Photography

125 Swimming Pools. Satellite collections from Google Earth. Courtesy of Jenny Odell hide caption

Maa laxmi, says photographer Manjari Sharma, is the Hindu goddess of wealth and fortune, is a photograph in the series Darshan, a sanskrit word meaning "sight, vision or view." Courtesy of Manjari Sharma hide caption

Thomas Gaffield (1825-1900) investigated the patterns on the wings of the butterflies (notice the bodies are missing). He was well aware that various chemical compositions in manufactured glass caused changed color overtime and suggested certain kinds of glass for the skylights in photography studios. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of American History hide caption

KFC astrovertisement seen from above in Google Maps. Courtesy of Google hide caption

Hiram Bingham stands outside his tent during the 1912 expedition. National Geographic hide caption

Michael Soluri's black and white film photographs of NASA's human space flight programs over the years, spanning Apollo and the Space Shuttle Copyright Michael Soluri - All Rights Reserved hide caption

The first Tour de France, 1903 The Nationaal Archief/The Hague/Flickr Commons hide caption

Surrounded by Akule Wayne Levin hide caption

Caren Alpert's images of food magnified with an electron microscope. Courtesy of Caren Alpert hide caption

Carlton Fisk, Boston Red Sox, from the 1975 World Series. David Levinthal/Courtesy of Panopticon Gallery hide caption

Glenn, his daughter, Lyn (left), wife Annie, son David and Vice President Lyndon Johnson at Cape Canaveral in 1962, two days after his historic orbital flight in Friendship 7. Ralph Morse/LIFE hide caption

Tourists watch the Old Faithful geyser, which erupts, on average, every 90 minutes in the Yellowstone National Park. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Baghdad's traffic, choked by hundreds of checkpoints, slows to a crawl while security forces inspect vehicles for weapons and explosives. Lynsey Addario/National Geographic hide caption