20 photographs taken in the right place at the right time, either intentionally or by chance 🧵
1. Can I take a picture of the moon?
Pisa Tower: yea sorry
2. Joshua Cripps captured a stunning annular solar eclipse in the Dubai desert in December 2019.
He meticulously planned the shot to line up himself, the man, and the camel:
"Shooting photos like this is an addiction. It’s such an extreme technical and creative challenge."
3. In contrast to these complex works by Michele Chiroli and Joshua Cripps, this is a serendipitous masterpiece by Jill Maguire:
4. Moon flower by Izzah Camelia
5. Even years later, David Burdeny’s iceberg photo stays unmatched: clean symmetry, rich textures, and four distinct color zones.
6. A tree being struck by lightning.
One in a million moment photographed by Debbie Parker.
7. Cathedral, Mountain, Moon
Valerio Minato’s six-year wait culminated in a breathtaking image of the Basilica of Superga, perfectly aligned at the center of Monviso Mountain with the moon framing the scene.
The photograph was featured as NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day.
8. A firefighter in Peru
9. A sea turtle from the lens of Philip Waller
10. Moon Eye by Zach Cooley
"I shot nearly continuously with a remote shutter. I kept the moon centered in the arch, and by the time it passed through, I had taken almost 400 shots. After that, there was definitely some yelling and a bit of dancing."
11. A famous photo by Anthimos Ntagkas, a remarkable street photographer.
12. During a partial eclipse in Qatar, Elias Chasiotis snapped this striking image of the "Devil’s Horns Sunrise".
13. "When the timing is right" by Chingelmarie
14. One of the coolest sports photographs ever taken by Ian MacNicol
15. Silhouetted giraffe by Marcus Westberg
16. A stealth bomber flying over the Rose Bowl
17. Look again
18. Oded Shikler photographed a wasp grabbing a cigarette butt and flying away with it
19. A meteor over Mount Fuji, an impossibly beautiful shot by H. Manabe
20. In this majestic photograph by Lisa Bishop, Mount Rainier casts its shadow over the clouds drifting below.
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