs Upside Down Turns Ordinary Portraits into Strange Alien Faces
Self-help author Wayne Dyer once wrote that, "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Photographer Anelia Loubser of Cape Town, South Africa used this quote as the basis for her project titled "Alienation.
The series consists of contrasty portraits that have been flipped upside down, turning the ordinary faces into strange, alien mugs.
Photographs of Dried Whisky Residue on the Bottom of Scotch Glasses
Photographer Ernie Button has a unique project called Vanishing Spirits in which he photographs the bottom of Scotch glasses once the whisky has evaporated way. The residue creates textures and colors that make the photographs look as though they're images of otherworldly planets.
Photograph Otherworldly Environments Using a Fish Tank, Salt Water, and Dyes
If you want to capture photographs or videos of otherworldly environments without using any computer generated imagery, one way is to create miniature worlds in your garage using a fish tank and salt water (a technique that has been used in numerous Hollywood movies). The video above is a tutorial on this trick by filmmaker and visual effects guru Joey Shanks.