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Two Senators May Have Revived The US DJI Drone Ban

Earlier this month, the United States Senate Armed Services Committee completed its revised version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and, unlike the House version, it did not contain a ban on DJI drones. However, an amendment to add it back has been submitted.

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Which Country Captured the Best Photo of the Apollo 11 Landing Site?

In the 60 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin piloted the Lunar Module, Eagle, to the Moon's surface in 1969, space probes have routinely surveyed and photographed the legendary Apollo 11 landing site. But which country has captured the best photo of Apollo 11's history-making Tranquility Base?

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PGYTech’s OnePro Adventure Camera Backpack Looks Like a Winner

Making a good camera backpack, especially one that stands out in a crowded market, is difficult. Making a good adventure camera backpack is even more difficult, as it combines the needs of two very opinionated types of users. PGYTech's new OnePro might be one of the few that balances both groups' needs.

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A Photographer’s Mission to Save the Ocean Begins With Powerful Images

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has spent decades diving around the globe, telling the stories of the world's oceans. For his latest projects, years in the making, he has been much closer to home, documenting the unprecedented -- and deadly -- changes happening in the Gulf of Maine, the waters Skerry grew up visiting as a child on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.