Photography

Photographer Freya Najade journeys into the weird sci-fi world of Europe's agricultural production. In one cow-milking facility she visited, "two people are needed to milk twice a day 300 cows," she writes. Freya Najade hide caption

Curiosity's self-portrait, captured on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. NASA/JPL/Caltech hide caption

A screen grab of an interactive image of Mount Everest by GlacierWorks GlacierWorks hide caption

Don Antonio, a farmer and resident of Valle Nuevo, El Salvador. Courtesy of Mark Menjivar hide caption

"Thousands of sparkling young stars are nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603, one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy." NASA hide caption

"When I was young the cones were so big you could drive a car through them." Christopher Boffoli hide caption

The giant sequoia is a snow tree, says scientist Steve Sillett, adapted for long winters in the Sierra Nevada. But it's a fire tree, too. Thick bark protects it from burning in lightning-caused fires, which open cones and clear the understory, allowing saplings to find light and prosper. Michael Nichols/National Geographic hide caption

Giorgio Pasticcerie Italian bakery is owned by a father-and-daughter pair: Giorgio, who moved to Hoboken from Italy, and his daughter, Mary Grace, a first-generation American. John Delaney hide caption

Hodgkins House Gail Albert Halaban hide caption

A composite image shows architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1992 (left), and one of his buildings photographed circa 1955. Getty Images hide caption